Kings To Reassign Jared Wright

The Los Angeles Kings are going to reassign forward Jared Wright to their AHL affiliate, the Ontario Reign, reports Anthony Collazo of Mayor’s Manor. The Kings telegraphed this move earlier in the year, when they made a paper transaction to reassign Wright to the AHL so he could be eligible to re-join Ontario in the postseason.

Wright, 23, spent most of this season in Ontario. 2025-26 is actually Wright’s first campaign as a full-time professional, as he signed with the Kings close to the end of last season. Before signing in Los Angeles last spring, Wright played three seasons of college hockey for the University of Denver Pioneers, where he won a national title in 2024.

In 54 games for the Reign, Wright scored 17 goals and 30 points. He began the season in the AHL but earned his first NHL recall in March. After a one-game reassignment, Wright was recalled on March 5 and didn’t play another game in the AHL past that point. Wright was a fourth-line player for the Kings, scoring four points in 23 games while averaging 11:25 time on ice per game.

In the AHL, Wright plays a more substantial role. He received middle-six deployment in Ontario this season and was one of the team’s top penalty-killing forwards. Wright was a regular penalty-killer in Denver as well, and will likely play on that side of special teams if he ends up carving out a long-term spot in the NHL.

In the immediate term, this expected reassignment will return a valuable defensive winger back to the Reign, who will stand to benefit from his penalty killing and secondary offensive production. He’s also fresh off of getting into his first set of NHL playoff games, and while they didn’t go too well for the Kings as a whole, the experience should help him for his time in Ontario.

The Reign will begin their Pacific Division Semifinal against the Coachella Valley Firebirds on Wednesday in Ontario, California.