Early look · NHL 2026-27

Los Angeles Kings at Ottawa Senators: game preview

Los AngelesKings2026-27: 0-2-1 · 1 pts · 2025-26: 35-27-20 · 90 pts · 20that

OttawaSenators2026-27: 2-1-0 · 4 pts · 2025-26: 44-27-11 · 99 pts · 9th

Puck drop21 Nov · 7:00 PM ET

VenueCanadian Tire Centre

All-time meetings50 completed

BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26

The thesis

Nine points apart last season

Los Angeles finished last season 20th in the league on 90 points. Ottawa finished 9th on 99.

Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.

Head-to-head

Meeting number 51

Across 50 completed games, Los Angeles lead the head-to-head 33-13-4.

All-time record33-13-4Los Angeles's record in the series

Meetings played50This is number 51

2025-26 series—

Last 54-1Los Angeles

Last 5 meetings

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DateResultShotsPower playWinner

24 Nov 2025OTT 1 – LAK 2——LAK

15 Nov 2025LAK 1 – OTT 0——LAK

30 Nov 2024OTT 2 – LAK 5——LAK

14 Oct 2024LAK 7 – OTT 8 OT——OTT

7 Mar 2024OTT 3 – LAK 4 OT——LAK

Head-to-head finder

The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

DateLos AngelesOttawa

15 Nov 202510-5-4 · 24 pts5th9-6-4 · 22 pts15th

24 Nov 202511-6-6 · 28 pts10th11-7-4 · 26 pts14th

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 15 Nov 2025, Los Angeles were 5th in the league and Ottawa 15th. By 24 Nov 2025 it was 10th and 14th.

Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

Ottawa out-attempted Los Angeles 111 to 90

Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.

Los Angeles Kings

90 att · 40 on goal · 3 G · 7.5%

Crease7 att · 1 G

Slot25 att · 1 G

Wing35 att · 0 G

Point17 att · 1 G

Neutral zone6 att · 0 G

Ottawa Senators

111 att · 45 on goal · 1 G · 2.2%

Crease7 att · 0 G

Slot42 att · 1 G

Wing42 att · 0 G

Point18 att · 0 G

Neutral zone2 att · 0 G

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

Expected goals

Los Angeles and Ottawa are level on chances, last 10 games

Shot quality both ways: expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring. Finishing above zero means more goals than the chances.

Los AngelesOttawa

2.88xG for per game2.95

2.43xG against per game3.41

54.2%xG share46.4%

+0.4FinishingGoals minus expected goals+1.1

−7.7GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed+2.2

This season: 3 games for Los Angeles, 3 for Ottawa. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every team’s xG →

Special teams

Power play and penalty kill, season and series

This season's rates first, then 2025-26 and the last meetings between the two. Power-play chances are counted from the penalty log with coincidental minors cancelled; faceoffs are each club's wins over draws taken.

All bars share one scale · 0–100%SeasonLast meetings

Los Angeles

Small sample

Power play · 2026-2716.7%

Power play · 2025-2617.0% · 28th

Power play · last 5 meetings—

Penalty kill · 2026-2761.5%

Penalty kill · 2025-2674.6% · 30th

Faceoffs · 2026-2756.9% · 103/181

Drawn · 2026-2712 (4.00/gm)

Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)

Shorthanded · 2026-2713 (4.33/gm)

PP goals · last meetings0

Ottawa

Small sample

Power play · 2026-277.7%

Power play · 2025-2624.0% · 8th

Power play · last 5 meetings—

Penalty kill · 2026-2776.9%

Penalty kill · 2025-2675.7% · 29th

Faceoffs · 2026-2752.7% · 99/188

Drawn · 2026-2713 (4.33/gm)

Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)

Shorthanded · 2026-2713 (4.33/gm)

PP goals · last meetings0

Skaters

Skaters to watch

Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away.

Goaltending

Who has stopped this matchup

Save percentage in the last meetings by goalie. Starters are confirmed on game day.

Expected startersAn estimate until the teams confirmEvery game tonight →

Los Angeles

Expected starter after their game on 19 Nov: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Ottawa

Expected starter after their game on 19 Nov: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Los Angeles crease

LAK · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 18 Nov

Darcy Kuemper.8252 GP · 0-2-0 · GSAx −4.2

Anton Forsberg.8001 GP · 0-0-1 · GSAx −3.5

No appearances against Ottawa in the last meetings.

Ottawa crease

OTT · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 18 Nov

Linus Ullmark.9492 GP · 2-0-0 · GSAx +3.4

Samuel Ersson.8862 GP · 0-1-0 · GSAx −0.9

No appearances against Los Angeles in the last meetings.

Totals

Scoring rates point to about 6.2 goals

No total is posted yet: it arrives with the game-day prices. Until then, the scoring rates and the recent meetings set the range.

Goals in the last 5 meetings

24 Nov 20253 · OTT 1–2 LAK

15 Nov 20251 · LAK 1–0 OTT

30 Nov 20247 · OTT 2–5 LAK

14 Oct 202415 · LAK 7–8 OTT

7 Mar 20247 · OTT 3–4 LAK

Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.

Scoring rates

Team26-27 GF26-27 GA25-26 GF25-26 GA

Los Angeles3.005.002.743.01

Ottawa3.332.673.393.00

Goals for and against per game. The estimate averages each team’s scoring with the other’s goals allowed, and leans on 2025-26 until a team has played 20 games.

Scoring rates suggest6.2Goals in this game

Last 5 meetings6.6Goals per game

Line—No total posted yet

Books at the line—With the game-day prices

Team news

9 on the injury lists

Los Angeles · injuries

Jakub DvorakUpper BodyIRReturn31 Oct

Jan JenikUndisclosedIRReturn24 Oct

Kevin FialaLower LegIRReturn17 Oct

Ottawa · injuries

Andre BurakovskyUpper BodyIRReturn10 Oct

Artem ZubKneeIRReturn10 Oct

Blake MontgomeryUndisclosedIRReturn8 Oct

Jake SandersonLower BodyOutReturn8 Oct

Kurtis MacDermidUpper BodyIRReturn31 Oct

Linus UllmarkUndisclosedOutReturn8 Oct

Latest moves

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27 Sep · LAK

Placed D Otto Salin on the injured non-roster list. Loaned G Erik Portillo to Ontario (AHL).

24 Sep · LAK

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.

15 Jul 2026 · LAK

Signed F Elton Hermansson to a three-year, entry-level contract.

6 Oct · OTT

Recalled G Marcus Johansson from Belleville (AHL). Assigned D Donovan Sebrango to Belleville.

5 Oct · OTT

Recalled D Donovan Sebrango from Belleville (AHL). Placed LW Andre Burakovsky on injured reserve.

2 Oct · OTT

Loaned D Hoyt Stanley to Belleville (AHL).

Injury report

Los Angeles · 2026 draft

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#19Elton HermanssonRound 1 · ModoRW

#46Liam LefebvreRound 2 · ChicoutimiC

#49Adam GoljerRound 2 · TrencinD

#80Blake ZielinskiRound 3 · Des MoinesC

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Ottawa · 2026 draft

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#25Jonas Lagerberg HoenRound 1 · Leksand Jr.RW

#32Jaxon CoverRound 1 · LondonRW

#72Adam NemecRound 3 · SudburyLW

#87Oscar HolmertzRound 3 · Linkoping Jr.C

Full draft

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Los Angeles Kings at Ottawa Senators: game preview

Nine points apart last season

Meeting number 51

Last 5 meetings

The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

Ottawa out-attempted Los Angeles 111 to 90

Los Angeles Kings

Ottawa Senators

Los Angeles and Ottawa are level on chances, last 10 games

Power play and penalty kill, season and series

Los Angeles

Ottawa

Skaters to watch

Forwards to watch

Defencemen to watch

Who has stopped this matchup

Los Angeles crease

Ottawa crease

Scoring rates point to about 6.2 goals

Goals in the last 5 meetings

Scoring rates

9 on the injury lists

Los Angeles · injuries

Ottawa · injuries

Latest moves

Los Angeles · 2026 draft

Ottawa · 2026 draft

Saturday 21 November · the full slate