Los Angeles Kings
2026-27: 0-2-1 · 1 pts · 31st in the NHL · 7th in the Pacific · L10 0-2-1 · L1
2025-26: 35-27-20 · 90 pts · 20th in the NHL · 4th in the Pacific
at Vegas · 10:00 PM ETPrices after the game-day snapshotExpected in goal: Darcy Kuemper 56%Game preview →Los Angeles are 0-2-1 after 3 games of 2026-27, 7th in the Pacific. Last season they finished 20th in the league with 90 points.
7th in the Pacific after 3 games
League rank after every game of 2026-27, drawn against last season's month-end ranks. With fewer than ten games played, the order still moves a lot from night to night.
League rank through the season
See all: League rank through the season →2026-27 · 31st in the league · 0-2-1 · 1 pts
StandingsPoints in line with the goal difference
Three views derived from the 2026-27 results. Small sample: every split here rests on fewer than ten games.
Expected vs actual points
See all: Expected vs actual points →Points the goal difference is worth = GF^1.8 ÷ (GF^1.8 + GA^1.8) × 2 × GP × 1.115, the league's points a game, from 9 goals for and 15 against in 3 games. Last season: 90 points against 83.8. Expected points from shot quality (xG) are in the Shots section.
MethodClose games
Splits
Four of the next six on the road
Next six
See all: Next six →Vegas Golden Knights95 pts · 13th13 Octvs
Edmonton Oilers93 pts · 14th17 Octvs
Boston Bruins100 pts · 8th20 Oct@
Washington Capitals95 pts · 12th22 Oct@
New York Islanders91 pts · 19th24 Oct@
New Jersey Devils87 pts · 21stDifficulty is how often the opponent would beat an average team, from shot quality (our season model, which leans on last season early on). Red is the top quarter of the league, green the bottom quarter. Hover a bar for the numbers.
Next six: these opponents would beat an average team 50.7% of the time. 3 of the six made the 2025-26 playoffs.
Full scheduleLast results
See all: Last results →
Florida1–220–28L3 Oct@
San Jose4–5 OT35–25OTL30 Sep@
Colorado4–831–29LScores Erik Haula leads with 3 points in 3 games
2026-27 scoring, with last season's line for every player on the roster. Status tags come from the league-wide injury report.
Moves since July
See all: Moves since July →2026-27 roster
See all: 2026-27 roster →$1.8M of cap space under a $104M ceiling
Cap hit against the ceiling
Biggest cap hits
See all: Biggest cap hits →Out of contract in summer 2027
See all: Out of contract in summer 2027 →As of 2 Oct 2026. Cap hit is the average annual charge against the cap, not a yearly salary. The team figure is a projection that can include players off the roster; space below zero is before long-term injured reserve and other relief, which this data does not include.
Who dressed against Florida on 6 Oct
Every player who dressed, ordered by ice time. The league publishes who played, not the line combinations, so this is depth by minutes rather than lines.
The same 20 players who dressed on 3 Oct.
Forwards · by ice time
Defence · by ice time
Goalies · by ice time
Did not dress
On the roster but not in the lineup: injured players carry the report’s status, the rest were scratched or are away from the team.
A 21st power play and a 30th penalty kill
Small sample after 3 games. Last season: power play 17.0%, penalty kill 74.6%.
2026-27
Dashed line: league average. Scale 0–100%.
Los Angeles attempt more from the wing than anywhere else
Every Los Angeles attempt in 2026-27, attacking right (3 games). Crease: within 8 ft of the goal. Slot: inside the faceoff dots below the circles. Point: the top 20 ft of the zone.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games with located shots. Ranks are league-wide (1st = best). Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 82 games with located shots. Ranks are league-wide (1st = best).
Expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength (our model, trained on 2025-26). Above zero on finishing or goaltending means better than the chances.
Team xG tableBy zone
178 att · 86 on goal · 9 G
By shot type
Los Angeles Kings rank 21st for 22+ mph bursts and 15th for shot-attempt differential
How fast Los Angeles Kings skated, how hard they shot and where the puck spent its time, ranked against the other 31 teams.
Fastest skaters
- 22.24Alex Laferriere@COL30 Sep · 3rd 05:57
- 22.17Quinton Byfield@SJS3 Oct · OT 00:12
- 21.81Brandt Clarke@SJS3 Oct · 2nd 13:09
- 21.69Scott Laughton@COL30 Sep · 2nd 09:07
- 21.64Adrian Kempe@SJS3 Oct · 1st 03:01
- 21.57Andre Lee@COL30 Sep · 1st 02:37
- 21.50Erik Haula@COL30 Sep · 3rd 05:58
- 21.36Drew Doughty@SJS3 Oct · 1st 14:51
Each Los Angeles Kings skater's fastest burst, the top eight, in mph.
Hardest shots
- 94.38Cody Ceci@COL30 Sep · 1st 01:13
- 91.70Scott Laughton@COL30 Sep · 1st 03:14
- 88.87Joel Edmundson@COL30 Sep · 2nd 11:20
- 88.31Artemi Panarin@SJS3 Oct · 2nd 08:14
- 86.54Brandt Clarke@SJS3 Oct · 1st 11:48
- 86.41Adrian Kempe@COL30 Sep · 3rd 10:01
- 84.72Drew Doughty@COL30 Sep · 3rd 06:16
- 84.26Mats Zuccarello@SJS3 Oct · 3rd 05:13
Each Los Angeles Kings skater's hardest shot, the top eight, in mph.
Territory
Ranks are league-wide, 1st = best.
Darcy Kuemper has started 2 of 3
Starts, save percentage and goals against for every goalie who has played for the club this season, with last season for context.
2026-27
2025-26
Three on the injury list
Injury report
See all: Injury report →Updated 7 Oct, 7:46 AM ET
InjuriesTransactions
See all: Transactions →Placed D Otto Salin on the injured non-roster list. Loaned G Erik Portillo to Ontario (AHL).
Waived for the purpose of assignment to Abbotsford (AHL) Fs Martin Chromia, Cole Guttman, Lane Pederson and Francesco Pinelli and D Joe Hicketts. Loaned Fs Aatu Jamsen and Koehn Ziemmer, Ds Angus Booth, Kirill Kirsanov and Jared Woolley to Ontario. Placed F Jan Jenik and D Jakub Dvorak on injured reserve.
Signed F Elton Hermansson to a three-year, entry-level contract.
2026 draft class
See all: 2026 draft class →Priced at 52% to make the playoffs
Every season-long market the venues list for the Los Angeles Kings, as the venue-average implied chance with each venue's price to buy Yes.
Make the playoffs: market vs last season
A 92-point pace (last season's points % over 84 games) maps to about 51%; the market sits 2 points higher.
Season points: the market's ladder
1 point from 3 games so far. A points pace is shown from game 10.
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Polymarket
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Vancouver is the most-played rivalry: 307 meetings
Los Angeles against every Pacific rival, from each pairing's first meeting in the index, including 2026-27.
Vancouver Canucks
Calgary Flames
Anaheim Ducks
Seattle Kraken16 playoff trips and 2 Stanley Cups in 30 seasons
Playoff depth season by season since 1996-97, the franchise scoring leaders since 1990-91 and its earliest draft picks since 1980. Hover a square for the season.
The last 30 seasons
Points leaders since 1990-91
Regular season, with this franchise only.
Retired numbers
Numbers retired by the franchise, as of October 2026. Maintained by hand, outside the stats feed.
Top picks since 1980
The 6 highest first-round picks of 41 since 1980.
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct