Lane
Pederson
C · LAK · Limited · Very poor
- PAL
- 11
- WAR
- -0.1
- Value
- 21
- PTS
- 3
2022-23№ 450 / 617
Lane Pederson (Los Angeles Kings) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Lane Pederson
#29CPlays: Centre · 87% of faceoffs
Los Angeles Kings
HEIGHT : 185 cm · WEIGHT : 89 kg · SHOOTS : R
Born : August 3, 1997 · Saskatoon, Canada
Contract : $875,000 · 2026-27 → 2027-28 · Two-Way Contract · UFA
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Philadelphia Flyers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-23 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 2022-23 | Vancouver Canucks | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| 2021-22 | San Jose Sharks | 29 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 2020-21 | Arizona Coyotes | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| NHL totals | 76 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 38 | |
Lane Pederson: our analysis
2022-23 season: 16 GP, 2 G, 1 A, 3 PTS, -4 +/-, 11:18 TOI. WAR -0.1 (450th of 617) · PAL 11, very poor.
In 2022-23, Lane Pederson, 29, posts a PAL Rating of 11 out of 100 (very poor), and his WAR of -0.1 ranks 450th among 617 regulars, in the bottom half.
On the other hand, discipline (11, among the weakest in the league) and power play (20, well below average) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: EV offense (+0.4); his biggest cost: EV defense (-0.7).
Contract-wise, his Value score of 21 (very poor return) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Lane Pederson's story
Growing up in Saskatoon, Lane Pederson progressed through the Western Hockey League, skating for Seattle’s Thunderbirds before stints with the Red Deer Rebels and the Swift Current Broncos. He did not enter the NHL via the draft; instead he signed as an undrafted free agent with the Arizona Coyotes organization in October 2016.
Pederson turned pro in the AHL with the Tucson Roadrunners, spending several seasons there to develop his game. His first NHL opportunity arrived late in the 2020–21 season: on April 2, 2021, he made his NHL debut and scored in a Coyotes win over the Anaheim Ducks, marking a memorable first appearance after years in the minors.
From that point his career involved numerous transactions and movements between club levels. Arizona traded him to the San Jose Sharks on July 28, 2021; he was later waived in February 2022 and returned to San Jose’s AHL affiliate, the Barracuda. In July 2022 he was part of a larger trade sending Brent Burns to Carolina; after training camp he began the 2022–23 season with the Chicago Wolves before being dealt again to Vancouver as part of a package that included Ethan Bear.
Assigned initially to the Abbotsford Canucks, Pederson quickly supplied offense, scoring 17 goals in 18 games and earning a recall to Vancouver. He made his Canucks debut on December 17, 2022 versus the Winnipeg Jets and recorded his first goal for Vancouver in a multi-point performance against the Seattle Kraken on December 22. Not long after those appearances he was placed on waivers and claimed by the Columbus Blue Jackets on January 28, 2023.
As a free agent he inked a two-year, $1.55 million deal with the Edmonton Oilers on July 1, 2023. Subsequent contracts saw him sign a one-year, two-way deal with the Philadelphia Flyers on July 1, 2025, followed by a two-year, two-way contract with the Los Angeles Kings on July 1, 2026. Throughout his career the most consistent thread has been his scoring touch at the AHL level and the ability to contribute offensively in brief NHL opportunities.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 8:52
- PP TOI/GP
- 0:00
- SH TOI/GP
- 0:00
- Pts/GP
- 0.00
- EV points
- 0
- Hits
- 16
- Blocks
- 3
- Takeaways
- 1
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 32.3 %
- Off. zone starts
- 24.1 %
- Faceoffs
- 48.1 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
Player ratings, 2022-23
All ratings →Fourteen ratings from 0 to 100 drawn from data, never by hand: 75 = established NHL player, 95+ = elite.
OV · OverallConfidence 24 %
69
Depth
- SK
- Skating
- 78
- Confidence 57 %
- ST
- Strength
- 79
- Confidence 28 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 64
- Confidence 50 %
- DU
- Durability
- 47
- Confidence 57 %
- CK
- Checking
- 89
- Confidence 28 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 86
- Confidence 14 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 61
- Confidence 28 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- 75
- Confidence 27 %
- PA
- Passing
- 72
- Confidence 24 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 74
- Confidence 24 %
- DF
- Defense
- 66
- Confidence 21 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 76
- Confidence 0 %
- EX
- Experience
- 44
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating78
- Top speed (35 %)35.9 · 73
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)6.362 · 79
- Distance /60 (20 %)16.1 · 81
- Speed consistency (15 %)35.7 · 77
ST — Strength79
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)5.54 · 82
- Body mass (50 %)-0.373 · 73
EN — Endurance64
- Ice time per game (45 %)13.8 · 68
- Total ice time (20 %)318 · 35
- Shift length (15 %)44.8 · 74
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)13.4 · 64
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)1.924 · 66
DU — Durability47
- Share of games played (100 %)0.617 · 47
CK — Checking89
- Hits /60 (70 %)7.281 · 88
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)8.802 · 90
- Season volume (10 %)4.234 · 76
FG — Fighting86
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)1.407 · 86
DI — Discipline61
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)-0.02 · 63
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.952 · 59
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.832 · 79
FO — Faceoffs75
- Faceoff % (85 %)51.2 · 76
- Faceoffs /60 (15 %)40.6 · 65
PA — Passing72
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.691 · 75
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.348 · 60
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)0.051 · 79
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)4.055 · 68
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.632 · 72
SC — Scoring74
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.778 · 72
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.778 · 74
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)-0.101 · 75
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)1.32 · 77
- xG per shot (10 %)0.084 · 80
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)11.4 · 69
DF — Defense66
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)-0.051 · 66
- Relative xG against (20 %)0.05 · 69
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.967 · 63
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)0.012 · 73
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)0.194 · 74
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)59.5 · 65
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)2.103 · 76
PS — Penalty shot76
- Shootouts (60 %)34.2 · 76
- Penalty shots (40 %)25.9 · 75
EX — Experience44
- Career regular-season games (65 %)60
- Career playoff games (25 %)0
- NHL seasons (10 %)47
OV — Overall69
- SC · Scoring (20 %)74
- PA · Passing (20 %)72
- DF · Defense (20 %)66
- SK · Skating (12 %)78
- FO · Faceoffs (10 %)75
- EN · Endurance (8 %)64
- DI · Discipline (5 %)61
- ST · Strength (3 %)79
- CK · Checking (2 %)89
The bars show confidence (sample size), not player quality. — : not enough data, not a zero. Engine version 1.0.
WAR and PAL ratings, 2022-23
How we rate →PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against players at the same position (50 = average player), starting from the player's strength, offensive or defensive. Value Rating compares that performance with what the player costs: 50 means paid what the play is worth.
PAL Rating
11/ 100
Performance · Very poor
410 of 461 at the position
Value Rating
21/ 100
Very poor return
0.75 M$ · expected PAL 35
ProfileLimitedBelow average at both ends
- Offense
- 31
- Defense
- 20
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- Offense
- 33
- Creation
- 40
- Shooting
- 47
- Possession
- 34
- Defense
- 20
- Discipline
- 11
- Power play
- 20
- Penalty kill
- 50
From 0 to 100; 50 is the average player at the same position, adjusted for ice time.
Hockey IQ, 2022-23
Rankings and method →The quality of the player's decisions with and against the puck at 5-on-5, against regulars at the same position (50 = average). PAL measures output; IQ measures how the player plays.
Overall IQ
32/ 100
Below average
better than 32% of forwards, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
78/ 100
Very good
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
13/ 100
Low
takeaways, discipline, own zone
Overall IQ isn't an average of the two scores: it's the player's rank with offense and defense combined, 287 of 424 forwards.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 58
- Shot selection
- 87
- Penalties drawn
- 49
- Puck management
- 42
Defense
- Takeaways
- 10
- Discipline
- 5
- Safe zone exits
- 96
Percentiles: 80 means better than 80% of regulars at the same position. Play without the puck (positioning, coverage) isn't measured: the NHL doesn't publish that data.
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
-0.0
wins above replacement
-0.1 to 0.0 — 90% interval
410 of 615 forwards
-0.1 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- -0.0
- EV defense
- 0.0
- Power play
- 0.0
- Penalty kill
- 0.0
- Shooting
- -0.2
- Penalties
- 0.0
- Average → replacement
- +0.1
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | PHI | 5 | -0.0 | -0.1 to 0.0 | 410/615 |
| 2022-23 | CBJ | 27 | -0.1 | -0.6 to 0.4 | 450/617 |
Player tracking (NHL EDGE)
League EDGE leaderboards →Speed, shot power, distance covered, time by zone: measured by chips in the puck and shoulder pads. 90th percentile = better than 90% of players.
- Hardest shot
- 130.1 km/h25th percentileleague avg. 134.6 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 34.6 km/h21st percentileleague avg. 35.7 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 815th percentileleague avg. 75
- Offensive zone time
- 41.9 %48th percentileleague avg. 43.1 %
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- Total distance, season
- 12.0 km11th percentileleague avg. 198.8 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 2.85 km6th percentileleague avg. 4.70 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 41.9 %70th percentileleague avg. 42.0 %
- Neutral zone time
- 19.6 %100th percentileleague avg. 16.8 %
- Defensive zone time
- 38.5 %69th percentileleague avg. 40.1 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 00th percentile | 00th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| High danger | 00th percentile | 00th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| Mid range | 00th percentile | 00th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| Long range | 00th percentile | 00th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
Shots on goal by zone
2025-2026 regular season. Measured by puck and player tracking chips; the percentile ranks the player within the league.
Game log, 2025-26
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VGKLane Pederson: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Lane Pederson have in 2025-26?
Lane Pederson has 0 goals and 0 points (0 assists) in 5 games in 2025-26.
How old is Lane Pederson?
Lane Pederson is 29 years old: he was born on August 4, 1997.
How tall is Lane Pederson, and how much does he weigh?
Lane Pederson is 6'1" (185 cm) and weighs 196 lb (89 kg).
Where is Lane Pederson from?
Canada: Lane Pederson was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
What team does Lane Pederson play for?
Lane Pederson plays for the Los Angeles Kings in the NHL, at C, wearing number 29.
Is Lane Pederson injured?
No: Lane Pederson is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Lane Pederson?
Lane Pederson produced -0.0 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 410th of 615 players at his position in the NHL.
How much does Lane Pederson make?
Lane Pederson carries a cap hit of $875K per season, on a contract worth $1.8M in total over 2 years.
When does Lane Pederson's contract end?
Lane Pederson's contract runs through the 2027-28 season; he will then be an unrestricted free agent.
Is Lane Pederson a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 410th of 615 players at his position in the NHL in 2025-26. Our comparison tool puts him side by side with any other player.
How has Lane Pederson played lately?
Over his last 5 games, Lane Pederson has 0 points (0 goals, 0 assists).
What are Lane Pederson's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Lane Pederson has 76 games, 4 goals, 7 assists and 11 points. His best season: 2022-23, with 3 points in 16 games.
How does Lane Pederson perform in the playoffs?
Lane Pederson has not played in the NHL playoffs yet.
What is Lane Pederson's nationality?
Lane Pederson is Canadian.
Where did Lane Pederson play before turning pro?
Played in the WHL for the Seattle Thunderbirds, Red Deer Rebels and Swift Current Broncos before signing as a free agent with the Coyotes in October 2016.
See also: his Los Angeles Kings teammates
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