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Adrian Kempe

#9 · Right wing · Los Angeles Kings

Born Sep 13, 1996 in Kramfors, SWE (age 30) · 6'2", 205 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 29th overall in 2014 by LAK (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2026-27. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Alexandre Texier MTL · 2 P in 3 GP Blake Coleman MIN · 2 P in 3 GP Bobby Brink MIN · 2 P in 3 GP Brayden Point TBL · 2 P in 3 GP Calum Ritchie NYI · 2 P in 3 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

02040602016-17: 6 points616-172017-18: 37 points3717-182018-19: 28 points2818-192019-20: 32 points3219-202020-21: 29 points2920-212021-22: 54 points5421-222022-23: 67 points6722-232023-24: 75 points7523-242024-25: 73 points7324-252025-26: 73 points7325-262026-27: 2 points226-27

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2016-17 LAK 25 2 4 6 -3 6 32 23 0.24 $894K
2017-18 LAK 81 16 21 37 11 49 119 91 0.46 $894K
2018-19 LAK 81 12 16 28 -10 50 118 86 0.35 $894K
2019-20 LAK 69 11 21 32 -10 29 148 71 0.46 $2M
2020-21 LAK 56 14 15 29 -18 28 127 47 0.52 $2M
2021-22 LAK 78 35 19 54 -2 46 247 111 0.69 $2M
2022-23 LAK 82 41 26 67 22 55 250 119 0.82 $5.5M
2023-24 LAK 77 28 47 75 13 72 246 112 0.97 $5.5M
2024-25 LAK 81 35 38 73 22 36 237 100 0.90 $5.5M
2025-26 LAK 81 36 37 73 14 58 226 127 0.90 $5.5M
2026-27 LAK 3 1 1 2 -3 2 12 5 0.67 $10.625M
11 seasons Career 714 231 245 476 36 431 1762 892 0.67

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2017-18 LAK 4 0 0 0 -2 2 6 17 0.00
2021-22 LAK 7 2 4 6 -5 0 33 13 0.86
2022-23 LAK 6 5 3 8 -3 2 31 21 1.33
2023-24 LAK 5 4 1 5 -1 4 21 13 1.00
2024-25 LAK 6 4 6 10 -8 4 21 12 1.67
2025-26 LAK 4 1 1 2 -5 4 5 6 0.50
6 seasons Playoffs 32 16 15 31 -24 16 117 82 0.97

2026-27 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
3 1 1 2 -3 2 12 5 0.67 8.3 21:02

Contract

$10.625MCap hitends in 2034, then UFA
$5.313MCap dollars per point2 points in 3 games
$2.456MCap dollars per goal above replacement4.3 goals above replacement, projected
$4.9MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$5.7MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. The season is still being played, so each rating is projected over the whole season: the games played so far, plus the games left at the rate of the last three seasons and this one. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 647 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Los Angeles Kings on Nov 16, 2025, as an extension of the contract he was on: 8 years and $85M, beginning in 2026-27. It runs through 2033-34, with 7 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2026-27 $10.625M
2027-28 $10.625M
2028-29 $10.625M
2029-30 $10.625M
2030-31 $10.625M
2031-32 $10.625M
2032-33 $10.625M
2033-34 $10.625M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Nov 16, 2025 Los Angeles Kings Extension 2026-27 to 2033-34 8 $85M $10.625M
Jul 8, 2022 Los Angeles Kings Extension 2022-23 to 2025-26 4 $22M $5.5M
Sep 4, 2019 Los Angeles Kings New contract 2019-20 to 2021-22 3 $6M $2M
Apr 15, 2015 Los Angeles Kings Entry-level 2016-17 to 2018-19 signed for 2015-16, slid 3 $2.775M $894K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2026-27 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2026-27 analytics

Rating, projected over the full season

2026-27 is still being played, so these are a projection of his whole season, not a count so far: what he has done in 3 games (+0.3 goals above replacement), plus the 79 more he is taken to play, going by how much of his team's games he has played before, at a rate set by his last three seasons and this one. The more he plays, the more this season counts, and by the last game it is simply his season.

+4.3Goals above replacement218th of 647 skaters, 156th of 422 forwards
+0.7Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 422 ranked forwards: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence+2.3 72nd percentileEven-strength defence-3.0 7th percentilePower play+0.2 73rd percentilePenalty kill+0.3 87th percentilePenalties+0.2 42nd percentile

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater, and the rank beside it is among forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance.

-505102016-172018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

53.7Corsi for %44 attempts for, 38 against
+4.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.1Expected goals for %1.7 expected for, 1.6 against
-3.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
20.0Goals for %1 for, 4 against
84.8PDO4.8% shooting + 80.0% saves
14Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Adrian Kempe · Artemi Panarin · Quinton Byfield331:2663.959.71-3
Corey Perry · Scott Laughton · Adrian Kempe22:1550.079.90-0
Scott Laughton · Adrian Kempe · Trevor Moore11:0525.00.00-0
Scott Laughton · Adrian Kempe · Artemi Panarin10:580.00.00-0

The lines he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.0Expected goalsfrom 20 unblocked attempts
-1.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.86 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 9.8% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -1.0 goals above expected1stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 0 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.5Expected 2.0Goals 1

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took this season, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Oct 6, 2026 vs FLA L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 21:42
Oct 3, 2026 @ SJS L 4-5 (OT) 1 1 2 0 0 6 2 22:00
Sep 30, 2026 @ COL L 4-8 0 0 0 -2 2 3 2 19:23