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
Division7th Pacific
Conference14th Western
2019–20 record29–35–6
Home record19–13–2
Road record10–22–4
Goals for178
Goals against212
Team information
General managerRob Blake
CoachTodd McLellan
CaptainAnze Kopitar
Alternate captainsJeff Carter
Drew Doughty
ArenaStaples Center
Average attendance16,916[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)Ontario Reign (AHL)
Team leaders
GoalsAnze Kopitar (21)
AssistsAnze Kopitar (41)
PointsAnze Kopitar (62)
Penalty minutesKurtis MacDermid (47)
Plus/minusMatt Roy (+16)
WinsJonathan Quick (16)
Goals against averageCal 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

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Divisional standings

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Pacific Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
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
Source: National Hockey League[6]

Western Conference

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Pos Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD PCT Qualification
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
Source: National Hockey League[8]
Tiebreaking procedures
  1. Fewer number of games played (only used during regular season).
  2. Greater number of regulation wins (denoted by RW).
  3. Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime (excluding shootout wins; denoted by ROW).
  4. Greater number of total wins (including shootouts).
  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 (difference between goals for and goals against).
  7. Greater number of goals scored (denoted by GF).

Schedule and results

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Preseason

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The preseason schedule was published on June 13, 2019.[9]

Regular season

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The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.[17]

2019–20 game log

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

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Skaters

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Regular season[88]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
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

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Regular season[89]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
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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