2014–15 Los Angeles Kings season

2014–15 Los Angeles Kings
Division	4th Pacific
Conference	9th Western
2014–15 record	40–27–15
Home record	25–9–7
Road record	15–18–8
Goals for	220
Goals against	205
Team information
General manager	Dean Lombardi
Coach	Darryl Sutter
Captain	Dustin Brown
Alternate captains	Matt Greene Anze Kopitar
Arena	Staples Center
Average attendance	18,265 (41 games)
Team leaders
Goals	Jeff Carter (28)
Assists	Anze Kopitar (48)
Points	Anze Kopitar (64)
Penalty minutes	Kyle Clifford (87)
Plus/minus	Tyler Toffoli (+25)
Wins	Jonathan Quick (36)
Goals against average	Jonathan Quick (2.24)

The 2014–15 Los Angeles Kings season was the 48th season (47th season of play) for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967. The Kings failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since the 2008–09 season, becoming the first team since the 2006–07 Carolina Hurricanes to fail to qualify for the playoffs after winning the Stanley Cup the previous season.

Regular season

The team entered the regular season as the defending champions. Having won two Stanley Cup championships in the last three years, the Kings entered were the early favorites to retain their title. Again, however, Los Angeles' post-championship home opener was a defeat, this time a 4–0 blowout to cross-state rival San Jose Sharks. The following game was an overtime defeat to the Arizona Coyotes, followed by a home win against the Winnipeg Jets. During the season, the Kings took part in their second outdoor game, this time visiting the Sharks at Levi's Stadium for the 2015 NHL Stadium Series. The Kings struggled often during the season, with scoring slumps, defensemen losing games to injury and suspensions and frequent road losses. LA Kings at least had a lackluster of play. But the end of the season, they were caught and missed the playoffs by two points.

Standings

Pacific Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	z – Anaheim Ducks	82	51	24	7	43	236	226	+10	109
2	x – Vancouver Canucks	82	48	29	5	42	242	222	+20	101
3	x – Calgary Flames	82	45	30	7	41	241	216	+25	97
4	Los Angeles Kings	82	40	27	15	38	220	205	+15	95
5	San Jose Sharks	82	40	33	9	36	228	232	−4	89
6	Edmonton Oilers	82	24	44	14	19	198	283	−85	62
7	Arizona Coyotes	82	24	50	8	19	170	272	−102	56

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; z – Clinched conference

Western Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CE	x – Minnesota Wild	82	46	28	8	42	231	201	+30	100
2	CE	x – Winnipeg Jets	82	43	26	13	36	230	210	+20	99
3	PA	Los Angeles Kings	82	40	27	15	38	220	205	+15	95
4	CE	Dallas Stars	82	41	31	10	37	261	260	+1	92
5	CE	Colorado Avalanche	82	39	31	12	29	219	227	−8	90
6	PA	San Jose Sharks	82	40	33	9	36	228	232	−4	89
7	PA	Edmonton Oilers	82	24	44	14	19	198	283	−85	62
8	PA	Arizona Coyotes	82	24	50	8	19	170	272	−102	56

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot

Suspensions/fines

Player	Explanation	Length	Salary	Date issued
Slava Voynov	Suspended indefinitely pending a formal investigation by the National Hockey League of an arrest of charges of domestic violence.	N/A	N/A	October 20, 2014
Jordan Nolan	Boarding on Detroit Red Wings forward Darren Helm during NHL game No. 149 in Detroit on Friday, October 31, 2014, at 3:53 of the third period.	2 games	$17,073.18	November 2, 2014
Team	Violating the terms of defenseman Slava Voynov's suspension.	—	$100,000.00	December 2, 2014

Schedule and results

Pre-season

Pre-season game log: 5–0–2 (Home: 2–0–1 ; Road: 3–0–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 22	Los Angeles	4–5	Arizona	SO	Bartosak	6,917	0–0–1	Recap
2	September 22	Arizona	3–4	Los Angeles	SO	Deslauriers	12,989	1–0–1	Recap
3	September 25	Anaheim	3–4	Los Angeles	SO	Jones	18,230	2–0–1	Recap
4	September 28	Los Angeles	4–2	Anaheim		Jones	15,321	3–0–1	Recap
5	September 30	Los Angeles	4–1	San Jose		Quick	16,251	4–0–1	Recap
6[a]	October 2	Los Angeles	2–1	Colorado	SO	Jones	6,176	5–0–1	Recap
7[b]	October 4	Colorado	3–2	Los Angeles	SO	Quick		5–0–2	Recap
Notes: a Game was played at Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs, Colorado. b Game was played at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada.

