{"id":457912,"date":"2026-02-14T15:23:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T15:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/457912\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T15:23:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T15:23:52","slug":"breaking-update-on-kevin-fiala-confirms-the-worst-for-la-kings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/457912\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Update on Kevin Fiala Confirms the Worst for LA Kings"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0Los Angeles Kings forward Kevin Fiala had surgery on Saturday morning after suffering a serious knee injury in Switzerland’s game on Friday against Canada<\/a>. It’s official: his NHL season is over.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The incident occured in a collision with Canada’s Tom Wilson, in which Fiala landed awkwardly. He had to be stretchered off the ice.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nothing dirty about this collision, freak accident, unfortunate outcome. If someone other than Tom Wilson landed on Fiala’s leg, there would be no discussion about it.pic.twitter.com\/hQuywyNfgP<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Avalanche Forever (@citchmook) February 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s a tough break for the Kings, where Fiala was on his way to his\u00a07th consecutive 20 goal season in the NHL. He was sitting on 18 goals and 40 points in 56 games for LA, logging a career-high 19:07 of ice time per game.<\/p>\n

Teammate and Kings star Adrian Kempe reacted to the devastating news as you might expect.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Adrian Kempe post-game on Kings teammate Kevin Fiala, who had surgery today:
“Obviously it\u2019s sad and it sucks for him and for us (Kings). Sad for him. It\u2019s something that we\u2019ve been looking forward our whole life coming to play here (in the Olympics) and going down like that,\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2014 Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) February 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

“Obviously it\u2019s sad, and it sucks for him and for us (Kings). Sad for him. It\u2019s something that we\u2019ve been looking forward our whole life coming to play here (in the Olympics) and going down like that, it\u2019s really tough for him personally and for us as a team, how much he means to our team back home in L.A. <\/p>\n

“Yeah, just very unfortunate for him that it comes in a tournament like this that we\u2019ve been looking forward to playing in for so long. I feel for him.\u2019\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Kings will undoubtedly be hitting the trade market to look to add another forward, even after acquiring top target Artemi Panarin from the NY Rangers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Photo: \u00a9 Marton Monus\/Reuters via Imagn Images<\/p>\n