{"id":856533,"date":"2026-08-13T11:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T11:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/856533\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T11:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T11:46:11","slug":"nhl-edge-stats-2026-27-season-outlook-for-los-angeles-kings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/856533\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL EDGE stats 2026-27 season outlook for Los Angeles Kings"},"content":{"rendered":"

2. Panarin’s perimeter shooting prowess<\/p>\n

Artemi Panarin<\/a>\u00a0led all forwards in long-range shots on goal (51) last season, five ahead of his teammate and frequent linemate, Kempe (46). Panarin tied for third among forwards in long-range goals (four) last season and ranked among the League leaders in mid-range shots on goal (104; ninth in NHL) and mid-range goals (15; tied for 10th). He ranked in the 95th percentile among forwards in average shot speed (62.88 mph) last season and finished second at his position in 70-80 mph shot attempts (145), behind Macklin Celebrini<\/a>\u00a0of the San Jose Sharks (150).<\/p>\n

It’s also worth noting that Panarin was tied for the NHL lead in mid-range goals (19) and ranked fifth in mid-range shots on goal (114), while also ranking among the forward leaders in long-range shots on goal (47; second) and long-range goals (three; tied for fifth) in 2024-25 with the New York Rangers. In 2023-24, Panarin ranked second in the League in mid-range goals (20) and finished third in mid-range shots on goal (130). During that same season, he was second among forwards in long-range shots on goal (56) and tied for fifth at his position in long-range goals (three).<\/p>\n

Panarin, who should improve the power play in his first full season with Los Angeles, has the chance to elevate others on the top unit including Brandt Clarke<\/a>. The defenseman ranked in the 90th percentile or higher at his position last season in high-danger shots on goal (14), long-range shots on goal (76) and mid-range shots on goal (31). Clarke, who scored an\u00a0NHL career-high eight goals last season, ranked in the 83rd percentile among defensemen in high-danger goals (two) and long-range goals (three).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2. Panarin’s perimeter shooting prowess Artemi Panarin\u00a0led all forwards in long-range shots on goal (51) last season, five…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":856534,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-856533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=856533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}