2018–19 Los Angeles Kings season
The 2018–19 Los Angeles Kings season was the 52nd season (51st season of play) for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967.[1] On March 18, 2019, the Kings were eliminated from playoff contention,[2] and missed the playoffs for the third time in five seasons.
2018–19 Los Angeles Kings | |
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Division | 8th Pacific |
Conference | 15th Western |
2018–19 record | 31–42–9 |
Home record | 17–21–3 |
Road record | 14–21–6 |
Goals for | 202 |
Goals against | 263 |
Team information | |
General manager | Rob Blake |
Coach | John Stevens (Oct. 5 – Nov. 4) Willie Desjardins (Nov. 4 – April 6) |
Captain | Anze Kopitar |
Alternate captains | Jeff Carter Drew Doughty |
Arena | Staples Center |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Ontario Reign (AHL) Manchester Monarchs (ECHL) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Dustin Brown Anze Kopitar (22) |
Assists | Anze Kopitar (38) |
Points | Anze Kopitar (60) |
Penalty minutes | Kyle Clifford (96) |
Plus/minus | Jake Muzzin (+10) |
Wins | Jonathan Quick (16) |
Goals against average | Jack Campbell (2.30) |
Standings
Pos | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | z – Calgary Flames | 82 | 50 | 25 | 7 | 50 | 289 | 227 | +62 | 107 |
2 | x – San Jose Sharks | 82 | 46 | 27 | 9 | 46 | 289 | 261 | +28 | 101 |
3 | x – Vegas Golden Knights | 82 | 43 | 32 | 7 | 40 | 249 | 230 | +19 | 93 |
4 | Arizona Coyotes | 82 | 39 | 35 | 8 | 35 | 213 | 223 | −10 | 86 |
5 | Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 35 | 36 | 11 | 29 | 225 | 254 | −29 | 81 |
6 | Anaheim Ducks | 82 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 32 | 199 | 251 | −52 | 80 |
7 | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 35 | 38 | 9 | 32 | 232 | 274 | −42 | 79 |
8 | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 31 | 42 | 9 | 28 | 202 | 263 | −61 | 71 |
Pos | Div | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | CE | x – Dallas Stars | 82 | 43 | 32 | 7 | 42 | 210 | 202 | +8 | 93 |
2 | CE | x – Colorado Avalanche | 82 | 38 | 30 | 14 | 36 | 260 | 246 | +14 | 90 |
3 | PA | Arizona Coyotes | 82 | 39 | 35 | 8 | 35 | 213 | 223 | −10 | 86 |
4 | CE | Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 36 | 34 | 12 | 33 | 270 | 292 | −22 | 84 |
5 | CE | Minnesota Wild | 82 | 37 | 36 | 9 | 36 | 211 | 237 | −26 | 83 |
6 | PA | Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 35 | 36 | 11 | 29 | 225 | 254 | −29 | 81 |
7 | PA | Anaheim Ducks | 82 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 32 | 199 | 251 | −52 | 80 |
8 | PA | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 35 | 38 | 9 | 32 | 232 | 274 | −42 | 79 |
9 | PA | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 31 | 42 | 9 | 28 | 202 | 263 | −61 | 71 |
Schedule and results
Preseason
The preseason schedule was published on June 20, 2018.[3]
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# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Recap |
1[A] | September 18 | Los Angeles | 2–4 | Arizona | Campbell | 9,807 | 0–1–0 | Recap | |
2[A] | September 18 | Arizona | 4–3 | Los Angeles | Petersen | 10,612 | 0–2–0 | Recap | |
3[A] | September 20 | Los Angeles | 3–4 | Vancouver | SO | Budaj | 15,903 | 0–2–1 | Recap |
4[A] | September 20 | Vegas | 7–2 | Los Angeles | Quick | 12,916 | 0–3–1 | Recap | |
5[a] | September 24 | Vancouver | 1–4 | Los Angeles | Quick | 12,367 | 1–3–1 | Recap | |
6 | September 26 | Los Angeles | 4–7 | Anaheim | Campbell | 14,841 | 1–4–1 | Recap | |
7 | September 28 | Los Angeles | 0–2 | Vegas | Campbell | 17,928 | 1–5–1 | Recap | |
8 | September 29 | Anaheim | 3–0 | Los Angeles | Quick | 18,230 | 1–6–1 | Recap | |
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Regular season
The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.[4]
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) |
Player statistics
Skaters
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
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Anze Kopitar | 81 | 22 | 38 | 60 | −20 | 30 |
Dustin Brown | 72 | 22 | 29 | 51 | −17 | 24 |
Drew Doughty | 82 | 8 | 37 | 45 | −34 | 44 |
Ilya Kovalchuk | 64 | 16 | 18 | 34 | −26 | 10 |
Tyler Toffoli | 82 | 13 | 21 | 34 | −16 | 23 |
Alex Iafallo | 82 | 15 | 18 | 33 | −17 | 22 |
Jeff Carter | 76 | 13 | 20 | 33 | −20 | 42 |
Adrian Kempe | 81 | 12 | 16 | 28 | −10 | 50 |
Austin Wagner | 62 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 2 | 16 |
Kyle Clifford | 72 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 4 | 96 |
Jake Muzzin‡ | 50 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 10 | 33 |
Brendan Leipsic† | 45 | 5 | 13 | 18 | −4 | 22 |
Alec Martinez | 60 | 4 | 14 | 18 | −2 | 8 |
Derek Forbort | 81 | 2 | 12 | 14 | −13 | 52 |
Michael Amadio | 47 | 6 | 7 | 13 | −1 | 6 |
Trevor Lewis | 44 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −9 | 9 |
Sean Walker | 39 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −8 | 8 |
Carl Grundstrom | 15 | 5 | 1 | 6 | −4 | 6 |
Nate Thompson‡ | 53 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
Matt Roy | 25 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −1 | 8 |
Dion Phaneuf | 67 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −21 | 53 |
Paul LaDue | 33 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
Carl Hagelin†‡ | 22 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −2 | 8 |
Jonny Brodzinski | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
Oscar Fantenberg‡ | 46 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 10 |
Nikita Scherbak | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 2 |
Kurtis MacDermid | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 11 |
Tanner Pearson‡ | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −9 | 8 |
Jaret Anderson-Dolan | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
Daniel Brickley | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
Sheldon Rempal | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
Blake Lizotte | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
Goaltenders
Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Jonathan Quick | 46 | 46 | 2,647:34 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 149 | 3.38 | 1,329 | .888 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
Jack Campbell | 31 | 25 | 1,592:46 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 61 | 2.30 | 845 | .928 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Cal Petersen | 11 | 10 | 621:42 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 2.61 | 355 | .924 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Peter Budaj | 3 | 1 | 71:45 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5.02 | 33 | .818 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Kings. Stats reflect time with the Kings only.
‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Kings only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.
Transactions
The Kings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.
Trades
Date | Details | Ref | |
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November 14, 2018 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Tanner Pearson |
To Los Angeles Kings Carl Hagelin |
[8] |
November 21, 2018 | To Minnesota Wild Stepan Falkovsky |
To Los Angeles Kings Pavel Jenys |
[9] |
January 24, 2019 | To Chicago Blackhawks Dominik Kubalik |
To Los Angeles Kings ARI's 5th-round pick in 2019 |
[10] |
January 28, 2019 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Jake Muzzin |
To Los Angeles Kings Sean Durzi Carl Grundstrom 1st-round pick in 2019 |
[11] |
February 11, 2019 | To Montreal Canadiens Nate Thompson ARI's 5th-round pick in 2019 |
To Los Angeles Kings CGY's 4th-round pick in 2019 |
[12] |
February 21, 2019 | To Washington Capitals Carl Hagelin |
To Los Angeles Kings 3rd-round pick in 2019 Conditional 6th-round pick in 2020 |
[13] |
February 24, 2019 | To Chicago Blackhawks Spencer Watson |
To Los Angeles Kings Matt Iacopelli |
[14] |
February 25, 2019 | To Calgary Flames Oscar Fantenberg |
To Los Angeles Kings 4th-round pick in 2020 |
[15] |
Free agents
Date | Player | Team | Contract term | Ref |
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July 1, 2018 | Ilya Kovalchuk | from SKA Saint Petersburg (KHL) | 3-year | [16] |
July 1, 2018 | Kevin Gravel | to Edmonton Oilers | 1-year | [17] |
July 1, 2018 | Michael Mersch | to Dallas Stars | 2-year | [18] |
July 1, 2018 | Tobias Rieder | to Edmonton Oilers | 1-year | [19] |
July 1, 2018 | Jordan Subban | to Toronto Maple Leafs | 1-year | [20] |
July 1, 2018 | Scott Wedgewood | to Buffalo Sabres | 1-year | [21] |
July 3, 2018 | Sean Walker | from Ontario Reign (AHL) | 2-year | [22] |
July 5, 2018 | Christian Folin | to Philadelphia Flyers | 1-year | [23] |
July 14, 2018 | Zack Mitchell | from Minnesota Wild | 1-year | [24] |
July 16, 2018 | Torrey Mitchell | to Lausanne (NL) | 1-year | [25] |
August 9, 2018 | Andrew Crescenzi | to Bozen–Bolzano (EBEL) | Unknown | [26] |
April 2, 2019 | Blake Lizotte | from St. Cloud State Huskies (NCHC) | 3-year | [27] |
Waivers
Date | Player | Team | Ref |
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December 2, 2018 | Nikita Scherbak | from Montreal Canadiens | [28] |
December 3, 2018 | Brendan Leipsic | from Vancouver Canucks | [29] |
Contract terminations
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Retirement
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Signings
Date | Player | Contract term | Ref |
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July 1, 2018 | Drew Doughty | 8-year | [33] |
July 13, 2018 | Rasmus Kupari | 3-year | [34] |
July 13, 2018 | Paul LaDue | 2-year | [35] |
July 15, 2018 | Kurtis MacDermid | 2-year | [36] |
July 18, 2018 | Alex Lintuniemi | 1-year | [37] |
August 25, 2018 | Drake Rymsha | 3-year | [38] |
March 16, 2019 | Akil Thomas | 3-year | [39] |
April 1, 2019 | Sean Durzi | 3-year | [40] |
April 23, 2019 | Mikey Anderson | 3-year | [41] |
April 30, 2019 | Markus Phillips | 3-year | [42] |
May 13, 2019 | Nikolai Prokhorkin | 1-year | [43] |
June 10, 2019 | Jonah Sodergran | 3-year | [44] |
Draft picks
Below are the Los Angeles Kings' selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club Team (League) |
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1 | 20 | Rasmus Kupari | C | Finland | Karpat (Liiga) |
2 | 51 | Akil Thomas | C | Canada | Niagara IceDogs (OHL) |
3 | 82 | Bulat Shafigullin | LW | Russia | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (KHL) |
4 | 113 | Aidan Dudas | C | Canada | Owen Sound Attack (OHL) |
5 | 144 | David Hrenak | G | Slovakia | St. Cloud State University (NCHC) |
6 | 1651 | Johan Sodergran | RW | Sweden | Linkopings HC J20 (SuperElit) |
6 | 175 | Jacob Ingham | G | Canada | Mississauga Steelheads (OHL) |
Notes:
- The New York Islanders' sixth-round pick went to the Los Angeles Kings as the result of a trade on June 24, 2017, that sent a sixth-round pick in 2017 to New York in exchange for this pick.[45]
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