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2025-26 regular season

Kings at Stars

🗓 📍 American Airlines Center, Dallas 🔁 Season series tied 1–1

Stars beat Kings 4–1 at American Airlines Center on December 15, 2025.

LAK – DAL
28–26
Shots on goal
1/3–0/2
Power play
30–19
Hits
15–18
Blocked shots
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The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⭐ DAL
Mikko Rantanen
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 19:34 TOI
2nd star ⭐ DAL
Matt Duchene
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 14:13 TOI
3rd star ⭐ DAL
Wyatt Johnston
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 16:59 TOI

Scoring

5 goals · in order
2nd period
👑 Andrei Kuzmenko PP Go-ahead 2nd · 11:03
Unassisted · beat Casey DeSmith
1–0
⭐ Matt Duchene Tying 2nd · 15:42
Assists: Mikko Rantanen, Wyatt Johnston · beat Anton Forsberg
1–1
3rd period
⭐ Oskar Bäck Go-ahead 3rd · 06:12
Assists: Radek Faksa, Colin Blackwell · beat Anton Forsberg
1–2
⭐ Mikko Rantanen 3rd · 16:11
Assists: Thomas Harley · beat Anton Forsberg
1–3
⭐ Wyatt Johnston Empty net 3rd · 19:28
Assists: Matt Duchene
1–4

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
👑Kings
L1 Fiala · Kopitar · Laferriere 17:44
L2 Kuzmenko · Kempe · Perry 16:58
L3 Foegele · Moore · Armia 14:42
L4 Malott · Turcotte · Helenius 10:51
D1 Doughty · Clarke 21:48
D2 Edmundson · Anderson 18:42
D3 Dumoulin · Ceci 16:07
⭐Stars
L1 Robertson · Hintz · Rantanen 19:32
L2 Benn · Johnston · Steel 15:09
L3 Duchene · Blackwell · Hryckowian 13:51
L4 Bourque · Faksa · Bäck 11:07
D1 Heiskanen · Lindell 25:25
D2 Harley · Petrovic 18:46
D3 Lyubushkin · Lundkvist 14:06

Team stats

Away left · home right
👑LAK DAL⭐
28 Shots on goal 26
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/2
30 Hits 19
15 Blocked shots 18
4 Takeaways 2
20 Giveaways 14
6 Penalty minutes 8
LAK shooting 3.6% (1/28) DAL shooting 15.4% (4/26)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
👑Kings
Anton Forsberg
17/20
.850 SV% · 3 GA · 42:40 TOI
Darcy Kuemper Shutout
5/5
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 16:00 TOI
⭐Stars
Casey DeSmith
27/28
.964 SV% · 1 GA · 59:42 TOI

Where the goals came from

5 of 5 goals located
Andrei Kuzmenko · 2nd 11:03 · 1–0 Matt Duchene · 2nd 15:42 · 1–1 Oskar Bäck · 3rd 06:12 · 1–2 Mikko Rantanen · 3rd 16:11 · 1–3 Wyatt Johnston · 3rd 19:28 · 1–4
LAK DAL
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Kings
Kings — tied after 1st: 4-3-4 (36% win rate, 11 games)
Stars
Stars — tied after 1st: 6-4-3 (46% win rate, 13 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Kings
Kings — tied after 2nd: 3-3-5 (27% win rate, 11 games)
Stars
Stars — tied after 2nd: 4-2-2 (50% win rate, 8 games)

Last meetings

All →
Season series tied 1–1
Oct 232025 👑LAK @ ⭐DAL 3–2 OT Feb 282025 👑LAK @ ⭐DAL 2–6 Feb 72025 ⭐DAL @ 👑LAK 4–5 SO Dec 42024 ⭐DAL @ 👑LAK 2–3 Mar 162024 👑LAK @ ⭐DAL 1–4
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Who won Kings vs Stars on December 15, 2025?

Stars won 4–1. The final score was Kings 1, Stars 4.

Who scored for Kings?

Andrei Kuzmenko.

Who scored for Stars?

Matt Duchene, Mikko Rantanen, Oskar Bäck, Wyatt Johnston.

How did the Kings goalie play?

Anton Forsberg made 17 saves on 20 shots (.850 save percentage).

How did the Stars goalie play?

Casey DeSmith made 27 saves on 28 shots (.964 save percentage).

Where is Kings vs Stars played?

At American Airlines Center in Dallas, the Stars home rink.

What is the Kings vs Stars season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
👑 Kings
BeforeDec 13 🔥CGY @ 👑LAK 2–1 AfterDec 17 👑LAK @ 🐆FLA 2–3
⭐ Stars
BeforeDec 13 🐆FLA @ ⭐DAL 4–0 AfterDec 18 ⭐DAL @ 🦈SJS 5–3
Also on December 15
🐆FLA 5–2 ⚡TBL 🦆ANA 4–1 🗽NYR 🏛️OTT 3–2 ✈️WPG 🐯NSH 5–2 🎵STL
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