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Ice Breaker: Vilmanis goes for four, Kempe and Panarin carve up San Jose
Florida survives a messy third against Chicago, the Kings put seven on the Sharks, and Seattle wins in overtime in 55 seconds.
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Ice Breaker: Winnipeg erases 4-0 in two minutes, Robertson hat trick
The Jets score four times in 2:06 and win in overtime in Montreal, Dallas holds off Washington, and Anaheim and Vancouver fight five times.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
Minors·
Martin Chromiak waited 276 AHL games, and the Kings handed him 17 minutes
The 2020 fifth-rounder spent six seasons in Ontario before his NHL debut, and Los Angeles put him straight on the power play.
Tommy Kessler · 3 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Kucherov asks out, then Stamkos gets the last word
Stamkos ties it late and wins the shootout against his old team, Makar sets up four, and McDavid makes it 14 for 14.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
NHL·
Hodgson gets two games for boarding Brandt Clarke, and it's light
Ottawa's depth forward drew the suspension for driving the Kings defenseman into the boards from behind Thursday in Los Angeles.
Ferda Desk · 2 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Anton Lundell picks a good night to wake up
Lundell's hat trick sinks the skidding Jets, Coronato gets four points in Calgary, and Gritsyuk and Jack Hughes split four goals in Vegas.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Detroit wins night one of the Larkin standoff
Arvidsson scores three the night the Wings suspend Larkin, Tage Thompson gets five points and Buffalo barely survives Anaheim.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Hellebuyck wins in Dallas, Florida puts five on Winnipeg
Fowler stops all 46 in St. Louis, the Canucks erase a 5-2 hole in Anaheim, and Matthew Tkachuk piles up four assists.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: McDavid makes it 12 for 12, Detroit wins anyway
Lucas Raymond wins a shootout in Edmonton, Doughty runs the Garden for the Kings, and Calgary beats Bobrovsky for a fourth straight win.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
Gord's Notebook: Hughes stays, Nikishin signs, and Edmonton's net is next
Minnesota's extension is a press release away, Carolina won the staredown at $3 million, and the Flames keep winning their way out of a sell-off.
Gord Tremblay · 6 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Eller ends the skid, Fowler steals the Heritage Classic
Florida kills seven Chicago power plays, Nashville scores four of its own, and Montreal wins outdoors in Winnipeg behind a 33-save night.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Leafs drop seven on Edmonton, Batherson buries New York
Twelve games, three overtime winners, a Kochetkov shutout and a Utah comeback that left Tampa staring at a blown two-goal lead.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: McDavid makes it 10 for 10, Florida gets blanked
Connor McDavid runs his point streak to 10 games in a shootout win over Carolina, Pittsburgh shuts out the Panthers, and Toronto steals one late.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Rantanen beats the Bruins alone, Celebrini wins in Montreal
A hat trick with an overtime winner in Dallas, another OT power-play winner for Celebrini, and Tampa takes Vegas apart on 21 shots.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Two hat tricks in Sunrise, and McDavid keeps counting
Verhaeghe and Bennett each scored three in an 8-3 rout of Seattle, McDavid had five points, and Carolina won its seventh straight.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: MacKinnon goes for four, and Boston’s power play bails it out
MacKinnon had a goal and three assists as Colorado erased a 2-0 hole, and the Bruins scored on three straight power plays in Anaheim.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: The Tkachuks torch Columbus, MacKinnon drops the gloves
Brady's natural hat trick and Matthew's five assists fed a 7-3 Panthers win, and Colorado and Dallas fought their way into tonight's rematch.
Ferda Desk · 6 min read
NHL·
The Ledger: Rangers picked the $3.97 million door, and they're right
Converting Igor Shesterkin to season-ending LTIR opens $7.6 million more, but the rental goalies New York should want already fit with retained salary.
Marcus Lind · 4 min read
Florida Panthers·
The State of Hockey: Tampa owns the week, and the cats' power play owes one
Pabs on the week in Florida hockey: a 3-0 Lightning, a Panthers power play at 1 for 28, an Everblades tune-up and a UCF team that still hasn't lost.
Pabs · 6 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Kaprizov crashes Sunrise, Nylander lights up Denver
Florida's power play goes 0-for-5 in the home opener, Hagel takes a hat trick off the Islanders and Montreal wins a 1-0 shootout.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
Florida Panthers·
Tkachuk wins it in L.A., but Marchand's knee costs Florida
Seth Jones tied it, Matthew Tkachuk won it in the third and the kill went 5-for-5, but Brad Marchand left on a high stick.
Pabs · 3 min read
Florida Panthers·
Six of eight points on the road, and a power play on mute
The Panthers drew a league-high 23 power plays on their opening trip, scored on one, and still came home 2-0-2.
Pabs · 3 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Panthers win ugly in L.A., Matthews erases a 3-0 hole
Florida wins in regulation without a power-play goal, Toronto rallies past Nashville, and Lafrenière's hat trick leans on two empty nets.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
Florida Panthers·
Reinhart belongs at center, even at 6 for 19 on draws
With Barkov out at least 10 games, Reinhart's new line drove play in Anaheim. Let someone else take the big faceoffs.
Pabs · 2 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Stützle sinks the Bruins, Oettinger takes a paid nap
Ottawa wins in Boston, Tampa smothers Philadelphia, Winnipeg answers in nine seconds and Dallas blanks San Jose on 13 shots.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
Florida Panthers·
The State of Hockey: three overtimes, four points and no captain
Pabs on the week in Florida hockey: the Panthers' special teams, Tampa's split, seven new Everblades and another big night for Florida Gulf Coast.
