2020–21 Los Angeles Kings season

2020–21 Los Angeles Kings
Division	West
2020–21 record	3–4–2
Home record	1–2–2
Road record	2–2–0
Goals for	26
Goals against	29
Team information
General manager	Rob Blake
Coach	Todd McLellan
Captain	Anze Kopitar
Alternate captains	Jeff Carter Drew Doughty
Arena	Staples Center
Minor league affiliate(s)	Ontario Reign (AHL)
Team leaders
Goals	5 tied (3)
Assists	Anze Kopitar (11)
Points	Anze Kopitar (12)
Penalty minutes	Kurtis MacDermid (14)
Plus/minus	Matt Roy (+2)
Wins	Jonathan Quick (2)
Goals against average	Cal Petersen (2.29)

The 2020–21 Los Angeles Kings season is the 54th season (53rd season of play) for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967. The Kings will try to make the playoffs for the first time since the 2017–18 season when they were swept in the First Round by the expansion Vegas Golden Knights. On December 20, 2020, the league temporarily realigned into four divisions with no conferences due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing closure of the Canada-United States border. As a result of this realignment the Kings will play this season in the West Division and will only play games against the other teams in their new division during the regular season and potentially the first two rounds of the playoffs.

Standings

Divisional standings

West Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Colorado Avalanche	56	39	13	4	35	197	133	+64	82
2	x – Vegas Golden Knights	56	40	14	2	30	191	124	+67	82
3	x – Minnesota Wild	56	35	16	5	27	181	160	+21	75
4	x – St. Louis Blues	56	27	20	9	19	169	170	−1	63
5	e – Arizona Coyotes	56	24	26	6	19	153	176	−23	54
6	e – Los Angeles Kings	56	21	28	7	19	143	170	−27	49
7	e – San Jose Sharks	56	21	28	7	15	151	199	−48	49
8	e – Anaheim Ducks	56	17	30	9	11	126	179	−53	43

Source: National Hockey League
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) 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; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.

2020–21 game log
January: 3–3–2 (Home: 1–1–2 ; Road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 January 14 Minnesota 4–3 Los Angeles OT Quick 0 0–0–1 1 Recap 2 January 16 Minnesota 4–3 Los Angeles OT Quick 0 0–0–2 2 Recap 3 January 19 Colorado 3–2 Los Angeles Petersen 0 0–1–2 2 Recap 4 January 21 Colorado 2–4 Los Angeles Quick 0 1–1–2 4 Recap 5 January 23 Los Angeles 2–4 St. Louis Petersen 0 1–2–2 4 Recap 6 January 24 Los Angeles 6–3 St. Louis Quick 0 2–2–2 6 Recap 7 January 26 Los Angeles 2–1 Minnesota Petersen 0 3–2–2 8 Recap 8 January 28 Los Angeles 3–5 Minnesota Quick 0 3–3–2 8 Recap
February: 0–1–0 (Home: 0–1–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 9 February 2 Anaheim 3–1 Los Angeles Petersen 0 3–4–2 8 Recap 10 February 5 Los Angeles – Vegas 11 February 7 Los Angeles – Vegas 12 February 9 San Jose – Los Angeles 13 February 11 San Jose – Los Angeles 14 February 13 Minnesota – Los Angeles 15 February 16 Minnesota – Los Angeles 16 February 18 Los Angeles – Arizona 17 February 20 Los Angeles – Arizona 18 February 22 Los Angeles – St. Louis 19 February 24 Los Angeles – St. Louis 20 February 26 Los Angeles – Minnesota 21 February 27 Los Angeles – Minnesota
March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 22 March 5 St. Louis – Los Angeles 23 March 6 St. Louis – Los Angeles 24 March 8 Los Angeles – Anaheim 25 March 10 Los Angeles – Anaheim 26 March 12 Los Angeles – Colorado 27 March 14 Los Angeles – Colorado 28 March 15 St. Louis – Los Angeles 29 March 17 St. Louis – Los Angeles 30 March 19 Vegas – Los Angeles 31 March 21 Vegas – Los Angeles 32 March 22 Los Angeles – San Jose 33 March 24 Los Angeles – San Jose 34 March 29 Los Angeles – Vegas 35 March 31 Los Angeles – Vegas
April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 36 April 2 San Jose – Los Angeles 37 April 3 San Jose – Los Angeles 38 April 5 Arizona – Los Angeles 39 April 7 Arizona – Los Angeles 40 April 9 Los Angeles – San Jose 41 April 10 Los Angeles – San Jose 42 April 12 Vegas – Los Angeles 43 April 14 Vegas – Los Angeles 44 April 16 Los Angeles – Colorado 45 April 18 Los Angeles – Colorado 46 April 20 Anaheim – Los Angeles 47 April 23 Arizona – Los Angeles 48 April 24 Arizona – Los Angeles 49 April 26 Anaheim – Los Angeles 50 April 28 Anaheim – Los Angeles 51 April 30 Los Angeles – Anaheim
May: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 52 May 1 Los Angeles – Anaheim 53 May 3 Los Angeles – Arizona 54 May 5 Los Angeles – Arizona 55 May 7 Colorado – Los Angeles 56 May 8 Colorado – Los Angeles
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Transactions

The Kings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2020–21 season.

Free agents

Note: This does not include players who have re-signed with their previous team as an unrestricted free agent or as a restricted free agent.

Date	Player	New team	Previous team	Ref
October 9, 2020	Mark Alt	Los Angeles Kings	Colorado Avalanche
October 9, 2020	Troy Grosenick	Los Angeles Kings	Nashville Predators
October 10, 2020	Paul LaDue	Washington Capitals	Los Angeles Kings
October 12, 2020	Joakim Ryan	Carolina Hurricanes	Los Angeles Kings
October 16, 2020	Sheldon Rempal	Carolina Hurricanes	Los Angeles Kings

Trades

* Retained Salary Transaction: Each team is allowed up to three contracts on their payroll where they have retained salary in a trade (i.e. the player no longer plays with Team A due to a trade to Team B, but Team A still retains some salary). Only up to 50% of a player's contract can be kept, and only up to 15% of a team's salary cap can be taken up by retained salary. A contract can only be involved in one of these trades twice.

Hover over-retained salary or conditional transactions for more information.

October

October 7, 2020	To Los Angeles Kings Lias Andersson	To New York Rangers VGK 2nd-round pick in 2020
October 7, 2020	To Los Angeles Kings EDM 2nd-round pick in 2020 (#45 overall)	To Detroit Red Wings VAN 2nd-round pick in 2020 (#51 overall) 4th-round pick in 2020 (#97 overall)
October 7, 2020	To Los Angeles Kings MTL 5th-round pick in 2020 (#140 overall)	To Carolina Hurricanes 6th-round pick in 2020 (#159 overall) 7th-round pick in 2021

Current roster

Updated November 9, 2024

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
44		Mikey Anderson	D	L	25	2017	Fridley, Minnesota
7		Kyle Burroughs	D	R	29	2024	Vancouver, British Columbia
55		Quinton Byfield	C	L	22	2020	Newmarket, Ontario
92		Brandt Clarke	D	R	21	2021	Nepean, Ontario
24		Phillip Danault (A)	C	L	31	2021	Victoriaville, Quebec
8		Drew Doughty (A)	D	R	34	2008	London, Ontario
6		Joel Edmundson	D	L	31	2023	Brandon, Manitoba
5		Andreas Englund	D	L	28	2023	Stockholm, Sweden
22		Kevin Fiala	RW	L	28	2022	St. Gallen, Switzerland
37		Warren Foegele	LW	L	28	2024	Markham, Ontario
84		Vladislav Gavrikov	D	L	28	2023	Yaroslavl, Russia
25		Samuel Helenius	C	L	21	2021	Dallas, Texas
10		Tanner Jeannot	LW	L	27	2024	Oxbow, Saskatchewan
82		Caleb Jones	D	L	27	2024	Arlington, Texas
34		Arthur Kaliyev	LW	L	23	2019	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
9		Adrian Kempe	LW	L	28	2014	Kramfors, Sweden
11		Anze Kopitar (C)	C	L	37	2005	Jesenice, Yugoslavia
35		Darcy Kuemper	G	L	34	2024	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
14		Alex Laferriere	RW	R	23	2020	Chatham, New Jersey
47		Andre Lee	LW	L	24	2019	Karlstad, Sweden
61		Trevor Lewis	C	R	37	2023	Salt Lake City, Utah
12		Trevor Moore	LW	L	29	2020	Thousand Oaks, California
31		David Rittich	G	L	32	2023	Jihlava, Czechoslovakia
21		Jordan Spence	D	R	23	2019	Sydney, Australia
26		Akil Thomas	C	R	24	2018	Scarborough, Ontario
15		Alex Turcotte	C	L	23	2019	Elk Grove, Illinois

Draft picks

See also: List of Los Angeles Kings draft picks

Below are the Los Angeles Kings' selections at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, which was originally scheduled for June 26–27, 2020 at the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec, but was postponed on March 25, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was held October 6–7, 2020 virtually via Video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	2	Quinton Byfield	C	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
2	35	Helge Grans	D	Sweden	Malmö Redhawks (SHL)
2	51	Brock Faber	D	United States	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
3	66	Kasper Sinomtaival	RW	Finland	Tappara (Liiga)
3	83	Alex Laferriere	RW	United States	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
4	112	Joho Markkanen	G	Finland	Kettera (Mestis)
5	128	Matin Chrormiak	RW	Slovakia	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
7	190	Aatu Jamsen	RW	Finland	Lahti Pelicans U20 (Jr. A)