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Quinton Byfield

#55 · Right wing · Los Angeles Kings

Born Aug 19, 2002 in Newmarket, Ontario, CAN (age 24) · 6'5", 230 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 2nd overall in 2020 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.

Adrian Kempe LAK · 2 P in 3 GP 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

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.

020402020-21: 1 points120-212021-22: 10 points1021-222022-23: 22 points2222-232023-24: 55 points5523-242024-25: 54 points5424-252025-26: 49 points4925-262026-27: 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
2020-21 LAK 6 0 1 1 1 2 9 3 0.17 $925K
2021-22 LAK 40 5 5 10 -7 20 39 20 0.25 $894K
2022-23 LAK 53 3 19 22 13 30 74 53 0.42 $894K
2023-24 LAK 80 20 35 55 19 42 161 66 0.69 $894K
2024-25 LAK 81 23 31 54 16 46 157 80 0.67 $6.25M
2025-26 LAK 79 24 25 49 -2 46 180 66 0.62 $6.25M
2026-27 LAK 3 1 1 2 -4 0 7 1 0.67 $6.25M
7 seasons Career 342 76 117 193 36 186 627 289 0.56

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2021-22 LAK 2 0 0 0 -2 4 1 0 0.00
2022-23 LAK 6 1 3 4 -5 2 8 15 0.67
2023-24 LAK 5 0 4 4 4 4 8 11 0.80
2024-25 LAK 6 3 1 4 -7 2 18 14 0.67
2025-26 LAK 4 0 2 2 -4 6 17 8 0.50
5 seasons Playoffs 23 4 10 14 -14 18 52 48 0.61

2026-27 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
3 1 1 2 -4 0 7 1 0.67 14.3 20:56

Contract

$6.25MCap hitends in 2029, then UFA
$3.125MCap dollars per point2 points in 3 games
$694KCap dollars per goal above replacement9.0 goals above replacement, projected
$9.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$3.2MValueworth less cap hit

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 all of it: what the player has done so far, plus the games left at a rate taken from his 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 Jul 15, 2024, as a new contract: 5 years and $31.25M, beginning in 2024-25. It runs through 2028-29, with 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2024-25 $6.25M $775K $5.5M $6.275M
2025-26 $6.25M $4M $3M $7M
2026-27 $6.25M $4M $1.5M $5.5M
2027-28 $6.25M $6.25M $0 $6.25M
2028-29 $6.25M $6.225M $0 $6.225M 10 team no trade list

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
Jul 15, 2024 Los Angeles Kings New contract 2024-25 to 2028-29 5 $31.25M $6.25M
Oct 16, 2020 Los Angeles Kings Entry-level 2021-22 to 2023-24 signed for 2020-21, slid 3 $10.725M $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 (+0.9 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.

+9.0Goals above replacement83rd of 647 skaters, 65th of 422 forwards
+1.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+4.7Goals 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+2.4 73rd percentileEven-strength defence+1.3 76th percentilePower play-0.4 20th percentilePenalty kill+0.1 76th percentilePenalties+1.3 85th 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.

-202468102020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

61.9Corsi for %52 attempts for, 32 against
+16.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
60.0Expected goals for %2.2 expected for, 1.4 against
+11.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
61.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
20.0Goals for %1 for, 4 against
80.6PDO4.2% shooting + 76.5% saves
8Attempts 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
Scott Laughton · Adrian Kempe · Quinton Byfield10:490.00.00-0
Adrian Kempe · Trevor Moore · Quinton Byfield20:490.00.00-0
Corey Perry · Adrian Kempe · Quinton Byfield10:480.00.00-0

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
0.7Expected goalsfrom 11 unblocked attempts
+0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.69 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 6.6% chance per attempt1st
Finishing +0.3 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.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.7

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. 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 0 1 21:10
Oct 3, 2026 @ SJS L 4-5 (OT) 1 1 2 -1 0 4 0 22:40
Sep 30, 2026 @ COL L 4-8 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 18:59