LA Kings Olympics Day 4 Recap: Armia, Kempe both claim wins

A wild day in mostly a bad way for the Los Angeles Kings players representing their flags and home countries in the 2026 Winter Olympics on Day 3 yesterday involved a couple of games between players from the same team in group play on Feb. 13. Finland and winger Joel Armia pulled off a big 4-1 win on the scoreboard over winger Adrian Kempe and Team Sweden on Friday.

Joel Armia and Adrian Kempe from the Los Angeles Kings combine for multiple goals and five total points in two wins in the Olympics on Day 4

Following that game, a matchup between Team Canada and Team Switzerland that the Canadians won by a score of 5-1, saw Kings' and Swiss forward Kevin Fiala suffer a lower-body injury after a collision near the boards with Washington Capitals and Canada forward Tom Wilson. Fiala was stretchered off the ice yesterday after suffering a leg injury that will cause him to miss the rest of the Olympics and be out for the 2025-26 season for the Kings.

Day 4 of Olympic action involving Kings' players representing their home countries on Satuday morning saw Kempe and Sweden face Slovakia in Group B play on Feb. 14. Sweden needed an important win over Slovakia to get out of a second-place tie in the Group B table with Finland.

Sweden ended up winning the game on the scoreboard vs. Slovakia this morning by a score of 5-3. But Slovakia ended up winning the group on a late-third period goal in the final frame that allowed them to win the group today and get a bye to the quarterfinals competition.

Kempe registered a goal on special teams on the power play and an assist, good for two total points in the game's first two periods vs. Slovakia today. Both of his points came on goals on special teams, including an assist on a shorthanded goal today in the opening frame in the first period vs. Slovakia.

Finland was dominant end to end today on the ice and on the scoreboard in a 11-0 battering of Team Italy late this morning (Feb. 14). Armia registered a goal and an assist for two total points today. Armia scored the goal that got Finland to double-digits on the scoreboard today in the final frame in the third period vs. Italy.

Per Zach Dooley of LA Kings Insider, Armia became the only player in the active roster lineup on Team Finland in the Olympics who had at least one point in every game in group play this past week.

Among all the Kings' players representing the franchise and their home countries in the Winter Olympics this week, Armia led all of them in goals and total points. He finished up group play for the active roster lineup for Team Finland with an impressive two goals (including one shorthanded goal yesterday vs. Sweden in an impressive 4-1 win), two assists, and four total points.