2025 Kings Seasons In Review – Warren Foegele

A look now at Warren Foegele’s first season as a member of the LA Kings. Foegele signed a three-year contract in Los Angeles last summer and after setting several career highs, turned out to be one of the best value contracts in the NHL signed on July 1. A deeper dive below into Foegele’s debut campaign with the Kings.

Warren Foegele
LAK Statline – 82 games played, 24 goals, 22 assists, +36 rating, 24 penalty minutes
LAK Playoff Statline – 6 games played, 1 goal, 2 assists, +1 rating, 0 penalty minutes
NHL Possession Metrics (Relative To Kings) – CF% – 54.4% (+1.6%), SCF% – 55.3% (+2.7%), HDCF% – 57.6% (+3.0%)

Pretty impactful season from Warren Foegele. He turned out to be very much as advertised, bringing a lot of positive value to the Kings in his first season with the organization. Foegele was productive offensively and fit the Kings like a glove from a stylistic standpoint, providing effective play in a number of areas. A very strong first season that can hopefully be replicated in years to come.

Trending Up – Goals? Career high. Assists? Career high. Points? Career high. Plus/Minus? Career high. The Kings got production levels from Warren Foegele that exceeded his past career levels and more than validated the contract he signed in the summer. Both player and organization believed that with an expanded role, there was more in there for Foegele. His first season with the Kings certainly showed that to be true and he did almost all of his damage 5-on-5. Foegele scored 22 of his 24 goals at 5-on-5, which led the Kings and ranked inside the NHL’s Top-20 this season.

In terms of chances, Foegele was not only a leader on the Kings but he turned out to be one of the best players in the NHL, ranking inside the league’s Top-10 in several categories. Looking strictly at 5-on-5 situations, Foegele’s 94 high-danger chances were tied for the sixth most in the NHL, which powered home an expected goals number that also ranked inside the league’s Top-10. Perhaps the best part of it all was that Foegele’s chances were not out of whack for his career. His overall numbers were better with a bigger role, but his points per/60 were identical to last season and his high-danger chances were actually lower, despite ranking as highly as he did in the league this season.

The other part of Foegele’s game is the two-way nature that he always brings. In terms of on-ice goals against per/60, Foegele measured as the second-best forward in the entire NHL. For his defensive prowess, Foegele actually received a couple of votes for the Selke Trophy for the first time in his career, showing that there are some people around the NHL community who are taking notice of what Foegele is delivering on the ice. Just by all accounts, it was an impressive season for Foegele.

Versatility can be difficult to measure but here’s a way of looking at it. Of Foegele’s most regular nine forward linemates this season, all nine had a better goals-per percentage with him than without him. Using the percentage over just goals for or against shows the well-rounded package that I think Foegele is known for. I’m not sure exactly what those metrics mean, but I do think it shows the broader picture. Basically no matter who you were, when you played with Foegele, you were more productive than playing without him. That, to me, is a very good representative of the versatility that Foegele brought to the lineup.

Trending Down – Another area in which Foegele set career highs this season? On-ice shooting percentage and on-ice save percentage. Those are the two categories that make up PDO and Foegele’s PDO this season was 1.039, which was also a career high, by far. A PDO of 1.00 is said to be even, and anything above/below suggests regression towards the mean. This isn’t really a negative about his 2024-25 season but rather an indicator that at least by some stretch, he’s due some regression going forward. Even with some of that regression in a few areas, Foegele’s season would still be quite good. One to keep an eye on, but nothing to dwell on looking back.

I’d add that I didn’t think Foegele’s playoffs were as strong as his linemates. Looking at the Foegele/Danault/Moore line, Foegele’s production and underlying splits all ranked three of three on that line. While the goal he scored was important in the moment during Game 4, it was his only goal of the series, despite leading the Kings in shots on goal and scoring chances at 5-on-5. Short series, so the sample size is not worth drawing any long-term conclusions from. But the Kings could have used a bit more from Foegele, among others, in that series for sure.

2025-26 Status – Foegele has two seasons remaining on the three-year contract he signed with the Kings last summer, coming with a salary-cap hit of $3,500,000. Foegele was a terrific fit with the Kings and his on-ice impact exceeds the contract he signed last summer. Foegele is the kind of player who can fit in on most lines and as such, while he’s one of the easier players to project to remain with the team next season, he can be one of the last you slot onto the roster due to his versatility. There’s a lot of value in that, one of many areas in which Foegele has excelled.