160 L · 68 OT · 489 GP
0.913 SV% · 2.57 GAA · 39 SO
Los Angeles Kings#35Active
Darcy Kuemper
G · 6′5″ / 215 lb · Catches L · Saskatoon, CAN · Age 36 · 2009 #161 by MIN
228Career wins
0.913Career SV%
2.57Career GAA
39Shutouts
14 seasonsNHL service
Overview
2025-2619wins
The latest read.
19 wins in 50 appearances in 2025-26. Career: 228 wins and 39 shutouts.
50GP
19wins
0.891SV%
2.78GAA
3SO
14losses
The career ledger.
Regular season and playoffsofficial NHL landing
14 L · 0 OT · 40 GP
0.904 SV% · 2.89 GAA · 2 SO
0.915 → 0.891SV% by season · 13 seasons of 10+ GP · peak 2019-20
The height of the career.
Peak season and the best five41+ GP qualified seasons
2018-19 peak: 55 GP / 27 W / 0.925 SV% / 2.33 GAA · 59:07 TOI
Honours.
Trophies won and near missesofficial NHL landing
Stanley Cup2021-22Vezina Trophy3rd · 2025All-Star Team3rd · 2025Vezina Trophy5th · 2019All-Star Team6th · 2019
Milestone watch.
The next round number on the league's own fileleague milestone watch · api.nhle.com · fetched 2026-10-05
1away from 40 shutoutsShutouts · 39 now · regular season
Published by the league, not computed here: the milestone and the current total are both on the NHL milestone feed, and the number printed is the difference. Playoff milestone rows are held out, because a playoff total read as a career total is a false statement.
What this draft slot returns.
Base rate for the exact pick, a history, never a forecastdraft-position study · 2026-07-14-prospect-translation-v2.32
2009 draft#161round 6 · MIN
Rates: insufficient sample (n=10 of 32): no NHLer/impact/star/stayer rate shown for this cohort.
Sample: 10 players taken #161, drawn only from classes old enough to judge, on the Schuckers-style pick curve published on Draft Value. A base rate describes a slot, not a person: it cannot predict this career and is not used to grade it.
Floor rule: rates below a minimum sample are suppressed, not shown thin. Exact slot needs 12+ players, the pooled pick-curve band needs 32+, matching this site's builders to the nhl-draft-intel engine's own bucket-calibration floors (12 / 18 / 32).
The arc.
Wins and save percentage by seasonNHL season log · 14 seasons
When it mattered.
Postseason against the field. A smaller, self-selected population, so it is marked on the scale rather than filled161 all-time peers
Playoff career · 40 playoff GP / 19 W
Last five games.
Most recent official appearancesofficial game log
2026-04-14@ VAN62:34 TOIO25 SA · 4 GA · 0.840
2026-04-04vs TOR62:33 TOIW20 SA · 6 GA · 0.700
2026-04-02vs NSH65:00 TOIO34 SA · 4 GA · 0.882
2026-03-28vs UTA39:58 TOIL16 SA · 5 GA · 0.688
2026-03-26@ VAN60:00 TOIW19 SA · 0 GA · 1.000
Career
Where he stands right now.
2025-26 league position and career shapeNHL league browser 2025-26
Season by season.
Every NHL season · peak highlighted, split seasons kept apart15 regular-season rows
| Season | Team | GP | W | L | OT | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Los Angeles Kings | 50 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 0.891 | 2.78 | 3 |
| 2024-25 | Los Angeles Kings | 50 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 0.922 | 2.02 | 5 |
| 2023-24 | Washington Capitals | 33 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 0.890 | 3.31 | 1 |
| 2022-23 | Washington Capitals | 57 | 22 | 26 | 7 | 0.909 | 2.87 | 5 |
| 2021-22 | Colorado Avalanche | 57 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 0.921 | 2.54 | 5 |
| 2020-21 | Arizona Coyotes | 27 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 0.907 | 2.56 | 2 |
| 2019-20 | Arizona Coyotes | 29 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 0.928 | 2.22 | 2 |
| 2018-19Peak | Arizona Coyotes | 55 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 0.925 | 2.33 | 5 |
| 2017-18 | Los Angeles Kings | 19 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0.932 | 2.10 | 3 |
| 2017-18 | Arizona Coyotes | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0.899 | 3.22 | 1 |
| 2016-17 | Minnesota Wild | 18 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0.902 | 3.13 | 0 |
| 2015-16 | Minnesota Wild | 21 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0.915 | 2.43 | 2 |
| 2014-15 | Minnesota Wild | 31 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0.905 | 2.60 | 3 |
| 2013-14 | Minnesota Wild | 26 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0.915 | 2.43 | 2 |
| 2012-13 | Minnesota Wild | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.916 | 2.08 | 0 |
| Season | Team | GP | W | L | OT | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | Los Angeles Kings | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.889 | 3.74 | 0 |
| 2021-22 | Colorado Avalanche | 16 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0.902 | 2.57 | 1 |
| 2019-20 | Arizona Coyotes | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0.913 | 3.47 | 0 |
| 2014-15 | Minnesota Wild | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 2013-14 | Minnesota Wild | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.913 | 2.03 | 1 |
| 2012-13 | Minnesota Wild | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.879 | 3.27 | 0 |
The same numbers, in the league that produced them.
Every qualified season levelled to a 3.00-goal NHLofficial final standings · 1990-91 onward
2024-25 is the best season either way: 2.02 raw, 1.99 once the league it happened in is levelled out.
| Season | GP | Raw GAA | League GF/gm | Adj. GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 50 | 2.78 | 3.13 | 2.67 |
| 2024-25Best adjusted | 50 | 2.02 | 3.04 | 1.99 |
| 2023-24 | 33 | 3.31 | 3.11 | 3.19 |
| 2022-23 | 57 | 2.87 | 3.18 | 2.70 |
| 2021-22 | 57 | 2.54 | 3.14 | 2.42 |
| 2020-21 | 27 | 2.56 | 2.94 | 2.62 |
| 2019-20 | 29 | 2.22 | 3.02 | 2.21 |
| 2018-19 | 55 | 2.33 | 3.01 | 2.31 |
| 2017-18 | 29 | 2.10 | 2.97 | 2.12 |
| 2015-16 | 21 | 2.43 | 2.71 | 2.68 |
| 2014-15 | 31 | 2.60 | 2.73 | 2.86 |
| 2013-14 | 26 | 2.43 | 2.74 | 2.66 |
Method: each season's raw goals-against average is multiplied by 3.00 ÷ that season's league goals per team-game, taken from the official final standings. Seasons under 20 games are excluded. It levels scoring climate and nothing else (not role, ice time, teammates, schedule or injury), so treat it as one comparison, not a verdict.
Before the NHL.
Junior, college, European and international rowsofficial NHL landing · season totals
| Season | League | Team | GP | W | SV% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | WC | Canada | 8 | 5 | 0.916 | 2.17 |
| 2019-20 | AHL | Tucson Roadrunners | 1 | 0 | 0.929 | 2.05 |
| 2017-18 | WC | Canada | 7 | 3 | 0.867 | 2.48 |
| 2014-15 | AHL | Iowa Wild | 5 | 2 | 0.891 | 3.22 |
| 2013-14 | AHL | Iowa | 17 | 7 | 0.929 | 2.47 |
| 2012-13 | AHL | Houston | 21 | 13 | 0.934 | 1.88 |
| 2012-13 | ECHL | Orlando | 3 | 0 | 0.929 | 2.61 |
| 2012-13 | AHL | Houston | 2 | 1 | 0.957 | 1.51 |
| 2011-12 | AHL | Houston | 19 | 6 | 0.923 | 2.36 |
| 2011-12 | ECHL | Ontario | 8 | 7 | — | 1.74 |
| 2010-11 | WHL | Red Deer | 62 | 45 | 0.933 | 1.86 |
| 2010-11 | WHL | Red Deer | 7 | 4 | 0.896 | 2.83 |
| 2009-10 | AHL | Houston | 4 | 2 | 0.886 | 2.41 |
| 2009-10 | WHL | Red Deer | 61 | 28 | 0.908 | 2.73 |
| 2009-10 | WHL | Red Deer | 2 | 0 | 0.806 | 5.90 |
| 2008-09 | WHL | Red Deer | 55 | 21 | 0.898 | 2.96 |
| 2007-08 | SMHL | Sask. Blazers | 26 | 15 | — | 2.36 |
| 2007-08 | SMHL | Sask. Blazers | 13 | 7 | — | 2.61 |
| 2006-07 | SMHL | Sask. Contacts | 25 | 8 | — | 3.51 |
| 2006-07 | SMHL | Sask. Contacts | 4 | 1 | — | 5.70 |
| 2006-07 | WHL | Spokane | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.00 |
| 2005-06 | SMHL | Saskatoon Contacts | 20 | 0 | 0.919 | 2.32 |
| 2005-06 | SMAAAHL | Saskatoon Contacts U18 AAA | 2 | 0 | 0.778 | 9.35 |
| 2004-05 | SBAAHL | Saskatoon Bandits Bantam AA | 12 | 0 | 0.912 | 2.91 |
The comparable set.
Chosen by a printed rule, not by feelNHL dossier pool · 1,162 careers
Selection rule. Goaltenders only; career games played within ±20% of 489 (or ±10 games, whichever band is wider: 391 to 587); then the five nearest by career SV%, ties broken by the closest games played. The pool is the 1,162 players in this site's NHL dossier set who own at least one official regular-season game: 9 of them cleared the band.
Frederik AndersenG · 2012 #87 · active552 GP · 324 W · 0.913 SV% · 2.59 GAA0.913 SV% · +0.000Juuse SarosG · 2013 #99 · active467 GP · 230 W · 0.912 SV% · 2.74 GAA0.912 SV% · −0.001Cam TalbotG · Undrafted · retired567 GP · 278 W · 0.911 SV% · 2.69 GAA0.911 SV% · −0.002John GibsonG · 2011 #39 · active563 GP · 233 W · 0.909 SV% · 2.87 GAA0.909 SV% · −0.003James ReimerG · 2006 #99 · retired539 GP · 232 W · 0.909 SV% · 2.88 GAA0.909 SV% · −0.003
Similar career shape is not similar player. The rule matches volume and rate only; it knows nothing about era, position within the group, usage or role, and two careers can land on the same line for opposite reasons.
