2025–26 Los Angeles Kings season

2025–26 Los Angeles Kings
DivisionPacific
ConferenceWestern
2025–26 record27–23–15
Home record10–15–7
Road record17–8–8
Goals for172
Goals against194
Team information
General managerKen Holland
CoachJim Hiller (Oct. 7 – Mar. 1)
D. J. Smith (interim, Mar. 1 – pres.)
CaptainAnze Kopitar
Alternate captainsMikey Anderson (Dec. – pres.)
Phillip Danault (Oct. – Dec.)
Drew Doughty
Adrian Kempe (Dec. – pres.)
ArenaCrypto.com Arena
Minor league affiliatesOntario Reign (AHL)
Greenville Swamp Rabbits (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsAdrian Kempe (23)
AssistsAdrian Kempe (29)
PointsAdrian Kempe (52)
Penalty minutesCorey Perry (59)
Plus/minusAnze Kopitar (+12)
WinsDarcy Kuemper (15)
Goals against averageAnton Forsberg (2.68)

The 2025–26 Los Angeles Kings season is their 59th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 5, 1967.[1]

This is the final season of longtime captain Anze Kopitar, who announced before the season that he would retire afterwards.[2]

Standings

Divisional standings

Pacific Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 Anaheim Ducks 68 37 27 4 22 225 236 −11 78
2 Edmonton Oilers 69 34 26 9 26 243 235 +8 77
3 Vegas Golden Knights 68 31 23 14 23 220 211 +9 76
4 Seattle Kraken 67 31 27 9 25 193 205 −12 71
5 Los Angeles Kings 67 28 24 15 18 180 201 −21 71
6 San Jose Sharks 66 32 28 6 20 207 234 −27 70
7 Calgary Flames 68 27 34 7 22 169 213 −44 61
8 Vancouver Canucks 67 21 38 8 14 176 248 −72 50
Updated to game(s) played on March 18, 2026. Source: National Hockey League[3]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Conference standings

Western Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 CE Utah Mammoth 68 35 27 6 27 214 191 +23 76
2 PA Seattle Kraken 67 31 27 9 25 193 205 −12 71
3 PA Los Angeles Kings 67 28 24 15 18 180 201 −21 71
4 PA San Jose Sharks 66 32 28 6 20 207 234 −27 70
5 CE Nashville Predators 67 30 28 9 22 199 228 −29 69
6 CE Winnipeg Jets 67 28 28 11 23 191 206 −15 67
7 CE St. Louis Blues 68 27 30 11 24 178 224 −46 65
8 CE Chicago Blackhawks 67 25 30 12 18 178 217 −39 62
9 PA Calgary Flames 68 27 34 7 22 169 213 −44 61
10 PA Vancouver Canucks 67 21 38 8 14 176 248 −72 50
Updated to game(s) played on March 18, 2026. Source: National Hockey League[4]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 20, 2025.[5]

2025 preseason game log: 5–2–0 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 2–1–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record
1A September 21 Anaheim 3–1 Los Angeles George (1–0–0) Toyota Arena 9,533 1–0–0
2 September 23 Los Angeles 3–1 Vegas Forsberg (1–0–0) T-Mobile Arena 17,439 2–0–0
3 September 24 Los Angeles 3–0 Anaheim Kuemper (1–0–0) Honda Center 11,517 3–0–0
4B September 27 Anaheim 5–3 Los Angeles Portillo (0–1–0) Dignity Health Arena 3–1–0
5C September 30 Utah 2–3 Los Angeles Copley (1–0–0) Idaho Central Arena 4–1–0
6 October 2 Los Angeles 1–2 Utah Forsberg (1–1–0) Delta Center 12,478 4–2–0
7 October 4 Anaheim 4–5 Los Angeles OT Kuemper (2–0–0) Crypto.com Arena 11,151 5–2–0
Legend:

  Win   Loss   OT/SO Loss A – Game played in Ontario, California B – Game played in Bakersfield, California C – Game played in Boise, Idaho

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on July 16, 2025.

2025–26 game log
October: 5–3–4 (Home: 0–2–2; Road: 5–1–2)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
1 October 7 Colorado 4–1 Los Angeles Kuemper Crypto.com Arena 18,145 0–1–0 0 [6]
2 October 8 Los Angeles 6–5 Vegas SO Forsberg T-Mobile Arena 18,393 1–1–0 2 [7]
3 October 11 Los Angeles 2–3 Winnipeg Kuemper Canada Life Centre 14,204 1–2–0 2 [8]
4 October 13 Los Angeles 3–4 Minnesota SO Kuemper Grand Casino Arena 17,102 1–2–1 3 [9]
5 October 16 Pittsburgh 4–2 Los Angeles Forsberg Crypto.com Arena 14,737 1–3–1 3 [10]
6 October 18 Carolina 4–3 Los Angeles OT Forsberg Crypto.com Arena 18,145 1–3–2 4 [11]
7 October 21 Los Angeles 2–1 St. Louis OT Kuemper Enterprise Center 16,710 2–3–2 6 [12]
8 October 23 Los Angeles 3–2 Dallas OT Kuemper American Airlines Center 18,532 3–3–2 8 [13]
9 October 25 Los Angeles 4–5 Nashville SO Kuemper Bridgestone Arena 17,159 3–3–3 9 [14]
10 October 26 Los Angeles 3–1 Chicago Forsberg United Center 16,620 4–3–3 11 [15]
11 October 28 Los Angeles 4–3 San Jose Kuemper SAP Center 12,804 5–3–3 13 [16]
12 October 30 Detroit 4–3 Los Angeles SO Kuemper Crypto.com Arena 16,013 5–3–4 14 [17]
November: 7–3–3 (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 4–1–2)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
13 November 1 New Jersey 4–1 Los Angeles Kuemper Crypto.com Arena 16,110 5–4–4 14 [18]
14 November 4 Winnipeg 0–3 Los Angeles Kuemper Crypto.com Arena 14,671 6–4–4 16 [19]
15 November 6 Florida 5–2 Los Angeles Forsberg Crypto.com Arena 16,909 6–5–4 16 [20]
16 November 9 Los Angeles 3–2 Pittsburgh Kuemper PPG Paints Arena 18,343 7–5–4 18 [21]
17 November 11 Los Angeles 5–1 Montreal Kuemper Bell Centre 20,962 8–5–4 20 [22]
18 November 13 Los Angeles 4–3 Toronto OT Kuemper Scotiabank Arena 18,305 9–5–4 22 [23]
19 November 15 Los Angeles 1–0 Ottawa Forsberg Canadian Tire Centre 17,772 10–5–4 24 [24]
20 November 17 Los Angeles 1–2 Washington Kuemper Capital One Arena 17,649 10–6–4 24 [25]
21 November 20 Los Angeles 3–4 San Jose SO Forsberg SAP Center 16,387 10–6–5 25 [26]
22 November 21 Boston 2–1 Los Angeles OT Kuemper Crypto.com Arena 18,145 10–6–6 26 [27]
23 November 24 Ottawa 1–2 Los Angeles Kuemper Crypto.com Arena 17,421 11–6–6 28 [28]
24 November 28 Los Angeles 4–5 Anaheim SO Kuemper Honda Center 17,174 11–6–7 29 [29]
25 November 29 Vancouver 1–2 Los Angeles OT Forsberg Crypto.com Arena 18,145 12–6–7 31 [30]
December: 4–7–2 (Home: 2–4–1; Road: 2–3–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
26 December 2 Washington 3–1 Los Angeles Kuemper Crypto.com Arena 16,509 12–7–7 31 [31]
27 December 4 Chicago 2–1 Los Angeles Kuemper Crypto.com Arena 16,225 12–8–7 31 [32]
28 December 6 Chicago 0–6 Los Angeles Kuemper Crypto.com Arena 18,145 13–8–7 33 [33]
29 December 8 Los Angeles 4–2 Utah Kuemper Delta Center 12,478 14–8–7 35 [34]
30 December 10 Los Angeles 2–3 Seattle OT Forsberg Climate Pledge Arena 17,151 14–8–8 36 [35]
31 December 13 Calgary 2–1 Los Angeles OT Kuemper Crypto.com Arena 18,145 14–8–9 37 [36]
32 December 15 Los Angeles 1–4 Dallas Forsberg American Airlines Center 18,532 14–9–9 37 [37]
33 December 17 Los Angeles 2–3 Florida Forsberg Amerant Bank Arena 19,612 14–10–9 37 [38]
34 December 18 Los Angeles 2–1 Tampa Bay Forsberg Benchmark International Arena 19,092 15–10–9 39 [39]
35 December 22 Columbus 3–1 Los Angeles Forsberg Crypto.com Arena 18,145 15–11–9 39 [40]
36 December 23 Seattle 3–2 Los Angeles Copley Crypto.com Arena 18,143 15–12–9 39 [41]
37 December 27 Anaheim 1–6 Los Angeles Forsberg Crypto.com Arena 18,145 16–12–9 41 [42]
38 December 29 Los Angeles 2–5 Colorado Forsberg Ball Arena 18,143 16–13–9 41 <[43]
January: 6–4–4 (Home: 3–2–3; Road: 3–2–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
39 January 1 Tampa Bay 5–3 Los Angeles Kuemper Crypto.com Arena 18,001 16–14–9 41 [44]
40 January 3 Minnesota 4–5 Los Angeles SO Kuemper Crypto.com Arena 18,145 17–14–9 43 [45]
