2008–09 Los Angeles Kings season

2008–09 Los Angeles Kings
Division	TBD Pacific
Conference	TBD Western
2008–09 record	TBD
Home record	TBD
Road record	TBD
Goals for	TBD
Goals against	TBD
Team information
General manager	Dean Lombardi
Coach	Terry Murray
Captain	TBD
Alternate captains	TBD
Arena	Staples Center
Average attendance	TBD
Team leaders
Goals	TBD
Assists	TBD
Points	TBD
Penalty minutes	TBD
Plus/minus	TBD
Wins	TBD
Goals against average	TBD

The 2008–09 Los Angeles Kings season will see the Kings attempt to qualify for the postseason for the first time since the 2001-02 season. Template:NHLSeasonTOC

Pre-season

On June 10th, the Los Angeles Kings fired their head coach Marc Crawford after failing to make the post-season in back-to-back seasons. Crawford posted a 59-84-21 record during his tenure.

Regular season

Divisional standings

Pacific Division

		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – San Jose Sharks	82	53	18	11	257	204	117
2	Anaheim Ducks	82	42	33	7	245	238	91
3	Dallas Stars	82	36	35	11	230	257	83
4	Phoenix Coyotes	82	36	39	7	208	252	79
5	Los Angeles Kings	82	34	37	11	207	234	79

Note: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Conference standings

Western Conference

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – San Jose Sharks	PA	82	53	18	11	257	204	117
2	y – Detroit Red Wings	CE	82	51	21	10	295	244	112
3	y – Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	45	27	10	246	220	100
4	Chicago Blackhawks	CE	82	46	24	12	264	216	104
5	Calgary Flames	NW	82	46	30	6	254	248	98
6	St. Louis Blues	CE	82	41	31	10	233	233	92
7	Columbus Blue Jackets	CE	82	41	31	10	226	230	92
8	Anaheim Ducks	PA	82	42	33	7	245	238	91
8.5
9	Minnesota Wild	NW	82	40	33	9	219	200	89
10	Nashville Predators	CE	82	40	34	8	213	233	88
11	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	38	35	9	234	248	85
12	Dallas Stars	PA	82	36	35	11	230	257	83
13	Phoenix Coyotes	PA	82	36	39	7	208	252	79
14	Los Angeles Kings	PA	82	34	37	11	207	234	79
15	Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	32	45	5	199	257	69

bold – qualified for playoffs, y – division winner, p – Presidents' Trophy winner
CE – Central Division, NW – Northwest Division, PA – Pacific Division

Game log

2008–09 Game Log
Pre-Season Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record Rookie 1 September 16 Phoenix Coyotes Won 2-1 Phoenix 1-0 Rookie 2 September 17 Phoenix Coyotes Lost 3-0 Phoenix 1-1 1 September 22 St. Louis Blues Won 2-1 Kansas City, 11,603 2-1 2 September 22 Phoenix Coyotes Won 6-4 Los Angeles, 8,221 3-1 3 September 24 Colorado Avalanche Won 4-3 (SO) Colorado 4-1 4 September 27 Colorado Avalanche Lost 4-3 (OT) Las Vegas 4-1-1 5 September 30 Anaheim Ducks Lost 2-1 (SO) Los Angeles, 11,904 4-1-2 6 October 1 Anaheim Ducks Lost 3-2 (OT) Anaheim, 16,410 4-1-3 7 October 4 Phoenix Coyotes Phoenix 8 October 5 San Jose Sharks Salt Lake City
October Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record 1 11 San Jose Sharks San Jose 2 12 San Jose Sharks Los Angeles 3 14 Anaheim Ducks Los Angeles 4 17 Carolina Hurricanes Los Angeles 5 20 Colorado Avalanche Los Angeles 6 24 St. Louis Blues St. Louis 7 25 Nashville Predators Nashville 8 27 Detroit Red Wings Los Angeles 9 30 Vancouver Canucks Los Angeles
November Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record 10 1 Calgary Flames Los Angeles 11 4 Anaheim Ducks Los Angeles 12 6 Florida Panthers Los Angeles 13 8 St. Louis Blues Los Angeles 14 11 Dallas Stars Los Angeles 15 13 Dallas Stars Dallas 16 15 Nashville Predators Los Angeles 17 16 Anaheim Ducks Anaheim 18 20 Washington Capitals Los Angeles 19 22 Colorado Avalanche Los Angeles 20 25 Calgary Flames Calgary 21 26 Edmonton Oilers Edmonton 22 29 Chicago Blackhawks Los Angeles
December Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record 23 1 Toronto Maple Leafs Los Angeles 24 2 Phoenix Coyotes Phoenix 25 5 Edmonton Oilers Los Angeles 26 6 Columbus Blue Jackets Los Angeles 27 9 Colorado Avalanche Colorado 28 11 St. Louis Blues Los Angeles 29 13 Minnesota Wild Los Angeles 30 15 San Jose Sharks Los Angeles 31 17 New York Rangers Los Angeles 32 19 Buffalo Sabres Buffalo 33 20 Detroit Red Wings Detroit 34 23 Columbus Blue Jackets Columbus 35 26 Phoenix Coyotes Los Angeles 36 27 Phoenix Coyotes Phoenix 37 29 Columbus Blue Jackets Los Angeles
January Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record 38 3 Philadelphia Flyers Los Angeles 39 6 Anaheim Ducks Anaheim 40 8 Anaheim Ducks Los Angeles 41 10 New Jersey Devils Los Angeles 42 12 Tampa Bay Lightning Los Angeles 43 15 Detroit Red Wings Los Angeles 44 17 Dallas Stars Dallas 45 20 Minnesota Wild Minnesota 46 21 Colorado Avalanche Colorado 47 29 Chicago Blackhawks Los Angeles 48 31 Montreal Canadiens Montreal
February Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record 49 3 Ottawa Senators Ottawa 50 5 Washington Capitals Washington 51 7 New Jersey Devils New Jersey 52 10 New York Islanders New York Islanders 53 12 Calgary Flames Los Angeles 54 14 Edmonton Oilers Los Angeles 55 16 Atlanta Thrashers Los Angeles 56 18 Anaheim Ducks Anaheim 57 19 San Jose Sharks San Jose 58 21 Phoenix Coyotes Los Angeles 59 24 Minnesota Wild Minnesota 60 25 Philadelphia Flyers Philadelphia 61 27 Detroit Red Wings Detroit
March Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record 62 1 Chicago Blackhawks Chicago 63 3 Columbus Blue Jackets Columbus 64 5 Dallas Stars Los Angeles 65 7 Minnesota Wild Los Angeles 66 9 Vancouver Canucks Los Angeles 67 13 Vancouver Canucks Vancouver 68 14 San Jose Sharks San Jose 69 16 Nashville Predators Los Angeles 70 19 Boston Bruins Boston 71 20 Pittsburgh Penguins Pittsburgh 72 22 Chicago Blackhawks Chicago 73 24 St. Louis Blues St. Louis 74 26 Dallas Stars Dallas 75 28 Nashville Predators Nashville 76 31 Dallas Stars Los Angeles
April Game Date Opponent Score Location/Attendance Record 77 2 Phoenix Coyotes Phoenix 78 4 Phoenix Coyotes Los Angeles 79 6 Calgary Flames Calgary 80 7 Edmonton Oilers Edmonton 81 9 Vancouver Canucks Vancouver 82 11 San Jose Sharks Los Angeles
2008–09 Schedule

Player stats

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA

Awards and records

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached

Transactions

Trades

June 20, 2008	To Los Angeles Kings 17th pick in 2008 2nd round pick in 2009	To Calgary Flames Mike Cammalleri 2nd round pick in 2008
June 20, 2008	To Los Angeles Kings 12th pick in 2008	To Anaheim Ducks 17th pick in 2008 28th pick in 2008
June 20, 2008	To Los Angeles Kings 13th pick in 2008 3rd round pick in 2009	To Buffalo Sabres 12th pick in 2008
June 29, 2008	To Los Angeles Kings Jarret Stoll Matt Greene	To Edmonton Oilers Lubomir Visnovsky
July 1, 2008	To Los Angeles Kings Denis Gauthier 2nd round pick in 2010	To Philadelphia Flyers Patrik Hersley Ned Lukacevic
July 21, 2008	To Los Angeles Kings Richard Clune	To Dallas Stars Lauri Tukonen
September 30, 2008	To Los Angeles Kings Sean O'Donnell	To Anaheim Ducks Conditional draft choice

Free Agents

Player Former team Contract Terms Erik Ersberg Los Angeles Kings One Year Gabe Gauthier Los Angeles Kings Two Years Matt Moulson Los Angeles Kings One Year Joe Piskula Los Angeles Kings One Year David Meckler Manchester Monarchs (AHL) Three Year, Entry-Level Peter Harrold Los Angeles Kings Three Years Drew Doughty Guelph Storm (OHL) Three Year, Entry-Level Andrei Loktionov Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL) Three Year, Entry-Level Vyacheslav Voinov Traktor Chelyabinsk (RSL) Three Year, Entry-Level Colten Teubert Regina Pats (WHL) Three Year, Entry Level Jarret Stoll Los Angeles Kings Four Year, $14,400,000 Brad Richardson Los Angeles Kings Two Year, $1,175,000 Martin Jones Calgary Hitmen (WHL) Three Year, Entry Level Patrick O'Sullivan Los Angeles Kings Three Year, $2,925,000

Player New team Jon Klemm Straubing Tigers (Germany) Rob Blake San Jose Sharks Brendan Buckley San Jose Sharks Richard Petiot Toronto Maple Leafs Brian Willsie Colorado Avalanche Kevin Dallman Barys Astana (Kazakhstan) Scott Thornton Retired Jeff Giuliano HC Dinamo Minsk (Belarus) Ladislav Nagy Severstal Cherepovets (Russia) Dany Roussin Bakersfield Condors (ECHL) Petr Kanko EC Red Bull Salzburg (Austria)

Waivers

Player Former team Date claimed off waivers

Player New team Date claimed off waivers Matt Ellis Buffalo Sabres October 1, 2008

Other

Player Type of Transaction Date Bryan Cameron Returned to Belleville Bulls (OHL) September 23, 2008 Matt Fillier Returned to Montreal Junior Hockey Club (QMJHL) September 23, 2008 Geordie Wudrick Returned to Swift Current Broncos (WHL) September 23, 2008 Olivier Legault Released from Try-Out September 23, 2008 Colten Teubert Returned to Regina Pats (WHL) September 25, 2008 Dwight King Returned to Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL) September 25, 2008 Linden Rowat Returned to Regina Pats (WHL) September 26, 2008 Justin Azevedo Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) September 29, 2008 Andrew Campbell Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) September 29, 2008 Paul Crosty Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) September 29, 2008 Vladimir Dravecky Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) September 29, 2008 Gabe Gauthier Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) September 29, 2008 Bud Holloway Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) September 29, 2008 Josh Kidd Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) September 29, 2008 Brady Murray Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) September 29, 2008 Marty Murray Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) September 29, 2008 Scott Parse Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) September 29, 2008 Daniel Taylor Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) September 29, 2008 Eric Werner Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) September 29, 2008 Jeff Zatkoff Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) September 29, 2008 Drew Bagnall Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) September 29, 2008 Jonathan Bernier Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) September 29, 2008 Trevor Lewis Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) September 29, 2008 Michael D'Orazio Returned to Owen Sound Attack (OHL) September 29, 2008 Andrei Loktionov Returned to Windsor Spitfires (OHL) October 1, 2008 Martin Jones Returned to Calgary Hitmen (WHL) October 2, 2008 David Meckler Assigned to Manchester Monarchs October 2, 2008 Viatcheslav Voynov Assigned to Manchester Monarchs October 2, 2008 Davis Drewiske Assigned to Manchester Monarchs October 3, 2008 Joe Piskula Assigned to Manchester Monarchs October 3, 2008 John Zeiler Placed on Injured Reserve October 3, 2008 Alec Martinez Assigned to Manchester Monarchs October 6, 2008 Teddy Purcell Assigned to Manchester Monarchs October 6, 2008 Jonathan Quick Assigned to Manchester Monarchs October 6, 2008 Kevin Westgarth Assigned to Manchester Monarchs October 6, 2008 Thomas Hickey Returned to Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) October 6, 2008 Marc-Andre Cliche Placed on Injured Reserve October 6, 2008 Richard Clune Placed on Injured Reserve October 6, 2008 Draft picks LA 's picks at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa • Ontario. Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League) 1 2 Drew Doughty D Canada Guelph Storm (OHL) 1 13 Colten Teubert D Canada Regina Pats (WHL) 2 32 Vyacheslav Voinov D Russia Traktor Chelyabinsk (RSL) 3 63 Robert Czarnik C/RW United States USA U-18 (NTDP) 3 74 Andrew Campbell D Canada Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) 3 88 Geordie Wudrick LW Canada Swift Current Broncos (WHL) 5 123 Andrei Loktionov C Russia Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL) 6 153 Justin Azevedo C Canada Kitchener Rangers (OHL) 7 183 Garrett Roe LW United States St. Cloud State Huskies (WCHA) Roster Current NHL Roster Updated May 2, 2024 No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace 44 Mikey Anderson D L 24 2017 Fridley, Minnesota 33 Viktor Arvidsson RW R 31 2021 Skellefteå, Sweden 55 Quinton Byfield C L 21 2020 Newmarket, Ontario 29 Pheonix Copley  G L 32 2022 North Pole, Alaska 24 Phillip Danault (A) C L 31 2021 Victoriaville, Quebec 8 Drew Doughty (A) D R 34 2008 London, Ontario 80 Pierre-Luc Dubois C L 25 2023 Ste-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec 5 Andreas Englund D L 28 2023 Stockholm, Sweden 22 Kevin Fiala RW L 27 2022 St. Gallen, Switzerland 84 Vladislav Gavrikov D L 28 2023 Yaroslavl, Russia 91 Carl Grundstrom LW L 26 2019 Umeå, Sweden 34 Arthur Kaliyev LW L 22 2019 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 9 Adrian Kempe LW L 27 2014 Kramfors, Sweden 11 Anze Kopitar (C) C L 36 2005 Jesenice, Yugoslavia 78 Alex Laferriere RW R 22 2020 Chatham, New Jersey 61 Trevor Lewis C R 37 2023 Salt Lake City, Utah 46 Blake Lizotte C L 26 2019 Lindstrom, Minnesota 12 Trevor Moore LW L 29 2020 Thousand Oaks, California 43 Jacob Moverare D L 25 2016 Östersund, Sweden 31 David Rittich G L 31 2023 Jihlava, Czechoslovakia 3 Matt Roy D R 29 2015 Canton, Michigan 21 Jordan Spence D R 23 2019 Sydney, Australia 39 Cam Talbot G L 36 2023 Caledonia, Ontario See also 2008–09 NHL season Farm teams The Kings have one American Hockey League affiliate in the Manchester Monarchs. They also have two ECHL affiliates in the Ontario Reign and Reading Royals. All three are owned in part by the Kings' parent company Anschutz Entertainment Group. References