2008–09 Los Angeles Kings season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	2008–09
Year:	2008
Team:	Los Angeles Kings
Conferencerank:	14th
Divisionrank:	5th
Record:	34–37–11
Homerecord:	18–15–8
Roadrecord:	16–22–3
Goalsfor:	202
Goalsagainst:	226
Attendance:	16,489 (91.0%) Total: 676,042
Assistsleader:	39, Anze Kopitar
Pointsleader:	66, Anze Kopitar
Gaaleader:	2.48, Jonathan Quick

The 2008–09 Los Angeles Kings season was the 42nd season (41st season of play) for the National Hockey League franchise. The Kings showed improvement while fielding the youngest team in the league (in terms of average age per player), but came up short of breaking a playoff drought that stretches back to the 2001–02 season.

Despite a tough schedule that saw them play 17 of their final 24 games away from the Staples Center, the Kings managed to stay in the playoff hunt for much of the year. They played in 43 games decided by one goal, and their record in these games was 20–12–11.

Alexander Frolov led the team in goals with 32, his fifth-consecutive season with at least 20 or more goals. The last King to post five consecutive season with over 20 goals was Luc Robitaille in the 1993–94 season. Moreover, defenseman Sean O'Donnell reached a milestone by playing in his 1,000th career NHL game on March 14.

Pre-season

On June 10, the Kings fired Head Coach Marc Crawford after failing to make the post-season in back-to-back seasons. Crawford posted a 59–84–21 record during his tenure. He was replaced on July 17 by Terry Murray, who takes over his fourth NHL team. Murray had previously coached the Washington Capitals, Florida Panthers and Philadelphia Flyers, where he led the latter to the 1997 Stanley Cup Finals. Entering the season, Murray's career record is 360–288–89.

2008 Pre-season Game Log: 3–2–3 (Home: 2–1–2 ; Road: 1–1–1)
	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 22		1–2	Los Angeles		?	?	1–0–0	^[1]
2	September 22		4–6	Los Angeles			8,221	2–0–0	^[2]
3	September 24	Los Angeles	4–3		SO		?	3–0–0	^[3]
4	September 27		4–3	Los Angeles	SO	?	?	3–0–1	^[4]
5	September 30		2–1	Los Angeles	SO		11,904	3–0–2	^[5]
6	October 1	Los Angeles	2–3		OT		16,410	3–0–3	^[6]
7	October 4	Los Angeles	2–5			Quick	8,621	3–1–3	^[7]
8	October 5		3–1	Los Angeles		?	?	3–2–3	^[8]

Regular season

The Kings made great strides in the 2008–09 season. They went from 30th in the NHL a year prior in penalty killing to seventh-best in the league, with an 82.9% rating. They had the League's fourth-best faceoff win percentage and allowed the fourth-fewest shots on goal. Five players played in all 82 regular games: Anze Kopitar, Michal Handzus, Matt Greene, Sean O'Donnell and rookie Wayne Simmonds. Several surprises also emerged during the season.

Kyle Quincey was acquired via waivers shortly after season started from the Detroit Red Wings, necessitated by an injury to defenseman Jack Johnson. Quincey went on to finish second in the team in assists and averaged over 20 minutes of ice time per game. Drew Doughty, the second overall pick in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, immediately contributed to the team, leading the Kings in ice time and was second in blocked shots. He finished in the top ten in the NHL in several categories, and was considered a strong Calder Memorial Trophy candidate for Rookie of the Year honors.

Another surprise was Jonathan Quick, who emerged as the team's number one goaltender. Quick was thrust into the line-up following the trade of Jason LaBarbera in mid-season to the Vancouver Canucks and due to an injury to Erik Ersberg. All Quick lead the team in every goaltending category, posting the third highest win total for a rookie in Kings history. He finished third in the league among rookie netminder in goals against average, and played in 22 of the final 27 and 41 of the final 52 Kings games He had a 1.76 goals-against average (16 GA in 546:03) and .942 save percentage (258 saves in 274 shots) in nine straight appearances from March 22 to April 9.

The Kings finished the regular season having been shut out 12 times, tying the Colorado Avalanche for the most times shut out.^[9]

The Western Conference remained a tight race throughout the season, and the Kings were not officially eliminated from the playoffs until two weeks remained in the season.

Conference standings

Schedule and results

2008–09 Game Log
October: 3–5–1 (Home: 2–3–1 ; Road: 1–2–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 11 Los Angeles 1–3 17,496 0–1–0 0 ^[10] 2 October 12 1–0 Los Angeles LaBarbera 18,118 0–2–0 0 ^[11] 3 October 14 3–6 Los Angeles LaBarbera 14,451 1–2–0 2 ^[12] 4 October 17 3–4 Los Angeles OT LaBarbera 14,194 2–2–0 4 ^[13] 5 October 20 4–3 Los Angeles LaBarbera 13,891 2–3–0 4 ^[14] 6 October 24 Los Angeles 4–0 LaBarbera 19,150 3–3–0 6 ^[15] 7 October 25 Los Angeles 4–5 14,704 3–4–0 6 ^[16] 8 October 27 4–3 Los Angeles SO LaBarbera 17,671 3–4–1 7 ^[17] 9 October 30 4–0 Los Angeles LaBarbera 13,652 3–5–1 7 ^[18]
November: 7–4–2 (Home: 5–2–2 ; Road: 2–2–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 November 1 3–2 Los Angeles LaBarbera 16,279 3–6–1 7 ^[19] 11 November 4 1–0 Los Angeles OT Ersberg 14,327 3–6–2 8 ^[20] 12 November 6 2–3 Los Angeles Ersberg 11,267 4–6–2 10 ^[21] 13 November 8 3–5 Los Angeles Ersberg 17,182 5–6–2 12 ^[22] 14 November 11 2–3 Los Angeles SO Ersberg 13,823 6–6–2 14 ^[23] 15 November 13 Los Angeles 3–2 Ersberg 17,675 7–6–2 16 ^[24] 16 November 15 3–1 Los Angeles Ersberg 14,135 7–7–2 16 ^[25] 17 November 16 Los Angeles 0–2 Ersberg 17,174 7–8–2 16 ^[26] 18 November 20 2–5 Los Angeles Ersberg 17,428 8–8–2 18 ^[27] 19 November 22 4–3 Los Angeles SO Ersberg 18,118 8–8–3 19 ^[28] 20 November 25 Los Angeles 2–6 Ersberg 19,289 8–9–3 19 ^[29] 21 November 26 Los Angeles 2–1 LaBarbera 16,839 9–9–3 21 ^[30] 22 November 29 2–5 Los Angeles Ersberg 16,147 10–9–3 23 ^[31]
December: 5–7–3 (Home: 3–3–3 ; Road: 2–4–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 23 December 1 3–1 Los Angeles LaBarbera 15,052 10–10–3 23 ^[32] 24 December 2 Los Angeles 2–4 Ersberg 11,473 10–11–3 23 ^[33] 25 December 5 5–4 Los Angeles SO LaBarbera 14,920 10–11–4 24 ^[34] 26 December 6 0–3 Los Angeles LaBarbera 15,235 11–11–4 26 ^[35] 27 December 9 Los Angeles 1–6 LaBarbera 14,122 11–12–4 26 ^[36] 28 December 11 2–6 Los Angeles Ersberg 13,851 12–12–4 28 ^[37] 29 December 13 1–3 Los Angeles Ersberg 14,857 13–12–4 30 ^[38] 30 December 15 3–2 Los Angeles SO LaBarbera 16,005 13–12–5 31 ^[39] 31 December 17 3–2 Los Angeles OT LaBarbera 17,166 13–12–6 32 ^[40] 32 December 19 Los Angeles 0–5 LaBarbera 18,147 13–13–6 32 ^[41] 33 December 20 Los Angeles 4–6 19,784 13–14–6 32 ^[42] 34 December 23 Los Angeles 3–0 Quick 15,145 14–14–6 34 ^[43] 35 December 26 2–1 Los Angeles Quick 18,118 14–15–6 34 ^[44] 36 December 27 Los Angeles 4–0 Quick 16,199 15–15–6 36 ^[45] 37 December 29 2–0 Los Angeles Quick 18,118 15–16–6 36 ^[46]
January: 5–5–1 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 2–2–1) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 38 January 3 1–2 Los Angeles SO Quick 18,118 16–16–6 38 ^[47] 39 January 6 Los Angeles 1–3 Ersberg 17,174 16–17–6 38 ^[48] 40 January 8 3–4 Los Angeles Quick 18,118 17–17–6 40 ^[49] 41 January 10 5–1 Los Angeles Quick 18,118 17–18–6 40 ^[50] 42 January 12 3–1 Los Angeles Ersberg 16,511 17–19–6 40 ^[51] 43 January 15 4–0 Los Angeles Quick 18,118 17–20–6 40 ^[52] 44 January 17 Los Angeles 2–3 SO Ersberg 18,532 17–20–7 41 ^[53] 45 January 20 Los Angeles 5–2 Quick 18,568 18–20–7 43 ^[54] 46 January 21 Los Angeles 6–5 Quick 13,289 19–20–7 45 ^[55] 47 January 29 2–5 Los Angeles Quick 18,118 20–20–7 47 ^[56] 48 January 31 Los Angeles 3–4 Quick 21,273 20–21–7 47 ^[57]
February: 6–5–2 (Home: 0–2–2 ; Road: 6–3–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 49 February 3 Los Angeles 1–0 Quick 18,054 21–21–7 49 ^[58] 50 February 5 Los Angeles 5–4 Quick 18,277 22–21–7 51 ^[59] 51 February 7 Los Angeles 3–1 Quick 17,056 23–21–7 53 ^[60] 52 February 10 Los Angeles 4–3 SO Quick 12,330 24–21–7 55 ^[61] 53 February 12 2–0 Los Angeles Quick 17,286 24–22–7 55 ^[62] 54 February 14 3–2 Los Angeles SO Quick 18,118 24–22–8 56 ^[63] 55 February 16 7–6 Los Angeles SO Ersberg 18,118 24–22–9 57 ^[64] 56 February 18 Los Angeles 4–3 Quick 17,089 25–22–9 59 ^[65] 57 February 19 Los Angeles 2–4 Ersberg 17,496 25–23–9 59 ^[66] 58 February 21 6–3 Los Angeles Quick 17,177 25–24–9 59 ^[67] 59 February 24 Los Angeles 2–1 SO Quick 18,568 26–24–9 61 ^[68] 60 February 25 Los Angeles 0–2 Ersberg 19,568 26–25–9 61 ^[69] 61 February 27 Los Angeles 1–2 Quick 20,066 26–26–9 61 ^[70]
March: 5–8–2 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 2–6–2) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 62 March 1 Los Angeles 2–4 Quick 21,386 26–27–9 61 ^[71] 63 March 3 Los Angeles 4–5 Quick 15,049 26–28–9 61 ^[72] 64 March 5 4–5 Los Angeles OT Quick 17,430 27–28–9 63 ^[73] 65 March 7 3–4 Los Angeles Quick 18,118 28–28–9 65 ^[74] 66 March 9 2–3 Los Angeles Quick 16,995 29–28–9 67 ^[75] 67 March 13 Los Angeles 2–4 Quick 18,630 29–29–9 67 ^[76] 68 March 14 Los Angeles 1–2 SO Ersberg 17,496 29–29–10 68 ^[77] 69 March 16 4–3 Los Angeles Ersberg 17,810 29–30–10 68 ^[78] 70 March 19 Los Angeles 3–2 OT Quick 17,565 30–30–10 70 ^[79] 71 March 20 Los Angeles 1–4 Quick 17,132 30–31–10 70 ^[80] 72 March 22 Los Angeles 1–4 Quick 21,629 30–32–10 70 ^[81] 73 March 24 Los Angeles 0–2 Quick 19,150 30–33–10 70 ^[82] 74 March 26 Los Angeles 1–0 SO Quick 16,908 31–33–10 72 ^[83] 75 March 28 Los Angeles 3–4 OT Quick 17,113 31–33–11 73 ^[84] 76 March 31 3–2 Los Angeles Quick 17,648 31–34–11 73 ^[85]
April: 3–3–0 (Home: 2–0–0 ; Road: 1–3–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 77 April 2 Los Angeles 1–2 Quick 13,117 31–35–11 73 ^[86] 78 April 4 1–6 Los Angeles Quick 18,118 32–35–11 75 ^[87] 79 April 6 Los Angeles 1–4 Ersberg 19,289 32–36–11 75 ^[88] 80 April 7 Los Angeles 2–1 Quick 16,839 33–36–11 77 ^[89] 81 April 9 Los Angeles 0–1 Quick 18,630 33–37–11 77 ^[90] 82 April 11 3–4 Los Angeles Quick 18,118 34–37–11 79 ^[91]
Legend:

Playoffs

The Los Angeles Kings failed to qualify for the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season.

Player statistics

Goaltenders

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Kings. Stats reflect time with the Kings only.
^‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Awards and records

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
	1st NHL Game	October 11, 2008
	1st NHL Game	October 11, 2008
	1st NHL Game	October 11, 2008
	600th NHL Game 200th NHL Assist	October 11, 2008
Oscar Moller	1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point	October 14, 2008
Wayne Simmonds	1st NHL Goal 1st NHL Point	October 14, 2008
	1st NHL Assist	October 17, 2008
Wayne Simmonds	1st NHL Assist	October 17, 2008
Oscar Moller	1st NHL Goal	October 20, 2008
Drew Doughty	1st NHL Goal 1st NHL Point	October 20, 2008
	500th NHL Game	November 4, 2008
Drew Doughty	1st NHL Assist	November 6, 2008
	300th NHL Game	November 11, 2008
	400th NHL Game	November 29, 2008
	100th NHL Assist	November 29, 2008
	100th NHL Assist	December 17, 2008
	300th NHL Game	December 19, 2008
	1st NHL Game	December 19, 2008
Trevor Lewis	1st NHL Goal 1st NHL Point	December 20, 2008
Trevor Lewis	1st NHL Assist	December 23, 2008
	1st NHL Shutout	December 23, 2008
Alexander Frolov	300th NHL Point	January 17, 2009
	1st NHL Game	January 20, 2009
Anze Kopitar	200th NHL Game	January 29, 2009
	1st NHL Game	February 3, 2009
	200th NHL Game	February 3, 2009
	200th NHL Point	February 18, 2009
	200th NHL Game	February 21, 2009
	100th NHL Game	March 1, 2009
Dustin Brown	100th NHL Assist	March 3, 2009
	1,000th NHL Game	March 14, 2009
	100th NHL Game	March 24, 2009
Anze Kopitar	200th NHL Point	March 28, 2009
	500th NHL Game	April 6, 2009

Transactions

Trades

June 20, 2008	To Los Angeles Kings 1st-round pick (17th overall) in 2008 – Jake Gardiner 2nd-round pick in 2009^1 – Brian Dumoulin	To Calgary Flames Michael Cammalleri 2nd-round pick in 2008 – Mitch Wahl
June 20, 2008	To Los Angeles Kings 1st-round pick (12th overall) in 2008 – Tyler Myers	To Anaheim Ducks 1st-round pick (17th overall) in 2008 – Jake Gardiner 1st-round pick (28th overall) in 2008^2 – Viktor Tikhonov
June 20, 2008	To Los Angeles Kings 1st-round pick (13th overall) in 2008 – Colten Teubert 3rd-round pick in 2009^3 – Ryan Howse	To Buffalo Sabres 1st-round pick (12th overall) in 2008 – Tyler Myers
June 29, 2008	To Los Angeles Kings Jarret Stoll Matt Greene	To Edmonton Oilers Lubomir Visnovsky
July 1, 2008	To Los Angeles Kings Denis Gauthier 2nd-round pick in 2010^4 – Jason Zucker	To Philadelphia Flyers Patrik Hersley Ned Lukacevic
July 21, 2008	To Los Angeles Kings Richard Clune	To Dallas Stars Lauri Tukonen
September 30, 2008	To Los Angeles Kings Sean O'Donnell	To Anaheim Ducks Conditional pick in 2009^5
December 30, 2008	To Los Angeles Kings 7th-round pick in 2009	To Vancouver Canucks Jason LaBarbera
March 4, 2009	To Los Angeles Kings Justin Williams	To Edmonton Oilers Patrick O'Sullivan Ales Kotalik

1. Pick later traded to Carolina Hurricanes.
2. Pick later traded to Phoenix Coyotes.
3. Pick later traded to Calgary Flames.
4. Pick later traded to Florida Panthers (then to Minnesota Wild).
5. Condition not satisfied.

Free agents

Player Former team Contract Terms One Year Two Years One Year One Year Manchester Monarchs (AHL) Three Year, Entry-Level Three Years Guelph Storm (OHL) Three Year, Entry-Level Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL) Three Year, Entry-Level Traktor Chelyabinsk (RSL) Three Year, Entry-Level Regina Pats (WHL) Three Year, Entry Level Four Year, $14,400,000 Two Year, $1,175,000 Calgary Hitmen (WHL) Three Year, Entry Level Three Year, $2,925,000 Seven Years Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) Three Year, Entry Level Five Years Ohio State University (NCAA) One Year, Entry Level Denver University (NCAA) Two Year, Entry Level

Player New team Straubing Tigers (Germany) San Jose Sharks San Jose Sharks Toronto Maple Leafs Colorado Avalanche Barys Astana (Kazakhstan) Retired HC Dinamo Minsk (Belarus) Severstal Cherepovets (Russia) Bakersfield Condors (ECHL) EC Red Bull Salzburg (Austria)

Waivers

Other

Player	Type of Transaction	Date
	Returned to Belleville Bulls (OHL)	September 23, 2008
Matt Fillier	Returned to Montreal Junior Hockey Club (QMJHL)	September 23, 2008
Geordie Wudrick	Returned to Swift Current Broncos (WHL)	September 23, 2008
Olivier Legault	Released from Try-Out	September 23, 2008
	Returned to Regina Pats (WHL)	September 25, 2008
	Returned to Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)	September 25, 2008
	Returned to Regina Pats (WHL)	September 26, 2008
	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	September 29, 2008
	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	September 29, 2008
Paul Crosty	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	September 29, 2008
	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	September 29, 2008
	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	September 29, 2008
	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	September 29, 2008
Josh Kidd	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	September 29, 2008
	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	September 29, 2008
	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	September 29, 2008
	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	September 29, 2008
	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	September 29, 2008
	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	September 29, 2008
	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	September 29, 2008
	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	September 29, 2008
	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	September 29, 2008
	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	September 29, 2008
Michael D'Orazio	Returned to Owen Sound Attack (OHL)	September 29, 2008
	Returned to Windsor Spitfires (OHL)	October 1, 2008
	Returned to Calgary Hitmen (WHL)	October 2, 2008
	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	October 2, 2008
	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	October 2, 2008
	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	October 3, 2008
	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	October 3, 2008
	Placed on Injured Reserve	October 3, 2008
	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	October 6, 2008
	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	October 6, 2008
	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	October 6, 2008
	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	October 6, 2008
	Returned to Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)	October 6, 2008
	Placed on Injured Reserve	October 6, 2008
	Placed on Injured Reserve	October 6, 2008
	Reassigned to Ontario Reign (ECHL)	October 7, 2008
	Reassigned to Reading Royals (ECHL)	October 8, 2008
	Reassigned to HC Lugano (Switzerland)	October 9, 2008
	Placed on Injured Reserve	October 13, 2008
	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	November 3, 2008
	Activated from Injured Reserve and Loaned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	November 3, 2008
	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	November 17, 2008
	Activated from Injured Reserve and assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	November 19, 2008
		November 24, 2008
	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	November 30, 2008
	Placed on Injured Reserve	December 3, 2008
	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	December 16, 2008
	Reassigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) from Ontario Reign (ECHL)	December 17, 2008
	Loaned to Russian National Junior Team	December 18, 2008
	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	December 18, 2008
	Loaned to Swedish National Junior Team	December 18, 2008
	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	December 30, 2008
	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	December 31, 2008
	Recalled from Swedish National Junior Team	January 6, 2009
	Reassigned from Russian National Junior Team to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	January 6, 2009
	Reassigned to Ontario Reign (ECHL) from Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	January 13, 2009
	Reassigned from Reading Royals (ECHL) to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	January 13, 2009
	Placed on Injured Reserve	January 14, 2009
	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	January 14, 2009
	Loaned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) on a conditioning assignment	January 15, 2009
	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	January 17, 2009
	Activated from injured reserve	January 17, 2009
	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	January 18, 2009
	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	January 18, 2009
	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	January 22, 2009
	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	January 22, 2009
	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	January 22, 2009
	Suspended by NHL for five games	February 2, 2009
	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	February 2, 2009
	Activated from Injured Reserve and assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	February 4, 2009
	Activated from Injured Reserve	February 13, 2009
	Placed on Injured Reserve	February 13, 2009
	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	February 15, 2009
	Loaned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) on a Conditioning Assignment	February 15, 2009
	Reassigned from Manchester Monarchs (AHL) to Ontario Reign (ECHL)	February 18, 2009
	Activated from Injured Reserve	March 1, 2009
	Placed on Injured Reserve	March 1, 2009
	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	March 2, 2009
	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	March 4, 2009
	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	March 4, 2009
	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	March 4, 2009
	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	March 7, 2009
	Activated from Injured Reserve	March 12, 2009
	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	March 20, 2009
	Activated from Injured Reserve	March 20, 2009
	Reassigned to Ontario Reign (ECHL)	March 20, 2009
	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	March 23, 2009
	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	March 27, 2009
	Reassigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	March 31, 2009

Draft picks

LA 's picks at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa, Ontario.

Round		Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	2	Drew Doughty	D		Guelph Storm (OHL)
1	13	Colten Teubert	D		Regina Pats (WHL)
2	32	Slava Voynov	D		Traktor Chelyabinsk (RSL)
3	63	Robert Czarnik	C/RW		U.S. National Team Development Program (NAHL)
3	74	Andrew Campbell	D		Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
3	88	Geordie Wudrick	LW		Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
5	123	Andrei Loktionov	C		Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL)
6	153	Justin Azevedo	C		Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
7	183	Garrett Roe	LW		St. Cloud State University (WCHA)

See also

• 2008–09 NHL season

Farm teams

The Kings have one American Hockey League affiliate in the Manchester Monarchs. They also have two ECHL affiliates in the Ontario Reign and Reading Royals. All three are owned in part by the Kings' parent company Anschutz Entertainment Group.

Notes and References

1. Web site: St. Louis Blues - Los Angeles Kings - September 22nd, 2008 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604162252/http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008010004 . June 4, 2011.
2. Web site: Phoenix Coyotes - Los Angeles Kings - September 22nd, 2008 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604162436/http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008010008 . June 4, 2011.
3. Web site: Los Angeles Kings - Colorado Avalanche - September 24th, 2008 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604162453/http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008010019 . June 4, 2011.
4. Web site: Colorado Avalanche - Los Angeles Kings - September 27th, 2008 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604162555/http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008010046 . June 4, 2011.
5. Web site: Anaheim Ducks - Los Angeles Kings - September 30th, 2008 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604162602/http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008010065 . June 4, 2011.
6. Web site: Los Angeles Kings - Anaheim Ducks - October 1st, 2008 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100310005029/http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008010075 . March 10, 2010.
7. Web site: Los Angeles Kings - Phoenix Coyotes - October 4th, 2008 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100108104845/http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008010092 . January 8, 2010.
8. Web site: San Jose Sharks - Los Angeles Kings - October 5, 2008 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100310004346/https://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008010103 . March 10, 2010.
9. Web site: 2008-09 NHL Schedule and Results . Hockey-Reference.com . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211211105139/https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2009_games.html . December 11, 2021.
10. Web site: Recap: Los Angeles @ San Jose - 10/11/2008 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090119104724/http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020028 . January 19, 2009.
11. Web site: Recap: San Jose @ Los Angeles - 10/12/2008 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090119104729/http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020031 . January 19, 2009.
12. Web site: Recap: Anaheim @ Los Angeles - 10/14/2008 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090119150346/http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020042 . January 19, 2009.
13. Web site: Game Recaps . 2009-04-01 . 2009-03-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090321064729/http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020062 . dead .
14. Web site: Game Recaps . 2009-04-01 . 2009-02-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090201192903/http://nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020081 . dead .
15. Web site: Game Recaps . 2009-04-01 . 2009-03-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090321064940/http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020104 . dead .
16. Web site: Game Recaps . 2009-04-01 . 2009-03-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090321123249/http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020112 . dead .
17. Web site: Game Recaps . 2009-04-01 . 2009-03-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090318174042/http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020125 . dead .
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