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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 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Andrew Mangiapane CGY · 32 P in 68 GP Blake Coleman TBL · 32 P in 66 GP Derick Brassard NYI · 32 P in 66 GP Pavel Zacha NJD · 32 P in 65 GP Robby Fabbri DET · 32 P in 61 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

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
69 11 21 32 -10 29 148 71 0.46 7.4 16:01

Contract

$2MCap hitends in 2022
$63KCap dollars per point32 points in 69 games
$1.419MCap dollars per goal above replacement1.4 goals above replacement
$1.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$150KValueworth 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 668 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Los Angeles Kings on Sep 4, 2019, as a new contract: 3 years and $6M, beginning in 2019-20. It runs through 2021-22, with 2 seasons left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2019-20 $2M $1.25M $0 $1.25M
2020-21 $2M $2.25M $0 $2.25M
2021-22 $2M $2.5M $0 $2.5M

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 2019-20 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.

2019-20 analytics

Rating

+1.4Goals above replacement378th of 670 skaters, 267th of 439 forwards
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 439 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-1.2 32nd percentileEven-strength defence-0.2 41st percentilePower play-0.4 20th percentilePenalty kill0.0 56th percentilePenalties+0.1 41st 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

55.0Corsi for %828 attempts for, 678 against
+2.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.7Expected goals for %35.2 expected for, 31.7 against
+2.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
40.8Goals for %20 for, 29 against
96.3PDO4.4% shooting + 91.9% saves
167Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 583 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
Adrian Kempe · Austin Wagner · Blake Lizotte34289:4259.061.65-7
Ilya Kovalchuk · Trevor Lewis · Adrian Kempe749:5458.260.71-0
Adrian Kempe · Michael Amadio · Austin Wagner1445:5654.157.52-1
Trevor Lewis · Adrian Kempe · Blake Lizotte643:1151.347.31-1

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.

9Goalsnot counting empty-netters
15.3Expected goalsfrom 206 unblocked attempts
-6.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.83 expected goals per 60 minutes62nd
Shot quality 7.4% chance per attempt31st
Finishing -6.3 goals above expected3rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 410 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

051015Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 15.3Goals 9

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
Mar 11, 2020 vs OTT W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 18:54
Mar 9, 2020 vs COL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:29
Mar 7, 2020 vs MIN W 7-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 18:18
Mar 5, 2020 vs TOR W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 6 1 16:51
Mar 1, 2020 @ VGK W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 16:46
Feb 29, 2020 vs NJD W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 15:35
Feb 26, 2020 vs PIT W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:09
Feb 23, 2020 vs EDM L 2-4 0 2 2 0 0 3 1 17:12
Feb 22, 2020 vs COL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:30
Feb 20, 2020 vs FLA W 5-4 0 1 1 2 4 5 0 19:12
Feb 18, 2020 @ WPG L 3-6 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 18:50
Feb 15, 2020 @ COL W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 14:58
Feb 12, 2020 vs CGY W 5-3 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 17:11
Feb 9, 2020 @ NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 5 1 16:08
Feb 8, 2020 @ NJD L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:10
Feb 6, 2020 @ NYI L 3-5 0 1 1 -2 0 1 1 15:35
Feb 4, 2020 @ WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 14:06
Feb 1, 2020 vs ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 15:28
Jan 30, 2020 @ ARI W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 13:59
Jan 29, 2020 vs TBL L 2-4 0 1 1 -2 2 1 1 12:57
Jan 18, 2020 @ PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:50
Jan 16, 2020 @ FLA L 3-4 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 16:32
Jan 14, 2020 @ TBL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 16:39
Jan 11, 2020 @ CAR L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 5 2 18:08
Jan 9, 2020 @ VGK W 5-2 2 0 2 2 0 5 2 15:18
Jan 8, 2020 vs DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:49
Jan 6, 2020 vs CBJ L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 17:17
Jan 4, 2020 vs NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:01
Dec 31, 2019 vs PHI W 5-3 1 1 2 1 0 5 0 17:15
Dec 28, 2019 @ VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 17:37
Dec 27, 2019 @ SJS W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 14:40
Dec 23, 2019 vs STL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 17:34
Dec 21, 2019 @ BUF L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 18:28
Dec 19, 2019 @ CBJ L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 17:25
Dec 17, 2019 @ BOS W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 13:48
Dec 15, 2019 @ DET W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:11
Dec 14, 2019 @ PIT L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 0 5 3 0 16:26
Dec 12, 2019 @ ANA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:37
Dec 10, 2019 vs NYR W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 16:36
Dec 7, 2019 @ CGY L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 19:03
Dec 6, 2019 @ EDM L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 18:05
Dec 4, 2019 vs WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 16:03
Dec 2, 2019 @ ANA L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:58
Nov 30, 2019 vs WPG W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:46
Nov 29, 2019 @ SJS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 14:53
Nov 27, 2019 vs NYI W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 15:46
Nov 25, 2019 vs SJS L 3-4 (OT) 1 1 2 2 0 5 2 18:50
Nov 23, 2019 vs ARI L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 15:49
Nov 21, 2019 vs EDM W 5-1 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 17:17
Nov 18, 2019 @ ARI L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:49
Nov 16, 2019 vs VGK W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 14:54
Nov 14, 2019 vs DET W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 15:40
Nov 9, 2019 @ MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 09:21
Nov 7, 2019 @ OTT L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:41
Nov 5, 2019 @ TOR L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 15:10
Nov 2, 2019 vs CHI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 15:40
Oct 30, 2019 vs VAN L 3-5 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 16:46
Oct 27, 2019 @ CHI L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:05
Oct 26, 2019 @ MIN L 1-5 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 15:26
Oct 24, 2019 @ STL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:51
Oct 22, 2019 @ WPG W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 15:31
Oct 19, 2019 vs CGY W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 13:47
Oct 17, 2019 vs BUF L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:12
Oct 15, 2019 vs CAR L 0-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 09:10
Oct 13, 2019 vs VGK L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 14:13
Oct 12, 2019 vs NSH W 7-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:47
Oct 9, 2019 @ VAN L 2-8 0 0 0 -4 0 1 0 17:14
Oct 8, 2019 @ CGY W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 17:23
Oct 5, 2019 @ EDM L 5-6 0 0 0 -2 0 5 2 14:11