The LA Kings have their new numbers lined up for the 2026-27 season, and a few of them come with some pretty clear hints about where certain players stand heading into camp.
Scott Laughton will stay with number 21, the same number he wore after the trade deadline in the 2025-26 season and the one he had in Philadelphia. Mats Zuccarello is set to keep number 36, while Erik Haula will wear 56, the number he’s carried throughout his NHL career. Zuccarello wore 36 in Minnesota, Dallas and New York, and Haula has used 56 at every one of his six NHL stops before Nashville.
Those choices also line up with recent Kings history. The last King to wear 36 was T.J. Tynan in 2021-22, and the last player to wear 56 was Kurtis MacDermid.
Corey Perry’s new number is one of the more notable changes. With number 10 off the table, Perry will switch to 90.
He wore 10 to start his career in Los Angeles, but after he was traded to Tampa Bay in March, Artemi Panarin took over 10, which was his number in New York. Perry wore 90 in Edmonton, and he’ll become the first King to ever wear that number.
Erik Gustafsson is going with 64, a number he has never worn before in the NHL. The Kings haven’t had a 64 since Matt Luff in 2021.
Scott Perunovich, meanwhile, will take number 7 after wearing 7 with the AHL’s Tucson Roadrunners last season. He has worn 26 and 48 in the NHL, but getting 7 suggests he’s very much in the mix for a roster spot.
If he plays for the Kings, he’ll be the 24th player in franchise history to wear that number and the first since Kyle Burroughs in 2025.
Two forwards coming to camp for the first time also have their numbers set. Lane Pederson wore 29 in Vancouver and could use that number again if he sees NHL action, which would mean taking it over from Pheonix Copley, who signed in Columbus this summer.
Jan Jenik wore 73 with the Ontario Reign last season and is likely to keep it in both the NHL and AHL. If he gets into NHL games, he’d be the first King to wear 73 since Tyler Toffoli in 2020.
A few returning players are also changing things up after seeing action in the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Taylor Ward will wear 17, a number he used at the University of Nebraska-Omaha and one that opened up after Mathieu Joseph left for Edmonton as a free agent this summer.
Jared Wright is moving to 25, and he’d be the first King to wear that number since Brooks Laich. Francesco Pinelli will wear 71 if he makes his NHL debut this season, the same number he’s worn with the Ontario Reign.
If that happens, he’d be the first King to wear 71 since Austin Strand in 2022.
The Kings’ 2026-27 schedule was dropped this week, and the first chance to see how many of these numbers make the Opening Night roster comes on September 30.
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