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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 2018-19. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Anthony Beauvillier NYI · 28 P in 81 GP Lucas Wallmark CAR · 28 P in 81 GP Patrick Maroon STL · 28 P in 74 GP Dominik Simon PIT · 28 P in 71 GP Zack Smith OTT · 28 P in 70 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: 3 points326-27

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 4 1 2 3 -3 2 15 8 0.75 $10.625M
11 seasons Career 715 231 246 477 36 431 1765 895 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

2018-19 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
81 12 16 28 -10 50 118 86 0.35 10.2 14:30

Contract

$894KCap hitends in 2019, then RFA
$32KCap dollars per point28 points in 81 games
$801KCap dollars per goal above replacement1.1 goals above replacement
$1.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$497KValueworth 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. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 696 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Los Angeles Kings on Apr 15, 2015, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.775M, beginning in 2016-17. It runs through 2018-19, so this is its last season, after which he is a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2016-17 $894K $833K $93K $925K
2017-18 $894K $833K $93K $925K
2018-19 $894K $833K $0 $833K

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

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 2018-19 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.

2018-19 analytics

Rating

+1.1Goals above replacement444th of 699 skaters, 305th of 455 forwards
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 455 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-1.7 24th percentileEven-strength defence+1.5 73rd percentilePower play-0.9 7th percentilePenalty kill-0.2 19th percentilePenalties-0.7 15th 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. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-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

51.7Corsi for %902 attempts for, 841 against
+4.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.3Expected goals for %39.0 expected for, 35.6 against
+6.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
44.6Goals for %29 for, 36 against
98.2PDO6.4% shooting + 91.8% saves
174Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 591 skaters who played enough to be ranked: 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. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Tyler Toffoli · Adrian Kempe · Carl Grundstrom15144:5052.960.84-4
Ilya Kovalchuk · Carl Hagelin · Adrian Kempe1288:3853.345.52-4
Carl Hagelin · Tyler Toffoli · Adrian Kempe1371:5562.573.92-2
Jeff Carter · Tyler Toffoli · Adrian Kempe1255:3652.154.71-2

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. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

12Goalsnot counting empty-netters
11.7Expected goalsfrom 159 unblocked attempts
+0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.60 expected goals per 60 minutes22nd
Shot quality 7.4% chance per attempt34th
Finishing +0.3 goals above expected59thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 426 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0510Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Goals 12Expected 11.7

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. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 6, 2019 vs VGK W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:40
Apr 5, 2019 @ ANA L 2-5 0 0 0 1 12 2 1 12:59
Apr 2, 2019 @ ARI W 3-1 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 13:54
Apr 1, 2019 vs CGY L 2-7 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:53
Mar 30, 2019 vs CHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:43
Mar 28, 2019 @ VAN L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 15:57
Mar 26, 2019 @ EDM L 4-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:51
Mar 25, 2019 @ CGY W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:36
Mar 23, 2019 vs ANA W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 20:29
Mar 21, 2019 vs SJS W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 15:36
Mar 18, 2019 vs WPG L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:32
Mar 16, 2019 vs FLA L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:53
Mar 14, 2019 vs NSH L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:00
Mar 10, 2019 @ ANA W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 19:09
Mar 9, 2019 @ ARI L 2-4 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 15:27
Mar 7, 2019 vs STL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:02
Mar 5, 2019 vs MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:47
Mar 2, 2019 vs CHI W 6-3 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 17:33
Feb 28, 2019 vs DAL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:29
Feb 26, 2019 @ CAR L 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 15:45
Feb 25, 2019 @ TBL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:17
Feb 23, 2019 @ FLA L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 14:23
Feb 21, 2019 @ NSH L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:20
Feb 18, 2019 vs WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:25
Feb 16, 2019 vs BOS L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 15:52
Feb 14, 2019 vs VAN L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 17:28
Feb 11, 2019 @ WSH L 4-6 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 17:45
Feb 9, 2019 @ BOS L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 16:29
Feb 7, 2019 @ PHI W 3-2 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 15:48
Feb 5, 2019 @ NJD W 5-1 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 16:27
Feb 4, 2019 @ NYR W 4-3 (OT) 2 1 3 2 0 3 2 16:27
Feb 2, 2019 @ NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 12:53
Jan 21, 2019 vs STL W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 12:55
Jan 19, 2019 @ COL L 1-7 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 16:04
Jan 17, 2019 @ DAL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15:05
Jan 15, 2019 @ MIN L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 15:06
Jan 12, 2019 vs PIT W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 12:48
Jan 10, 2019 vs OTT L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:20
Jan 7, 2019 @ SJS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 13:04
Jan 5, 2019 vs EDM W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12:59
Jan 3, 2019 vs TBL L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 17:34
Jan 1, 2019 @ VGK L 0-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 14:30
Dec 31, 2018 @ COL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 12:50
Dec 29, 2018 vs VGK L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:36
Dec 27, 2018 vs ARI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:23
Dec 23, 2018 @ VGK W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 15:07
Dec 22, 2018 @ SJS W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 18:02
Dec 18, 2018 vs WPG W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 16:13
Dec 15, 2018 @ PIT L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 14:11
Dec 13, 2018 @ CBJ L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 12:39
Dec 11, 2018 @ BUF L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 13:29
Dec 10, 2018 @ DET L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 14:02
Dec 8, 2018 vs VGK W 5-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 14:18
Dec 6, 2018 vs NJD L 3-6 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 14:02
Dec 4, 2018 vs ARI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 12:57
Nov 30, 2018 @ CGY L 1-4 1 0 1 1 4 2 2 13:50
Nov 29, 2018 @ EDM L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:55
Nov 27, 2018 @ VAN W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:43
Nov 25, 2018 vs EDM W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:59
Nov 24, 2018 vs VAN L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 14:42
Nov 21, 2018 vs COL L 3-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03:37
Nov 19, 2018 @ STL W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 12:43
Nov 17, 2018 @ NSH L 3-5 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 15:07
Nov 16, 2018 @ CHI W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:18
Nov 13, 2018 vs TOR L 1-5 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 09:23
Nov 10, 2018 vs CGY L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:03
Nov 8, 2018 vs MIN L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 12:18
Nov 6, 2018 vs ANA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 09:53
Nov 3, 2018 vs CBJ W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:42
Nov 1, 2018 vs PHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 14:48
Oct 28, 2018 vs NYR W 4-3 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 13:29
Oct 25, 2018 @ MIN L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 10:47
Oct 23, 2018 @ DAL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 09:56
Oct 20, 2018 vs BUF L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 14:39
Oct 18, 2018 vs NYI L 2-7 0 0 0 -1 4 3 1 14:40
Oct 15, 2018 @ TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 12:48
Oct 13, 2018 @ OTT L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 12:54
Oct 11, 2018 @ MTL W 3-0 1 0 1 1 2 3 2 10:18
Oct 9, 2018 @ WPG L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:15
Oct 7, 2018 vs DET W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:00
Oct 5, 2018 vs SJS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 16:41