Los Angeles Kings · #8 · Defence

Drew Doughty

Age 36 · Shoots right · 6′1″ · 210 lb · Born London, Ontario, CAN

Drafted 2008, #2 overall by Los Angeles

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Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals0T-9th on LAK
Assists1T-4th on LAK
Points1T-7th on LAK
P / GP0.33T-274th in the NHL
Shots10.0% shooting
TOI / GP19:534th on LAK

2025-262025-26: 72 games, 5-18-23, 0.32 points per game Season detail →

Drew Doughty has 1 point in 3 games of 2026-27, after 23 points in 72 games last season.

This season

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

1 point in 3 games for the 31st-placed Los Angeles

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

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Assists / 601.0169th
Blocked shots567th
Takeaways161st
Points / GP0.3360th
Ice time19:5357th
PP points042nd
Goals / 600.0039th
Shooting %0.0%38th
Hits126th
Penalty differential−123rd
Shots / GP0.3317th

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.30.31–3

Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points1T-7th on LAK
Points per game0.33T-274th in NHL
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists1T-4th on LAK
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time19:534th on LAK
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Ice time and special teams

A top-four defenceman who plays on the 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 strength16:16
Power play1:17
Shorthanded2:20
Total19:53

26.7 shifts a game, averaging 45 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 share21.2%of LAK PP time

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


Scoring detail

No goals yet: his one point is an assist

How the 0 goals 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 game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals0
Power-play goals0

Assists

Primary1 · 100%
Secondary0 · 0%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 601.01
Goals / 600.00
Shots / 601.0
ES points / 601.231 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the point

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot1 att · 0 G
Wing3 att · 0 G
Point4 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

8 attempts across the 2 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.1538th
Goals0
Goals vs expected−0.1
Unblocked attempts3
xG per attempt.019
ixG per 600.06

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

Top speed in the 82nd percentile of defencemen: 21.36 mph

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

Tracking percentile among NHL defencemen

Top speed, mph21.3682nd
20+ mph bursts379th
Distance / 60, mi8.8573rd
Average shot, mph72.570th
Hardest shot, mph84.7262nd
Distance skated, mi8.856th
Defensive-zone time40.1%53rd
22+ mph bursts048th
90+ mph shots042nd
Offensive-zone time40.1%42nd

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen 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, mph21.36Defenceman average 20.52
Hardest shot, mph84.72Defenceman average 81.3
Distance skated8.8 mi3.36 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts26.1%39.1% defensive · 34.8% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

41.8%All situations38.5%
42.1%Even strength37.5%
53.7%Power play29.5%
22.2%Shorthanded64.4%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 21.36@SJS3 Oct · 1st 14:51
  2. 20.28@SJS3 Oct · 2nd 12:58
  3. 20.14@COL30 Sep · 1st 02:37
  4. 19.97@COL30 Sep · 1st 17:18
  5. 19.30@SJS3 Oct · OT 02:26
  6. 19.29@COL30 Sep · 2nd 10:26
  7. 19.20@COL30 Sep · 2nd 06:02
  8. 18.66@SJS3 Oct · OT 02:19

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.1
20-22 mph3 · avg 1.9
18-20 mph11 · avg 12

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

  1. 84.72@COL30 Sep · 3rd 06:16
  2. 78.42@COL30 Sep · 3rd 06:07
  3. 75.88@COL30 Sep · 1st 07:49
  4. 70.34@COL30 Sep · 2nd 15:22
  5. 63.22@COL30 Sep · 2nd 03:12

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.2
80-89 mph1 · avg 1.2
70-79 mph4 · avg 2.8

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.38vsFLA6 Oct · 16:46 TOI
  2. 3.06@SJS3 Oct · 20:12 TOI
  3. 3.36@COL30 Sep · 22:41 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.93 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
Giveaways3
TK / GV ratio0.33
Hits1T-10th on LAK
Blocked shots5T-3rd on LAK

Discipline

Penalty minutes4
Minors2
Majors0
Penalties drawn1
Net penalties−1drawn minus taken

Game log

Against Vegas, a point in one of four

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
25 Feb 2026vsVGKL 4-60001+121:10
5 Feb 2026@VGKL 1-40000−121:03
14 Jan 2026vsVGKOTL 2-3 OT0002023:29
8 Oct 2025@VGKW 6-5 SO0111+125:48

Contract

Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer

In 2025-26 he scored 2.1 points per $1M of cap hit, 185th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$11M10.6% of the $104M ceiling
Term8 yearsYear 8 of 8
Expires2026-27UFA at 37
Cap value$88MCap 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

Nineteen seasons · 2008-09 to 2026-27
Linemates and opponents

4th 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

Points7104th for Los Angeles
Goals1657th
Assists5452nd
Games played1 2823rd
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Nineteen seasons, all with the Kings

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2008-09LAK81621270.334.8%
2009-10LAK821643590.7211.3%
2010-11LAK761129400.537.9%
2011-12LAK771026360.476.0%
2012-13LAK48616220.465.3%
2013-14LAK781027370.475.6%
2014-15LAK82739460.563.2%
2015-16LAK821437510.627.1%
2016-17LAK821232440.546.6%
2017-18LAK821050600.734.9%
2018-19LAK82837450.555.2%
2019-20LAK67728350.525.0%
2020-21LAK56826340.617.9%
2021-22LAK39724310.797.1%
2022-23LAK81943520.646.2%
2023-24LAK821535500.6111.1%
2024-25LAK30413170.578.7%
2025-26LAK72518230.325.0%
2026-27LAK10111.000.0%
Career12801655457100.556.4%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2008Los Angeles · round 1From Guelph (OHL)#2

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · LAK points

Games105
Goals19
Points610.58 P/GP
Game-winning goals1
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct