Final (OT) · All games
LAK – NYI
Los Angeles Kings at New York Islanders. Final. The price shown is the one frozen on the ledger before puck drop; nothing is re-priced after the fact.
- Frozen price
- Not on file (no price was frozen before puck drop)
- Expected score
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- Market
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- Venue
- UBS Arena
Recap · the league's own video
Recap
The league's three-minute recap and condensed game, played in the league's own player. Nothing is downloaded or rehosted.
Schedule spot
What the schedule did to each side
Nights off, back-to-backs, third games in four nights, road-trip position and travel since the last game, from the statistical schedule. Shown as facts; rest is in the price, travel is not.
1 night off · game 2 of a road trip
1 night off
Starters · depth chart 2026-10-12
In goal
The league names no starter before puck drop. First on each club's depth chart, from the licensed feed, is the expected starter.
Darcy Kuemper
Ilya Sorokin
Projected lineups · Sportradar NHL API v7, team depth charts · as of 2026-10-12
Expected lines
What each club intends per the feed's depth chart, with each forward's shooter rating (Elo, against the goalies faced last season). A listing is the club's statement, not a game sheet.
Los Angeles Kings
L1 Artemi Panarin (top tenth of the league) · Quinton Byfield (above the league middle) · Adrian Kempe (top tenth of the league)
L2 Trevor Moore (below the league middle) · Erik Haula (below the league middle) · Alex Laferriere (below the league middle)
L3 Joel Armia (above the league middle) · Scott Laughton (above the league middle) · Jared Wright
D1 Joel Edmundson (below the league middle) · Brandt Clarke (below the league middle)
D2 Brian Dumoulin (below the league middle) · Drew Doughty (below the league middle)
PP1 Corey Perry (above the league middle) · Quinton Byfield (above the league middle) · Adrian Kempe (top tenth of the league) · Artemi Panarin (top tenth of the league) · Brandt Clarke (below the league middle)
New York Islanders
L1 Emil Heineman (above the league middle) · Bo Horvat (above the league middle) · Kyle Palmieri (bottom tenth of the league)
L2 Brayden Schenn (above the league middle) · Calum Ritchie (above the league middle) · Victor Eklund
L3 Simon Holmstrom (above the league middle) · Jean-Gabriel Pageau (top tenth of the league) · Anthony Duclair (above the league middle)
D1 Logan Stanley (above the league middle) · Matthew Schaefer (top tenth of the league)
D2 Adam Pelech (below the league middle) · Ryan Pulock (below the league middle)
PP1 Kyle Palmieri (bottom tenth of the league) · Bo Horvat (above the league middle) · Brayden Schenn (above the league middle) · Matias Maccelli (above the league middle) · Matthew Schaefer (top tenth of the league)
Injury listings · as of 2026-10-18
Who the clubs list as out
Club-announced listings relayed by the licensed feed. No cause is inferred; Day To Day players are shown but not counted as out.
Los Angeles Kings
Alex Turcotte (C): Out (undisclosed), listed since 2026-10-09, expected back 2026-10-22
Jakub Dvorak (D): Out (upper-body), listed since 2026-09-24, expected back 2026-10-31
Jan Jenik (C): Out (undisclosed), listed since 2026-09-24, expected back 2026-10-24
Kevin Fiala (LW): Out (leg), listed since 2026-02-13, expected back 2026-10-24
Mats Zuccarello (RW): Out (undisclosed), listed since 2026-10-09, expected back 2026-10-20
New York Islanders
Calum Ritchie (C): Day To Day (lower body), listed since 2026-10-17, expected back 2026-10-20
Matias Maccelli (LW): Day To Day (lower body), listed since 2026-10-17, expected back 2026-10-20
Alexander Romanov (D): Out (acl), listed since 2026-10-06, expected back 2027-04-08
Mathew Barzal (C): Out (knee), listed since 2026-09-16, expected back 2026-10-20
Officials · the league's game centre
Who has the whistle
Named by the league, usually near puck drop. Each referee's record is from last season's play-by-play penalties; ranks are distance from league norms.
Kelly Sutherland
Liam Maaskant
Libor Suchanek · Tommy Hughes
Goals · the league's own clips
goals
Each goal plays in the league's own player, or opens on the league's site. Nothing is downloaded or rehosted.
LAK · P1 05:51 · A. Panarin (A. Laferriere, B. Clarke) · on nhl.com
LAK · P1 16:37 · A. Panarin · on nhl.com
NYI · P2 14:06 · V. Eklund (T. DeAngelo, E. Heineman) · PP · on nhl.com
NYI · P3 07:06 · M. Schaefer (L. Stanley, B. Schenn) · on nhl.com
LAK · P4 02:43 · B. Clarke (A. Kempe, D. Kuemper) · on nhl.com
Replay review once the condensed game has been read · Ledger