Los Angeles Kings at Vegas Golden Knights

Tuesday, September 23, 2025, 10:00 PM ET T-Mobile Arena, Paradise Preseason Final

Final score

The Los Angeles Kings beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3–1 on Tuesday, September 23, 2025 on the road.

Final score, Los Angeles Kings at Vegas Golden Knights
Team	Goals	2025-2026 record
Los Angeles Kings	3	35-27-20
at Vegas Golden Knights	1	39-26-17

Goals by period

Goals by period, Los Angeles Kings at Vegas Golden Knights
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Los Angeles Kings	1	0	2	3
Vegas Golden Knights	0	0	1	1

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Los Angeles Kings at Vegas Golden Knights
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Los Angeles Kings	12	5	11	28
Vegas Golden Knights	14	11	8	33

Three stars

V. Kmec, Vegas Golden Knights (1 goal)
M. Stone, Vegas Golden Knights
A. Forsberg, Los Angeles Kings (goaltender)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Los Angeles Kings at Vegas Golden Knights. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	05:06	Los Angeles Kings	Taylor Ward (1)	Brian Dumoulin (1), Liam Greentree (1)	Even strength	LAK 1, VGK 0
3rd	07:57	Los Angeles Kings	Jeff Malott (1)	Alex Turcotte (2), Liam Greentree (2)	Even strength	LAK 2, VGK 0
3rd	08:38	Vegas Golden Knights	Viliam Kmec (1)	Brandon Saad (1), Raphael Lavoie (1)	Even strength	LAK 2, VGK 1
3rd	18:58	Los Angeles Kings	Trevor Moore (1)	Unassisted	Even strength, Empty net	LAK 3, VGK 1

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Los Angeles Kings at Vegas Golden Knights
Stat	Los Angeles Kings	Vegas Golden Knights
Shots on goal	28	33
Power play	0 of 2	0 of 4
Penalty minutes	8	4
Hits	22	17
Blocked shots	17	11
Giveaways	6	2
Takeaways	1	0
Faceoffs won	23/51 (45.1%)	28/51 (54.9%)

Box score

Los Angeles Kings

Los Angeles Kings skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 12 T. Moore	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0		18:15
Number 15 A. Turcotte	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	50%	14:33
Number 24 P. Danault	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	40%	18:26
Number 37 W. Foegele	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		16:15
Number 39 J. Malott	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	3	2	100%	14:18
Number 47 A. Lee	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2		13:21
Number 52 T. Ward	R	1	0	1	0	0	3	4	1		14:44
Number 53 J. Wright	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		12:48
Number 64 L. Greentree	R	0	2	2	+1	2	2	0	1	100%	12:49
Number 73 F. Pinelli	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	100%	11:13
Number 79 S. Helenius	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	1	35.7%	16:20
Number 82 C. Guttman	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	50%	12:27
Number 2 B. Dumoulin	D	0	1	1	+2	0	3	0	1		21:24
Number 5 C. Ceci	D	0	0	0	+2	0	3	1	3		21:20
Number 7 K. Burroughs	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	3		19:55
Number 43 J. Moverare	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		19:35
Number 68 H. Brzustewicz	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0		19:34
Number 78 K. Kirsanov	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	1		14:43

Los Angeles Kings goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 A. Forsberg	33	32	1	.970	60:00	Win

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 8 M. Cataford	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0		15:09
Number 13 J. Demek	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0		13:48
Number 16 P. Dorofeyev	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		04:08
Number 19 R. Smith	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		17:49
Number 20 B. Saad	L	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		17:31
Number 28 T. Laczynski	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	54.5%	13:47
Number 36 R. Lavoie	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0		14:18
Number 42 B. Bowman	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0		19:26
Number 48 T. Hertl	C	0	0	0	-2	0	4	1	1	58.8%	18:08
Number 61 M. Stone	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	0		18:42
Number 71 W. Karlsson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	56.3%	19:26
Number 77 K. Uchacz	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	60%	11:52
Number 2 Z. Whitecloud	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		19:09
Number 15 N. Hanifin	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1		26:10
Number 17 B. Hutton	D	0	0	0	-2	2	3	1	2		18:51
Number 44 C. Sedoff	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1		14:38
Number 52 D. Coghlan	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0		18:10
Number 79 V. Kmec	D	1	0	1	+1	0	3	1	1		15:32

