What do the Los Angeles Kings need to make the playoffs?

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On the bubble Playoff Probability

The Los Angeles Kings are currently in the 40–50% band to make the 2026-27 NHL playoffs. Get the exact live probability, rooting guide, and push alerts when the race moves in the Clinch app.

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What do the Los Angeles Kings need to make the playoffs?

The Los Angeles Kings are 3-6-2 (8 pts) through 11 games this season. They sit 7th in the Pacific Division, 11 points back of the leader. Most recently, they lost to the Chicago Blackhawks 2-1 on the road on Oct 27. The Vancouver Canucks (3-10-1) and Calgary Flames (5-6-0) are the closest Pacific Division comparisons. Coming off a loss with a 3-5-2 last 10. Next three: home against the Ottawa Senators Oct 29, home against the Buffalo Sabres Oct 31, and home against the San Jose Sharks Nov 4. Darcy Kuemper leads the crease with 7 starts, the team owns a .894 save percentage, and their team goals-against average is 3.00. Clinch recalculates Kings' postseason path after every final and identifies which Pacific Division and wider race results help. Their number has trended down this week.

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Los Angeles Kings race dossier

Recent results and the next puck drops

Next on the ice

These are the next scheduled matchups currently attached to the Kings race.

  • Oct 29hosts Ottawa Senators
  • Oct 31hosts Buffalo Sabres
  • Nov 4hosts San Jose Sharks
Live race snapshotKings
Record3-6-2 (8 pts)
StreakL1
Last 103-5-2
Pacific7th · 11 GB
Goal diff-9
Home · Away0-3-0 · 3-3-2
Playoff odds40–50%
Win division0–10%
Win Stanley Cup0–10%
7-day momentum NHL · Kings
Kings playoff odds — last 8 daily snapshots Trend line showing daily model-projected playoff probability. Exact numbers available in the Clinch app.
Sparkline of Kings daily playoff probability over the last 8 days.
Last 8 days+5 pts
7-day range40–70%

Kings playoff odds are trending up over the last week. Clinch Pro shows the full-season journey chart and pushes an alert when the race shifts.

Tonight's rooting board

Root for these results to help the Kings

2 games
  1. TOR at SEA
    TOR regulation win
    If it happens small bump
    SEA loss (reg) → +0.5%
  2. NJD at COL
    NJD regulation win
    If it happens small bump
    COL loss (reg) → +0.2%

The Clinch app pushes an alert the moment any of these games finishes so you don't have to check.

The model-implied playoff line

A concrete benchmark based on projected final totals across the conference.

Projected cut line91 pointsPosition 8
Kings projection89 points-2.0 vs line
Current total8 points73 games left
To reach projected line83 points57% of available points
What this means

Reaching roughly 91 points would put Kings around the model's current final qualifying position. The actual clinching requirement can move with rival results and tiebreakers.

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This is a projected race benchmark, not an official magic number. Clinching rules, head-to-head results, and the remaining schedule can move the final line.

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