NHL

Los Angeles Kings at New York Islanders

· National Hockey League
Los Angeles Kings
27-23-15
Final
3 - 2
New York Islanders
37-24-5

Kempe scores to lead Kings over Islanders 3-2

Los Angeles Kings vs. New York Islanders: Game Highlights

Trevor Moore and Anze Kopitar also scored for the Kings and Darcy Kuemper stopped 21 of the 23 shots he faced.

Emil Heineman scored twice for the Islanders, and Ilya Sorokin made 24 saves. Bo Horvat added two assists.

Kempe scored on a wrist shot with 1:32 remaining in the first period to put the Kings up 3-0. Kempe now has five goals and four assists in his last six games.

After the game, the Islanders stayed on the ice and shook hands with Kings captain Kopitar, who is playing in his 20th and final season in the NHL.

Up next Kings: Visit the New Jersey Devils on Saturday.

Islanders: Host the Calgary Flames on Saturday.

Regular Season Series

LA wins series 2-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 3:33 Trevor Moore Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal 1st Period 13:07 Anze Kopitar Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Mikey Anderson (10), Alex Turcotte (11)
Goal 1st Period 18:28 Adrian Kempe Goal (26) Wrist Shot, assists: Artemi Panarin (45)
Goal 2nd Period 10:46 Emil Heineman Goal (17) Tip-In, assists: Adam Pelech (9), Bo Horvat (18)
Goal 3rd Period 3:38 Emil Heineman Goal (18) Deflected, assists: Matthew Schaefer (28), Bo Horvat (19)

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/la.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originLA https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/nyi.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originNYI
23 Blocked Shots 14
23 Hits 23
4 Takeaways 5
27 Shots 23
0 Power Play Goals 0
3 Power Play Opportunities 3
0.0 Power Play Percentage 0.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
19 Faceoffs Won 27
41.3 Faceoff Win Percent 58.7
11 Giveaways 9
5 Total Penalties 4
10 Penalty Minutes 8
New York Islanders New York Islanders Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Mathew Barzal, C Out May 12
Semyon Varlamov, G Injured Reserve Apr 19
Kyle Palmieri, C Injured Reserve Apr 15
Maxim Shabanov, RW Out Apr 14
Ryan Pulock, D Out Apr 14
Los Angeles Kings Los Angeles Kings Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Kevin Fiala, LW Injured Reserve Mar 6

Game Information

UBS Arena

Location: Elmont, NY
Attendance: 17,255 | Capacity:

2025-26 Pacific Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Vegas 17 26 95 39
Edmonton 11 30 93 41
Anaheim 6 33 92 43
Los Angeles 20 27 90 35
San Jose 8 35 86 39
Seattle 11 37 79 34
Calgary 9 39 77 34
Vancouver 8 49 58 25

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Carolina 7 22 113 53
Pittsburgh 16 25 98 41
Philadelphia 12 27 98 43
Washington 9 30 95 43
Columbus 12 30 92 40
NY Islanders 5 34 91 43
New Jersey 3 37 87 42
NY Rangers 9 39 77 34
Full Standings