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The Kings are 0-2-1 when scoring first and 1-2-1 when allowing the first goal, and score 0.86 first-period goals a game (18th in the NHL) through 7 games.

Scoring first
0-2-1
31st in NHL · 0% wins
Allowing first
1-2-1
22nd in NHL · 25% wins
1st-period GF/GP
0.86
18th in NHL · 6 GF, 7 GA
Back-to-backs
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5-4-7 last season

Los Angeles Kings record by situation

Los Angeles Kings record by game situation, 2026-27
SituationGPW-L-OTLWin %NHL rank2025-26Repeats?
Scoring first30-2-10%31st28-6-7 (68%)moderate (r 0.44)
Allowing first41-2-125%22nd7-21-13 (17%)moderate (r 0.44)
Leading after one30-2-10%30th19-5-5 (66%)moderate (r 0.37)
Tied after one21-0-150%11th11-7-9 (41%)
Trailing after one20-2-00%21st5-15-6 (19%)weak (r 0.31)
Leading after two00-0-0——25-2-0 (93%)weak (r 0.25)
Tied after two41-2-125%23rd7-9-11 (26%)
Trailing after two30-2-10%12th3-16-9 (11%)weak (r 0.21)
One-goal games30-1-20%31st21-6-20 (45%)weak (r 0.20)
Overtime games20-0-20%18th8-0-11 (42%)noise (r 0.01)
Shootouts00-0-0——5-0-9 (36%)noise (r 0.11)
Home30-3-00%32nd15-17-9 (37%)
Road41-1-225%22nd20-10-11 (49%)
Last 10 games71-4-214%31st6-2-2 (60%)

Blown leads: 3 of 3 games leading after one period (30th fewest per lead in the NHL). A blown lead here is a game the Kings led at that point and did not win, in regulation, overtime or a shootout.

Win % counts overtime and shootout wins. “Repeats?” is how well each split carries from one season to the next across 252 team-seasons (2017-18 to 2025-26), against r = 0.60 for overall points %: a weak or noise split mostly regresses. We have no live or period odds history, so we can’t compare these records to the market after vig. This is a description of what happened, not a bet.

Los Angeles Kings goals by period

Goals by period and in the opening minutes
WindowGFGAGF/GPScored inNHL rank2025-26Repeats?
First period670.86—18th0.73weak (r 0.29)
Second period5100.71—26th0.93moderate (r 0.39)
Third period680.86—23rd0.93weak (r 0.30)
Overtime020.00—18th0.10
First 5 minutes100.1414% of games16th16%noise (r 0.04)
First 10 minutes140.1414% of games26th28%weak (r 0.15)

Period and early-goal rates over a few games are mostly noise: ten games hold about 30 goals for and against per period. “Scored in” is the share of games with a goal in that window.

Los Angeles Kings record by days of rest

Los Angeles Kings record by days of rest before the game
SituationGPW-L-OTLWin %NHL rank2025-26Repeats?
Back-to-back (0 days)00-0-0——5-4-7 (31%)
1 day of rest00-0-0——18-15-9 (43%)
2 days of rest41-2-125%21st9-5-3 (53%)
3+ days of rest30-2-10%21st3-3-1 (43%)

From the NHL's days-between-games report. One season of back-to-backs is 10-15 games, so a team's own split says little; the league-wide back-to-back effect is priced in the Schedule Edge model.

How the Los Angeles Kings do by game situation in 2026-27: after scoring or allowing the first goal, when leading or trailing after each period, in close and overtime games, and by days of rest, with last season beside each line.

How to read situational records

Each line is the Los Angeles Kings record in the games where that situation happened in 2026-27: scoring the first goal, leading or trailing after a period, a one-goal final, overtime. Goals by period count goals scored and allowed in that period across all games, and the opening-minutes rows show how often they score inside the first 5 or 10 minutes.

Most of these splits do not carry over. Across 252 team-seasons, record when scoring first repeats at r = 0.44 and first-period scoring at r = 0.29, while overtime record (0.01) and goals in the first five minutes (0.04) are noise. Overall points % repeats at 0.60.

Read them as a description of the season so far, not a forecast. A team that is great when leading and poor when trailing is usually just a good team; first-period props and "team to score first" markets price team strength, and we hold no prices that show an edge here.

Los Angeles Kings situational stats FAQ

What is the Los Angeles Kings record when scoring first?

The Los Angeles Kings are 0-2-1 when they score the first goal in 2026-27 (0% wins) and 1-2-1 when they allow it.

How many first-period goals have the Los Angeles Kings scored?

6 first-period goals for and 7 against in 7 games (0.86 per game).