The Los Angeles Kings enter this season having made the Stanley Cup Playoffs in four straight seasons. The Kings will drop the puck on the 2025-26 season in 33 days when they face the Colorado Avalanche.
They will face all but two teams in their division four times, and the two teams they will face three times are the Edmonton Oilers and the San Jose Sharks. They will face all the Central Division teams three times and each Eastern Conference team twice, once at home and once on the road. The Kings’ season came to an end for the fourth straight season in the first round. Once again, for the fourth straight season, at the hands of the Edmonton Oilers. They finished the season 48-25-9 with 105 points. The Kings finished 14-10-2 with 30 points against the Pacific Division in 2024-25. The Kings this offseason went out and looked to add pieces that can get them past the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
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Offseason Moves
Additions:
F – Joel Armia – Free Agency/2-years
D – Cody Ceci – Free Agency/4-years
D – Brian Dumoulin – Free Agency/3-years
G – Anton Forsberg – Free Agency/2-years
F – Corey Perry – Free Agency/1-year
D – Samuel Bolduc – Free Agency/1-year
F – Logan Brown – Free Agency/1-year
F – Cole Guttman – Free Agency/2-years
Re-Signings:
F – Andrei Kuzmenko – Free Agency/1-year
F – Taylor Ward – Free Agency/1-year
F – Alex Laferriere – Free Agency/3-years
Subtractions:
D – Jordan Spence – Trade to Ottawa Senators
D – Vladislav Gavrikov – Free Agency/New York Rangers
F – Tanner Jeannot – Free Agency/Boston Bruins
D – Caleb Jones – Free Agency/Pittsburgh Penguins
G – David Rittich – Free Agency/New York Islanders
F – Samuel Fagemo – Free Agency/Winnipeg Jets
F – Jack Studnicka – Free Agency/Florida Panthers
D – Joseph Cecconi – Free Agency/Avangard Omsk
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Forwards
Andrei Kuzmenko – Anze Kopitar – Adrian Kempe
Kevin Fiala – Quinton Byfield – Alex Laferriere
Warren Foegele – Phillip Danault – Trevor Moore
Corey Perry – Alex Turcotte – Joel Armia
The Kings added what they hope is some offense on the fourth line with the additions of Perry and Armia. The two bring in a combined 59 points. The top line of Kuzmenko, Kopitar, and Kempe combined for 39 points in 16 games since being paired together. They also combined for six goals or more in a game four times in 13 games since acquiring Kuzmenko. It’s no wonder they wanted to retain him this past offseason.
Defense
Mikey Anderson – Drew Doughty
Joel Edmundson – Brandt Clarke
Brian Dumoulin – Cody Ceci
The Kings’ additions to the third defense pairing should give them some much-needed blue line help. Dumoulin and Ceci combined for 264 blocked shots, 150 hits, and 46 points last season. They also have Drew Doughty back, who, despite being injured to start last season, played in 30 games, recording 17 points, 45 blocked shots, and 26 hits.
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Power Play
Andrei Kuzmenko – Anze Kopitar – Quinton Byfield – Kevin Fiala – Adrian Kempe
Corey Perry – Phillip Danault – Alex Laferriere – Brandt Clarke – Drew Doughty
The power play last season for the Kings finished 27th in the league with a 17.9%. The top unit combined for 28 goals last season. Fiala led the team in power-play goals with 14, which doubled that of the next closest player. Perry also brings in his seven power-play points from last season.
Goalie
Darcy Kuemper – Anton Forsberg
The Kings will have Kuemper as the main netminder, who last season went 31-11-7 with a .921 save percentage, a 2.02 goals-against average, and five shutouts. The backup role they brought in Forsberg to replace Rittich. Rittich went 16-14-2 in 34 games last season with a .886 save percentage and a 2.84 goals-against average. Meanwhile, Forsberg had a worse record but had better stats than Rittich, going 11-12-3 in 30 games. He had a .901 save percentage, a 2.72 goals-against average, and three shutouts.
Wrap Up:
The Kings entering this season are the fifth favorite in the Western Conference to win the Conference with +1100 odds. They are +370 to win the Pacific behind the Oilers and Golden Knights. The Kings have an over/under points total set at 98.5; they are -105 to go over and -125 to go under. The Kings are also -350 to make the playoffs and +550 to miss the playoffs. They should likely make the playoffs and should also have a fifth meeting with the Oilers in the first round. The question is, can the pieces get them to advance?
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