Los Angeles Kings · #21 · Centre

Scott Laughton

Age 32 · Shoots left · 6′1″ · 190 lb · Born Oakville, Ontario, CAN

Drafted 2012, #20 overall by Philadelphia

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Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals0T-9th on LAK
Assists0T-13th on LAK
Points0T-16th on LAK
P / GP0.00T-390th in the NHL
Shots50.0% shooting
TOI / GP13:5816th on LAK

2025-262025-26: 64 games, 13-7-20, 0.31 points per game Season detail →

Scott Laughton has 0 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 20 points in 64 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

0 points in 3 games for the 31st-placed Los Angeles

Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL forwards

Blocked shots383rd
Hits879th
Takeaways169th
Shots / GP1.6755th
Penalty differential048th
PP points036th
Ice time13:5835th
Goals / 600.0026th
Shooting %0.0%25th
Assists / 600.0021st
Points / GP0.0013th

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.00.01–3

Dashed line: season average (0.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points0T-16th on LAK
Points per game0.00T-390th in NHL
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists0T-13th on LAK
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time13:5816th on LAK
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Ice time and special teams

A depth forward who kills penalties

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Los Angeles's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength11:12
Power play0:05
Shorthanded2:42
Total13:58

20.7 shifts a game, averaging 41 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-3rd on LAK
PP assists0T-5th on LAK
PP points0T-6th on LAK · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00T-6th on LAK

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP2Los Angeles total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every LAK PPG
PP TOI share1.2%of LAK PP time

Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.


Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot

Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease1 att · 0 G
Slot5 att · 0 G
Wing3 att · 0 G
Point2 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

11 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.6198th
Goals0
Goals vs expected−0.6
Unblocked attempts8
xG per attempt.075
ixG per 600.86

2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.

xG leaders

2026-27 · Skating and shot power

Hardest shot in the 98th percentile of forwards: 91.70 mph

How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.

Tracking percentile among NHL forwards

Hardest shot, mph91.7098th
90+ mph shots198th
Average shot, mph63.178th
Distance / 60, mi10.0176th
Top speed, mph21.6971st
20+ mph bursts561st
22+ mph bursts041st
Distance skated, mi7.040th
Offensive-zone time37.4%17th
Defensive-zone time44.7%15th

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph21.69Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph91.70Forward average 74.7
Distance skated7.0 mi2.61 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts8.3%52.8% defensive · 38.9% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

38.0%All situations44.5%
39.6%Even strength42.4%
24.1%Power play75.9%
30.0%Shorthanded54.6%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 21.69@COL30 Sep · 2nd 09:07
  2. 20.47@SJS3 Oct · 3rd 19:29
  3. 20.41@SJS3 Oct · 2nd 09:14
  4. 19.73@SJS3 Oct · 1st 17:09
  5. 19.50@COL30 Sep · 3rd 19:35
  6. 19.11@COL30 Sep · 2nd 17:47
  7. 18.79@SJS3 Oct · 2nd 12:36
  8. 18.70@COL30 Sep · 3rd 02:33

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph5 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph19 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 91.70@COL30 Sep · 1st 03:14
  2. 63.70@SJS3 Oct · 3rd 19:41
  3. 55.62@COL30 Sep · 2nd 14:40
  4. 46.59@COL30 Sep · 2nd 09:08

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph1 · avg 0.0
80-89 mph1 · avg 0.6
70-79 mph1 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.17vsFLA6 Oct · 13:18 TOI
  2. 2.21@SJS3 Oct · 13:30 TOI
  3. 2.61@COL30 Sep · 15:07 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.33 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways1T-2nd on LAK
Giveaways2
TK / GV ratio0.50
Hits82nd on LAK
Blocked shots3T-6th on LAK

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn0
Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken3411.3 a game
Won21
Win %61.8%
Offensive zone1 of 1

A regular centre on the draw.


Game log

Against Vegas, a point in two of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
23 Jan 2026vsVGKL 3-6101109:28
15 Jan 2026@VGKOTL 5-6 OT1012+113:26

Contract

$3.5M a season through 2028-29

In 2025-26 he scored 5.7 points per $1M of cap hit, 308th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$3.5M3.4% of the $104M ceiling
Term3 yearsYear 1 of 3
Expires2028-29UFA at 35
Cap value$10.5MCap hit × 3 years

Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 2 Oct 2026.


With Los Angeles

Two seasons · 2025-26 to 2026-27
Linemates and opponents

249th in franchise points since 1990-91

Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points8249th for Los Angeles
Goals5191st
Assists3274th
Games played24313th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Fourteen seasons, with 3 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2012-13PHI50000.000.0%
2014-15PHI312460.193.9%
2015-16PHI71714210.308.2%
2016-17PHI20000.000.0%
2017-18PHI811010200.259.3%
2018-19PHI821220320.399.2%
2019-20PHI491314270.5517.6%
2020-21PHI53911200.3810.1%
2021-22PHI671119300.4510.0%
2022-23PHI781825430.5510.6%
2023-24PHI821326390.487.8%
2024-25PHI, TOR801318310.3910.4%
2025-26LAK, TOR64137200.3113.7%
2026-27LAK10000.000.0%
Career7461211682890.399.9%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2012Philadelphia · round 1From Oshawa (OHL)#20

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · LAK points

Games41
Goals6
Points120.29 P/GP
Game-winning goals1
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct