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Los Angeles Kings

Akil Thomas

#26Center6'0"194 lb

0.0 in 2 days
2024-25 regular season
25
GP
1
G
2
A
3
P
20
SOG
5.0% SH
9:55
TOI/GP

C · LAK · NHL id 8480851

Akil Thomas has played 25 games for the Los Angeles Kings in 2024-25, scoring 1 goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 20 shots while averaging 9:55 a night (9:44 at even strength, 0:06 on the power play and 0:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Kings have controlled 48% of shot attempts with Thomas on the ice (5-9 in goals, 49% offensive-zone starts). In the Kings' most recent game against CGY he was on L4 with Alex Turcotte and Jeff Malott and off the power play. He is shooting 5.0% this season against 13.8% across the 32 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 17 game vs CGY, detected from shift data

Line
L4
Alex TurcotteJeff Malott
Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Last 5: L4 · L4 · L4 · L3 · L4

Deployment timeline

2024-25 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 2 games, 10:55 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 1 line changes.

PPLine34▼0m3m7m10m13mMar 11Mar 15Mar 20Mar 23Mar 27Mar 30Apr 3Apr 7Apr 12Apr 15
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
2 games shown, 10:55 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2024-25 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE
Top speed19th1921.5 mph
Bursts 20+ mph30th3126
Hardest shot24th2481.1 mph
Offensive-zone time7th738.2%
Distance skated27th2740.5 mi
High-danger SOG23rd236
Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

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

2024-25 · 36 attempts, 20 on goal, 1 goal

Shot map, OPP at LAK: 36 attempts, 20 on goal, 1 goal, 2.24 expected goals; best chance Akil Thomas at 0.45 xG.

  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked
Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Puck luck

2024-25 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

0123-1.2goals below expected-0.9σOct 29Apr 17
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2024-25 regular season · 23 of 25 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.016
Season net
−0.07xG

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

MethodLeaders
Per 100 draws
−0.097
Season
−0.04G
43.9%41 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 5-9 · NZ 8-6 · DZ 5-8

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.74
Attempts
3
0.006

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

MethodLeaders
Season
+0.19G
Per 60
+0.046
Drawn / taken
4.5 / 3.5minors

MethodLeaders
41.8%
50.0%
42.3%
Transition CF/60
3.5
Turnovers won/60
15.8
Turnovers lost/60
14.5

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
20 shots on goal, 1 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
Low Slot30%21%1
R Circle20%13%0
R Point0%6%0
L Point0%6%0
Outside L10%5%0
R Corner5%0%0
Outside R0%4%0

How his goals happened

4 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Oct 29, 2024 @ SJSReboundcarry132.34-on-2, rebound
Apr 11, 2024 vs CGYDeflection—263.6—
Apr 9, 2024 @ ANADeflectioncarry023.11-on-0
Apr 4, 2024 @ SJSOdd-man rushpass164.33-on-2

* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.

Linemates

2024-25 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Thomas

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

25 games in 2024-25, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Apr 17vs CGYL 1-5000-11030—10:2810:28——
Apr 15@ SEAW 6-5000+10022100%11:4511:22——
Mar 1@ STLL 1-4000-1002050%9:439:43——
Feb 7vs DALW 5-400000020—6:366:36——
Feb 5vs MTLW 6-3000-10010—8:478:47——
Feb 1@ CARW 4-2000-115200%8:158:15——
Jan 30@ TBLL 0-300000010—8:238:030:20—
Jan 29@ FLAL 0-3000000100%8:008:00——
Jan 22vs FLAW 2-100000040100%9:319:140:17—
Dec 28vs EDMW 4-3000-100000%6:066:06——
Dec 22@ WSHL 1-300002010—14:0313:50——
Dec 21@ NSHOTL 2-3000-110100%7:197:19——
Dec 19@ PHIW 7-3000010120%10:199:50——
Dec 17@ PITOTL 2-30000001050%5:345:34——
Dec 14@ NYRW 5-1011+1002050%11:5511:55——
Nov 25@ SJSL 2-7000-10020—10:3210:32——
Nov 13@ COLL 2-400000011—11:0911:07——
Nov 11@ CGYL 1-30000202150%10:5810:58——
Nov 9vs CBJW 5-2011+1001150%10:1110:11——
Nov 7vs VANL 2-4000-2003033%10:039:550:08—

Season splits by strength

2024-25 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations25247:519:5521422748.5%50.5%95995936%6.88.851%
Even strength25243:229:4420722348.1%50.0%92975936%6.48.749%
5v525243:209:4420722348.1%50.0%92975936%6.48.749%
Power play42:420:415183.3%100.0%2000—0.20.0100%
Penalty kill10:060:0610100.0%100.0%1000—0.00.0100%
5v442:420:415183.3%100.0%2000—0.20.0100%

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2024-25LAK25123-47205.0%42129:55
2023-24LAK731402933.3%838:44

Akil Thomas news

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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.