Los Angeles Kings 2025-26 NHL Betting Lines
It is undeniable that the Los Angeles Kings made great strides under general manager Rob Blake. Last year, the Kings had their best regular season in 50 years. But the playoff results under Blake were abysmal, with repeated failures against the Edmonton Oilers. Thus, Blake stepped down in favor of Ken Holland, who built the Edmonton team that is currently knocking on the Stanley Cup door. Holland also led the Detroit Red Wings to a Stanley Cup as its general manager. Holland wins wherever he goes, and that was the idea of bringing him into Los Angeles. The NHL is all about the playoffs, and that is where the Kings must ultimately deliver. The Kings have an interesting mix of aging veterans from the Stanley Cup era and a new crop of impressive talent entering its prime.
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Team Overview
To conclude the regular season, the Los Angeles Kings were 48-25-9 straight up and 32-46 over/under the total. Also, Los Angeles was 4th in the Western Conference playoff standings. Los Angeles was 11 points behind the Winnipeg Jets in the Western Conference playoff race.
Los Angeles had NHL rankings of 14th for goals scored and 27th for power play efficiency. In comparison, on defense, the Kings had NHL rankings of 3rd for goals against and 9th for penalty killing.
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Off-Season Moves for 2025-26
In: Corey Perry, Joel Armia, Cody Ceci, Brian Dumoulin, Anton Forsberg
Out: Tanner Jeannot, Vladislav Gavrikov, Jordan Spence, David Rittich
The theory of addition by subtraction could apply to the Kings. LA pulled off the rare feat of subtraction by addition. On defense, the team turned Vladislav Gavrikov, an actual top-pair defenseman, into Cody Ceci and Brian Dumoulin, two low-end third-pair defensemen — at best. They also parted ways with Jordan Spence, an undersized defender who looked promising in a sheltered role last year.
The series of decisions is among the strangest in recent memory, where the team ended up paying the same amount of money ($8.5 million total) to downgrade their blue line by 18 goals.
The system may be all that matters in Los Angeles, that both Ceci and Dumoulin will be better than they look because of it, and vice versa for the departed. Given the age and track record of the two new guys coming in, consider me highly skeptical of the bet the Kings made here — one where they saved zero dollars and got a lot worse in the process.
Was it a more prudent use of salary cap space to sign two free agent defensemen while knowing an additional $1.5 million per year could have prevented Vladislav Gavrikov from signing with the Rangers instead?
This is one of a few questions facing Kings GM Ken Holland following his first offseason in charge. Holland used the Kings' cap space to essentially buy in bulk, adding five players to reinforce their bottom-six forward group, their defensive options, and a backup goalie.
As for whether those moves can get the Kings beyond the first round of the playoffs, that remains to be seen.
Key Players
C Anze Kopitar remains the marquee man of the team. Kopitar is one of the best two-way forwards in NHL history. Kopitar is a five-time All-Star. He eclipsed the career 400-goal mark this season. Last year, Kopitar had 35 goals, 38 assists, 73 points, and a +22.
Like Kopitar, D Drew Doughty was a key member of the Kings' 2012 and 2014 Stanley Cup championship teams. Doughty is a five-time NHL All-Star and the 2016 Norris Trophy winner as the NHL’s top defenseman. The mainstay missed 52 games this past season and ended up with four goals, 13 assists, 17 points, and a +9.
RW Adriam Kempe led the Kings with 35 goals, 38 assists, 73 points, and a +22. Kempe was a 2022 All-Star. He has scored 35 or more goals in three of the last four seasons, with the lone exception being 28 goals in 2024.
Goaltenders
Number one goaltender Darcy Kuemper is best known as the goaltender for the 2021 Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche. He arrives after two seasons with the Washington Capitals. This past season, Kuemper had a 2.02 goals against average and a .921 save percentage. His record is 31-11-7 with five shutouts. He did give the Kings much-needed credibility between the pipes.
Head Coach
Jim Hiller took over the Kings midway through the 2023-24 season and led the team to a record of 21-12-1 to gain the playoffs. He was a Kings assistant coach before the promotion. Hiller has a career record of 69-37-9 with the Kings.
Season-by-Season Record (Last 7)
| SEASON |
GAMES |
WINS |
LOSSES |
FINISH |
PLAYOFFS |
| 2024–25 |
82 |
48 |
25 |
2nd, Pacific |
Lost in First Round, 2–4 (Oilers) |
| 2023–24 |
82 |
44 |
27 |
3rd, Pacific |
Lost in First Round, 1–4 (Oilers) |
| 2022–23 |
82 |
47 |
25 |
3rd, Pacific |
Lost in First Round, 2–4 (Oilers) |
| 2021–22 |
82 |
44 |
27 |
3rd, Pacific |
Lost in First Round, 3–4 (Oilers) |
| 2020–21 |
56 |
21 |
28 |
6th, West |
Did not qualify |
| 2019–20 |
70 |
29 |
35 |
7th, Pacific |
Did not qualify |
| 2018–19 |
82 |
31 |
42 |
8th, Pacific |
Did not qualify |
Los Angeles Kings History
Founded in the NHL's “Great Expansion” of 1967, which doubled the league’s size from 6 to 12 teams, the Los Angeles Kings have had a rich history in both good times and bad. The early years were headlined by Real “Frenchy” Lemieux and Eddie “The Jet” Joyal. Original owner Jack Kent Cooke built the “Fabulous Forum” for his Kings. But mediocre hockey was the rule rather than the exception for most of the Kings' first 20 years of existence. Thus, the team was largely ignored. But everything changed with Wayne Gretzky’s arrival in 1988. The Great One made both the Kings and the NHL mainstream. The Kings went from being ignored to the most popular team in LA. A new generation of Kings won the Stanley Cup in 2012 and 2014.
Gretzky is the biggest name ever to play the sport, let alone for the Kings. But others, such as Luc Robitaille, Marcel Dionne, and Rogie Vachon, are revered hockey names in Southern California and Kings lore.
The dream of a Stanley Cup seemed impossible for many longtime Kings fans. However, Los Angeles has built up its roster through several strong drafts. By the time the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs began, the Kings were perhaps the best 8-seed team in history. And that was proven by how Los Angeles steamrolled through the postseason to win their first Stanley Cup.
LA overcame a 0-3 deficit against the San Jose Sharks two years later to win the series 4-3. That was the springboard to a second Stanley Cup title run.
The Kings have always played second fiddle to the Lakers in Los Angeles. However, the hockey club has always had die-hard, passionate, and loyal fans who pack the arena for every game.
The end of the 2021-22 season marked the retirement of longtime King stalwart and former captain Dustin Brown. Brown was the captain of both of LA’s Stanley Cup championship teams. He goes down as one of the greatest Kings of all time.
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