Predators at Kings: April 2, 2026
The Nashville Predators beat the Los Angeles Kings 5-4 (SO) at Crypto.com Arena on April 2, 2026 (2025-26 regular season).
Most points: Jonathan Marchessault (Predators, 2); Adrian Kempe and Joel Armia (Kings, 2 each). Most saves: Juuse Saros (Predators, 29); Darcy Kuemper (Kings, 30).
What stood out
- Decided in a shootout: the final score includes the one goal awarded to the shootout winner.
Player lines
- Adam Wilsby (NSH D): 0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS, 2 SOG, 0 +/-, 0 PPG, 1 HIT, 1 BLK, 14:36 TOI
- Brady Skjei (NSH D): 0 G, 1 A, 1 PTS, 1 SOG, 1 +/-, 0 PPG, 2 HIT, 1 BLK, 24:59 TOI
- Erik Haula (NSH LW): 0 G, 1 A, 1 PTS, 1 SOG, -1 +/-, 0 PPG, 0 HIT, 0 BLK, 16:31 TOI
- Fedor Svechkov (NSH C): 0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS, 0 SOG, 0 +/-, 0 PPG, 0 HIT, 1 BLK, 12:54 TOI
- Filip Forsberg (NSH LW): 1 G, 0 A, 1 PTS, 1 SOG, -1 +/-, 0 PPG, 1 HIT, 0 BLK, 20:34 TOI
- Jonathan Marchessault (NSH C): 1 G, 1 A, 2 PTS, 4 SOG, 0 +/-, 0 PPG, 1 HIT, 0 BLK, 21:12 TOI
- Justin Barron (NSH D): 0 G, 1 A, 1 PTS, 1 SOG, 0 +/-, 0 PPG, 1 HIT, 4 BLK, 15:18 TOI
- Juuse Saros (NSH G): 33 SA, 29 SV, 4 GA, 64:45 TOI
- Luke Evangelista (NSH RW): 0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS, 1 SOG, -2 +/-, 0 PPG, 0 HIT, 0 BLK, 10:50 TOI
- Matthew Wood (NSH RW): 0 G, 1 A, 1 PTS, 1 SOG, -1 +/-, 0 PPG, 0 HIT, 0 BLK, 15:00 TOI
- Nick Perbix (NSH D): 0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS, 1 SOG, -1 +/-, 0 PPG, 0 HIT, 1 BLK, 19:02 TOI
- Nicolas Hague (NSH D): 0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS, 1 SOG, -2 +/-, 0 PPG, 1 HIT, 1 BLK, 19:30 TOI
- Reid Schaefer (NSH LW): 0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS, 1 SOG, 0 +/-, 0 PPG, 3 HIT, 0 BLK, 8:05 TOI
- Roman Josi (NSH D): 0 G, 1 A, 1 PTS, 4 SOG, 2 +/-, 0 PPG, 1 HIT, 3 BLK, 27:49 TOI
- Ryan O'Reilly (NSH C): 0 G, 1 A, 1 PTS, 4 SOG, 2 +/-, 0 PPG, 0 HIT, 2 BLK, 22:39 TOI
- Steven Stamkos (NSH C): 1 G, 0 A, 1 PTS, 3 SOG, 3 +/-, 0 PPG, 2 HIT, 1 BLK, 20:40 TOI
- Zachary L'Heureux (NSH LW): 1 G, 0 A, 1 PTS, 2 SOG, 2 +/-, 0 PPG, 4 HIT, 1 BLK, 16:55 TOI
- Adrian Kempe (LAK RW): 2 G, 0 A, 2 PTS, 4 SOG, 1 +/-, 0 PPG, 2 HIT, 0 BLK, 20:26 TOI
- Alex Laferriere (LAK RW): 0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS, 5 SOG, -1 +/-, 0 PPG, 4 HIT, 1 BLK, 24:08 TOI
- Artemi Panarin (LAK LW): 0 G, 1 A, 1 PTS, 2 SOG, 1 +/-, 0 PPG, 0 HIT, 0 BLK, 20:53 TOI
- Brandt Clarke (LAK D): 0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS, 3 SOG, 0 +/-, 0 PPG, 0 HIT, 2 BLK, 19:40 TOI
- Brian Dumoulin (LAK D): 0 G, 1 A, 1 PTS, 0 SOG, 0 +/-, 0 PPG, 1 HIT, 2 BLK, 17:33 TOI
- Cody Ceci (LAK D): 0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS, 0 SOG, 1 +/-, 0 PPG, 0 HIT, 1 BLK, 17:32 TOI
- Darcy Kuemper (LAK G): 34 SA, 30 SV, 4 GA, 65:00 TOI
- Drew Doughty (LAK D): 0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS, 1 SOG, 0 +/-, 0 PPG, 0 HIT, 2 BLK, 26:11 TOI
- Joel Armia (LAK RW): 1 G, 1 A, 2 PTS, 4 SOG, 0 +/-, 0 PPG, 3 HIT, 0 BLK, 13:08 TOI
- Joel Edmundson (LAK D): 0 G, 1 A, 1 PTS, 4 SOG, -1 +/-, 0 PPG, 0 HIT, 2 BLK, 16:47 TOI
- Mathieu Joseph (LAK RW): 0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS, 1 SOG, 0 +/-, 0 PPG, 4 HIT, 0 BLK, 6:47 TOI
- Mikey Anderson (LAK D): 0 G, 1 A, 1 PTS, 1 SOG, 0 +/-, 0 PPG, 3 HIT, 1 BLK, 21:52 TOI
- Quinton Byfield (LAK RW): 0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS, 2 SOG, 0 +/-, 0 PPG, 2 HIT, 2 BLK, 22:07 TOI
- Samuel Helenius (LAK C): 0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS, 0 SOG, 0 +/-, 0 PPG, 3 HIT, 0 BLK, 6:13 TOI
- Scott Laughton (LAK C): 1 G, 0 A, 1 PTS, 2 SOG, 0 +/-, 0 PPG, 6 HIT, 1 BLK, 16:54 TOI
- Trevor Moore (LAK LW): 0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS, 1 SOG, -1 +/-, 0 PPG, 1 HIT, 1 BLK, 19:12 TOI
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Head-to-head
No earlier meeting between these teams is in their stored recent results.
Full Kings vs Predators head-to-head (6 meetings).
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