2018–19 Los Angeles Kings season
Staples Center | |
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Average attendance | 18,000[1] |
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) |
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.[2] On March 18, 2019, the Kings were eliminated from playoff contention,[3]
and missed the playoffs for the third time in five seasons.
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.[6]
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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
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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 | |
---|---|---|---|
November 14, 2018 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Tanner Pearson |
To Los Angeles Kings Carl Hagelin |
[11] |
November 21, 2018 | To Minnesota Wild Stepan Falkovsky |
To Los Angeles Kings Pavel Jenys |
[12] |
January 24, 2019 | To Chicago Blackhawks Dominik Kubalik |
To Los Angeles Kings 2019
|
[13] |
January 28, 2019 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Jake Muzzin |
To Los Angeles Kings Sean Durzi Carl Grundstrom 1st-round pick in 2019 |
[14] |
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 |
[15] |
February 21, 2019 | To Washington Capitals Carl Hagelin |
To Los Angeles Kings 3rd-round pick in 2019 Conditional 6th-round pick in 2020
|
[16] |
February 24, 2019 | To Chicago Blackhawks Spencer Watson |
To Los Angeles Kings Matt Iacopelli |
[17] |
February 25, 2019 | To Calgary Flames Oscar Fantenberg |
To Los Angeles Kings 4th-round pick in 2020 |
[18] |
Free agents
Date | Player | Team | Contract term | Ref |
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July 1, 2018 | Ilya Kovalchuk | from SKA Saint Petersburg (KHL) | 3-year | [19] |
July 1, 2018 | Kevin Gravel | to Edmonton Oilers | 1-year | [20] |
July 1, 2018 | Michael Mersch | to Dallas Stars | 2-year | [21] |
July 1, 2018 | Tobias Rieder | to Edmonton Oilers | 1-year | [22] |
July 1, 2018 | Jordan Subban | to Toronto Maple Leafs | 1-year | [23] |
July 1, 2018 | Scott Wedgewood | to Buffalo Sabres | 1-year | [24] |
July 3, 2018 | Sean Walker | from Ontario Reign (AHL) | 2-year | [25] |
July 5, 2018 | Christian Folin | to Philadelphia Flyers | 1-year | [26] |
July 14, 2018 | Zack Mitchell | from Minnesota Wild | 1-year | [27] |
July 16, 2018 | Torrey Mitchell | to Lausanne (NL) | 1-year | [28] |
August 9, 2018 | Andrew Crescenzi | to EBEL ) |
Unknown | [29] |
April 2, 2019 | Blake Lizotte | from St. Cloud State Huskies (NCHC) | 3-year | [30] |
Waivers
Date | Player | Team | Ref |
---|---|---|---|
December 2, 2018 | Nikita Scherbak | from Montreal Canadiens | [31] |
December 3, 2018 | Brendan Leipsic | from Vancouver Canucks | [32] |
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 | [36] |
July 13, 2018 | Rasmus Kupari | 3-year | [37] |
July 13, 2018 | Paul LaDue | 2-year | [38] |
July 15, 2018 | Kurtis MacDermid | 2-year | [39] |
July 18, 2018 | Alex Lintuniemi | 1-year | [40] |
August 25, 2018 | Drake Rymsha | 3-year | [41] |
March 16, 2019 | Akil Thomas | 3-year | [42] |
April 1, 2019 | Sean Durzi | 3-year | [43] |
April 23, 2019 | Mikey Anderson | 3-year | [44] |
April 30, 2019 | Markus Phillips | 3-year | [45] |
May 13, 2019 | Nikolai Prokhorkin | 1-year | [46] |
June 10, 2019 | Jonah Sodergran | 3-year | [47] |
Draft picks
Below are the Los Angeles Kings' selections at the
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 | SuperElit )
|
6 | 175 | Jacob Ingham | G | Canada | Mississauga Steelheads (OHL) |
Notes:
- The 2017 to New York in exchange for this pick.[48]
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