Montreal Canadiens 4, Los Angeles Kings 3: final score and stats
Montreal Canadiens beat Los Angeles Kings, Montreal Canadiens 4 to Los Angeles Kings 3, on Saturday, March 7, 2026 at crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Los Angeles Kings vs Montreal Canadiens.
NHLSaturday, March 7, 2026
DateMar 7, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
Venuecrypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA
TVESPN+
Attendance18,145
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal Canadiens | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Los Angeles Kings | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Montreal CanadiensLos Angeles Kings
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
34-18-10Record25-23-14
2nd in Atlantic DivisionStanding7th in Pacific Division
6-2Road record / home record2-6
LWWLWLast 5LLWLW
L1StreakL2
Team stats
Montreal CanadiensLos Angeles Kings
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Montreal Canadiens
Ivan Demidov RW · Ankle - Fracture
Injured ReserveSam Montembeault G · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBryce Pickford D · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveLucas Condotta LW · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveMike Matheson D · Lower Body
Day-To-DayLos Angeles Kings
Kevin Fiala LW · Lower Leg - Surgery
Injured ReserveJakub Dvorak D · Upper Body
Injured ReserveDrew Doughty D · Lower Body - Not Specified
Day-To-DayErik Gustafsson D · Undisclosed - Not Specified
Day-To-DayBox score
Montreal Canadiens Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Anderson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:53 | 0:00 | 2:33 | 11:20 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Zack Bolduc | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:39 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:39 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Caufield | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13:16 | 0:31 | 0:07 | 12:38 | 18 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirby Dach | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:48 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:48 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Phillip Danault | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:18 | 0:00 | 2:59 | 12:19 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Demidov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:30 | 0:31 | 0:00 | 10:59 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Evans | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:03 | 0:00 | 2:49 | 14:14 | 21 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan Gallagher | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 9:51 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:51 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oliver Kapanen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:34 | 0:00 | 2:36 | 15:58 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Newhook | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:18 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:18 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 16.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Juraj Slafkovsky | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:38 | 0:31 | 0:24 | 15:43 | 20 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Suzuki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:14 | 0:31 | 0:32 | 16:11 | 20 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 57.1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Montreal Canadiens Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandre Carrier | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:31 | 0:00 | 3:07 | 15:24 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Dobson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:31 | 0:00 | 1:34 | 19:57 | 29 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaiden Guhle | 2 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 24:26 | 0:00 | 2:23 | 22:03 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Lane Hutson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:55 | 0:31 | 0:28 | 20:56 | 24 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Matheson | 1 | 3 | 0 | -3 | 24:25 | 0:00 | 4:28 | 19:57 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Arber Xhekaj | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9:10 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:10 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Montreal Canadiens Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jakub Dobes | 3 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 36 | .923 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Los Angeles Kings Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinton Byfield | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21:26 | 2:45 | 0:31 | 18:10 | 24 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 44.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Samuel Helenius | 0 | 7 | 0 | -1 | 7:08 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:08 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adrian Kempe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:10 | 4:17 | 0:00 | 17:53 | 25 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anze Kopitar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:53 | 4:13 | 0:00 | 18:40 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Laferriere | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20:48 | 3:19 | 0:31 | 16:58 | 23 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 14.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Laughton | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15:08 | 1:28 | 0:00 | 13:40 | 21 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 85.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Malott | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 6:42 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:42 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Moore | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:05 | 1:45 | 0:00 | 16:20 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Artemi Panarin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:46 | 4:20 | 0:00 | 19:26 | 25 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Turcotte | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10:56 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:56 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Ward | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 8:04 | 1:16 | 0:00 | 6:48 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Wright | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10:44 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:44 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Los Angeles Kings Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikey Anderson | 4 | 7 | 0 | -2 | 19:50 | 0:22 | 0:31 | 18:57 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cody Ceci | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:59 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:59 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandt Clarke | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:38 | 3:56 | 0:00 | 20:42 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Drew Doughty | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 23:04 | 2:04 | 0:31 | 20:29 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Dumoulin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:31 | 0:15 | 0:00 | 14:16 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Edmundson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 18:00 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Los Angeles Kings Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darcy Kuemper | 4 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .826 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 58:37 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
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Mar 7, 2026MTL 4, LA 3
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Montreal Canadiens vs Los Angeles Kings?
Montreal Canadiens won, 4-3, on Saturday, March 7, 2026.
What was the final score of Montreal Canadiens vs Los Angeles Kings?
Montreal Canadiens 4, Los Angeles Kings 3.
Who were the top performers?
Montreal Canadiens: Juraj Slafkovsky (2 goals). Los Angeles Kings: Anze Kopitar (1 goals).
Where is Montreal Canadiens vs Los Angeles Kings played?
crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA.
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