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 33 A. Hill	13	12	1	.923	31:13
Number 40 A. Schmid	14	13	1	.929	28:13	Loss

Penalties

Penalties, Los Angeles Kings at Vegas Golden Knights
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	03:01	Vegas Golden Knights	Ben Hutton	Slashing	2
1st	07:43	Los Angeles Kings	Kirill Kirsanov	Holding	2
1st	12:11	Los Angeles Kings	Liam Greentree	Delaying game puck over glass	2
2nd	06:44	Los Angeles Kings	Samuel Helenius	Hooking	2
2nd	09:22	Vegas Golden Knights	Braeden Bowman	Tripping	2
2nd	18:06	Los Angeles Kings	Henry Brzustewicz	Holding	2

Game information

Los Angeles Kings head coach: Jim Hiller
Vegas Golden Knights head coach: Bruce Cassidy
Referees: Kyle Rehman, Graedy Hamilton
Linesmen: Travis Gawryletz, Kilian McNamara
Los Angeles Kings scratches: Corey Perry, Anze Kopitar, Drew Doughty, Darcy Kuemper, Joel Edmundson, Joel Armia, Jacob Doty, Kevin Fiala, Adrian Kempe, Joe Hicketts, Glenn Gawdin, Alexander Dergachyov, Logan Brown, Mikey Anderson, Akil Thomas, Bulat Shafigullin, Isaiah Saville, Samuel Bolduc, Erik Portillo, Braden Doyle, Quinton Byfield, Alex Laferriere, Martin Chromiak, Aatu Jamsen, Brandt Clarke, Kaleb Lawrence, Jack Hughes, Otto Salin, Jack Sparkes, Kenny Connors, Angus Booth, Andrei Kuzmenko, Jakub Dvorak, Koehn Ziemmer, Keaton Mastrodonato, Hampton Slukynsky, Ryan Conmy, Jared Woolley, Jack Millar, James Reeder, Parker Berge, Nate Corbet, Kenta Isogai, Vojtech Cihar, Jan Chovan, Kristian Epperson, Tim Rego, Caeden Herrington, Jimmy Lombardi, Petteri Rimpinen, Brendan McMorrow, Will Sharpe, Mattias Sholl, Ryan O'Hara
Vegas Golden Knights scratches: Alex Pietrangelo, Brayden McNabb, Colton Sissons, Jaycob Megna, Shea Theodore, Ivan Barbashev, Brandon Hickey, Jordan Papirny, Jack Eichel, Keegan Kolesar, Jeremy Lauzon, Mitch Marner, Martins Dzierkals, Lucas Johansen, Brett Howden, Jeremy Davies, Jonas Rondbjerg, Mitchell McLain, Cole Reinhardt, Kaedan Korczak, Ryder Donovan, Cole Schwindt, Kevin Wall, Alexander Holtz, Lukas Cormier, Riley McKay, Jesper Vikman, Noah Ellis, Jackson Hallum, Jakub Brabenec, Carl Lindbom, Artur Cholach, Jordan Gustafson, Matyas Sapovaliv, Cameron Whitehead, Abram Wiebe, Ben Hemmerling, Joe Fleming, Samuel Mayer, Carter Sotheran, Arttu Karki, Tuomas Uronen, Bronson Ride, Mazden Leslie, Trevor Connelly, Lucas Van Vliet, Pavel Moysevich, Trent Swick, Sloan Stanick, Jakob Ihs Wozniak, Mateo Nobert, Alexander Weiermair, Gustav Sjoqvist, Peteris Bulans, Remi Gelinas, Andreas Straka, Devon Paliani

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