Quinton Byfield
Age 24 · Shoots left · 6′5″ · 230 lb · Born Newmarket, Ontario, CAN
Drafted 2020, #2 overall by Los Angeles
2025-262025-26: 79 games, 24-25-49, 0.62 points per game Season detail →
Quinton Byfield has 2 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 49 points in 79 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample2 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.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.7). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-six forward who runs the first power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Los Angeles's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
The power play drives the goal total
How the 1 goal and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
0 of 1 goal broke a tie; 1 came with Los Angeles trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
13 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 79 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
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 leaders20+ mph bursts in the 96th percentile of forwards: 14
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 22.17@
SJS3 Oct · OT 00:12 - 21.68@
COL30 Sep · 2nd 02:01 - 20.97@COL30 Sep · 1st 03:47
- 20.68@SJS3 Oct · 1st 11:36
- 20.65@SJS3 Oct · 1st 08:47
- 20.47@COL30 Sep · 2nd 12:16
- 20.45@SJS3 Oct · 2nd 08:07
- 20.35@SJS3 Oct · 2nd 13:09
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 75.85@SJS3 Oct · 3rd 09:41
- 74.35@SJS3 Oct · OT 02:51
- 72.34@SJS3 Oct · 3rd 03:00
- 70.32@SJS3 Oct · 2nd 19:58
- 63.48@SJS3 Oct · 2nd 19:22
- 60.32@COL30 Sep · 1st 03:26
- 57.24@SJS3 Oct · 2nd 05:50
- 42.19@COL30 Sep · 1st 11:37
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 3.36vs
FLA6 Oct · 21:10 TOI - 3.80@SJS3 Oct · 22:40 TOI
- 3.20@COL30 Sep · 18:59 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 3.45 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Wins the puck back more than he gives it away
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Vegas, a point in two of four
VGKL 4-62024+121:08VGKL 1-40005−117:40VGKOTL 2-3 OT0000−120:32VGKW 6-5 SO1123019:49FLAL 1-20000−121:10SJSW 5-4 OT1124−122:40COLW 8-40003−218:5949 points in 79 games on a team that finished 20th
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.6). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-six forward who runs the first power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Los Angeles's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 24 goals and 25 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
10 of 24 goals broke a tie; 10 came with Los Angeles trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
372 attempts across the 82 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 79 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
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 leaders20+ mph bursts in the 97th percentile of forwards: 297
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Draws more penalties than he takes
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
A point in one game of three (33 of 79)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Vegas, a point in two of four
VGKL 4-62024+121:08VGKL 1-40005−117:40VGKOTL 2-3 OT0000−120:32VGKW 6-5 SO1123019:49
CGYL 1-31012021:51
VANOTL 3-4 OT1123+119:19
SEAW 5-32028+320:17
EDMW 1-00001021:01VANW 4-10001018:33
NSHW 3-2 SO0002020:52
TORW 7-6 OT2023+221:16NSHOTL 4-5 SO0002022:07
STLW 2-1 OT0003−120:52
UTAL 2-60003−119:03FLAL 1-20000−121:10SJSW 5-4 OT1124−122:40COLW 8-40003−218:59Better on the road, and at his best against the next opponent
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$6.25M a season through 2028-29
In 2025-26 he scored 7.8 points per $1M of cap hit, 225th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.
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
Seven seasons · 2020-21 to 2026-27Mats Zuccarello sets him up more than anyone
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
Who sets him up
Assists on his 1 goal, 2026-27.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsSeven seasons, all with the Kings
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct