2008–09 Los Angeles Kings season

2008–09 Los Angeles Kings
Division	5th Pacific
Conference	14th Western
2008–09 record	34–37–11
Home record	18–15–8
Road record	16–22–3
Goals for	202
Goals against	226
Team information
General manager	Dean Lombardi
Coach	Terry Murray
Captain	Dustin Brown
Alternate captains	Matt Greene Anze Kopitar
Arena	Staples Center
Average attendance	16,489 (91.0%) Total: 676,042
Team leaders
Goals	32, Alexander Frolov
Assists	39, Anze Kopitar
Points	66, Anze Kopitar
Penalty minutes	145, Raitis Ivanans
Plus/minus	+2, Sean O'Donnell
Wins	21, Jonathan Quick
Goals against average	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	St. Louis	1–2	Los Angeles		?	?	1–0–0
2	September 22	Phoenix	4–6	Los Angeles		Taylor	8,221	2–0–0
3	September 24	Los Angeles	4–3	Colorado	SO	Quick	?	3–0–0
4	September 27	Colorado	4–3	Los Angeles	SO	?	?	3–0–1
5	September 30	Anaheim	2–1	Los Angeles	SO	LaBarbera	11,904	3–0–2
6	October 1	Los Angeles	2–3	Anaheim	OT	Ersberg	16,410	3–0–3
7	October 4	Los Angeles	2–5	Phoenix		Quick	8,621	3–1–3
8	October 5	San Jose	3–1	Los Angeles		?	?	3–2–3

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.

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.

Divisional standings

Pacific Division

		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – San Jose Sharks	82	53	18	11	257	204	117
2	Anaheim Ducks	82	42	33	7	245	238	91
3	Dallas Stars	82	36	35	11	230	257	83
4	Phoenix Coyotes	82	36	39	7	208	252	79
5	Los Angeles Kings	82	34	37	11	207	234	79

Note: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Conference standings

Western Conference

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – San Jose Sharks	PA	82	53	18	11	257	204	117
2	y – Detroit Red Wings	CE	82	51	21	10	295	244	112
3	y – Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	45	27	10	246	220	100
4	Chicago Blackhawks	CE	82	46	24	12	264	216	104
5	Calgary Flames	NW	82	46	30	6	254	248	98
6	St. Louis Blues	CE	82	41	31	10	233	233	92
7	Columbus Blue Jackets	CE	82	41	31	10	226	230	92
8	Anaheim Ducks	PA	82	42	33	7	245	238	91
8.5
9	Minnesota Wild	NW	82	40	33	9	219	200	89
10	Nashville Predators	CE	82	40	34	8	213	233	88
11	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	38	35	9	234	248	85
12	Dallas Stars	PA	82	36	35	11	230	257	83
13	Phoenix Coyotes	PA	82	36	39	7	208	252	79
14	Los Angeles Kings	PA	82	34	37	11	207	234	79
15	Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	32	45	5	199	257	69

bold – qualified for playoffs, y – division winner, p – Presidents' Trophy winner
CE – Central Division, NW – Northwest Division, PA – Pacific Division

