Los Angeles Kings · #56 · Left wing

Erik Haula

Age 35 · Shoots left · 5′11″ · 191 lb · Born Pori, FIN

Drafted 2009, #182 overall by Minnesota

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Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals1T-2nd on LAK
Assists2T-1st on LAK
Points3T-1st on LAK
P / GP1.00T-52nd in the NHL
Shots812.5% shooting
TOI / GP15:2612th on LAK

2025-262025-26: 81 games, 14-24-38, 0.47 points per game Season detail →

Erik Haula has 3 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 38 points in 81 games last season.

This season

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

3 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

Assists / 602.5987th
Shots / GP2.6786th
Points / GP1.0084th
Goals / 601.3069th
Takeaways169th
Shooting %12.5%57th
Ice time15:2654th
Penalty differential048th
Blocked shots141st
PP points036th
Hits119th

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

1.01.01–3

Dashed line: season average (1.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points3T-1st on LAK
Points per game1.00T-52nd in NHL
Goals1T-67th in NHL
Assists2T-1st on LAK
Shooting %12.5%Above avg (11.6%)
Ice time15:2612th on LAK
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Ice time and special teams

A depth forward 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 strength11:15
Power play1:18
Shorthanded2:54
Total15:26

26.3 shifts a game, averaging 35 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

Most of the goals come at even strength

How the 1 goal and 2 assists 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 goals1
Power-play goals0

Goals by period

1st0
2nd0
3rd1
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied0
Leading0
Trailing1

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

Assists

Primary2 · 100%
Secondary0 · 0%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 603.89
Goals / 601.30
Shots / 6010.4
ES points / 605.333 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease1 att · 0 G
Slot6 att · 1 G
Wing5 att · 0 G
Point0 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

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

Expected goals (ixG)0.7163rd
Goals1
Goals vs expected+0.3
Unblocked attempts11
xG per attempt.063
ixG per 600.90

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 73rd percentile of forwards: 82.11 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, mph82.1173rd
Top speed, mph21.5063rd
20+ mph bursts450th
Distance skated, mi7.549th
Distance / 60, mi9.7148th
90+ mph shots048th
Defensive-zone time40.5%46th
Offensive-zone time40.8%44th
22+ mph bursts041st
Average shot, mph49.729th

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, mph21.50Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph82.11Forward average 74.7
Distance skated7.5 mi2.65 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts16.3%53.5% defensive · 30.2% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

38.5%All situations42.8%
38.3%Even strength41.8%
54.4%Power play30.8%
30.0%Shorthanded54.8%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 21.50@COL30 Sep · 3rd 05:58
  2. 20.36@SJS3 Oct · 2nd 12:09
  3. 20.16@COL30 Sep · 2nd 16:56
  4. 19.45@SJS3 Oct · 1st 19:28
  5. 19.41@COL30 Sep · 1st 17:03
  6. 19.36@COL30 Sep · 3rd 07:08
  7. 19.27@SJS3 Oct · 1st 00:25
  8. 19.06@COL30 Sep · 2nd 04:06

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph4 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph24 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 82.11@COL30 Sep · 2nd 11:13
  2. 77.04@COL30 Sep · 2nd 06:44
  3. 46.24@SJS3 Oct · 3rd 10:21
  4. 35.61@SJS3 Oct · 2nd 05:13
  5. 11.58@SJS3 Oct · 3rd 13:28
  6. 4.56@COL30 Sep · 2nd 17:02

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.0
80-89 mph1 · avg 0.6
70-79 mph3 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.65vsFLA6 Oct · 16:08 TOI
  2. 2.49@SJS3 Oct · 14:45 TOI
  3. 2.36@COL30 Sep · 15:26 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.50 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 shots1T-12th on LAK

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn0
Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken5418.0 a game
Won27
Win %50.0%
Offensive zone7 of 10

A regular centre on the draw.


Game log

Against Vegas, a point in one of three

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
21 Mar 2026vsVGKW 4-10000+116:29
17 Jan 2026@VGKL 2-70001−316:27
31 Dec 2025@VGKW 4-20111+118:16

Contract

$3.6M a season through 2027-28

In 2025-26 he scored 10.6 points per $1M of cap hit, 133rd of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$3.6M3.5% of the $104M ceiling
Term2 yearsYear 1 of 2
Expires2027-28UFA at 37
Cap value$7.2MCap hit × 2 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

One season · 2026-27 to 2026-27
Linemates and opponents

Erik Gustafsson 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

Erik Gustafsson1
Brandt Clarke1

Assists on his 1 goal, 2026-27.

Who he sets up

Joel Armia1
Alex Laferriere1

Scorers on his 2 assists.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points3308th for Los Angeles
Goals1278th
Assists2297th
Games played3424th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Fourteen seasons, with 8 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2013-14MIN4669150.3310.7%
2014-15MIN7277140.197.6%
2015-16MIN761420340.4514.1%
2016-17MIN721511260.3611.2%
2017-18VGK762926550.7216.6%
2018-19VGK152570.477.7%
2019-20CAR, FLA481212240.5013.0%
2020-21NSH51912210.4110.6%
2021-22BOS781826440.5612.8%
2022-23NJD801427410.518.5%
2023-24NJD761619350.4610.3%
2024-25NJD691110210.3010.0%
2025-26NSH811424380.4711.0%
2026-27LAK10111.000.0%
Career8411672093760.4511.4%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2009Minnesota · round 7#182

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · LAK points

Games78
Goals16
Points370.47 P/GP
Game-winning goals3
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct