RW · LAK · NHL id 8483406
Taylor Ward has played 36 games for the Los Angeles Kings in 2025-26, scoring 3 goals and 4 assists (7 points) on 38 shots while averaging 9:28 a night (8:50 at even strength, 0:37 on the power play and 0:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 74% of his 5v5 minutes with Samuel Helenius and 56% with Brian Dumoulin over the last 10 games, and the Kings have controlled 50% of shot attempts with Ward on the ice (11-11 in goals, 38% offensive-zone starts). In the Kings' most recent game against COL he was on L4 with Jeff Malott and Samuel Helenius and off the power play; added to PP2 in the last game. He is shooting 7.9% this season against 9.3% across the 38 games in our data.
Right now
From the Apr 26 game vs COL, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 13 games, 7:35 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position
Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.
Shot map
2025-26 · 100 attempts, 39 on goal, 3 goals
Shot map, OPP at LAK: 100 attempts, 39 on goal, 3 goals, 4.05 expected goals; best chance Taylor Ward at 0.21 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 36 GP · 7 points vs 8.2 expected
Last 20 games: -8. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 7.9%
- 101.8
- 63.6%
- G vs xG
- 3 / 3.9
- • Role shrank over the last 10 games (TOI down 2:55 a game, PP share 16% → 0%): the cold spell may not be all luck.
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Player analytics
Compare with another player →2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.
Fantasy box score
- Games played36
- Goals3525th of 715
- Assists4620th of 715
- Points7615th of 715
- Power-play points0437th of 715
- Shorthanded points0227th of 715
- Shots on goal38599th of 715
- Hits38478th of 715
- Blocked shots9688th of 715
- Plus/minus0307th of 715
- Penalty minutes7667th of 715
- Faceoffs won4371st of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)49.8%321st of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)50.6%276th of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)48.6%406th of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)48.5%419th of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)52.1%243rd of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)52.9%158th of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /601.8936th of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.005128th of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.26439th of 719
- Faceoff win %40.0%
- Draw Equity /100−0.141
Usage
- Ice time per game9:28688th of 715
- Power-play time per game0:37391st of 715
- Offensive-zone start %37.5%615th of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60+0.18176th of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO1018154th of 719
- Goals above expected−0.8446th of 715
- Luck Meter−10458th of 828
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed22.1438th of 715
- 20+ mph bursts33503rd of 715
- Hardest shot93.3140th of 715
- Offensive-zone time40.4%507th of 715
Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).
Beyond the box score
2025-26 regular season · 35 of 36 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.056
- Season net
- −0.30xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 1.89
- Attempts
- 10
- 0.109
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
How the goals happened
4 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 2026 @ NJD | Point shot | — | 2 | 63.5 | one-timer | |
| Jan 24, 2026 @ STL | Odd-man rush | loose | 1 | 56.6 | 3-on-2 | |
| Jan 20, 2026 vs NYR | Forecheck turnover | — | 1 | 15.9 | — | |
| Apr 17, 2025 vs CGY | Rebound | — | 0 | 22.5 | rebound |
* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.
Linemates
2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Ward
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Ward apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Helenius | C | 35 | 219:37 | 68% | 50.0% | 53% (8-7) | 49.5% 84:46 | 50.0% 81:33 |
| Jeff Malott | LW | 25 | 165:15 | 51% | 48.1% | 50% (7-7) | 56.6% 54:52 | 48.9% 49:24 |
| Brian Dumoulin | D | 36 | 132:16 | 41% | 49.4% | 29% (2-5) | 49.5% 180:29 | 51.8% 423:36 |
| Cody Ceci | D | 34 | 118:38 | 37% | 48.5% | 44% (4-5) | 50.3% 177:21 | 51.3% 409:02 |
| Drew Doughty | D | 32 | 93:20 | 29% | 56.4% | 44% (4-5) | 46.5% 188:36 | 52.1% 509:45 |
| Mikey Anderson | D | 31 | 91:23 | 28% | 59.0% | 50% (3-3) | 47.6% 191:22 | 48.1% 510:28 |
| Joel Edmundson | D | 33 | 90:46 | 28% | 43.0% | 67% (4-2) | 53.6% 202:51 | 51.8% 431:12 |
| Brandt Clarke | D | 33 | 90:19 | 28% | 43.0% | 67% (4-2) | 53.7% 203:18 | 54.0% 475:55 |
| Quinton Byfield | C | 10 | 35:12 | 11% | 56.5% | 50% (2-2) | 52.6% 69:39 | 45.8% 120:40 |
| Andre Lee | LW | 7 | 33:41 | 10% | 58.5% | 50% (1-1) | 58.9% 41:42 | 52.4% 38:11 |
| Mathieu Joseph | RW | 6 | 33:33 | 10% | 37.3% | 0% (0-1) | 36.4% 8:18 | 42.9% 10:53 |
| Alex Laferriere | RW | 9 | 22:17 | 7% | 67.3% | 100% (1-0) | 55.2% 73:11 | 58.7% 113:54 |
| Warren Foegele | LW | 2 | 16:02 | 5% | 58.6% | 100% (1-0) | 71.4% 12:53 | 76.2% 11:11 |
| Adrian Kempe | LW | 3 | 12:25 | 4% | 61.3% | 100% (1-0) | 57.1% 21:42 | 50.0% 29:39 |
Linemate and opposition quality
2025-26 · 5v5 · 318 min on ice · ranked against 510 forwards
teammates' average xGF%
67th percentile · higher = stronger linemates
opponents' average ice-time share
18th percentile · higher = faces more top-line minutes
Favourable spot: strong linemates against weaker opponents.
QoT averages the season xGF% of Ward's 5v5 teammates; QoC averages how much of their team's ice time Ward's opponents get, so a high QoC means facing top lines. Both are weighted by time shared on the ice, lean on last season for small samples, and are ranked within forwards or defence.
Game log
37 games in 2025-26, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26PO | vs COL | L 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5:20 | 4:26 | 0:54 | — |
| Apr 16 | @ CGY | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 6:10 | 6:10 | — | — |
| Apr 14 | @ VAN | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5:52 | 5:52 | — | — |
| Apr 13 | @ SEA | W 5-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 8:20 | 8:20 | — | — |
| Apr 11 | vs EDM | W 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 8:40 | 8:40 | — | — |
| Apr 9 | vs VAN | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 8:10 | 8:10 | — | — |
| Apr 6 | vs NSH | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 8:31 | 8:31 | — | — |
| Apr 4 | vs TOR | W 7-6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5:17 | 5:17 | — | — |
| Apr 2 | vs NSH | OTL 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 7:13 | 7:13 | — | — |
| Apr 1 | vs STL | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | 5:36 | 5:36 | — | — |
| Mar 21 | vs BUF | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 9:45 | 9:45 | — | — |
| Mar 19 | vs PHI | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 8:12 | 8:12 | — | — |
| Mar 16 | @ NYR | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 11:28 | 11:28 | — | — |
| Mar 14 | @ NJD | L 4-6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 9:44 | 9:44 | — | — |
| Mar 13 | @ NYI | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 7:04 | 6:28 | 0:36 | — |
| Mar 10 | @ BOS | OTL 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 8:05 | 8:05 | — | — |
| Mar 9 | @ CBJ | W 5-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 6:06 | 5:15 | 0:51 | — |
| Mar 7 | vs MTL | L 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 8:04 | 6:48 | 1:16 | — |
| Mar 5 | vs NYI | W 5-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 8:08 | 8:08 | — | — |
| Mar 2 | vs COL | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 12:01 | 11:43 | — | — |
Season splits by strength
2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 36 | 340:53 | 9:28 | 360 | 333 | 51.9% | 52.7% | 132 | 147 | 11 | 11 | 50% | 12.7 | 12.1 | 42% |
| Even strength | 36 | 318:13 | 8:50 | 325 | 328 | 49.8% | 50.6% | 116 | 144 | 11 | 11 | 50% | 10.9 | 11.5 | 38% |
| 5v5 | 36 | 318:13 | 8:50 | 325 | 328 | 49.8% | 50.6% | 116 | 144 | 11 | 11 | 50% | 10.9 | 11.5 | 38% |
| Power play | 18 | 22:22 | 1:15 | 34 | 5 | 87.2% | 83.3% | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 1.9 | 0.6 | 100% |
| 5v4 | 18 | 22:22 | 1:15 | 34 | 5 | 87.2% | 83.3% | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 1.9 | 0.6 | 100% |
Career by season
Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | TOI/GP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26Playoffs | LAK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 5:20 |
| 2025-26 | LAK | 36 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 38 | 7.9% | 38 | 9 | 9:28 |
| 2024-25 | LAK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0% | 3 | 0 | 14:52 |
Taylor Ward news
- Kings' Taylor Ward: Placed on waiversCBS Sports
- Taylor Ward HomeNHL.com
- Taylor Ward Bio, Awards & Draft InfoNHL.com
- LA Kings Training Camp Preview: Taylor Wardhockeyroyalty.com
- Taylor Ward News: Lights lamp in lossRotoWire
- Kings' Taylor Ward: Lights lamp in lossCBS Sports
- Mich'd Up with Taylor WardNHL.com
- Catching up with Taylor Ward after signing a two-year contract extension with the KingsLA Kings Insider
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On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.