Game log
Official game ledger
Every 2025-26 appearance.
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Insights
NHL Edge tracking.
Measured puck and player tracking · 2025-26 regular seasonNHL Edge tracking · api-web.nhle.com · coverage from 2021-22 · fetched 2026-08-17
Tracked axisMeasuredPercentile, 0 to 100Pct
Goals against average2.8GAA50.8
league average 3.0
Share of games above .9000.5share59.3
league average 0.5
Goal differential per 60-0.1per 6039.0
league average 0.1
Goal support average2.7goals20.3
league average 3.0
Point percentage0.5share49.1
league average 0.5
Save percentage by shot location
All shots.891sv%35.6
league average .896 sv%
high danger.812sv%50.8
league average .811 sv%
long danger.964sv%33.9
league average .968 sv%
mid danger.887sv%55.9
league average .884 sv%
Method: every figure and every percentile on this panel is published by the NHL Edge endpoint. This site converts nothing and ranks nothing. The percentile column is the league's own, against the tracked population for 2025-26. Speeds arrive in mph and km/h; distance is read in kilometres with the mile conversion stated beside it. Tracked seasons on file for this player: 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26.
Awards voting.
0 trophy wins · 2 top-three finishes · 10 ballot appearances · 2 first-place votesNHL award ballot history
Who solves him.
Every shooter on record against him · 3 seasonsNHL play-by-play · 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 4,192 games · fetched 2026-08-18
3,698 shots on goal faced from 779 different shooters, 382 of them scored: 10.3% against, on a league baseline of 10.2%. 247 of those shooters have scored at least once.
Hunters: 3 or more goals on him
| Shooter | SOG | G | SH% | Top shot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John TavaresTOR | 10 | 5 | 50.0% | wrist |
| Mark ScheifeleWPG | 15 | 5 | 33.3% | wrist |
| Zach HymanEDM | 25 | 5 | 20.0% | wrist |
| Josh NorrisBUF | 6 | 4 | 66.7% | wrist |
| Logan CooleyUTA | 8 | 4 | 50.0% | tip-in |
| Sebastian AhoCAR | 15 | 4 | 26.7% | wrist |
| Nick SchmaltzUTA | 16 | 4 | 25.0% | snap |
| Juraj SlafkovskýMTL | 18 | 4 | 22.2% | wrist |
Cold shooters: 10+ shots at 15% or worse
| Shooter | SOG | G | SH% | Top shot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jakob ChychrunWSH | 15 | 0 | 0.0% | wrist |
| Brett KulakCOL | 14 | 0 | 0.0% | wrist |
| John KlingbergSJS | 14 | 0 | 0.0% | wrist |
| Jake WalmanEDM | 13 | 0 | 0.0% | wrist |
| Jeff SkinnerSJS | 12 | 0 | 0.0% | wrist |
| Kevin StenlundUTA | 12 | 0 | 0.0% | wrist |
| MacKenzie WeegarUTA | 12 | 0 | 0.0% | wrist |
| Mathieu JosephLAK | 12 | 0 | 0.0% | snap |
Method: goals, shots on goal and missed shots are attributed to the goaltender the feed says was in the net (details.goalieInNetId). Blocked shots are excluded, the puck never reached a goaltender, and empty-net events are excluded, because there was no goaltender to charge. Shooting percentage is goals divided by shots on goal, the league definition, in which shots on goal already include goals. The two board thresholds (3+ goals; 10+ shots at 15% or worse) are ported from the source project and printed here rather than left implicit. This is a count of what happened, not a rating of the goaltender.
The source receipt.
Official basics plus named researchOfficial NHL API Web player landing, with local nhl api draft cache reuse
Career, season, game-log, bio, draft and award rows come from official NHL endpoints. Redraft is a separate hindsight model with its own snapshot clock. Pressure is a descriptive Gamelogs layer. Development Trails uses its own declared clock. Missing evidence stays unavailable rather than being drawn as zero.
Official endpoint: player landing · redraft 2026-07-10-redraft-v5.2 snapshot 2026-07-09.
Fantasy Desk.
2026-27 rankings on a three-season blend, most recent season weighted heaviestHockey Insights fantasy pool · 2026-09-29
1.78blended ESPN pts/gm
ESPN#25Yahoo#35Fantrax#34Roto#18
25-2650 GP50 GS19 W3 SO2.78 GAA.891 SV%
RoleWorkhorseMarket seat#190.5
This desk has Darcy Kuemper No. 25 among goaltenders on the ESPN points board; the market's overall seat of 190.5 counts skaters too, so the two are not subtracted.
The room.
Every current Los Angeles Kings teammate, one click awaycanonical player directory
