LAK @ VGK Gameday Thread

Game date: 2026-02-05 Posted by kaylee on 2026-02-05 05:00:45

LAK @ VGK

Venue: T-Mobile Arena

Puck drop: Thu Feb 5, 2026 10:00pm EST

Use this thread to talk about the game before, during, and after.


Game Preview

LAK (last 10)
  • Record 4-3-3
  • Streak L2
  • GF/GP · GA/GP 2.2 · 2.4
  • Power play 4/25 (16%)
  • Last game L vs SEA (1–3)
VGK (last 10)
  • Record 3-5-2
  • Streak W1
  • GF/GP · GA/GP 3 · 3.2
  • Power play 3/24 (12.5%)
  • Last game W vs VAN (1–0)

Recent meetings:

  • 2026-01-14 VGK 3 @ LAK 2 OT/SO
  • 2025-10-08 LAK 6 @ VGK 5 OT/SO

Players to watch (last 5 team games):

LAK
  • Adrian Kempe 6 pts · 3 G · 11 SOG
  • Corey Perry 3 pts · 1 G · 8 SOG
  • Kevin Fiala 3 pts · 0 G · 3 SOG
  • Samuel Helenius 2 pts · 2 G · 9 SOG
VGK
  • Mitchell Marner 4 pts · 3 G · 14 SOG
  • Jack Eichel 4 pts · 1 G · 15 SOG
  • Mark Stone 4 pts · 0 G · 7 SOG
  • Ivan Barbashev 3 pts · 3 G · 11 SOG

Prediction:

Expected goals: LAK 2.65 · VGK 2.87 · Win odds: LAK 45.5% · VGK 54.5% · OT/SO chance: 17.6%

  • 2-2 36.3%
  • 2-3 33%
  • 3-3 30.7%

Box Score

LAK 1 Final VGK 4

2026-02-05

Stat LAK VGK
Goals14
Shots3322
Power Play 0/5 (0.0%) 1/2 (50.0%)
PIM915
Faceoffs26 / 4242 / 26
Blocks1221
Saves1832
LAK Scorers
GAPTS
Trevor Moore 1 0 1
Anze Kopitar 0 1 1
Joel Armia 0 1 1
VGK Scorers
GAPTS
Mark Stone 1 2 3
Jack Eichel 1 1 2
Pavel Dorofeyev 1 1 2
Mitchell Marner 1 0 1
Ivan Barbashev 0 2 2
Tomas Hertl 0 1 1

Lineups

As of 2026-02-06 12:01AM EST

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

Expected lineup

LAK Away

Forwards

Line 1
Corey Perry
#10 · LW
TOI 19:30xGF/60 6.98xGA/60 1.79CF/60 129.7SC±/60 +64.86G±/60 -4.63CF% 75.7xGF% 79.6
Alex Laferriere
#14 · C
TOI 17:21xGF/60 5.43xGA/60 2.18CF/60 103.1SC±/60 +30.54G±/60 -3.82CF% 71.1xGF% 71.3
Adrian Kempe
#9 · RW
TOI 18:50xGF/60 6.03xGA/60 2.21CF/60 100.6SC±/60 +45.25G±/60 -5.03CF% 66.7xGF% 73.2
Line 2
Trevor Moore
#12 · LW
TOI 17:45xGF/60 2.68xGA/60 1.97CF/60 70.2SC±/60 +18.48G±/60 0.00CF% 67.9xGF% 57.7
Anze Kopitar
#11 · C
TOI 20:09xGF/60 4.19xGA/60 1.87CF/60 73.6SC±/60 +38.95G±/60 +4.33CF% 60.7xGF% 69.1
Joel Armia
#40 · RW
TOI 15:39xGF/60 2.93xGA/60 2.31CF/60 57.4SC±/60 0.00G±/60 +4.41CF% 48.1xGF% 55.9
Line 3
Kevin Fiala
#22 · LW
TOI 18:58xGF/60 4.87xGA/60 3.78CF/60 91.8SC±/60 +20.86G±/60 -4.17CF% 57.9xGF% 56.3
Quinton Byfield
#55 · C
TOI 17:40xGF/60 4.49xGA/60 1.74CF/60 78.7SC±/60 +32.17G±/60 -3.57CF% 59.5xGF% 72.1
Andrei Kuzmenko
#96 · RW
TOI 8:23xGF/60 6.08xGA/60 3.31CF/60 119.5SC±/60 +71.68G±/60 -7.96CF% 65.2xGF% 64.8
Line 4
Jeff Malott
#39 · LW
TOI 11:49xGF/60 2.88xGA/60 2.53CF/60 59.3SC±/60 +21.55G±/60 -5.39CF% 55.0xGF% 53.2
Samuel Helenius
#79 · C
TOI 10:21xGF/60 3.04xGA/60 2.53CF/60 70.8SC±/60 +32.20G±/60 -6.44CF% 61.1xGF% 54.6
Taylor Ward
#52 · RW
TOI 11:25xGF/60 4.58xGA/60 2.56CF/60 85.4SC±/60 +42.71G±/60 0.00CF% 66.7xGF% 64.2

Defense

Pair 1
Brian Dumoulin
#2 · LD
TOI 19:39xGF/60 3.76xGA/60 2.14CF/60 82.9SC±/60 +39.64G±/60 -3.60CF% 65.7xGF% 63.7
Drew Doughty
#8 · RD
TOI 21:03xGF/60 7.51xGA/60 2.20CF/60 125.2SC±/60 +71.55G±/60 -4.47CF% 73.7xGF% 77.4
Pair 2
Joel Edmundson
#6 · LD
TOI 17:25xGF/60 1.64xGA/60 2.55CF/60 31.0SC±/60 -23.25G±/60 -7.75CF% 38.1xGF% 39.1
Brandt Clarke
#92 · RD
TOI 24:37xGF/60 3.38xGA/60 2.33CF/60 71.9SC±/60 +33.38G±/60 -2.57CF% 60.9xGF% 59.2
Pair 3
Jacob Moverare
#43 · LD
TOI 9:55xGF/60 3.75xGA/60 2.15CF/60 63.2SC±/60 +6.32G±/60 +6.32CF% 45.5xGF% 63.5
Cody Ceci
#5 · RD
TOI 17:17xGF/60 3.26xGA/60 2.31CF/60 75.9SC±/60 +4.00G±/60 0.00CF% 57.6xGF% 58.5

Goalies

SlotGoalie
G1 Anton Forsberg [Status: CONFIRMED Start Score: 57]
G2 Darcy Kuemper

VGK Home

Forwards

Line 1
Ivan Barbashev
#49 · LW
TOI 14:06xGF/60 3.28xGA/60 4.02CF/60 56.8SC±/60 -36.15G±/60 +5.17CF% 37.9xGF% 44.9
Jack Eichel
#9 · C
TOI 17:42xGF/60 3.74xGA/60 8.26CF/60 77.0SC±/60 -71.90G±/60 +5.13CF% 33.3xGF% 31.2
Mark Stone
#61 · RW
TOI 16:40xGF/60 2.22xGA/60 5.03CF/60 44.2SC±/60 -56.18G±/60 +4.02CF% 29.7xGF% 30.6
Line 2
Pavel Dorofeyev
#16 · LW
TOI 13:40xGF/60 5.77xGA/60 5.37CF/60 101.1SC±/60 +20.22G±/60 +10.11CF% 52.6xGF% 51.8
Mitch Marner
#93 · C
TOI 17:12xGF/60 4.92xGA/60 10.85CF/60 113.5SC±/60 -75.69G±/60 0.00CF% 38.7xGF% 31.2
Reilly Smith
#19 · RW
TOI 16:54xGF/60 2.74xGA/60 6.88CF/60 60.6SC±/60 -33.02G±/60 +5.50CF% 34.4xGF% 28.5
Line 3
Alexander Holtz
#26 · LW
TOI 12:04xGF/60 5.35xGA/60 5.80CF/60 123.2SC±/60 +41.06G±/60 0.00CF% 52.9xGF% 48.0
Tomas Hertl
#48 · C
TOI 13:36xGF/60 1.68xGA/60 2.79CF/60 47.1SC±/60 0.00G±/60 0.00CF% 50.0xGF% 37.7
Keegan Kolesar
#55 · RW
TOI 13:23xGF/60 0.71xGA/60 3.34CF/60 40.9SC±/60 -13.63G±/60 0.00CF% 40.0xGF% 17.5
Line 4
Cole Reinhardt
#23 · LW
TOI 11:46xGF/60 2.69xGA/60 3.66CF/60 63.5SC±/60 -52.94G±/60 0.00CF% 40.0xGF% 42.3
Kai Uchacz
C
TOI 12:06xGF/60 1.06xGA/60 2.71CF/60 30.2SC±/60 -36.24G±/60 0.00CF% 33.3xGF% 28.1
Braeden Bowman
#42 · RW
TOI 11:03xGF/60 1.18xGA/60 2.09CF/60 30.2SC±/60 -30.15G±/60 0.00CF% 35.7xGF% 36.0

Defense

Pair 1
Jeremy Lauzon
#5 · LD
TOI 24:08xGF/60 2.37xGA/60 2.17CF/60 48.4SC±/60 -18.17G±/60 0.00CF% 48.5xGF% 52.2
Shea Theodore
#27 · RD
TOI 22:22xGF/60 1.58xGA/60 2.33CF/60 46.2SC±/60 -27.71G±/60 -3.08CF% 50.0xGF% 40.5
Pair 2
Noah Hanifin
#15 · LD
TOI 23:29xGF/60 1.39xGA/60 4.26CF/60 26.4SC±/60 -35.18G±/60 +5.86CF% 25.7xGF% 24.6
Rasmus Andersson
#4 · RD
TOI 24:03xGF/60 1.74xGA/60 4.64CF/60 35.6SC±/60 -48.52G±/60 +6.47CF% 27.5xGF% 27.2
Pair 3
Ben Hutton
#17 · LD
TOI 12:09xGF/60 3.02xGA/60 5.61CF/60 72.1SC±/60 -28.85G±/60 +7.21CF% 40.0xGF% 35.0
Kaedan Korczak
#6 · RD
TOI 13:40xGF/60 6.64xGA/60 6.84CF/60 107.1SC±/60 +14.28G±/60 +7.14CF% 44.1xGF% 49.3

Goalies

SlotGoalie
G1 Akira Schmid
G2 Adin Hill [Status: CONFIRMED Start Score: 71]

Injuries

As of 2026-02-06 12:01AM EST

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

LAK

Player Pos # Description Status
Alex Turcotte NA 15 IR IR
Artemi Panarin NA OUT OUT
Mikey Anderson NA 44 DTD DTD

VGK

Player Pos # Description Status
Alex Pietrangelo NA 7 IR IR
Brett Howden NA 21 IR IR
Brandon Saad NA 20 IR IR
Brayden McNabb NA 3 IR IR
William Karlsson NA 71 IR IR
Carter Hart NA 79 IR IR
Jonas Rondbjerg NA 46 IR IR
Colton Sissons NA 10 OUT OUT
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