41 January 5 Minnesota 2–4 Los Angeles Kuemper Crypto.com Arena 16,874 18–14–9 45 [46]
42 January 7 San Jose 4–3 Los Angeles OT Kuemper Crypto.com Arena 17,473 18–14–10 46 [47]
43 January 9 Los Angeles 1–5 Winnipeg Kuemper Canada Life Centre 14,412 18–15–10 46 [48]
44 January 10 Los Angeles 4–3 Edmonton SO Forsberg Rogers Place 18,347 19–15–10 48 [49]
45 January 12 Dallas 3–1 Los Angeles Kuemper Crypto.com Arena 17,088 19–16–10 48 [50]
46 January 14 Vegas 3–2 Los Angeles OT Kuemper Crypto.com Arena 18,145 19–16–11 49 [51]
47 January 16 Anaheim 3–2 Los Angeles SO Kuemper Crypto.com Arena 18,145 19–16–12 50 [52]
48 January 17 Los Angeles 1–2 Anaheim OT Forsberg Honda Center 16,214 19–16–13 51 [53]
49 January 20 NY Rangers 3–4 Los Angeles Forsberg Crypto.com Arena 18,145 20–16–13 53 [54]
50 January 24 Los Angeles 5–4 St. Louis SO Kuemper Enterprise Center 17,214 21–16–13 55 [55]
January 26 Los Angeles Columbus Game postponed due to severe weather. Makeup date: March 9
51 January 27 Los Angeles 3–1 Detroit Forsberg Little Caesars Arena 19,515 22–16–13 57 [56]
52 January 29 Los Angeles 1–4 Buffalo Kuemper KeyBank Center 19,070 22–17–13 57 [57]
53 January 31 Los Angeles 3–2 Philadelphia OT Kuemper Xfinity Mobile Arena 19,771 23–17–13 59 [58]
February: 1–4–1 (Home: 1–3–0; Road: 0–1–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
54 February 1 Los Angeles 2–3 Carolina OT Forsberg Lenovo Center 18,299 23–17–14 60 [59]
55 February 4 Seattle 4–2 Los Angeles Kuemper Crypto.com Arena 18,145 23–18–14 60 [60]
56 February 5 Los Angeles 1–4 Vegas Forsberg T-Mobile Arena 18,020 23–19–14 60 [61]
57 February 25 Vegas 6–4 Los Angeles Forsberg Crypto.com Arena 18,145 23–20–14 60 [62]
58 February 26 Edmonton 8–1 Los Angeles Kuemper Crypto.com Arena 17,037 23–21–14 60 [63]
59 February 28 Calgary 0–2 Los Angeles Forsberg Crypto.com Arena 18,145 24–21–14 62 [64]
March: 4–3–1 (Home: 1–2–0; Road: 3–1–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
60 March 2 Colorado 4–2 Los Angeles Forsberg Crypto.com Arena 15,492 24–22–14 62 [65]
61 March 5 NY Islanders 3–5 Los Angeles Kuemper Crypto.com Arena 17,078 25–22–14 64 [66]
62 March 7 Montreal 4–3 Los Angeles Kuemper Crypto.com Arena 18,145 25–23–14 64 [67]
63 March 9 Los Angeles 5–4 Columbus OT Forsberg Nationwide Arena 14,838 26–23–14 66 [68]
64 March 10 Los Angeles 1–2 Boston OT Kuemper TD Garden 17,850 26–23–15 67 [69]
65 March 13 Los Angeles 3–2 NY Islanders Kuemper UBS Arena 17,255 27–23–15 69 [70]
66 March 14 Los Angeles 4–6 New Jersey Forsberg Prudential Center 16,072 27–24–15 69 [71]
67 March 16 Los Angeles 4–1 NY Rangers Kuemper Madison Square Garden 17,752 28–24–15 71 [72]
68 March 19 Philadelphia Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena 0–0–0
69 March 21 Buffalo Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena 0–0–0
70 March 22 Los Angeles Utah Delta Center 0–0–0
71 March 24 Los Angeles Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome 0–0–0
72 March 26 Los Angeles Vancouver Rogers Arena 0–0–0
73 March 28 Utah Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena 0–0–0
April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
74 April 1 St. Louis Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena 0–0–0
75 April 2 Nashville Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena 0–0–0
76 April 4 Toronto Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena 0–0–0
77 April 6 Nashville Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena 0–0–0
78 April 9 Vancouver Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena 0–0–0
79 April 11 Edmonton Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena 0–0–0
80 April 13 Los Angeles Seattle Climate Pledge Arena 0–0–0
81 April 14 Los Angeles Vancouver Rogers Arena 0–0–0
82 April 16 Los Angeles Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome 0–0–0
Legend:

  Win   Loss   OT/SO Loss

Player statistics

As of March 16, 2026 [73]

Skaters

Regular season
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Adrian Kempe 66 26 32 58 +9 56
Kevin Fiala 56 18 22 40 −11 34
Brandt Clarke 67 8 29 37 +5 46
Quinton Byfield 64 13 22 35 −9 40
Anze Kopitar 52 10 21 31 +15 8
Alex Laferriere 67 17 15 32 +1 16
Corey Perry 50 11 17 28 −1 59
Andrei Kuzmenko 52 13 12 25 −4 16
Joel Armia 53 10 10 20 +2 24
Trevor Moore 54 9 11 20 −8 8
Joel Edmundson 67 2 16 18 +6 21
Drew Doughty 57 5 13 18 −1 34
Brian Dumoulin 67 2 14 16 +6 16
Michael Anderson 65 4 11 15 +2 14
Alex Turcotte 59 3 11 14 −6 21
Artemi Panarin 11 3 10 13 +6 2
Warren Foegele 47 7 2 9 −6 14
Jeff Malott 50 3 6 9 −8 41
Samuel Helenius 39 4 4 8 −2 41
Cody Ceci 67 1 7 8 −4 12
Taylor Ward 25 3 3 6 +2 2
Phillip Danault 30 0 5 5 +3 6
Scott Laughton 6 2 1 3 +1 6
Andre Lee 7 1 1 2 −2 0
Jared Wright 8 0 1 1 +2 0
Angus Booth 1 1 0 1 +1 0
Mathieu Joseph 2 0 0 0 +1 0
Kenny Connors 2 0 0 0 −1 0
Jacob Moverare 15 0 0 0 −4 0

