Helenius logged an assist and two hits in Saturday's 7-2 win over the Hurricanes.
Helenius set up an Adrian Kempe tally at 3:03 of the first period. The assist was Helenius' first point in nine games since he was recalled from AHL Ontario on March 5. The good news is he's sticking in the lineup, but only in a fourth-line role that has rarely led to offense or even significant ice time. Helenius has four points, 20 shots on net, 111 hits, 21 PIM and a minus-1 rating across 36 NHL appearances this season.
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Kings' Alex Laferriere: Produces assist in win
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Laferriere notched an assist, two shots on goal and two hits in Saturday's 7-2 win over the Hurricanes.
Laferriere set up Kevin Fiala for a tally late in the third period. Offense has been elusive for Laferriere -- since his Feb. 22 goal against Utah, he's played in 14 contests, drawing just two assists with 31 shots on net, 18 hits, 14 blocked shots and a minus-3 rating. He doesn't appear to be at risk of losing his place in the lineup, but his ice time has started to dip during the extended stretch of low-scoring play. For the season, the winger is at 33 points, 153 shots on net, 103 hits, 35 blocked shots and a plus-13 rating through 64 appearances.
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Kings' Drew Doughty: Provides two helpers
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Doughty notched two assists in Saturday's 7-2 win over the Hurricanes.
The Kings' offense was mostly covered by the forwards -- Doughty was the team's lone blueliner to get on the scoresheet in the blowout win. He helped out on goals by Anze Kopitar (on the power play) and Tanner Jeannot. Doughty hadn't earned a multi-point effort since Feb. 22 versus Utah, but he has a goal and five assists over his last eight outings. For the season, he's at 11 points, 32 shots on net, 35 blocked shots, 17 hits, 16 PIM and a plus-2 rating across 20 appearances.
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Kings' Trevor Moore: Stretches lead in big win
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Moore scored a goal on three shots in Saturday's 7-2 win over the Hurricanes.
Moore has scored in back-to-back contests and is up to seven goals and two helpers over his last 14 outings. His tally Saturday stretched the Kings' lead to 4-0 early in the second period. The 29-year-old winger has had trouble replicating his 31-goal season in 2023-24, but he's at a respectable 15 goals, 32 points, 124 shots on net, 64 hits and a plus-10 rating through 59 appearances this season. The California native continues to see middle-six minutes as well as time on the second power-play unit.
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Kings' Adrian Kempe: Scores early in blowout win
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Kempe scored a goal on three shots and went plus-2 in Saturday's 7-2 win over the Hurricanes.
Kempe has two goals and an assist over his last four games. His tally Saturday opened the scoring 3:03 into the contest, setting the tone for the Kings' scoring explosion. The 28-year-old is up to 29 goals, surpassing his total from last year, though his overall production is down due to a lack of assists. He has 56 points, 200 shots on net, 79 hits and a plus-15 rating across 68 appearances, mainly in a top-line role.
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Kings' Anze Kopitar: One of each in first period
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Kopitar scored a power-play goal, dished an assist, blocked two shots and went plus-2 in Saturday's 7-2 win over the Hurricanes.
Kopitar snapped a three-game slump with his second multi-point effort of March. Both of his points came in the first period as the Kings had a 3-0 lead by the intermission, which was already enough for the win. The center has four goals and five assists over his last 11 outings. For the season, the 37-year-old is up to 17 goals, 38 helpers, 18 power-play points, 85 shots on net, 62 blocked shots and a plus-7 rating through 68 appearances.
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Kings' Andrei Kuzmenko: Finally finds scoresheet
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Kuzmenko scored the game-winning goal and added a power-play assist in Saturday's 7-2 rout of Carolina.
After failing to produce a point through his first seven games with the Kings, Kuzmenko finally broke through Saturday, with both his points coming in the first period to help Los Angeles establish a 3-0 lead. The streaky winger has just seven goals and 22 points through 52 appearances on the season, bouncing from the Flames to the Flyers to the Kings, but he still has time to heat up while skating alongside Anze Kopitar at both even strength and on the power play.
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Kings' Tanner Jeannot: Ends drought with two-point effort
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Jeannot scored a goal and added an assist in Saturday's 7-2 win over Carolina.
The checking-line winger had gone 22 straight games without producing a point, but Jeannot ended his dry spell early in the first period by helping to set up an Adrian Kempe tally. A second-period marker of his own snapped a 32-game goal drought, giving Jeannot his first multi-point performance since Dec. 4. He has just six goals and 11 points through 65 appearances on the season, but he's been a consistent physical presence for the Kings, delivering 206 hits and 84 PIM.
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Kings' Kevin Fiala: Picks up two points in big win
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Fiala scored a goal and added an assist in Saturday's 7-2 rout of the Hurricanes.
The 28-year-old winger has three multi-point performances in the last seven games, racking up two goals and seven points over that stretch. While Fiala's 47 points in 67 appearances have him well short of the 70-point pace he established in his first two seasons with the Kings, he's remained a reliable goal-scorer in 2024-25. He's up to 26 tallies, giving him a shot at his second career 30-goal campaign.
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Kings' Quinton Byfield: Two-point effort in win
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Byfield produced a goal and an assist in Saturday's 7-2 rout of the Hurricanes.
Every Kings forward got onto the scoresheet in the rout, and Byfield waited until late to get in on the action, potting the team's sixth goal before helping to set up Kevin Fiala for the seventh. It was Byfield's first multi-point performance since Feb. 24, but he's been lighting the lamp with frequency in March -- over the last nine games he has seven goals, but only one helper.
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Kings' David Rittich: Cruises to win Saturday
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Rittich turned aside 34 shots in Saturday's 7-2 win over the Hurricanes.
While he was the busier of the two netminders, the final result wasn't in much doubt after the Kings struck three times in each of the first and second periods. Rittich has just one regulation loss since the beginning of February, going 3-1-2 over his last six starts despite a lackluster .891 save percentage.
Rittich is expected to start at home against Carolina on Saturday.
Rittich has a 13-12-2 record, 2.75 GAA and .885 save percentage in 28 appearances in 2024-25. He's making his first start since he stopped 27 of 32 shots en route to a 6-5 win over Vegas on March 9. Carolina ranks eighth in goals per game with 3.24.
Edmundson scored an empty-net goal on four shots in Thursday's 3-1 win over the Blackhawks.
Edmundson has two goals and six points over his last 14 contests. While that's not a lot of offense overall, it's a better-than-usual pace for the 31-year-old shutdown defender. In his first year with the Kings, he's racked up six goals -- one off his career high -- and 17 points while adding 84 shots on net, 88 hits, 95 blocked shots and a plus-19 rating over 63 appearances. He's also averaging 20:38 of ice time, his highest in any season since 2017-18, though he's been trending down in that area since Drew Doughty has been back in action following a season-opening ankle injury.
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Kings' Alex Turcotte: First goal since January
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Turcotte scored a goal in Thursday's 3-1 win over the Blackhawks.
Turcotte doubled the Kings' lead 59 seconds after Trevor Moore's opener with a tip-in. This was Turcotte's eighth goal of the campaign, but it was also the first time he's found the back of the net since tallying two goals in a 5-1 win over the Canucks on Jan. 16. The 24-year-old is having a career-best season in 2024-25, as he has racked up 22 points (eight goals, 14 assists) in 62 appearances after being limited to just 32 games in his first three years in the league. That said, he's not much of a fantasy option outside of leagues that reward physicality, and even in those contexts, he'd only be a realistic alternative as a streaming option in deep formats.
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Kings' Trevor Moore: Scores goal, attempts five shots
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Moore scored a goal, took five shots and posted a plus-2 rating in Thursday's 3-1 win over the Blackhawks.
Moore broke the deadlock for the Kings midway through the first period with an unassisted tally after slotting a wrister past Spencer Knight. This was Moore's 14th marker of the season, and it also snapped a four-game goal drought. The 29-year-old has scored six of his 14 goals since the 4 Nations break, a 14-game stretch in which he's also recorded two assists, 33 shots, 15 hits and six blocked shots.
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Kings' Darcy Kuemper: Earns win vs. Blackhawks
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Kuemper stopped 16 of 17 shots in Thursday's 3-1 win over the Blackhawks.
Kuemper has been playing at a high level in recent weeks, and it wouldn't be a stretch to say he's been the best goaltender in the league over the last two weeks. Aside from bouncing back from the loss to the Wild on March 17, he's now won five of his past six appearances. Over that six-game stretch, the 34-year-old veteran netminder has gone 5-1-0 with an excellent, but probably unsustainable, 0.83 GAA and a .964 save percentage.
Hicketts has agreed to a two-year, two-way contract with the Kings on Thursday.
Hicketts has three goals, 27 points and 37 PIM in 52 outings with AHL Ontario in 2024-25. The 28-year-old defenseman has appeared in 22 career NHL regular-season games, but he hasn't been in a lineup at the top level since the 2019-20 campaign.