Pabs · 6 min read
Florida Panthers·
The Ferda Room: Barkov's hurt, Larkin's a mirage, and Sully's 0-1
Six writers on the captain's injury, the $4 million that doesn't buy Dylan Larkin, Boston's power play, and the season's first graded locks.
Ferda Desk · 9 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Montreal's four-goal comeback still loses in Pittsburgh
Tommy Novak ends a wild one in overtime, Ilya Sorokin blanks the Devils, and Connor McDavid adds the league's fastest skate to his point streak.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Pittsburgh hangs seven on Philly, and MacKinnon drops the gloves
Silovs shuts out the Flyers in their home opener, MacKinnon scores twice and fights in Colorado's 8-4 win, and Hiller gets his first Leafs win.
Ferda Desk · 3 min read
NHL·
Colorado got swept and kept Bednar anyway, and Sakic got it right
Four more years through 2030-31 for the coach who has made the playoffs nine straight times, signed hours before the Avalanche open against Los Angeles.
Gord Tremblay · 2 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Forsling spoils the banner, and Bouchard's five points go for nothing
Opening night: Florida wins 1-0 in overtime at Carolina, Vancouver survives Edmonton's comeback, Boston scores three in 75 seconds, and Toronto stumbles.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
Pacific Division predictions: Vegas and Edmonton still lead, but the middle just got interesting
Eight teams, and two rebuilds that stopped being rebuilds at the same time.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Preseason's over, and Carolina already looks ready for Florida
Tampa beats Florida's kids in a shootout, Carolina blanks Nashville 6-0 before Tuesday's opener, and Lindgren stops 36 in Philadelphia.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Bobrovsky wins in blue, and Ontario gets five fights
Bobrovsky stops 13 of 14 in his Leafs colors, Toronto sweeps a split-squad doubleheader, and Remi Poirier blanks the Wild.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Primeau steals one, Isles erase three, Stenberg arrives
Ten preseason games: the Panthers lost a shootout to a Carolina backup, the Islanders came from 3-0 down, and the No. 2 pick played 22 minutes in his debut.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
NHL·
Around the NHL: Stenberg's first game, Makar's return, Varlamov's comeback
Tuesday's status sheet has the No. 2 pick on PP1, a full practice for Makar, a Blues knee to watch and Zuccarello still in red.
Ferda Desk · 3 min read
Minors·
Around the minors: Victo's six-goal comeback, a 17-year-old goalie, four ECHL stripes to the NHL
Opening week in the CHL brought an 8-7 comeback in Victoriaville, first weekly awards in the WHL and OHL, and a big Kings camp cut.
Ferda Desk · 3 min read
Kings stats
League stats →2026–27 · Regular season · Summary · 24 players
| #Player | Team | Pos | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Artemi Panarin | LAK | LW | 14 | 8 | 9 | 17 | -2 | 8 | 1.21 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 17.8 | 21:44 | -- |
2 Adrian Kempe | LAK | RW | 13 | 6 | 6 | 12 | +2 | 8 | 0.92 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 13.3 | 20:29 | 44.0 |
3 Brandt Clarke | LAK | D | 14 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 21 | 0.79 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 13.6 | 19:14 | -- |
4 Alex Laferriere | LAK | RW | 14 | 2 | 8 | 10 | +3 | 4 | 0.71 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 5.4 | 19:30 | 49.5 |
5 Drew Doughty | LAK | D | 13 | 1 | 7 | 8 | +8 | 12 | 0.62 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 | 21:25 | -- |
6 Erik Haula | LAK | LW | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +1 | 12 | 0.50 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 11.5 | 15:27 | 48.6 |
7 Joel Armia | LAK | RW | 14 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0.43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 14.3 | 13:36 | 37.5 |
8 Quinton Byfield | LAK | RW | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 0 | 0.50 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 12.9 | 19:11 | 54.5 |
9 Erik Gustafsson | LAK | D | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | +1 | 4 | 0.42 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 | 19:57 | -- |
10 Scott Laughton | LAK | C | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0.36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11.1 | 14:28 | 57.1 |
11 Trevor Moore | LAK | LW | 14 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 0 | 0.36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7.1 | 16:27 | 0.0 |
12 Andre Lee | LAK | LW | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | 0.25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10:42 | 50.0 |
13 Brian Dumoulin | LAK | D | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 10 | 0.21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 | 16:47 | -- |
14 Mikey Anderson | LAK | D | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 | 0.21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25.0 | 17:54 | -- |
15 Corey Perry | LAK | RW | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 4 | 0.17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 | 12:54 | 85.7 |
16 Joel Edmundson | LAK | D | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +5 | 9 | 0.14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 | 17:03 | -- |
17 Alex Turcotte | LAK | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 0.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 14:06 | 50.0 |
18 Cody Ceci | LAK | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 16:40 | -- |
19 Jared Wright | LAK | RW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | 9:07 | -- |
20 Kenny Connors | LAK | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 11:21 | 45.5 |
21 Mats Zuccarello | LAK | RW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 16:23 | 0.0 |
22 Samuel Helenius | LAK | C | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0.09 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 | 8:17 | 45.8 |
23 Taylor Ward | LAK | RW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | 9:26 | 0.0 |
24 Martin Chromiak | LAK | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 13:17 | -- |
Source: NHL.com stats · Photo: NHL