Goaltenders

Regular season
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Darcy Kuemper 42 42 2,406:48 17 13 10 106 2.64 1,043 .898 2 0 1 6
Anton Forsberg 28 24 1,588:26 11 10 5 75 2.83 750 .900 2 0 0 4
Pheonix Copley 1 1 58:34 0 1 0 3 3.07 28 .893 0 0 0 0

Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Kings.
Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Kings only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Awards and honours

Awards

Milestones

  • On March 5, 2026, Los Angeles Kings forward Anze Kopitar played his 1,500th NHL game, becoming the 25th player to reach the mark.[74]

Records

Transactions

The Kings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2025–26 season.

Key:

 †  Contract is entry-level.
 ‡  Contract initially takes effect in the 2026–27 season.

Trades

Date Details Ref
June 27, 2025 To Los Angeles Kings
EDM 1st-round pick in 2025 (#31 overall)
WSH 2nd-round pick in 2025 (#59 overall)
To Pittsburgh Penguins
1st-round pick in 2025 (#24 overall)
[75]
June 28, 2025 To Los Angeles Kings
NSH 3rd-round pick in 2025 (67th overall)
COL 6th-round pick in 2026
To Ottawa Senators
Jordan Spence
[76]
June 28, 2025 To Los Angeles Kings
4th-round pick in 2025 (#125 overall)
DAL 3rd-round pick in 2026
To Carolina Hurricanes
NSH 3rd-round pick in 2025 (#67 overall)
[77]
October 15, 2025 To Los Angeles Kings
Pheonix Copley
To Tampa Bay Lightning
future considerations
[78]
December 2, 2025 To Los Angeles Kings
Nikita Alexandrov
To St. Louis Blues
Akil Thomas
[79]
December 19, 2025 To Los Angeles Kings
CBJ 2nd-round pick in 2026
To Montreal Canadiens
Phillip Danault
[80]
February 4, 2026 To Los Angeles Kings
Artemi Panarin*
To New York Rangers
Liam Greentree
conditional CBJ 2nd-round pick in 2026
              or LAK 2nd-round pick in 2026
              or DAL 3rd-round pick in 2026
              or LAK 3rd-round pick in 2026
conditional DAL 4th-round pick in 2028
[81]
March 5, 2026 To Los Angeles Kings
BUF 2nd-round pick in 2026
conditional[a] OTT 3rd-round pick in 2026
                  or WSH 3rd-round pick in 2026
To Ottawa Senators
Warren Foegele
conditional[b] DAL 3rd-round pick in 2026
                  or LAK 3rd-round pick in 2026
[82]
March 6, 2026 To Los Angeles Kings
2nd-round pick in 2028
To Tampa Bay Lightning
Corey Perry*[c]
[83]
March 6, 2026 To Los Angeles Kings
Scott Laughton
To Toronto Maple Leafs
conditional[d] 2nd-round pick in 2026
                 or OTT 3rd-round pick in 2026
                 or WSH 3rd-round pick in 2026
[84]
March 12, 2026 To Los Angeles Kings
Jan Jenik
To Ottawa Senators
Samuel Bolduc
[85]

Notes

  1. ^ Los Angeles will receive the higher-placed of Ottawa's or Washington's third-round picks in 2026 if one or both of the teams qualify for the 2026 Playoffs; otherwise Los Angeles will received the worse of Ottawa’s or Washington's third-round picks in 2026.
  2. ^ Ottawa will receive the lower-placed of Los Angeles' or Dallas' third-round picks in 2026.
  3. ^ Los Angeles retained 50% of Perry's contract.
  4. ^ Toronto will receive a second-round pick in 2026 if Los Angeles qualifies for the 2026 playoffs. Toronto will receive the better of Ottawa's or Washington's third-round picks in 2026 if Los Angeles fails to qualify for the 2026 playoffs, but at least one of Ottawa or Washington do; otherwise, Toronto will receive the worse of Ottawa's or Washington's third-round picks in 2026.

Players acquired

Date Player Former team Term Via Ref
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01) Joel Armia Montreal Canadiens 2-year Free agency [86]
Cody Ceci Dallas Stars 4-year Free agency [86]
Brian Dumoulin New Jersey Devils 3-year Free agency [86]
Anton Forsberg Ottawa Senators 2-year Free agency [86]
Corey Perry Edmonton Oilers 1-year Free agency [86]
July 2, 2025 (2025-07-02) Samuel Bolduc New York Islanders 1-year Free agency [87]
Logan Brown Tampa Bay Lightning 1-year Free agency [87]
Cole Guttman Chicago Blackhawks 2-year Free agency [87]

Players lost

Date Player New team Term Via Ref
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01) Vladislav Gavrikov New York Rangers 7-year Free agency [88]
Tanner Jeannot Boston Bruins 5-year Free agency [89]
Caleb Jones Pittsburgh Penguins 2-year Free agency [90]
David Rittich New York Islanders 1-year Free agency [91]
July 2, 2025 (2025-07-02) Samuel Fagemo Winnipeg Jets 1-year Free agency [92]
Jack Studnicka Florida Panthers 1-year Free agency [93]
July 23, 2025 (2025-07-23) Joseph Cecconi Avangard Omsk (KHL) 1-year Free agency [94]

Signings

Date Player Term Ref
June 30, 2025 (2025-06-30) Andrei Kuzmenko 1–year [95]
July 2, 2025 (2025-07-02) Taylor Ward 1–year [87]
August 2, 2025 (2025-08-02) Alex Laferriere 3–year [96]
November 17, 2025 (2025-11-17) Adrian Kempe 8–year‡ [97]
December 2, 2025 (2025-12-02) Samuel Helenius 2–year‡ [98]
December 10, 2025 (2025-12-10) Vojtěch Čihař 3–year† [99]
January 29, 2026 (2026-01-29) Taylor Ward 2–year‡ [100]
February 4, 2026 (2026-02-04) Artemi Panarin 2–year‡ [81]

Draft picks

Below are the Kings selections at the 2025 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 27 and 28, 2025, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team League
1 31[A] Henry Brzustewicz D  United States London Knights OHL
2 59[B] Vojtěch Čihař LW  Czech Republic HC Energie Karlovy Vary Czech Extraliga
3 88 Kristian Epperson LW  United States Saginaw Spirit OHL
4 120 Caeden Herrington D  United States Lincoln Stars USHL
125[C] Jimmy Lombardi C  Canada Flint Firebirds OHL
5 152 Petteri Rimpinen G  Finland Kiekko-Espoo Liiga
6 184 Jan Chovan C  Slovakia Tappara U20 U20 SM-sarja
7 196 Brendan McMorrow C  United States Waterloo Black Hawks USHL
216 Will Sharpe D  Canada Kelowna Rockets WHL

Notes

  1. ^ The Edmonton Oilers' first-round pick went to the Los Angeles Kings as the result of a trade on June 27, 2025, that sent a first-round pick in 2025 (24th overall) to Pittsburgh in exchange for Washington's second-round pick in 2025 (59th overall) and this pick.[75]
  2. ^ The Washington Capitals' second-round pick went to the Kings as the result of a trade on June 27, 2025, that sent a first-round pick in 2025 (24th overall) to Pittsburgh in exchange for a first-round pick in 2025 (24th overall) and this pick.[75]
  3. ^ The Carolina Hurricanes' fourth-round pick went to the Kings as the result of a trade on June 28, 2025, that sent Nashville's third-round pick in 2025 (67th overall) to Carolina in exchange for Dallas' third-round pick in 2026 and this pick.

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