Los Angeles Kings · #9 · Right wing

Adrian Kempe

Age 30 · Shoots left · 6′2″ · 205 lb · Born Kramfors, SWE

Drafted 2014, #29 overall by Los Angeles

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Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals1T-2nd on LAK
Assists1T-4th on LAK
Points2T-4th on LAK
P / GP0.67T-132nd in the NHL
Shots128.3% shooting
TOI / GP21:021st on LAK

2025-262025-26: 81 games, 36-37-73, 0.90 points per game Season detail →

Adrian Kempe has 2 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 73 points in 81 games last season.

This season

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

2 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

Shots / GP4.0096th
Ice time21:0295th
PP points292nd
Penalty differential+180th
Points / GP0.6767th
Hits563rd
Goals / 600.9559th
Shooting %8.3%52nd
Assists / 600.9547th
Takeaways027th
Blocked shots012th

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

0.70.71–3

Dashed line: season average (0.7). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points2T-4th on LAK
Points per game0.67T-132nd in NHL
Goals1T-67th in NHL
Assists1T-4th on LAK
Shooting %8.3%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time21:021st on LAK
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Ice time and special teams

A top-line 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.

Ice time by strength

Even strength16:21
Power play4:15
Shorthanded0:26
Total21:02

23.3 shifts a game, averaging 54 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals1T-1st on LAK
PP assists1T-1st on LAK
PP points21st on LAK · T-17th NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 609.421st on LAK

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP2Los Angeles total
Involved in2goals or assists
Share100.0%of every LAK PPG
PP TOI share69.8%of LAK PP time

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


Scoring detail

1 of 1 goal broke a tie

How the 1 goal and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-1st on LAK
Overtime goals0T-1st on LAK
First goal of the game1
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals0
Power-play goals1

Goals by period

1st1
2nd0
3rd0
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied1
Leading0
Trailing0

1 of 1 goal broke a tie; 0 came with Los Angeles trailing.

Assists

Primary0 · 0%
Secondary1 · 100%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 601.90
Goals / 600.95
Shots / 6011.4
ES points / 600.000 ES points
PP points / 609.422 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot, goals from the wing

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease1 att · 0 G
Slot12 att · 0 G
Wing6 att · 1 G
Point4 att · 0 G
Neutral zone1 att · 0 G

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

Expected goals (ixG)2.015th
Goals1
Goals vs expected−1.0
Unblocked attempts20
xG per attempt.100
ixG per 601.91

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 95th percentile of forwards: 88.75 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, mph88.7595th
Average shot, mph68.893rd
Distance skated, mi10.786th
Distance / 60, mi10.1886th
Defensive-zone time35.1%86th
Top speed, mph21.7875th
Offensive-zone time44.5%74th
20+ mph bursts671st
90+ mph shots048th
22+ mph bursts041st

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, mph21.78Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph88.75Forward average 74.7
Distance skated10.7 mi3.78 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts40.5%23.8% defensive · 35.7% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

47.0%All situations31.8%
44.0%Even strength33.9%
58.8%Power play23.7%
100.0%Shorthanded0.0%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 21.64@SJS3 Oct · 1st 03:01
  2. 21.35@SJS3 Oct · 1st 00:50
  3. 21.05@SJS3 Oct · 3rd 00:49
  4. 20.70@COL30 Sep · 1st 16:41
  5. 20.19@SJS3 Oct · 3rd 14:55
  6. 19.83@SJS3 Oct · 2nd 07:47
  7. 19.38@COL30 Sep · 2nd 05:46
  8. 19.35@COL30 Sep · 3rd 13:34

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph6 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph29 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 86.41@COL30 Sep · 3rd 10:01
  2. 79.70@SJS3 Oct · 3rd 03:37
  3. 78.07@SJS3 Oct · 1st 15:50
  4. 77.86@SJS3 Oct · 1st 15:33
  5. 67.56@COL30 Sep · 2nd 12:57
  6. 66.35@SJS3 Oct · 2nd 18:12
  7. 65.46@SJS3 Oct · 1st 18:27
  8. 65.31@SJS3 Oct · 2nd 10:35

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.0
80-89 mph2 · avg 0.6
70-79 mph4 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 3.47vsFLA6 Oct · 21:42 TOI
  2. 3.78@SJS3 Oct · 22:00 TOI
  3. 3.46@COL30 Sep · 19:23 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 3.57 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

Takeaways0T-11th on LAK
Giveaways4
TK / GV ratio0.00
Hits53rd on LAK
Blocked shots0T-14th on LAK

Discipline

Penalty minutes2
Minors1
Majors0
Penalties drawn2
Net penalties+1drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken51.7 a game
Won2
Win %40.0%
Offensive zone2 of 5

A part-time centre on the draw.


Game log

Against Vegas, a point in two of four

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
25 Feb 2026vsVGKL 4-61124022:20
5 Feb 2026@VGKL 1-40003−118:50
14 Jan 2026vsVGKOTL 2-3 OT0114+119:33
8 Oct 2025@VGKW 6-5 SO0004018:04

Prediction markets

1.0% for the Rocket Richard Trophy

Season ladders and award futures he is priced for, as the venues' average midpoint.

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Contract

$10.63M a season through 2033-34

In 2025-26 he scored 6.9 points per $1M of cap hit, 268th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$10.63M10.2% of the $104M ceiling
Term8 yearsYear 1 of 8
Expires2033-34UFA at 37
Cap value$85MCap hit × 8 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

Eleven seasons · 2016-17 to 2026-27
Linemates and opponents

Artemi Panarin 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

Artemi Panarin1
Brandt Clarke1

Assists on his 1 goal, 2026-27.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points4767th for Los Angeles
Goals2314th
Assists2457th
Games played7149th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Eleven seasons, all with the Kings

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2016-17LAK252460.246.3%
2017-18LAK811621370.4613.4%
2018-19LAK811216280.3510.2%
2019-20LAK691121320.467.4%
2020-21LAK561415290.5211.0%
2021-22LAK783519540.6914.2%
2022-23LAK824126670.8216.4%
2023-24LAK772847750.9711.4%
2024-25LAK813538730.9014.8%
2025-26LAK813637730.9015.9%
2026-27LAK10000.000.0%
Career7122302444740.6713.1%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2014Los Angeles · round 1From Modo (SWEDEN)#29

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · LAK points

Games32
Goals16
Points310.97 P/GP
Game-winning goals1
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct