diff --git a/packages/router/src/apply_redirects.ts b/packages/router/src/apply_redirects.ts
index 2cc993e10d2..52e8a1d226f 100644
--- a/packages/router/src/apply_redirects.ts
+++ b/packages/router/src/apply_redirects.ts
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ class ApplyRedirects {
   private expandRegularSegmentAgainstRouteUsingRedirect(
       ngModule: NgModuleRef<any>, segmentGroup: UrlSegmentGroup, routes: Route[], route: Route,
       segments: UrlSegment[], outlet: string): Observable<UrlSegmentGroup> {
-    const {matched, consumedSegments, lastChild, positionalParamSegments} =
+    const {matched, consumedSegments, remainingSegments, positionalParamSegments} =
         match(segmentGroup, route, segments);
     if (!matched) return noMatch(segmentGroup);
 
@@ -271,8 +271,7 @@ class ApplyRedirects {
 
     return this.lineralizeSegments(route, newTree).pipe(mergeMap((newSegments: UrlSegment[]) => {
       return this.expandSegment(
-          ngModule, segmentGroup, routes, newSegments.concat(segments.slice(lastChild)), outlet,
-          false);
+          ngModule, segmentGroup, routes, newSegments.concat(remainingSegments), outlet, false);
     }));
   }
 
@@ -292,10 +291,9 @@ class ApplyRedirects {
       return of(new UrlSegmentGroup(segments, {}));
     }
 
-    const {matched, consumedSegments, lastChild} = match(rawSegmentGroup, route, segments);
+    const {matched, consumedSegments, remainingSegments} = match(rawSegmentGroup, route, segments);
     if (!matched) return noMatch(rawSegmentGroup);
 
-    const rawSlicedSegments = segments.slice(lastChild);
     const childConfig$ = this.getChildConfig(ngModule, route, segments);
 
     return childConfig$.pipe(mergeMap((routerConfig: LoadedRouterConfig) => {
@@ -303,7 +301,7 @@ class ApplyRedirects {
       const childConfig = routerConfig.routes;
 
       const {segmentGroup: splitSegmentGroup, slicedSegments} =
-          split(rawSegmentGroup, consumedSegments, rawSlicedSegments, childConfig);
+          split(rawSegmentGroup, consumedSegments, remainingSegments, childConfig);
       // See comment on the other call to `split` about why this is necessary.
       const segmentGroup =
           new UrlSegmentGroup(splitSegmentGroup.segments, splitSegmentGroup.children);
diff --git a/packages/router/src/recognize.ts b/packages/router/src/recognize.ts
index cb12aa8172f..9df0c138694 100644
--- a/packages/router/src/recognize.ts
+++ b/packages/router/src/recognize.ts
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ export class Recognizer {
 
     let snapshot: ActivatedRouteSnapshot;
     let consumedSegments: UrlSegment[] = [];
-    let rawSlicedSegments: UrlSegment[] = [];
+    let remainingSegments: UrlSegment[] = [];
 
     if (route.path === '**') {
       const params = segments.length > 0 ? last(segments)!.parameters : {};
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ export class Recognizer {
         return null;
       }
       consumedSegments = result.consumedSegments;
-      rawSlicedSegments = segments.slice(result.lastChild);
+      remainingSegments = result.remainingSegments;
 
       snapshot = new ActivatedRouteSnapshot(
           consumedSegments, result.parameters, Object.freeze({...this.urlTree.queryParams}),
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ export class Recognizer {
     const childConfig: Route[] = getChildConfig(route);
 
     const {segmentGroup, slicedSegments} = split(
-        rawSegment, consumedSegments, rawSlicedSegments,
+        rawSegment, consumedSegments, remainingSegments,
         // Filter out routes with redirectTo because we are trying to create activated route
         // snapshots and don't handle redirects here. That should have been done in
         // `applyRedirects`.
diff --git a/packages/router/src/utils/config_matching.ts b/packages/router/src/utils/config_matching.ts
index 52e625e8a3c..40ace3f9abf 100644
--- a/packages/router/src/utils/config_matching.ts
+++ b/packages/router/src/utils/config_matching.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import {getOutlet} from './config';
 export interface MatchResult {
   matched: boolean;
   consumedSegments: UrlSegment[];
-  lastChild: number;
+  remainingSegments: UrlSegment[];
   parameters: {[k: string]: string};
   positionalParamSegments: {[k: string]: UrlSegment};
 }
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export interface MatchResult {
 const noMatch: MatchResult = {
   matched: false,
   consumedSegments: [],
-  lastChild: 0,
+  remainingSegments: [],
   parameters: {},
   positionalParamSegments: {}
 };
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export function match(
     return {
       matched: true,
       consumedSegments: [],
-      lastChild: 0,
+      remainingSegments: segments,
       parameters: {},
       positionalParamSegments: {}
     };
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export function match(
   return {
     matched: true,
     consumedSegments: res.consumed,
-    lastChild: res.consumed.length,
+    remainingSegments: segments.slice(res.consumed.length),
     // TODO(atscott): investigate combining parameters and positionalParamSegments
     parameters,
     positionalParamSegments: res.posParams ?? {}