The LA Kings have signed forward Adrian Kempe to an eight-year contract extension worth an average annual value (AAV) of $10,625,000 through the 2033-34 season.
Kempe, 29, has a team-leading 19 points (6-13=19), two overtime goals and a plus-4 rating in 19 games played this season. The winger recorded a career-long seven-game road point streak (5-6=11) from Oct. 11 – Oct. 28, 2025, which included two overtime goals in consecutive games on Oct. 21 in St. Louis and Oct. 23 in Dallas to become the first player in franchise history to net the game-winner in overtime in consecutive contests. Kempe (4-4=8) is also the first Kings skater since Wayne Gretzky (3-7=10 in 4 GP) and Luc Robitialle (4-6=10 in 5 GP) in 1992-93 to record four consecutive multi-point road games, and the first to do so with at least one goal and one assist in each game with his run from Oct. 10 – Oct. 23, 2025.
“We are thrilled to have Adrian signed for the next eight seasons. He is an elite competitor who’s developed into one of the League’s most dynamic two-way forwards, and his growth since joining the Kings organization has been tremendous. Adrian’s presence both as a player and a leader is incredibly valuable to the team,” said Ken Holland, Vice President and General Manager of the LA Kings. “Throughout this process, both sides were committed to finding a structure that reflects Adrian’s importance to us while keeping our long-term goals of building a team capable of contending every season in mind. We’re excited to have Adrian remain a core part of our organization for years to come.”
Kempe played in 81 games for the Kings last season, recording a co-team leading 35 goals and 38 assists for a team-best 73 points (35-38=73) to mark his second consecutive 70-point campaign while eclipsing the 30-goal plateau for the third time in his career. Kempe also notched seven power-play goals, five game-winning goals and 237 shots while setting a new career-high in time-on-ice per game (TOI; 19:09 min.), the highest TOI among all Kings forwards. Kempe added a team-high four goals and 10 points (4-6=10) in six Stanley Cup Playoff games.
The 6-2, 200-pound forward hit multiple milestones last season, including notching his 400th career NHL point on April 15, 2025, in Seattle to become the 14th player in franchise history to record 400 points with the Kings, and the third active to do so behind captain Anze Kopitar (440-838=1,278) and Drew Doughty (160-526=686). Kempe also became just the sixth Kings skater in the last 30 years with four consecutive 20-goal seasons, joining Kopitar (6 from 2006-07 to 2011-12), Jeff Carter (5 from 2012-13 to 2016-17), Dustin Brown (5 from 2007-08 to 2011-12), Alex Frolov (5 from 2003-04 to 2008-09) and Ziggy Palffy (4 from 1999-00 to 2002-03).
Selected 29th overall by the Kings in the 2014 NHL Draft, Kempe has accumulated 200 goals and 220 assists for 420 points (200-220=420) in 649 career NHL games. Since his NHL debut on Feb. 16, 2017, Kempe’s 200 goals and 420 points each rank second on the team while his 220 helpers place third. Kempe has also registered nine overtime goals, 13 shorthanded goals and 1,586 shots during that time, all of which leads all team skaters, and sits second in games played (649), game-winning goals (35) and takeaways (199). Among 2014 NHL draftees, no skater has more shorthanded goals or points (18) than Kempe.
Kempe’s best goal scoring season came in the 2022-23 campaign where he tallied 41 goals as part of his first career 40-goal season and followed that up with career-marks in assists (47) and points (28-47=75) the succeeding season (2023-24) to earn the Bill Libby Memorial Award as selected by the media for the team’s Most Valuable Player.
Prior to joining the NHL ranks full-time, Kempe played parts of three seasons in the American Hockey League (AHL) with the Ontario Reign (2015-17) and Manchester Monarchs (2014-15), collecting 48 points (23-25=48) in 104 career games. He added 16 points (12-4=16) in 35 playoff games, including eight goals (8-1=9) in 17 Calder Cup Playoff outings to help guide the Monarchs to a Calder Cup Championship. Before his move to North America, Kempe skated in two seasons (2013-15) with MODO Hockey in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), registering 28 points (10-18=28) in 95 games.
The Kramfors, Sweden native has represented Sweden in seven International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) events, including four IIHF Men’s World Championships (2024 – bronze, 2021, 2019, 2018 – gold), two IIHF Men’s World Junior Championships (2016, 2015) and one IIHF Men’s Under-18 World Junior Championship (2014). Most recently, Kempe also represented Sweden at the NHL’s 2025 4 Nations Face-Off Tournament and has been named to Team Sweden for the upcoming 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina.