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Right Wing•#17PPI 13Taylor Ward is a 28-year-old right wing for the Los Angeles Kings. Born in Kelowna, CAN.
This season, the right-shooting forward has 1 goals and 0 assists for 1 points in 4 games. He averages 0.25 points per game on 9:26 of ice time.
2026-27 · Regular season
2026-27 · Regular season
Full statistical breakdown for the 2026-27 regular season.
League percentile
Vs. all NHL skaters, 10+ games played. 99 = best, 1 = lowest.
2026-27 pace
Where Taylor's current rate finishes the 2026-27 season.
End of season forecast, current pace
68
games remaining
Goals
18
Current: 1
Assists
0
Current: 0
Points
18
Current: 1
Limited offensive production projected. Expected range of 4-32 points based on current usage patterns.
0.0%
Art Ross
Most Points
0.0%
Rocket
Most Goals
0.0%
Playmaker
Most Assists
Projections based on current pace extrapolated to the full season with variance modeling.
5v5
What happened while Taylor was on the ice at 5v5, and who he was sent out against. 2026-27.
5v5 only (situationCode 1551), unblocked attempts, shift-chart attribution. 4 games, 46 unblocked attempts on the ice.
Quality of competition
57.3 vs 57.3 lg
47th percentile
Quality of teammates
54.5 vs 56.8 lg
44th percentile
Deployment
neutral
by competition faced
Competition and teammate quality are the average on-ice strength of the players he shared the ice with at 5v5, on the same 0–100 scale as the league averages beside them.
Shot Selection
Where Taylor takes his shots, and how each zone converts.
Unblocked attempts
5
Goals vs expected
1 vs 0.7 xG
5v5 scoring-chance share
100%
Bars are share of unblocked attempts, where he chooses to shoot, over a full season, which is the stable part. xG/100 compares his shot quality from a zone against the league rate for a forward. GAx is goals above expected there, a single season and noisy, zones marked are flagged small-sample by the generator and are shown muted rather than hidden.
2026-27
PuckCast Player Intelligence, and the skill radar and on-ice impact behind it.
Skill radar & on-ice impact vs. NHL forwards
54
Offense
63
Defense
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions. Larger shape = more complete player.
Scouting Take
Displays strong defensive results per minute. Areas for improvement: limited offensive impact.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side. Equal bars = balanced. Asymmetry = one-dimensional.
The Gap
9-pt spreadBalanced two-way profile. The 9-point gap between offensive (54th) and defensive (63th) percentiles shows a well-rounded player.
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions.
Scouting Take
Displays strong defensive results per minute. Areas for improvement: limited offensive impact.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side.
The Gap
9-pt spreadBalanced two-way profile. The 9-point gap between offensive (54th) and defensive (63th) percentiles shows a well-rounded player.
Career
Season-by-season NHL regular season statistics throughout Taylor Ward's career.
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | S | S% | PIM | PPG | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26-272026-27 | LAK | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 25.0% | |||
| 25-262025-26 | LAK | 36 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 38 | 7.9% | |||
| 24-252024-25 | LAK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 25.0% |
Form
Taylor's last five games played — playoff games included if his team advanced, since the NHL does not separate them here.
| Date | Opp | G | A | P | +/- | S | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31 | vs BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:11 |
| Oct 29 | vs OTT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:35 |
| Oct 27 | @ CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:26 |
| Oct 26 | @ NYR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:33 |
Roster
Top teammates by points on the Los Angeles Kings this season.
| Career | — | 41 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 46 | 10.9% |
Joel Armia
RW · 5 pts
