HighDanger

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Pacific Division · Est. 1967

Los Angeles Kings

2025–26 · 35–27–20 · 90 pts · #4 Pacific

GM: Ken Holland HC: D.J. Smith

STANLEY CUP

2014

2012

Team xGF%

50.9

% · all situations · HighDanger xG

Identity

Heavy-defensive

Top-5 GA/GP

Contention window

Closing

Kopitar farewell year

Coach

Smith

Defense-first holdover

Avg age · forwards

28.6

computed from roster

Team Identity

Heavy-defensive · Veteran-led wild card

Anze Kopitar's 20th and final NHL season has been the storyline, the captain announcing his retirement before training camp and chasing one last Cup as he passed Marcel Dionne for the Kings' all-time franchise points record. Drew Doughty's return solidified a back end that ranks top-five in goals against per game, and Quinton Byfield finally took the leap into a true 1C-caliber player, leading the team in 5v5 scoring. They're a wild card team again, the same heavy, defensive identity that's been their calling card since the Cup years.

5-year points history

Regular-season points, last five seasons.

Organization strength

Active NHL roster only. Bar = team vs league average (▼).

Forwards · 16 37.3

top Artemi Panarin (88.3) league 40.1 NHLe pts/82

Defense · 7 19.1

top Brandt Clarke (40.0) league 25.3 NHLe pts/82

Goalies · 2 .900

top Anton Forsberg (0.9086) league .895 SV%

Forwards

Lines: even-strength via DailyFaceoff

L · #10

Artemi Panarin

28G · 56A · 84P · 1.08 P/GP

C · #11

Anze Kopitar

12G · 26A · 38P · 0.57 P/GP

R · #9

Adrian Kempe

36G · 37A · 73P · 0.90 P/GP

Line 1

L · #12

Trevor Moore

13G · 19A · 32P · 0.46 P/GP

C · #55

Quinton Byfield

24G · 25A · 49P · 0.62 P/GP

R · #14

Alex Laferriere

21G · 23A · 44P · 0.54 P/GP

Line 2

L · #15

Alex Turcotte

3G · 11A · 14P · 0.23 P/GP

C · #24

Scott Laughton

13G · 7A · 20P · 0.31 P/GP

R · #53

Jared Wright

0G · 4A · 4P · 0.17 P/GP

Line 3

L · #39

Jeff Malott

3G · 6A · 9P · 0.15 P/GP

Samuel Helenius

5G · 4A · 9P · 0.17 P/GP

R · #52

Taylor Ward

3G · 4A · 7P · 0.19 P/GP

Line 4

Defense

LD · #44

Mikey Anderson

4G · 16A · 20P · 0.25 P/GP

RD · #8

Drew Doughty

5G · 18A · 23P · 0.32 P/GP

Pair 1

LD · #6

Joel Edmundson

2G · 21A · 23P · 0.28 P/GP

RD · #92

Brandt Clarke

8G · 32A · 40P · 0.49 P/GP

Pair 2

LD · #2

Brian Dumoulin

2G · 15A · 17P · 0.21 P/GP

RD · #44

Cody Ceci

1G · 8A · 9P · 0.11 P/GP

Pair 3

Goaltending

Starter

G · #35

Darcy Kuemper

19-14-15 · .891 SV% · 2.78 GAA

Backup

G · #31

Anton Forsberg

16-12-5 · .910 SV% · 2.57 GAA

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