Regular season

Game log
October: 6–3–2 (Home: 6–1–0 ; Road: 0–3-2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 8 San Jose 4–0 Los Angeles Quick 18,514 0–1–0 0 Recap 2 October 11 Los Angeles 2–3 Arizona OT Quick 12,859 0–1–1 1 Recap 3 October 12 Winnipeg 1–4 Los Angeles Jones 18,230 1–1–1 3 Recap 4 October 14 Edmonton 1–6 Los Angeles Quick 18,230 2–1–1 5 Recap 5 October 16 St. Louis 0–1 Los Angeles SO Quick 18,230 3–1–1 7 Recap 6 October 19 Minnesota 1–2 Los Angeles Quick 18,230 4–1–1 9 Recap 7 October 23 Buffalo 0–2 Los Angeles Quick 18,230 5–1–1 11 Recap 8 October 26 Columbus 2–5 Los Angeles Quick 18,230 6–1–1 13 Recap 9 October 28 Los Angeles 2–3 Philadelphia OT Quick 19,873 6–1–2 14 Recap 10 October 30 Los Angeles 0–3 Pittsburgh Jones 18,570 6–2–2 14 Recap 11 October 31 Los Angeles 2–5 Detroit Quick 20,027 6–3–2 14 Recap
November: 6–4–3 (Home: 4–2–1 ; Road: 2–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 12 November 2 Los Angeles 2–3 Carolina Quick 10,519 6–4–2 14 Recap 13 November 4 Los Angeles 3–1 Dallas Quick 16,567 7–4–2 16 Recap 14 November 6 NY Islanders 2–1 Los Angeles SO Quick 18,230 7–4–3 17 Recap 15 November 8 Vancouver 1–5 Los Angeles Quick 18,230 8–4–3 19 Recap 16 November 12 Los Angeles 5–6 Anaheim SO Quick 17,245 8–4–4 20 Recap 17 November 13 Dallas 2–0 Los Angeles Jones 18,230 8–5–4 20 Recap 18 November 15 Anaheim 2–3 Los Angeles OT Quick 18,230 9–5–4 22 Recap 19 November 18 Florida 2–5 Los Angeles Quick 18,230 10–5–4 24 Recap 20 November 20 Carolina 2–3 Los Angeles Quick 18,230 11–5–4 26 Recap 21 November 22 Los Angeles 4–5 Dallas Quick 18,111 11–6–4 26 Recap 22 November 25 Los Angeles 3–4 Nashville SO Jones 17,181 11–6–5 27 Recap 23 November 26 Los Angeles 4–0 Minnesota Jones 19,038 12–6–5 29 Recap 24 November 29 Chicago 4–1 Los Angeles Quick 18,471 12–7–5 29 Recap
December: 6–5–3 (Home: 4–1–1 ; Road: 2–4–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 2 Boston 0–2 Los Angeles Quick 18,230 13–7–5 31 Recap 26 December 4 Los Angeles 4–0 Arizona Jones 12,254 14–7–5 33 Recap 27 December 6 Philadelphia 2–1 Los Angeles Quick 18,230 14–8–5 33 Recap 28 December 9 Los Angeles 0–1 Buffalo Quick 18,438 14–9–5 33 Recap 29 December 11 Los Angeles 5–3 Ottawa Quick 17,284 15–9–5 35 Recap 30 December 12 Los Angeles 2–6 Montreal Jones 21,287 15–10–5 35 Recap 31 December 14 Los Angeles 3–4 Toronto SO Quick 19,219 15–10–6 36 Recap 32 December 16 Los Angeles 2–5 St. Louis Quick 17,212 15–11–6 36 Recap 33 December 18 St. Louis 4–6 Los Angeles Quick 18,230 16–11–6 38 Recap 34 December 20 Arizona 2–4 Los Angeles Quick 18,230 17–11–6 40 Recap 35 December 22 Calgary 4–3 Los Angeles OT Quick 18,230 17–11–7 41 Recap 36 December 27 San Jose 1–3 Los Angeles Quick 18,451 18–11–7 43 Recap 37 December 29 Los Angeles 1–2 Calgary Quick 19,289 18–12–7 43 Recap 38 December 30 Los Angeles 2–3 Edmonton SO Quick 16,839 18–12–8 44 Recap
January: 3–4–4 (Home: 2–2–4 ; Road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 39 January 1 Los Angeles 3–2 Vancouver Quick 18,870 19–12–8 46 Recap 40 January 3 Nashville 7–6 Los Angeles OT Jones 18,230 19–12–9 47 Recap 41 January 8 NY Rangers 4–3 Los Angeles Quick 18,230 19–13–9 47 Recap 42 January 10 Winnipeg 5–4 Los Angeles SO Quick 18,230 19–13–10 48 Recap 43 January 12 Toronto 0–2 Los Angeles Jones 18,230 20–13–10 50 Recap 44 January 14 New Jersey 5–3 Los Angeles Quick 18,230 20–14–10 50 Recap 45 January 17 Anaheim 3–2 Los Angeles SO Quick 18,230 20–14–11 51 Recap 46 January 19 Calgary 2–1 Los Angeles OT Quick 18,230 20–14–12 52 Recap 47 January 21 Los Angeles 2–4 San Jose Quick 17,562 20–15–12 52 Recap 48 January 28 Chicago 3–4 Los Angeles Quick 18,525 21–15–12 54 Recap 49 January 31 Los Angeles 1–3 Boston Quick 17,565 21–16–12 54 Recap
February: 8–4–0 (Home: 4–1–0 ; Road: 4–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 50 February 3 Los Angeles 0–4 Washington Quick 18,506 21–17–12 54 Recap 51 February 5 Los Angeles 2–3 Florida Quick 9,624 21–18–12 54 Recap 52 February 7 Los Angeles 4–2 Tampa Bay Quick 19,204 22–18–12 56 Recap 53 February 9 Los Angeles 4–3 Columbus Quick 14,703 23–18–12 58 Recap 54 February 12 Calgary 3–5 Los Angeles Quick 18,230 24–18–12 60 Recap 55 February 14 Washington 1–3 Los Angeles Quick 18,230 25–18–12 62 Recap 56 February 16 Tampa Bay 2–3 Los Angeles Quick 18,230 26–18–12 64 Recap 57 February 18 Los Angeles 4–1 Colorado Quick 15,786 27–18–12 66 Recap 58 February 21 (outdoor game) Los Angeles 2–1 San Jose Quick 70,205 (at Levi's Stadium) 28–18–12 68 Recap 59 February 24 Detroit 0–1 Los Angeles Quick 18,203 29–18–12 70 Recap 60 February 26 Ottawa 1–0 Los Angeles Quick 18,203 29–19–12 70 Recap 61 February 27 Los Angeles 2–4 Anaheim Jones 17,413 29–20–12 70 Recap
March: 8–5–2 (Home: 2–2–1 ; Road: 6–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 62 March 1 Los Angeles 2–5 Winnipeg Quick 15,016 29–21–12 70 Recap 63 March 3 Los Angeles 5–2 Edmonton Quick 16,839 30–21–12 72 Recap 64 March 5 Montreal 3–4 Los Angeles SO Quick 18,230 31–21–12 74 Recap 65 March 7 Pittsburgh 1–0 Los Angeles OT Quick 18,487 31–21–13 75 Recap 66 March 10 Los Angeles 5–2 Colorado Quick 15,724 32–21–13 77 Recap 67 March 12 Los Angeles 4–0 Vancouver Quick 18,663 33–21–13 79 Recap 68 March 14 Nashville 2–1 Los Angeles Quick 18,230 33–22–13 79 Recap 69 March 16 Arizona 0–1 Los Angeles Quick 18,230 34–22–13 81 Recap 70 March 18 Los Angeles 2–3 Anaheim OT Quick 17,174 34–22–14 82 Recap 71 March 21 Vancouver 4–1 Los Angeles Quick 18,230 34–23–14 82 Recap 72 March 23 Los Angeles 3–1 New Jersey Quick 15,721 35–23–14 84 Recap 73 March 24 Los Angeles 4–2 NY Rangers Quick 18,006 36–23–14 86 Recap 74 March 26 Los Angeles 3–2 NY Islanders Quick 16,170 37–23–14 88 Recap 75 March 28 Los Angeles 1–4 Minnesota Quick 19,204 37–24–14 88 Recap 76 March 30 Los Angeles 1–4 Chicago Quick 21,848 37–25–14 88 Recap
April: 3–2–1 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 0–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 77 April 2 Edmonton 2–8 Los Angeles Quick 18,230 38–25–14 90 Recap 78 April 4 Colorado 1–3 Los Angeles Quick 18,230 39–25–14 92 Recap 79 April 6 Los Angeles 1–2 Vancouver SO Quick 18,870 39–25–15 93 Recap 80 April 7 Los Angeles 2–4 Edmonton Jones 16,839 39–26–15 93 Recap 81 April 9 Los Angeles 1–3 Calgary Quick 19,289 39–27–15 93 Recap 82 April 11 San Jose 1–4 Los Angeles Quick 18,230 40–27–15 95 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Final stats

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
Final Stats

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Anze Kopitar	79	16	48	64	−2	10
Jeff Carter	82	28	34	62	7	28
Tyler Toffoli	76	23	26	49	25	37
Marian Gaborik	69	27	20	47	7	16
Drew Doughty	82	7	39	46	3	56
Justin Williams	81	18	23	41	8	29
Jake Muzzin	76	10	31	41	−4	22
Dustin Brown	82	11	16	27	−17	26
Dwight King	81	13	13	26	−3	21
Trevor Lewis	73	9	16	25	8	14
Brayden McNabb	71	2	22	24	11	52
Alec Martinez	56	6	16	22	9	10
Jarret Stoll	73	6	11	17	3	58
Tanner Pearson	42	12	4	16	14	14
Mike Richards	53	5	11	16	−10	39
Kyle Clifford	80	6	9	15	5	87
Robyn Regehr	67	3	10	13	10	45
Jordan Nolan	60	6	3	9	−6	54
Matt Greene	82	3	6	9	1	54
Jamie McBain	26	3	6	9	4	4
Nick Shore	34	1	6	7	0	10
Andrej Sekera†	16	1	3	4	4	6
Andy Andreoff	18	2	1	3	1	18
Slava Voynov	6	0	2	2	0	2
Jeff Schultz	9	0	1	1	1	4
David Van der Gulik	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; GS = Games started; TOI = Time on ice; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime losses; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SV = Saves; SA = Shots against; SV% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts; G = Goals; A = Assists; PIM = Penalty minutes
Final stats

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Jonathan Quick	72	71	4184	36	22	13	156	2.24	1896	.918	6	0	1	18
Martin Jones	15	11	775	4	5	2	29	2.25	307	.906	3	0	1	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

Notable achievements

Awards

Regular season

Player	Award	Awarded
J. Carter	NHL First Star of the Week	October 27, 2014
T. Pearson	NHL Rookie of the Month	November 3, 2014
A. Kopitar	NHL First Star of the Week	December 22, 2014
D. Doughty	NHL All-Star game selection	January 10, 2015
A. Kopitar	NHL All-Star game selection	January 10, 2015
T. Pearson	NHL All-Star game rookie selection	January 10, 2015
D. Doughty	NHL All-Star game assistant captain	January 14, 2015
T. Toffoli	NHL Second Star of the Week	February 16, 2015
J. Quick	NHL First Star of the Week	February 23, 2015

Milestones

Regular season

Player	Milestone	Reached
A. Andreoff	1st career NHL game	October 14, 2014
J. Quick	20,000 career NHL minutes	October 26, 2014
D. Brown	200th career NHL goal	November 26, 2014
K. Clifford	300th career NHL game	November 29, 2014
T. Toffoli	100th career NHL game	December 9, 2014
T. Lewis	300th career NHL game	December 18, 2014
J. Schultz	400th career NHL game	December 29, 2014
M. Richards	300th career NHL assist	January 1, 2015
M. Richards	700th career NHL game	January 12, 2015
D. King	200th career NHL game	January 14, 2015
N. Shore	1st career NHL game	January 17, 2015
N. Shore	1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point	January 21, 2015
J. McBain	100th career NHL point	February 5, 2015
T. Toffoli	1st career NHL hat-trick	February 12, 2015
J. Carter	500th career NHL point	February 12, 2015
D. Doughty	500th career NHL game	February 21, 2015
J. Quick	200th career NHL win	February 21, 2015
J. McBain	300th career NHL game	February 24, 2015
J. Williams	900th career NHL game	March 5, 2015
J. Carter	700th career NHL game	March 5, 2015
B. McNabb	100th career NHL game	March 16, 2015
A. Andreoff	1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point	March 16, 2015
A. Kopitar	600th career NHL point	March 21, 2015
J. Quick	400th career NHL game	March 26, 2015
J. Muzzin	200th career NHL game	March 26, 2015
N. Shore	1st career NHL goal	March 26, 2015

Transactions

The Kings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2014–15 season:

Trades

June 28, 2014	To Vancouver Canucks Linden Vey	To Los Angeles Kings TBL's 2nd-round pick in 2014
February 25, 2015	To Carolina Hurricanes Roland McKeown conditional 1st-round pick in 2015	To Los Angeles Kings Andrej Sekera

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2014	Adam Cracknell	St. Louis Blues	1 year, $600,000
July 1, 2014	David Van der Gulik	Colorado Avalanche	1 year, $550,000

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2014	Willie Mitchell	Florida Panthers	2 years, $8.5 million
July 1, 2014	Andrew Campbell	Arizona Coyotes	1 year, $550,000
September 5, 2014	Colin Fraser	St. Louis Blues	1 year

Claimed via waivers

Player	Previous team	Date

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date claimed off waivers
Adam Cracknell	Columbus Blue Jackets	October 7, 2014

Lost via retirement

Player

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 30, 2014	Jeff Schultz	2 years, $1.7 million
July 14, 2014	Brayden McNabb	2 years, $1.3 million
July 14, 2014	Andy Andreoff	1 year, $550,000
July 15, 2014	Jean-Francois Berube	2 years, $1.125 million
July 30, 2014	Dwight King	3 years, $5.85 million
October 5, 2014	Justin Auger	3 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract
October 5, 2014	Zachary Leslie	3 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract
October 15, 2014	Jake Muzzin	5 years, $20 million
February 24, 2015	Jordan Nolan	3 years, $2.85 million contract extension
February 25, 2015	Kyle Clifford	5 years, $8 million contract extension
April 2, 2015	Jonny Brodzinski	2 years, entry-level contract
April 2, 2015	Tanner Pearson	2 years, $2.8 million contract extension
April 15, 2015	Adrian Kempe	3 years, entry-level contract

Draft picks

See also: List of Los Angeles Kings draft picks

The 2014 NHL Entry Draft will be held on June 27–28, 2014, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/junior/club team (league)
1	29	Adrian Kempe	LW	Sweden	MODO (Sweden)
2	50a	Roland McKeowin	D	Canada	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
2	60b	Alex Lintuniemi	D	Finland	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
3	90	Michael Amadio	C	Canada	North Bay Battalion (OHL)
4	120	Steven Johnson	D	United States	Omaha Lancers (USHL)
5	150	Alec Dillion	G	Canada	Victoria Grizzlies (BCHL)
6	157c	Jake Marchment	C	Canada	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
6	180	Matthew Mistele	LW	Canada	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
7	209d	Spencer Watson	RW	Canada	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
7	210	Jacob Middleton	D	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)

Draft notes

• ^[a]The Tampa Bay Lightning's second-round pick (previously acquired by the Vancouver Canucks) went to the Los Angeles Kings as a result of a trade on June 28, 2014, that sent Linden Vey to the Canucks in exchange for this pick.
• The Los Angeles Kings' second-round pick was re-acquired as the result of a trade on March 5, 2014, that sent Hudson Fasching and Nicolas Deslauriers to Buffalo in exchange for Brayden McNabb, Jonathan Parker, Los Angeles' second-round pick in 2015 and this pick.

  Buffalo previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on April 1, 2013, that sent Robyn Regehr to Los Angeles in exchange for a second-round pick in 2015 and this pick.

• ^[c]The Carolina Hurricanes' sixth-round pick went to the Los Angeles Kings as a result of a January 13, 2013, trade that sent Kevin Westgarth to the Hurricanes in exchange for Anthony Stewart, a 2013 fourth-round pick (#96–Kyle Platzer) and this pick.
• ^[d]The New York Rangers' seventh-round pick went to the Los Angeles Kings as a result of a January 4, 2014, trade that sent Daniel Carcillo to the Rangers in exchange for this pick.