2019–20 Los Angeles Kings season
The 2019–20 Los Angeles Kings season was the 53rd season (52nd season of play) for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967.[2]
2019–20 Los Angeles Kings | |
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Division | 7th Pacific |
Conference | 14th Western |
2019–20 record | 29–35–6 |
Home record | 19–13–2 |
Road record | 10–22–4 |
Goals for | 178 |
Goals against | 212 |
Team information | |
General manager | Rob Blake |
Coach | Todd McLellan |
Captain | Anze Kopitar |
Alternate captains | Jeff Carter Drew Doughty |
Arena | Staples Center |
Average attendance | 16,916[1] |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Ontario Reign (AHL) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Anze Kopitar (21) |
Assists | Anze Kopitar (41) |
Points | Anze Kopitar (62) |
Penalty minutes | Kurtis MacDermid (47) |
Plus/minus | Matt Roy (+16) |
Wins | Jonathan Quick (16) |
Goals against average | Cal Petersen (2.64) |
The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[3][4] On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled. The Kings missed the playoffs for the second consecutive season.[5] This is the first time since the 2008–09 season that the Kings missed the playoffs for consecutive years, despite the fact that the Kings went on a 10–2–1 run in their final 13 games and ended the season on a 7-game winning streak, as well as the fact that 24 teams made the playoffs due to the rest of the regular season being cancelled.
Standings
Divisional standings
Pos | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Vegas Golden Knights | 71 | 39 | 24 | 8 | 30 | 227 | 211 | +16 | 86 |
2 | Edmonton Oilers | 71 | 37 | 25 | 9 | 31 | 225 | 217 | +8 | 83 |
3 | Calgary Flames | 70 | 36 | 27 | 7 | 25 | 210 | 215 | −5 | 79 |
4 | Vancouver Canucks | 69 | 36 | 27 | 6 | 27 | 228 | 217 | +11 | 78 |
5 | Arizona Coyotes | 70 | 33 | 29 | 8 | 26 | 195 | 187 | +8 | 74 |
6 | Anaheim Ducks | 71 | 29 | 33 | 9 | 20 | 187 | 226 | −39 | 67 |
7 | Los Angeles Kings | 70 | 29 | 35 | 6 | 21 | 178 | 212 | −34 | 64 |
8 | San Jose Sharks | 70 | 29 | 36 | 5 | 22 | 182 | 226 | −44 | 63 |
Western Conference
Pos | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | PCT | Qualification |
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1 | St. Louis Blues | 71 | 42 | 19 | 10 | 33 | 225 | 193 | +32 | .662 | Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament[7] |
2 | Colorado Avalanche | 70 | 42 | 20 | 8 | 37 | 237 | 191 | +46 | .657 | |
3 | Vegas Golden Knights | 71 | 39 | 24 | 8 | 30 | 227 | 211 | +16 | .606 | |
4 | Dallas Stars | 69 | 37 | 24 | 8 | 26 | 180 | 177 | +3 | .594 | |
5 | Edmonton Oilers | 71 | 37 | 25 | 9 | 31 | 225 | 217 | +8 | .585 | Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round[7] |
6 | Nashville Predators | 69 | 35 | 26 | 8 | 28 | 215 | 217 | −2 | .565 | |
7 | Vancouver Canucks | 69 | 36 | 27 | 6 | 27 | 228 | 217 | +11 | .565 | |
8 | Calgary Flames | 70 | 36 | 27 | 7 | 25 | 210 | 215 | −5 | .564 | |
9 | Winnipeg Jets | 71 | 37 | 28 | 6 | 30 | 216 | 203 | +13 | .563 | |
10 | Minnesota Wild | 69 | 35 | 27 | 7 | 30 | 220 | 220 | 0 | .558 | |
11 | Arizona Coyotes | 70 | 33 | 29 | 8 | 26 | 195 | 187 | +8 | .529 | |
12 | Chicago Blackhawks | 70 | 32 | 30 | 8 | 23 | 212 | 218 | −6 | .514 | |
13 | Anaheim Ducks | 71 | 29 | 33 | 9 | 20 | 187 | 226 | −39 | .472 | |
14 | Los Angeles Kings | 70 | 29 | 35 | 6 | 21 | 178 | 212 | −34 | .457 | |
15 | San Jose Sharks | 70 | 29 | 36 | 5 | 22 | 182 | 226 | −44 | .450 |
- Tiebreaking procedures
- Fewer number of games played (only used during regular season).
- Greater number of regulation wins (denoted by RW).
- Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime (excluding shootout wins; denoted by ROW).
- Greater number of total wins (including shootouts).
- 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.
- Greater goal differential (difference between goals for and goals against).
- Greater number of goals scored (denoted by GF).
Schedule and results
Preseason
The preseason schedule was published on June 13, 2019.[9]
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# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Recap |
1[A] | September 17 | Los Angeles | 4–1 | Arizona | Campbell | — | 1–0–0 | [10] | |
2[A] | September 17 | Arizona | 5–0 | Los Angeles | Quick | 8,133 | 1–1–0 | [11] | |
3 | September 19 | Vegas | 3–2 | Los Angeles | OT | Quick | 10,421 | 1–1–1 | [12] |
4[a] | September 21 | Vancouver | 5–7 | Los Angeles | Campbell | 10,014 | 2–1–1 | [13] | |
5 | September 23 | Anaheim | 0–3 | Los Angeles | Petersen | 12,746 | 3–1–1 | [14] | |
6 | September 25 | Los Angeles | 0–2 | Anaheim | Quick | 12,410 | 3–2–1 | [15] | |
7 | September 27 | Los Angeles | 3–2 | Vegas | Quick | 18,103 | 4–2–1 | [16] | |
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Regular season
The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.[17]
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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 | 70 | 21 | 41 | 62 | 6 | 16 |
Alex Iafallo | 70 | 17 | 26 | 43 | 1 | 14 |
Dustin Brown | 66 | 17 | 18 | 35 | −1 | 22 |
Drew Doughty | 67 | 7 | 28 | 35 | −16 | 36 |
Tyler Toffoli‡ | 58 | 18 | 16 | 34 | −4 | 16 |
Adrian Kempe | 69 | 11 | 21 | 32 | −10 | 29 |
Jeff Carter | 60 | 17 | 10 | 27 | −21 | 36 |
Sean Walker | 70 | 5 | 19 | 24 | −12 | 26 |
Blake Lizotte | 65 | 6 | 17 | 23 | −4 | 20 |
Matt Roy | 70 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 10 |
Michael Amadio | 68 | 6 | 10 | 16 | −11 | 10 |
Ben Hutton | 65 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 14 |
Kyle Clifford‡ | 53 | 6 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 45 |
Nikolai Prokhorkin | 43 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −6 | 6 |
Trevor Lewis | 56 | 6 | 6 | 12 | −7 | 16 |
Austin Wagner | 65 | 6 | 5 | 11 | −5 | 39 |
Ilya Kovalchuk | 17 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −10 | 12 |
Martin Frk | 17 | 6 | 2 | 8 | −1 | 4 |
Kurtis MacDermid | 45 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −9 | 47 |
Alec Martinez‡ | 41 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −9 | 17 |
Gabriel Vilardi | 10 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
Trevor Moore† | 15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −1 | 2 |
Joakim Ryan | 35 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −10 | 10 |
Matt Luff | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −5 | 2 |
Carl Grundstrom | 13 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
Mikey Anderson | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Derek Forbort‡ | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 4 |
Paul LaDue | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jaret Anderson-Dolan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
Tim Schaller† | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
Kale Clague | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 |
Tobias Bjornfot | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 |
Goaltenders
Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
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Jonathan Quick | 42 | 42 | 2,516:14 | 16 | 22 | 4 | 117 | 2.79 | 1,224 | .904 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Jack Campbell‡ | 20 | 20 | 1,201:38 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 57 | 2.85 | 572 | .900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cal Petersen | 8 | 8 | 477:22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 2.64 | 269 | .922 | 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.
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