League: | NHL |
Season: | 2015–16 |
Year: | 2015 |
Team: | Los Angeles Kings |
Conference: | Western |
Conferencerank: | 5th |
Division: | Pacific |
Divisionrank: | 2nd |
Record: | 48–28–6 |
Homerecord: | 26–12–3 |
Roadrecord: | 22–16–3 |
Goalsfor: | 225 |
Goalsagainst: | 195 |
Generalmanager: | Dean Lombardi |
Coach: | Darryl Sutter |
Captain: | Dustin Brown |
Altcaptain: | Matt Greene Jeff Carter Anze Kopitar |
Arena: | Staples Center |
Attendance: | 18,230 |
Minorleague: | Ontario Reign (AHL) Manchester Monarchs (ECHL) |
Goalsleader: | Tyler Toffoli (31) |
Assistsleader: | Anze Kopitar (49) |
Pointsleader: | Anze Kopitar (74) |
Plusminusleader: | Tyler Toffoli (+35) |
Pimleader: | Brayden McNabb (92) |
Winsleader: | Jonathan Quick (40) |
Gaaleader: | Jhonas Enroth (2.17) |
The 2015–16 Los Angeles Kings season was the 49th season (48th season of play) for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967.[1] The season began on October 7, 2015, and ended on April 23, 2016, respectively, both against the San Jose Sharks.
On June 29, 2015, the Kings announced that they had terminated the contract of forward Mike Richards due to "a material breach of his Standard Player's Contract."[2]
Pre-Season Game Log: 4–1–1 (Home: 2–0–1 ; Road: 2–1–0)[3] | ||||||||||
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Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Recap | ||
1 | September 21 | Los Angeles | 5–1 | –– | 1–0–0 | [4] | ||||
2 | September 22 | 2–3 | Los Angeles | OT | 12,996 | 2–0–0 | [5] | |||
3 | September 25 | Los Angeles | 1–2 | 16,571 | 2–1–0 | [6] | ||||
4 | September 27 | Los Angeles | 2–1 | SO | Budaj | –– | 3–1–0 | [7] | ||
5 | September 29 | 2–1 | Los Angeles | OT | 17,915 | 3–1–1 | [8] | |||
6 | October 3 | 0–4 | Los Angeles | Quick | –– | 4–1–1 | [9] | |||
Notes: Game will be played in Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield, California. Game will be played in MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada. |
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Legend: |
Final stats
Player | data-sort-type="number" | ||||||
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81 | 25 | 49 | 74 | 34 | 16 | ||
77 | 24 | 38 | 62 | 18 | 20 | ||
82 | 31 | 27 | 58 | 35 | 20 | ||
81 | 20 | 35 | 55 | 26 | 79 | ||
82 | 14 | 37 | 51 | 24 | 52 | ||
82 | 8 | 32 | 40 | 7 | 64 | ||
79 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 11 | 18 | ||
78 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 16 | 40 | ||
82 | 11 | 17 | 28 | −5 | 30 | ||
54 | 12 | 10 | 22 | −6 | 20 | ||
† | 42 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 20 | |
75 | 8 | 8 | 16 | −10 | 20 | ||
81 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 92 | ||
47 | 7 | 6 | 13 | −6 | 24 | ||
† | 43 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 52 | |
60 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 76 | ||
68 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −10 | 32 | ||
‡ | 40 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −10 | 32 | |
56 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −1 | 55 | ||
44 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 6 | ||
† | 21 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 2 | |
† | 14 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | |
52 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 38 | ||
17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 17 | ||
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | ||
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
‡ | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Player | data-sort-type="number" | ||||||
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5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | ||
5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −2 | 4 | ||
5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −5 | 4 | ||
5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | ||
5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −5 | 2 | ||
4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −5 | 2 | ||
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | ||
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
Player | ||||||||||||||||
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style=white-space:nowrap | 68 | 68 | 4,034 | 40 | 23 | 5 | 149 | 2.22 | 1820 | .918 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | ||
style=white-space:nowrap | 16 | 13 | 856 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 2.17 | 398 | .922 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
style=white-space:nowrap | 1 | 1 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.87 | 28 | .857 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player | Award | Awarded | |
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NHL Third Star of the Week[95] | October 26, 2015 | ||
NHL First Star of the Week[96] | January 4, 2016 | ||
NHL All-Star game selection[97] | January 6, 2016 | ||
NHL All-Star game selection | January 6, 2016 | ||
NHL Third Star of the Week[98] | January 18, 2016 |
The Kings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2015–16 season:
Date | Ref | |||
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To Boston Bruins Martin Jones Colin Miller 1st-round pick in 2015 | To Los Angeles Kings Milan Lucic | [99] | ||
To Philadelphia Flyers 4th-round pick in 2015 6th-round pick in 2016 | To Los Angeles Kings CBJ's 4th-round pick in 2015 | [100] | ||
To New Jersey Devils Brian O'Neill | To Los Angeles Kings Conditional 7th-round pick in 2017 | [101] | ||
To Philadelphia Flyers Jordan Weal 3rd-round pick in 2016 | To Los Angeles Kings Vincent Lecavalier Luke Schenn | [102] | ||
To Chicago Blackhawks Christian Ehrhoff | To Los Angeles Kings Rob Scuderi | [103] | ||
To Carolina Hurricanes Valentin Zykov conditional 5th-round pick in 2016 | To Los Angeles Kings Kris Versteeg | [104] | ||
To Minnesota Wild Scott Sabourin | To Los Angeles Kings Brett Sutter | [105] |
Date | Player | Former team | Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) | Ref | |
1 year, $1.25 million | [106] | ||||
1 year, $1.5 million | [107] | ||||
3 years, entry-level contract | [108] | ||||
1 year, $575,000 | [109] |
Date | Player | New team | Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) | Ref | |
6 years, $33 million | [110] | ||||
2 years, $6.5 million | [111] | ||||
1 year, $650,000 | [112] | ||||
1 year, $800,000 | [113] | ||||
1 year, $1 million | [114] |
Date | Player | Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) | Ref | |
2 years, $6.5 million | [116] | |||
2 years, $1.85 million | [117] | |||
1 year, $600,000 | [118] | |||
3 years, entry-level contract | [119] | |||
2 years, $1.175 million | [120] | |||
2 years, $1.2 million | [121] | |||
1 year, $632,500 | ||||
1 year, $600,000 | ||||
1 year, $605,000 | ||||
July 16, 2015 | 2 years, $1.15 million | |||
2 years, entry-level contract | [122] | |||
1 year, contract extension | [123] | |||
2 years | [124] |
See also: List of Los Angeles Kings draft picks. Below are the Los Angeles Kings' selections at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 26–27, 2015, at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida.
Round | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) | ||
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2 | 43 | Erik Cernak | D | HC Kosice (Slovak Extraliga) | ||
3 | 74 | Alexander Dergachyov | C | SKA Saint Petersburg (Russia Jr.) | ||
4 | 99 | Austin Wagner | LW | Regina Pats (WHL) | ||
5 | 134 | Matt Schmalz | RW | Sudbury Wolves (OHL) | ||
7 | 187 | Chaz Reddekopp | D | Victoria Royals (WHL) | ||
7 | 194 | Matt Roy | LW | Michigan Tech University (WCHA) |
Philadelphia previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 23, 2014 that sent Scott Hartnell to Columbus in exchange for R.J. Umberger and this pick.[128]