Minnesota Wild vs Los Angeles Kings

NHL

Wild

25-10-8, 58 PTS

4-5

Final/SO

Kings

17-14-9, 43 PTS

crypto.com Arena

TV: Sportsnet+

On the ice

MIN shoots leftLA shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T
MIN	5	8	12	3	3	31
LA	11	9	13	6	4	43

In net

Jesper Wallstedt35/38 SV, .921

Darcy Kuemper24/28 SV, .857

Team	1	2	3	OT	SO	T
MIN	1	1	2	0	0	4
LA	1	1	2	0	1	5

Who won: Kings 5-4

The Los Angeles Kings beat the Minnesota Wild 5-4 in a shootout on Saturday, January 3, 2026 at crypto.com Arena. The series is tied 1-1. Quinton Byfield led the Kings in goals (1). Brock Faber led the Wild in goals (1).

MIN

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Joel ArmiaRW	2	3	0	0	17:39	1:27	2:14	13:58	23	0	9	0	1	0	0	1	0.0	5	1	2
Quinton ByfieldRW	3	1	1	0	20:47	1:22	1:59	17:26	24	1	6	1	4	0	10	8	55.6	2	2	4
Kevin FialaLW	1	0	1	1	22:30	3:00	0:00	19:30	22	0	14	1	4	4	0	1	0.0	2	0	0
Warren FoegeleLW	0	0	0	-1	15:02	0:00	3:21	11:41	17	0	5	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Samuel HeleniusC	1	1	0	1	4:34	0:00	0:00	4:34	5	1	1	0	1	0	2	2	50.0	0	0	0
Adrian KempeRW	2	2	1	0	21:54	3:07	1:31	17:16	26	1	14	0	5	3	1	0	100.0	1	0	0
Anze KopitarC	4	0	0	0	22:03	3:28	0:30	18:05	23	0	6	1	0	2	7	12	36.8	0	0	0
Andrei KuzmenkoLW	0	0	0	1	13:59	1:00	0:00	12:59	16	0	8	0	2	3	0	0	0.0	2	0	0
Alex LaferriereRW	0	3	0	0	18:36	1:28	1:55	15:13	21	0	10	1	2	2	2	3	40.0	1	1	2
Jeff MalottLW	0	2	0	0	7:42	0:00	0:00	7:42	9	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Corey PerryRW	0	0	0	-1	12:40	3:00	0:00	9:40	16	1	9	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Alex TurcotteC	2	0	1	-1	13:15	0:00	0:00	13:15	17	0	2	1	1	1	9	5	64.3	0	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV
Mikey AndersonD	2	1	-1	22:52	0:00	4:06	18:46	24	2	0	1	1	0
Cody CeciD	0	0	0	19:14	0:00	1:55	17:19	20	1	0	2	0	1
Brandt ClarkeD	1	0	2	17:46	1:33	0:00	16:13	22	5	1	3	0	1
Drew DoughtyD	0	1	-2	24:09	1:23	0:20	22:26	28	3	0	4	3	0
Brian DumoulinD	0	0	0	19:42	0:00	1:38	18:04	20	0	0	1	1	1
Joel EdmundsonD	0	1	1	16:49	0:00	3:31	13:18	21	2	0	1	0	2