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 San Jose LaBarbera 17,496 0–1–0 0 2 October 12 San Jose 1–0 Los Angeles LaBarbera 18,118 0–2–0 0 3 October 14 Anaheim 3–6 Los Angeles LaBarbera 14,451 1–2–0 2 4 October 17 Carolina 3–4 Los Angeles OT LaBarbera 14,194 2–2–0 4 5 October 20 Colorado 4–3 Los Angeles LaBarbera 13,891 2–3–0 4 6 October 24 Los Angeles 4–0 St. Louis LaBarbera 19,150 3–3–0 6 7 October 25 Los Angeles 4–5 Nashville Ersberg 14,704 3–4–0 6 8 October 27 Detroit 4–3 Los Angeles SO LaBarbera 17,671 3–4–1 7 9 October 30 Vancouver 4–0 Los Angeles LaBarbera 13,652 3–5–1 7
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 Calgary 3–2 Los Angeles LaBarbera 16,279 3–6–1 7 11 November 4 Anaheim 1–0 Los Angeles OT Ersberg 14,327 3–6–2 8 12 November 6 Florida 2–3 Los Angeles Ersberg 11,267 4–6–2 10 13 November 8 St. Louis 3–5 Los Angeles Ersberg 17,182 5–6–2 12 14 November 11 Dallas 2–3 Los Angeles SO Ersberg 13,823 6–6–2 14 15 November 13 Los Angeles 3–2 Dallas Ersberg 17,675 7–6–2 16 16 November 15 Nashville 3–1 Los Angeles Ersberg 14,135 7–7–2 16 17 November 16 Los Angeles 0–2 Anaheim Ersberg 17,174 7–8–2 16 18 November 20 Washington 2–5 Los Angeles Ersberg 17,428 8–8–2 18 19 November 22 Colorado 4–3 Los Angeles SO Ersberg 18,118 8–8–3 19 20 November 25 Los Angeles 2–6 Calgary Ersberg 19,289 8–9–3 19 21 November 26 Los Angeles 2–1 Edmonton LaBarbera 16,839 9–9–3 21 22 November 29 Chicago 2–5 Los Angeles Ersberg 16,147 10–9–3 23
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 Toronto 3–1 Los Angeles LaBarbera 15,052 10–10–3 23 24 December 2 Los Angeles 2–4 Phoenix Ersberg 11,473 10–11–3 23 25 December 5 Edmonton 5–4 Los Angeles SO LaBarbera 14,920 10–11–4 24 26 December 6 Columbus 0–3 Los Angeles LaBarbera 15,235 11–11–4 26 27 December 9 Los Angeles 1–6 Colorado LaBarbera 14,122 11–12–4 26 28 December 11 St. Louis 2–6 Los Angeles Ersberg 13,851 12–12–4 28 29 December 13 Minnesota 1–3 Los Angeles Ersberg 14,857 13–12–4 30 30 December 15 San Jose 3–2 Los Angeles SO LaBarbera 16,005 13–12–5 31 31 December 17 NY Rangers 3–2 Los Angeles OT LaBarbera 17,166 13–12–6 32 32 December 19 Los Angeles 0–5 Buffalo LaBarbera 18,147 13–13–6 32 33 December 20 Los Angeles 4–6 Detroit Quick 19,784 13–14–6 32 34 December 23 Los Angeles 3–0 Columbus Quick 15,145 14–14–6 34 35 December 26 Phoenix 2–1 Los Angeles Quick 18,118 14–15–6 34 36 December 27 Los Angeles 4–0 Phoenix Quick 16,199 15–15–6 36 37 December 29 Columbus 2–0 Los Angeles Quick 18,118 15–16–6 36
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 Philadelphia 1–2 Los Angeles SO Quick 18,118 16–16–6 38 39 January 6 Los Angeles 1–3 Anaheim Ersberg 17,174 16–17–6 38 40 January 8 Anaheim 3–4 Los Angeles Quick 18,118 17–17–6 40 41 January 10 New Jersey 5–1 Los Angeles Quick 18,118 17–18–6 40 42 January 12 Tampa Bay 3–1 Los Angeles Ersberg 16,511 17–19–6 40 43 January 15 Detroit 4–0 Los Angeles Quick 18,118 17–20–6 40 44 January 17 Los Angeles 2–3 Dallas SO Ersberg 18,532 17–20–7 41 45 January 20 Los Angeles 5–2 Minnesota Quick 18,568 18–20–7 43 46 January 21 Los Angeles 6–5 Colorado Quick 13,289 19–20–7 45 47 January 29 Chicago 2–5 Los Angeles Quick 18,118 20–20–7 47 48 January 31 Los Angeles 3–4 Montreal Quick 21,273 20–21–7 47
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 Ottawa Quick 18,054 21–21–7 49 50 February 5 Los Angeles 5–4 Washington Quick 18,277 22–21–7 51 51 February 7 Los Angeles 3–1 New Jersey Quick 17,056 23–21–7 53 52 February 10 Los Angeles 4–3 NY Islanders SO Quick 12,330 24–21–7 55 53 February 12 Calgary 2–0 Los Angeles Quick 17,286 24–22–7 55 54 February 14 Edmonton 3–2 Los Angeles SO Quick 18,118 24–22–8 56 55 February 16 Atlanta 7–6 Los Angeles SO Ersberg 18,118 24–22–9 57 56 February 18 Los Angeles 4–3 Anaheim Quick 17,089 25–22–9 59 57 February 19 Los Angeles 2–4 San Jose Ersberg 17,496 25–23–9 59 58 February 21 Phoenix 6–3 Los Angeles Quick 17,177 25–24–9 59 59 February 24 Los Angeles 2–1 Minnesota SO Quick 18,568 26–24–9 61 60 February 25 Los Angeles 0–2 Philadelphia Ersberg 19,568 26–25–9 61 61 February 27 Los Angeles 1–2 Detroit Quick 20,066 26–26–9 61
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 Chicago Quick 21,386 26–27–9 61 63 March 3 Los Angeles 4–5 Columbus Quick 15,049 26–28–9 61 64 March 5 Dallas 4–5 Los Angeles OT Quick 17,430 27–28–9 63 65 March 7 Minnesota 3–4 Los Angeles Quick 18,118 28–28–9 65 66 March 9 Vancouver 2–3 Los Angeles Quick 16,995 29–28–9 67 67 March 13 Los Angeles 2–4 Vancouver Quick 18,630 29–29–9 67 68 March 14 Los Angeles 1–2 San Jose SO Ersberg 17,496 29–29–10 68 69 March 16 Nashville 4–3 Los Angeles Ersberg 17,810 29–30–10 68 70 March 19 Los Angeles 3–2 Boston OT Quick 17,565 30–30–10 70 71 March 20 Los Angeles 1–4 Pittsburgh Quick 17,132 30–31–10 70 72 March 22 Los Angeles 1–4 Chicago Quick 21,629 30–32–10 70 73 March 24 Los Angeles 0–2 St. Louis Quick 19,150 30–33–10 70 74 March 26 Los Angeles 1–0 Dallas SO Quick 16,908 31–33–10 72 75 March 28 Los Angeles 3–4 Nashville OT Quick 17,113 31–33–11 73 76 March 31 Dallas 3–2 Los Angeles Quick 17,648 31–34–11 73
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 Phoenix Quick 13,117 31–35–11 73 78 April 4 Phoenix 1–6 Los Angeles Quick 18,118 32–35–11 75 79 April 6 Los Angeles 1–4 Calgary Ersberg 19,289 32–36–11 75 80 April 7 Los Angeles 2–1 Edmonton Quick 16,839 33–36–11 77 81 April 9 Los Angeles 0–1 Vancouver Quick 18,630 33–37–11 77 82 April 11 San Jose 3–4 Los Angeles Quick 18,118 34–37–11 79
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

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

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals 

Regular season

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Anze Kopitar 82 27 39 66 −17 32 Alexander Frolov 77 32 27 59 −6 30 Dustin Brown 80 24 29 53 −15 64 Michal Handzus 82 18 24 42 −7 32 Jarret Stoll 74 18 23 41 −7 68 Kyle Quincey 72 4 34 38 −5 63 Patrick O'Sullivan‡ 62 14 23 37 +1 16 Kyle Calder 74 8 19 27 −1 41 Drew Doughty 81 6 21 27 −17 56 Wayne Simmonds 82 9 14 23 −8 73 Teddy Purcell 40 4 12 16 −4 4 Oscar Moller 40 7 8 15 −3 16 Matt Greene 82 2 12 14 +1 111 Sean O'Donnell 82 0 12 12 +2 71 Peter Harrold 69 4 8 12 −13 28 Jack Johnson 41 6 5 11 −18 46 Derek Armstrong 56 5 4 9 −11 63 Tom Preissing 22 3 4 7 −7 6 Brad Richardson 31 0 5 5 −6 11 Brian Boyle 28 4 1 5 −9 42 Denis Gauthier 65 2 2 4 −11 90 Justin Williams† 12 1 3 4 +1 8 Trevor Lewis 6 1 2 3 0 0 Davis Drewiske 17 0 3 3 +1 18 Raitis Ivanans 76 2 0 2 −8 145 Matt Moulson 7 1 0 1 −4 2 John Zeiler 27 0 1 1 −2 42 Kevin Westgarth 9 0 0 0 +1 9

Goaltenders

Note:  Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Regular season
Player GP Min W L OT GA GAA SA SV Sv% SO Jonathan Quick 44 2494 21 18 2 103 2.48 1200 1097 .914 4 Erik Ersberg 28 1477 8 11 5 65 2.64 651 586 .900 0 Jason LaBarbera‡ 19 995 8 10 6 47 2.83 439 392 .893 2

^†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
Oscar Moller	1st NHL Game	October 11, 2008
Drew Doughty	1st NHL Game	October 11, 2008
Wayne Simmonds	1st NHL Game	October 11, 2008
Michal Handzus	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
Kyle Quincey	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
Denis Gauthier	500th NHL Game	November 4, 2008
Drew Doughty	1st NHL Assist	November 6, 2008
Jarret Stoll	300th NHL Game	November 11, 2008
Alexander Frolov	400th NHL Game	November 29, 2008
Tom Preissing	100th NHL Assist	November 29, 2008
Anze Kopitar	100th NHL Assist	December 17, 2008
Dustin Brown	300th NHL Game	December 19, 2008
Trevor Lewis	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
Jonathan Quick	1st NHL Shutout	December 23, 2008
Alexander Frolov	300th NHL Point	January 17, 2009
Kevin Westgarth	1st NHL Game	January 20, 2009
Anze Kopitar	200th NHL Game	January 29, 2009
Davis Drewiske	1st NHL Game	February 3, 2009
Matt Greene	200th NHL Game	February 3, 2009
Jarret Stoll	200th NHL Point	February 18, 2009
Raitis Ivanans	200th NHL Game	February 21, 2009
Jack Johnson	100th NHL Game	March 1, 2009
Dustin Brown	100th NHL Assist	March 3, 2009
Sean O'Donnell	1,000th NHL Game	March 14, 2009
Peter Harrold	100th NHL Game	March 24, 2009
Anze Kopitar	200th NHL Point	March 28, 2009
Justin Williams	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 20091 – 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 20082 – Viktor Tikhonov
June 20, 2008	To Los Angeles Kings 1st-round pick (13th overall) in 2008 – Colten Teubert 3rd-round pick in 20093 – 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 20104 – 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 20095
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 Erik Ersberg Los Angeles Kings One Year Gabe Gauthier Los Angeles Kings Two Years Matt Moulson Los Angeles Kings One Year Joe Piskula Los Angeles Kings One Year David Meckler Manchester Monarchs (AHL) Three Year, Entry-Level Peter Harrold Los Angeles Kings Three Years Drew Doughty Guelph Storm (OHL) Three Year, Entry-Level Andrei Loktionov Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL) Three Year, Entry-Level Slava Voynov Traktor Chelyabinsk (RSL) Three Year, Entry-Level Colten Teubert Regina Pats (WHL) Three Year, Entry Level Jarret Stoll Los Angeles Kings Four Year, $14,400,000 Brad Richardson Los Angeles Kings Two Year, $1,175,000 Martin Jones Calgary Hitmen (WHL) Three Year, Entry Level Patrick O'Sullivan Los Angeles Kings Three Year, $2,925,000 Anze Kopitar Los Angeles Kings Seven Years Andrew Campbell Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) Three Year, Entry Level Matt Greene Los Angeles Kings Five Years Corey Elkins Ohio State University (NCAA) One Year, Entry Level Patrick Mullen Denver University (NCAA) Two Year, Entry Level

Player New team Jon Klemm Straubing Tigers (Germany) Rob Blake San Jose Sharks Brendan Buckley San Jose Sharks Richard Petiot Toronto Maple Leafs Brian Willsie Colorado Avalanche Kevin Dallman Barys Astana (Kazakhstan) Scott Thornton Retired Jeff Giuliano HC Dinamo Minsk (Belarus) Ladislav Nagy Severstal Cherepovets (Russia) Dany Roussin Bakersfield Condors (ECHL) Petr Kanko EC Red Bull Salzburg (Austria)

Waivers

Player Former team Date claimed off waivers Kyle Quincey Detroit Red Wings October 13, 2008

Player New team Date claimed off waivers Matt Ellis Buffalo Sabres October 1, 2008

