2016–17 Los Angeles Kings season

2016–17 Los Angeles Kings
Division	TBD Pacific
Conference	TBD Western
2016–17 record	13–10–1
Home record	9–3–0
Road record	4–7–1
Goals for	62
Goals against	61
Team information
General Manager	Dean Lombardi
Coach	Darryl Sutter
Captain	Anze Kopitar
Alternate captains	Jeff Carter Drew Doughty
Arena	Staples Center
Team leaders
Goals	Jeff Carter (10)
Assists	5 tied (9)
Points	Jeff Carter (19)
Penalties in minutes	Kyle Clifford (35)
Plus/minus	Tyler Toffoli (+10)
Wins	Peter Budaj (12)
Goals against average	Jack Campbell (0.00)
<2015–16   The 2016–17 Los Angeles Kings season is the 50th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967.[1] Off-season Schedule and results Pre-season 2016 Pre-season Game Log: 3–4–1 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 1–3–0)[2] # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1^[A] September 26 Los Angeles 3–5 Arizona Budaj 5,256 0–1–0 Recap 2^[A] September 26 Arizona 3–4 Los Angeles Campbell 11,064 1–1–0 Recap 3 September 28 Anaheim 1–6 Los Angeles Budaj 14,810 2–1–0 Recap 4 September 30 Los Angeles 1–3 Colorado Zatkoff — 2–2–0 Recap 5 October 2 Los Angeles 1–0 Anaheim Quick 15,837 3–2–0 Recap 6 October 2 Los Angeles 2–3 Edmonton Quick — 3–3–0 Recap 7 October 7 Dallas 6–3 Los Angeles — — 3–4–0 Recap 8 October 8 Colorado 2–1 Los Angeles OT — — 3–4–1 Recap ^A – indicates split-squad game. Regular season 2016–17 Game Log[2] October: 4–5–0 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 1–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 12 Los Angeles 1–2 San Jose Zatkoff 17,562 0–1–0 0 Recap 2 October 14 Philadelphia 4–2 Los Angeles Zatkoff 18,453 0–2–0 0 Recap 3 October 18 Los Angeles 3–6 Minnesota Zatkoff 18,644 0–3–0 0 Recap 4 October 20 Los Angeles 4–3 Dallas OT Budaj 18,532 1–3–0 2 Recap 5 October 22 Vancouver 3–4 Los Angeles SO Budaj 18,230 2–3–0 4 Recap 6 October 25 Columbus 2–3 Los Angeles OT Budaj 18,230 3–3–0 6 Recap 7 October 27 Nashville 2–3 Los Angeles OT Budaj 18,230 4–3–0 8 Recap 8 October 29 Los Angeles 0–1 St. Louis Budaj 18,631 4–4–0 8 Recap 9 October 30 Los Angeles 0–3 Chicago Budaj 21,329 4–5–0 8 Recap November: 8–5–1 (Home: 6–2–0 ; Road: 2–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 November 1 Anaheim 4–0 Los Angeles Budaj 18,230 4–6–0 8 Recap 11 November 3 Pittsburgh 2–3 Los Angeles OT Budaj 18,230 5–6–0 10 Recap 12 November 5 Calgary 0–5 Los Angeles Budaj 18,230 6–6–0 12 Recap 13 November 8 Los Angeles 7–0 Toronto Budaj 18,976 7–6–0 14 Recap 14 November 10 Los Angeles 1–4 Montreal Budaj 21,288 7–7–0 14 Recap 15 November 11 Los Angeles 1–2 Ottawa Budaj 15,622 7–8–0 14 Recap 16 November 13 Los Angeles 2–3 Winnipeg SO Budaj 15,294 7–8–1 15 Recap 17 November 15 Los Angeles 1–4 Colorado Budaj 14,805 7–9–1 15 Recap 18 November 17 Edmonton 2–4 Los Angeles Budaj 18,230 8–9–1 17 Recap 19 November 19 New Jersey 2–4 Los Angeles Budaj 18,230 9–9–1 19 Recap 20 November 20 Los Angeles 3–2 Anaheim Budaj 16,611 10–9–1 21 Recap 21 November 23 NY Islanders 2–4 Los Angeles Budaj 18,230 11–9–1 23 Recap 22 November 26 Chicago 1–2 Los Angeles OT Budaj 18,435 12–9–1 25 Recap 23 November 30 San Jose 4–1 Los Angeles Budaj 18,230 12–10–1 25 Recap December: 1–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 1–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 24 December 1 Los Angeles 4–3 Arizona Zatkoff 11,327 13–10–1 27 Recap 25 December 4 Montreal – Los Angeles –– 26 December 8 Carolina – Los Angeles –– 27 December 10 Ottawa – Los Angeles –– 28 December 13 Los Angeles – Buffalo –– 29 December 15 Los Angeles – Detroit –– 30 December 16 Los Angeles – Pittsburgh –– 31 December 18 Los Angeles – Boston –– 32 December 20 Los Angeles – Columbus –– 33 December 22 Los Angeles – Nashville –– 34 December 23 Los Angeles – Dallas –– 35 December 28 Los Angeles – Vancouver –– 36 December 29 Los Angeles – Edmonton –– 37 December 31 San Jose – Los Angeles –– January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 38 January 3 Los Angeles – San Jose –– 39 January 5 Detroit – Los Angeles –– 40 January 7 Minnesota – Los Angeles –– 41 January 9 Dallas – Los Angeles –– 42 January 12 St. Louis – Los Angeles –– 43 January 14 Winnipeg – Los Angeles –– 44 January 16 Tampa Bay – Los Angeles –– 45 January 18 San Jose – Los Angeles –– 46 January 21 Los Angeles – NY Islanders –– 47 January 23 Los Angeles – NY Rangers –– 48 January 24 Los Angeles – New Jersey –– 49 January 26 Los Angeles – Carolina –– 50 January 31 Los Angeles – Arizona –– February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 February 1 Colorado – Los Angeles –– 52 February 4 Los Angeles – Philadelphia –– 53 February 5 Los Angeles – Washington –– 54 February 7 Los Angeles – Tampa Bay –– 55 February 9 Los Angeles – Florida –– 56 February 16 Arizona – Los Angeles –– 57 February 18 Florida – Los Angeles –– 58 February 19 Los Angeles – Anaheim –– 59 February 21 Los Angeles – Colorado –– 60 February 23 Boston – Los Angeles –– 61 February 25 Anaheim – Los Angeles –– 62 February 27 Los Angeles – Minnesota –– 63 February 28 Los Angeles – Calgary –– March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 64 March 2 Toronto – Los Angeles –– 65 March 4 Vancouver – Los Angeles –– 66 March 9 Nashville – Los Angeles –– 67 March 11 Washington – Los Angeles –– 68 March 13 St. Louis – Los Angeles –– 69 March 14 Arizona – Los Angeles –– 70 March 16 Buffalo – Los Angeles –– 71 March 19 Los Angeles – Calgary –– 72 March 20 Los Angeles – Edmonton –– 73 March 23 Winnipeg – Los Angeles –– 74 March 25 NY Rangers – Los Angeles –– 75 March 28 Los Angeles – Edmonton –– 76 March 29 Los Angeles – Calgary –– 77 March 31 Los Angeles – Vancouver –– April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 78 April 2 Arizona – Los Angeles –– 79 April 4 Edmonton – Los Angeles –– 80 April 6 Calgary – Los Angeles –– 81 April 8 Chicago – Los Angeles –– 82 April 9 Los Angeles – Anaheim –– Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) Player statistics As of October 31, 2016 Skaters Regular season[3] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Martinez, AlecAlec Martinez 9 2 5 7 0 2 Pearson, TannerTanner Pearson 7 4 2 6 2 0 Kopitar, AnzeAnze Kopitar 9 2 4 6 0 2 Toffoli, TylerTyler Toffoli 9 2 4 6 4 0 Carter, JeffJeff Carter 9 2 3 5 −1 4 Brown, DustinDustin Brown 9 1 4 5 −2 6 Doughty, DrewDrew Doughty 9 2 2 4 0 6 Dowd, NicNic Dowd 7 1 3 4 0 2 Gilbert, TomTom Gilbert 7 0 3 3 −2 0 McNabb, BraydenBrayden McNabb 8 2 0 2 3 11 Setoguchi, DevinDevin Setoguchi 9 0 2 2 1 2 Muzzin, JakeJake Muzzin 9 1 0 1 −4 6 King, DwightDwight King 9 0 1 1 0 4 Shore, NickNick Shore 8 0 1 1 −5 6 Lewis, TrevorTrevor Lewis 9 0 0 0 −7 0 Forbort, DerekDerek Forbort 9 0 0 0 −3 13 Andreoff, AndyAndy Andreoff 9 0 0 0 −1 8 Clifford, KyleKyle Clifford 8 0 0 0 0 11 Nolan, JordanJordan Nolan 4 0 0 0 −3 2 Greene, MattMatt Greene 3 0 0 0 −3 2 Purcell, TeddyTeddy Purcell 2 0 0 0 −2 0 Goaltenders Regular season[4] Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM Budaj, PeterPeter Budaj 7 6 392 4 2 0 13 1.99 154 .916 0 0 0 0 Zatkoff, JeffJeff Zatkoff 3 2 138 0 3 0 10 4.38 62 .839 0 0 0 0 Quick, JonathanJonathan Quick 1 1 20 0 0 0 1 3.00 15 .933 0 0 0 0 Campbell, JackJack Campbell 1 0 20 0 0 0 0 0.00 5 1.000 0 0 0 0 ^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Kings. Stats reflect time with the Kings only. ^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Kings only. Bold/italics denotes franchise record Roster Updated December 4, 2016.[5] # Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace 15 Andreoff, AndyAndy Andreoff LW/C L 25 2011 Pickering, Ontario 23 Brown, DustinDustin Brown RW R 32 2003 Ithaca, New York 31 Budaj, PeterPeter Budaj G L 34 2015 Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia 77 Carter, JeffJeff Carter (A) C/RW R 31 2012 London, Ontario 13 Clifford, KyleKyle Clifford LW R 25 2009 Ayr, Ontario 8 Doughty, DrewDrew Doughty (A) D R 26 2008 London, Ontario 26 Dowd, NicNic Dowd C R 26 2009 Huntsville, Alabama 24 Forbort, DerekDerek Forbort D L 24 2010 Duluth, Minnesota 12 Gaborik, MarianMarian Gaborik RW L 34 2014 Trenčín, Czechoslovakia 14 Gilbert, TomTom Gilbert D R 33 2016 Bloomington, Minnesota 53 Gravel, KevinKevin Gravel D L 24 2010 Kingsford, Michigan 2 Greene, MattMatt Greene D R 33 2008 Grand Ledge, Michigan 74 King, DwightDwight King LW L 27 2007 Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan 11 Kopitar, AnzeAnze Kopitar (C) C L 29 2005 Jesenice, Yugoslavia 22 Lewis, TrevorTrevor Lewis C/RW R 29 2006 Salt Lake City, Utah 27 Martinez, AlecAlec Martinez D L 29 2007 Rochester Hills, Michigan 3 McNabb, BraydenBrayden McNabb  D L 25 2014 Davidson, Saskatchewan 6 Muzzin, JakeJake Muzzin D L 27 2010 Woodstock, Ontario 71 Nolan, JordanJordan Nolan RW/C L 27 2009 St. Catharines, Ontario 70 Pearson, TannerTanner Pearson LW L 24 2012 Kitchener, Ontario 32 Quick, JonathanJonathan Quick  G L 30 2005 Milford, Connecticut 10 Setoguchi, DevinDevin Setoguchi RW R 29 2016 Taber, Alberta 21 Shore, NickNick Shore C R 24 2011 Denver, Colorado 73 Toffoli, TylerTyler Toffoli RW/C R 24 2010 Scarborough, Ontario 37 Zatkoff, JeffJeff Zatkoff G L 29 2016 Detroit, Michigan Transactions The Kings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 season: Trades Date Details Ref June 25, 2016 To Dallas Stars Nick Ebert To Los Angeles Kings Jack Campbell [6] Notes Free agents acquired Date Player Former team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2016 Zach Trotman Boston Bruins 1 year, $650,000 [7] July 1, 2016 Michael Latta Washington Capitals 1 year, $600,000 [8] July 1, 2016 Tom Gilbert Montreal Canadiens 1 year, $1.4 million [9] July 1, 2016 Jeff Zatkoff Pittsburgh Penguins 2 years, $1.8 million [10] July 6, 2016 Teddy Purcell Florida Panthers 1 year, $1.6 million [11] July 14, 2016 Patrick Bjorkstrand KHL Medvescak Zagreb 1 year, $925,000 entry-level contract [12] October 11, 2016 Devin Setoguchi HC Davos 1 year, $575,000 [13] Free agents lost Date Player New team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2016 Jamie McBain Arizona Coyotes 1 year, $650,000 [14] July 1, 2016 Milan Lucic Edmonton Oilers 7 years, $42 million [15] July 23, 2016 Luke Schenn Arizona Coyotes 2 years, $2.5 million [16] August 22, 2016 Jhonas Enroth Toronto Maple Leafs 1 year, $750,000 [17] October 11, 2016 Kris Versteeg Calgary Flames 1 year, $950,000 [18] Claimed via waivers Player Previous team Date Ref Lost via waivers Player New team Date claimed off waivers Ref Lost via retirement Player Ref Vincent LeCavalier Player signings Date Player Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref June 25, 2016 Trevor Lewis 4 years, $8 million contract extension [19] July 11, 2016 Jack Campbell 2 years, $1.225 million [20] July 11, 2016 Nic Dowd 2 years, $1.28 million [20] July 11, 2016 Derek Forbort 2 years, $1.3 million [20] July 14, 2016 Jacob Moverare 3 years, $2.075 million entry-level contract [21] July 16, 2016 Andrew Crescenzi 1 year, $600,000 [22] Draft picks Below are the Los Angeles Kings' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo. Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League) 2 51 Kale Clague D Canada Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) 4 112 Jacob Moverare D Sweden HV71 (SHL) 5 142 Michael Eyssimont C United States St. Cloud State Huskies NCAA 7 202 Jacob Friend D Canada Owen Sound Attack (OHL) Notes The Los Angeles Kings' first-round pick went to the Carolina Hurricanes as the result of a trade on February 25, 2015 that sent Andrej Sekera to Los Angeles in exchange for Roland McKeown and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[23] The condition – Carolina will receive a first-round pick in 2016 if Los Angeles fails to qualify for the 2015 Stanley Cup playoffs[23] – was converted on April 9, 2015.[24] The Los Angeles Kings' third-round pick went to the Philadelphia Flyers as the result of a trade on January 6, 2016 that sent Vincent Lecavalier and Luke Schenn to Los Angeles in exchange for Jordan Weal and this pick.[25] The Los Angeles Kings' sixth-round pick went to the Philadelphia Flyers as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent Columbus' fourth-round pick in 2015 to Los Angeles in exchange for a fourth-round pick in 2015 and this pick.[26] References National Hockey League (2013). 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