LA Kings Prospect Update – Week 4/1

Another week has passed and it’s time for our LA Kings weekly prospect update. This week’s update was highlighted by Akil Thomas. Dealing with injuries in the forward group, the Kings called up Thomas on Easter Sunday and made his NHL debut the following day. In that debut, Thomas had only 3:42 of ice time as the Kings lost to the Winnipeg Jets, 4-3.

Two games later, he recorded his first NHL goal against the San Jose Sharks in the first period to give the Kings a 2-0 lead. That goal ended up being the game-winner as the Kings held on for a 2-1 victory. It was a wonderful moment considering all the shoulder injuries he endured within the past three years to have a healthy season in Ontario and get to this moment. He became the second Kings rookie this season to have their first career NHL goal stand as the winning goal (Brandt Clarke on 2/17/24 was the other).

Here is how the rest of the players did in the pipeline:

Overseas players:

Alexander Dergachyov: No games played (season over)
Bulat Shafigullin: No games played (season over)
Kirill Kirsanov: No games played (season over)
Kasper Simontaival: 0 G, 1 A, 1 Pt, -1, 11 SOG in two games played
Aatu Jamsen: 1 G, 0 A, 1 Pt, -1, 8 SOG in three games played

Otto Salin: No games played (season over)
Juho Markkanen: No games played (season over)

USHL players:

Hampton Slukynsky: 1 GA, 13 saves on 14 shots faced in one game played

NCAA players:

Ryan Conmy: No games played (season over)
Kenny Connors: No games played (season over)
Ben Meehan: No games played (season over)
Braden Doyle: No games played (season over)
Jared Wright: No games played (will play in NCAA’s Frozen Four this week)
Jack Hughes: No games played (will play in NCAA’s Frozen Four this week)

QMJHL players:

Angus Booth: 0 G, 1 A, 1 Pt, +1, 4 SOG in two games played (QMJHL playoffs)

OHL players:

Kaleb Lawrence: 1 G, 0 A, 1 Pt, -1, 5 SOG in two games played

Matthew Mania: 1 G, 0 A, 1 Pt, +1, 8 SOG in three games played

WHL players:

Koehn Ziemmer: 1 G, 0 A, 1 Pt, +1, 4 SOG in two games played

Jakub Dvorak: 0 G, 0 A, 0 Pts, -2, 1 SOG in two games played

BCHL players:

Jack Sparkes: 0 G, 0 A, 0 Pts, +/- (N/A), SOG (N/A) in two games played (BCHL playoffs)

ECHL players:

Jacob Ingham: 7 GA, 43 saves on 50 shots faced in three games played

AHL players:

Samuel Fagemo: 2 G, 0 A, 2 Pts, +/- 0, 15 SOG in two games played

TJ Tynan: 0 G, 3 A, 3 Pts, -1, 6 SOG in two games played
Brandt Clarke: 0 G, 1 A, 1 Pt, -2, 5 SOG in two games played
Martin Chromiak: 0 G, 0 A, 0 Pts, +/- 0, 4 SOG in two games played
Taylor Ward: 0 G, 1 A, 1 Pt, -1, 7 SOG in two games played

Tyler Madden: 0 G, 1 A, 1 Pt, -2, 4 SOG in two games played
Samuel Helenius: 0 G, 0 A, 0 Pts, -1, 1 SOG in two games played

Andre Lee: 2 G, 0 A, 2 Pts, -1, 6 SOG in two games played

Steven Santini: 0 G, 1 A, 1 Pt, +/- 0, 4 SOG in two games played
Kevin Connauton: 0 G, 0 A, 0 Pts, +/- 0, 5 SOG in two games played
Francesco Pinelli: 1 G, 0 A, 1 Pt, +/- 0, 4 SOG in two games played

Cole Krygier: 0 G, 0 A, 0 Pts, +1, 0 SOG in one game played
Hayden Hodgson: 1 G, 1 A, 2 Pts, +3, 3 SOG in two games played

Joe Hicketts: 0 G, 0 A, 0 Pts, +/- 0, 2 SOG in two games played
Kim Nousiainen: 0 G, 2 A, 2 Pts, +1, 2 SOG in two games played
Erik Portillo: 2 GA, 27 saves on 29 shots faced in one game played

Aaron Dell: 4 GA, 29 saves on 33 shots faced in one game played

NHL players:

Alex Laferriere: 1 G, 0 A, 1 Pt, +1, 4 SOG in four games played
Alex Turcotte: No games played (injury)
Akil Thomas:
Jordan Spence: 0 G, 2 A, 2 Pts, +4, 3 SOG in four games played
Jacob Moverare: 0 G, 0 A, 0 Pts, +/- 0, 1 SOG in two games played
David Rittcih: 1 GA, 15 saves on 16 shots faced in one game played