2020–21 Los Angeles Kings season

The 2020–21 Los Angeles Kings season is the 54th season (53rd season of play) for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967.[1] The Kings will try to make the playoffs for the first time since the 2017–18 season when they were swept in the First Round by the expansion Vegas Golden Knights. On December 20, 2020, the league temporarily realigned into four divisions with no conferences due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing closure of the Canada-United States border. As a result of this realignment the Kings will play this season in the West Division and will only play games against the other teams in their new division during the regular season and potentially the first two rounds of the playoffs.

2020–21 Los Angeles Kings
2020–21 record3–5–2
Home record1–2–2
Road record2–3–0
Goals for28
Goals against34
Team information
General managerRob Blake
CoachTodd McLellan
CaptainAnze Kopitar
Alternate captainsJeff Carter
Drew Doughty
ArenaStaples Center
Minor league affiliate(s)Ontario Reign (AHL)
Team leaders
GoalsDustin Brown (4)
AssistsAnze Kopitar (12)
PointsAnze Kopitar (13)
Penalty minutesKurtis MacDermid (14)
Plus/minusDustin Brown
Matt Roy (+2)
WinsJonathan Quick (2)
Goals against averageCal Petersen (2.18)

Standings

Divisional standings
West Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 Colorado Avalanche 11 7 3 1 6 38 24 +14 15
2 St. Louis Blues 12 7 4 1 6 40 39 +1 15
3 Vegas Golden Knights 8 6 1 1 5 28 19 +9 13
4 Anaheim Ducks 13 5 5 3 4 25 34 −9 13
5 Minnesota Wild 11 6 5 0 3 30 30 0 12
6 Arizona Coyotes 11 5 5 1 5 30 30 0 11
7 San Jose Sharks 10 4 5 1 1 28 37 −9 9
8 Los Angeles Kings 10 3 5 2 3 28 34 −6 8
Updated to game(s) played on February 6, 2021. Source: National Hockey League[2]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater amount of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater amount of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater amount of goals scored (GF)

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.[3]

2020–21 game log
February: 0–2–0 (Home: 0–1–0 ; Road: 0–1–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
9February 2Anaheim3–1Los AngelesPetersen03–4–28Recap
10February 5Los Angeles2–5VegasQuick03–5–28Recap
11February 7Los Angeles–Vegas
12February 9San Jose–Los Angeles
13February 11San Jose–Los Angeles
14February 13Minnesota–Los Angeles
15February 16Minnesota–Los Angeles
16February 18Los Angeles–Arizona
17February 20Los Angeles–Arizona
18February 22Los Angeles–St. Louis
19February 24Los Angeles–St. Louis
20February 26Los Angeles–Minnesota
21February 27Los Angeles–Minnesota

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Transactions

The Kings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2020–21 season.

Free agents

Note: This does not include players who have re-signed with their previous team as an unrestricted free agent or as a restricted free agent.

Date Player New team Previous team Ref
October 9, 2020 Mark Alt Los Angeles Kings Colorado Avalanche [4]
October 9, 2020 Troy Grosenick Los Angeles Kings Nashville Predators [4]
October 10, 2020 Paul LaDue Washington Capitals Los Angeles Kings [5]
October 12, 2020 Joakim Ryan Carolina Hurricanes Los Angeles Kings [6]
October 16, 2020 Sheldon Rempal Carolina Hurricanes Los Angeles Kings [7]

Trades

* Retained Salary Transaction: Each team is allowed up to three contracts on their payroll where they have retained salary in a trade (i.e. the player no longer plays with Team A due to a trade to Team B, but Team A still retains some salary). Only up to 50% of a player's contract can be kept, and only up to 15% of a team's salary cap can be taken up by retained salary. A contract can only be involved in one of these trades twice.

Hover over-retained salary or conditional transactions for more information.

October
October 7, 2020 To Los Angeles Kings
Lias Andersson		 To New York Rangers
VGK 2nd-round pick in 2020		 [8]
October 7, 2020 To Los Angeles Kings
EDM 2nd-round pick in 2020 (#45 overall)		 To Detroit Red Wings
VAN 2nd-round pick in 2020 (#51 overall)
4th-round pick in 2020 (#97 overall)		 [9]
October 7, 2020 To Los Angeles Kings
MTL 5th-round pick in 2020 (#140 overall)		 To Carolina Hurricanes
6th-round pick in 2020 (#159 overall)
7th-round pick in 2021		 [10]


Current roster

Updated February 6, 2021[11][12]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
5 Mark Alt D R 29 2020 Kansas City, Missouri
10 Michael Amadio C R 24 2014 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
44 Mikey Anderson D L 21 2017 Fridley, Minnesota
28 Jaret Anderson-Dolan C L 21 2017 Calgary, Alberta
24 Lias Andersson C L 22 2020 Smögen, Sweden
22 Andreas Athanasiou LW L 26 2020 London, Ontario
33 Tobias Bjornfot D L 19 2019 Upplands Väsby, Sweden
23 Dustin Brown RW R 36 2003 Ithaca, New York
77 Jeff Carter (A) C/RW R 36 2012 London, Ontario
58 Kale Clague D R 22 2016 Regina, Saskatchewan
8 Drew Doughty (A) D R 31 2008 London, Ontario
29 Martin Frk RW R 27 2019 Pelhrimov, Czech Republic
91 Carl Grundstrom LW L 23 2019 Umea, Sweden
19 Alex Iafallo LW/C L 27 2017 Eden, New York
31 Jacob Ingham G L 20 2018 Barrie, Ontario
9 Adrian Kempe LW L 24 2014 Kramfors, Sweden
11 Anze Kopitar (C) C L 33 2005 Jesenice, Yugoslavia
46 Blake Lizotte C L 23 2019 Lindstrom, Minnesota
64 Matt Luff  RW R 23 2016 Oakville, Ontario
6 Olli Maatta D L 26 2020 Jyväskylä, Finland
56 Kurtis MacDermid D L 26 2013 Quebec City, Quebec
12 Trevor Moore LW L 25 2020 Thousand Oaks, California
40 Cal Petersen G R 26 2017 Waterloo, Iowa
32 Jonathan Quick G L 35 2005 Milford, Connecticut
3 Matt Roy D R 25 2015 Canton, Michigan
71 Austin Strand D R 23 2017 Calgary, Alberta
13 Gabriel Vilardi C R 21 2017 Kingston, Ontario
27 Austin Wagner LW L 23 2015 Calgary, Alberta
26 Sean Walker  D R 26 2018 Keswick, Ontario

Draft picks
See also: List of Los Angeles Kings draft picks

Below are the Los Angeles Kings' selections at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, which was originally scheduled for June 26–27, 2020 at the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec, but was postponed on March 25, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was held October 6–7, 2020 virtually via Video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 2 Quinton Byfield C  Canada Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
2 35 Helge Grans D  Sweden Malmö Redhawks (SHL)
2 51 Brock Faber D  United States U.S. NTDP (USHL)
3 66 Kasper Sinomtaival RW Finland Tappara (Liiga)
3 83 Alex Laferriere RW United States Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
4 112 Joho Markkanen G Finland Kettera (Mestis)
5 128 Matin Chrormiak RW Slovakia Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
7 190 Aatu Jamsen RW Finland Lahti Pelicans U20 (Jr. A)

References
  1. National Hockey League (2013). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2014. Diamond Sports Data, Inc. p. 69. ISBN 978-1-894801-26-3.
  2. "NHL Hockey Standings". www.nhl.com. National Hockey League.
  3. "2020-21 NHL schedule announced". NHL.com. December 23, 2020. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  4. "LA Kings Sign Defenseman Mark Alt and Goaltender Troy Grosenick". Los Angeles Kings. October 10, 2020.
  5. "Capitals Sign Defenseman Paul LaDue". Washington Capitals. October 10, 2020.
  6. "Canes Agree to Terms with Joakim Ryan". Carolina Hurricanes. October 12, 2020.
  7. "Canes Sign Bracco, Gust and Rempal to One-Year Deals". Carolina Hurricanes. October 16, 2020.
  8. Rosen, Dan (October 7, 2020). "Andersson traded to Kings by Rangers for second-round pick". nhl.com.
  9. "Red Wings trade pick 45 to the LA Kings for picks 51 and 97". @JasonGregor. October 7, 2020.
  10. "The #Canes have made their first trade of the day. They send pick 140 to Los Angeles in exchange for pick 159 and the Kings' 7th-rounder in 2021". @MSmithCanes. October 7, 2020.
  11. "Los Angeles Kings Roster". National Hockey League. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  12. "Los Angeles Kings Hockey Transactions". The Sports Network. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
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