Other

Player	Type of Transaction	Date
Bryan Cameron	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
Colten Teubert	Returned to Regina Pats (WHL)	September 25, 2008
Dwight King	Returned to Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)	September 25, 2008
Linden Rowat	Returned to Regina Pats (WHL)	September 26, 2008
Justin Azevedo	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	September 29, 2008
Andrew Campbell	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	September 29, 2008
Paul Crosty	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	September 29, 2008
Vladimir Dravecky	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	September 29, 2008
Gabe Gauthier	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	September 29, 2008
Bud Holloway	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	September 29, 2008
Josh Kidd	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	September 29, 2008
Brady Murray	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	September 29, 2008
Marty Murray	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	September 29, 2008
Scott Parse	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	September 29, 2008
Daniel Taylor	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	September 29, 2008
Eric Werner	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	September 29, 2008
Jeff Zatkoff	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	September 29, 2008
Drew Bagnall	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	September 29, 2008
Jonathan Bernier	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	September 29, 2008
Trevor Lewis	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	September 29, 2008
Michael D'Orazio	Returned to Owen Sound Attack (OHL)	September 29, 2008
Andrei Loktionov	Returned to Windsor Spitfires (OHL)	October 1, 2008
Martin Jones	Returned to Calgary Hitmen (WHL)	October 2, 2008
David Meckler	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	October 2, 2008
Slava Voynov	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	October 2, 2008
Davis Drewiske	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	October 3, 2008
Joe Piskula	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	October 3, 2008
John Zeiler	Placed on Injured Reserve	October 3, 2008
Alec Martinez	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	October 6, 2008
Teddy Purcell	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	October 6, 2008
Jonathan Quick	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	October 6, 2008
Kevin Westgarth	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	October 6, 2008
Thomas Hickey	Returned to Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)	October 6, 2008
Marc-Andre Cliche	Placed on Injured Reserve	October 6, 2008
Richard Clune	Placed on Injured Reserve	October 6, 2008
Jeff Zatkoff	Reassigned to Ontario Reign (ECHL)	October 7, 2008
Daniel Taylor	Reassigned to Reading Royals (ECHL)	October 8, 2008
Brady Murray	Reassigned to HC Lugano (Switzerland)	October 9, 2008
Jack Johnson	Placed on Injured Reserve	October 13, 2008
Matt Moulson	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	November 3, 2008
John Zeiler	Activated from Injured Reserve and Loaned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	November 3, 2008
John Zeiler	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	November 17, 2008
Richard Clune	Activated from Injured Reserve and assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	November 19, 2008
John Zeiler	Suspended for three games by the NHL	November 24, 2008
Brian Boyle	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	November 30, 2008
Brad Richardson	Placed on Injured Reserve	December 3, 2008
Jonathan Quick	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	December 16, 2008
Jeff Zatkoff	Reassigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) from Ontario Reign (ECHL)	December 17, 2008
Slava Voynov	Loaned to Russian National Junior Team	December 18, 2008
Trevor Lewis	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	December 18, 2008
Oscar Moller	Loaned to Swedish National Junior Team	December 18, 2008
Trevor Lewis	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	December 30, 2008
Brian Boyle	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	December 31, 2008
Oscar Moller	Recalled from Swedish National Junior Team	January 6, 2009
Slava Voynov	Reassigned from Russian National Junior Team to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	January 6, 2009
Jeff Zatkoff	Reassigned to Ontario Reign (ECHL) from Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	January 13, 2009
Danny Taylor	Reassigned from Reading Royals (ECHL) to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	January 13, 2009
Oscar Moller	Placed on Injured Reserve	January 14, 2009
Kevin Westgarth	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	January 14, 2009
Brad Richardson	Loaned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) on a conditioning assignment	January 15, 2009
Brian Boyle	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	January 17, 2009
Jack Johnson	Activated from injured reserve	January 17, 2009
Jonathan Bernier	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	January 18, 2009
Teddy Purcell	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	January 18, 2009
Jonathan Bernier	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	January 22, 2009
Kevin Westgarth	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	January 22, 2009
Brad Richardson	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	January 22, 2009
Denis Gauthier	Suspended by NHL for five games	February 2, 2009
Davis Drewiske	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	February 2, 2009
Marc-Andre Cliche	Activated from Injured Reserve and assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	February 4, 2009
Oscar Moller	Activated from Injured Reserve	February 13, 2009
Tom Preissing	Placed on Injured Reserve	February 13, 2009
Davis Drewiske	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	February 15, 2009
Oscar Moller	Loaned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) on a Conditioning Assignment	February 15, 2009
Bud Holloway	Reassigned from Manchester Monarchs (AHL) to Ontario Reign (ECHL)	February 18, 2009
Tom Preissing	Activated from Injured Reserve	March 1, 2009
Raitis Ivanans	Placed on Injured Reserve	March 1, 2009
Oscar Moller	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	March 2, 2009
Tom Preissing	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	March 4, 2009
Teddy Purcell	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	March 4, 2009
Teddy Purcell	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	March 4, 2009
Kevin Westgarth	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	March 7, 2009
Raitis Ivanans	Activated from Injured Reserve	March 12, 2009
Davis Drewiske	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	March 20, 2009
Justin Williams	Activated from Injured Reserve	March 20, 2009
Colten Teubert	Reassigned to Ontario Reign (ECHL)	March 20, 2009
Kevin Westgarth	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	March 23, 2009
Brian Boyle	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	March 27, 2009
Thomas Hickey	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	Canada	Guelph Storm (OHL)
1	13	Colten Teubert	D	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
2	32	Slava Voynov	D	Russia	Traktor Chelyabinsk (RSL)
3	63	Robert Czarnik	C/RW	United States	U.S. National Team Development Program (NAHL)
3	74	Andrew Campbell	D	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
3	88	Geordie Wudrick	LW	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
5	123	Andrei Loktionov	C	Russia	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL)
6	153	Justin Azevedo	C	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
7	183	Garrett Roe	LW	United States	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.