2015–16 Los Angeles Kings season

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2015–16 Los Angeles Kings
Division2nd Pacific
Conference5th Western
2015–16 record48–28–6
Home record26–12–3
Road record22–16–3
Goals for225
Goals against195
Team information
General managerDean Lombardi
CoachDarryl Sutter
CaptainDustin Brown
Alternate captainsMatt Greene
Jeff Carter
Anze Kopitar
ArenaStaples Center
Average attendance18,230
Minor league affiliate(s)Ontario Reign (AHL)
Manchester Monarchs (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsTyler Toffoli (31)
AssistsAnze Kopitar (49)
PointsAnze Kopitar (74)
Penalty minutesBrayden McNabb (92)
Plus/minusTyler Toffoli (+35)
WinsJonathan Quick (40)
Goals against averageJhonas 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.[2]

Off-season[edit]

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."[3]

Standings[edit]

Pacific Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 y – Anaheim Ducks 82 46 25 11 43 218 192 +26 103
2 x – Los Angeles Kings 82 48 28 6 46 225 195 +30 102
3 x – San Jose Sharks 82 46 30 6 42 241 210 +31 98
4 Arizona Coyotes 82 35 39 8 34 209 245 −36 78
5 Calgary Flames 82 35 40 7 33 231 260 −29 77
6 Vancouver Canucks 82 31 38 13 26 191 243 −52 75
7 Edmonton Oilers 82 31 43 8 27 203 245 −42 70
Source: National Hockey League[4]
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Schedule and results[edit]

Pre-season[edit]

Regular season[edit]

2015–16 Schedule[2]

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

Playoffs[edit]

2016 Stanley Cup playoffs

Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics[edit]

Final stats

Skaters[edit]

Goaltenders[edit]

Regular Season[95]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Jonathan Quick 68 68 4,034 40 23 5 149 2.22 1820 .918 5 0 3 10
Jhonas Enroth 16 13 856 7 5 1 31 2.17 398 .922 2 0 0 0
Peter Budaj 1 1 62 1 0 0 4 3.87 28 .857 0 0 0 0
Playoffs
Player GP GS TOI W L GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Jonathan Quick 5 5 296 1 4 15 3.04 132 .886 0 0 0 0

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

Notable achievements[edit]

Awards[edit]

Milestones[edit]


Transactions[edit]

The Kings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2015–16 season:

Trades[edit]

Date
Details
Ref
June 26, 2015 (2015-06-26) To Boston Bruins
Martin Jones
Colin Miller
1st-round pick in 2015
To Los Angeles Kings
Milan Lucic
[100]
June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27) To Philadelphia Flyers
4th-round pick in 2015
6th-round pick in 2016
To Los Angeles Kings
CBJ's 4th-round pick in 2015
[101]
October 6, 2015 (2015-10-06) To New Jersey Devils
Brian O'Neill
To Los Angeles Kings
Conditional 7th-round pick in 2017
[102]
January 6, 2016 (2016-01-06) To Philadelphia Flyers
Jordan Weal
3rd-round pick in 2016
To Los Angeles Kings
Vincent Lecavalier[Note 1]
Luke Schenn[Note 2]
[103]
February 26, 2016 (2016-02-26) To Chicago Blackhawks
Christian EhrhoffNote 3
To Los Angeles Kings
Rob ScuderiNote 4
[104]
February 28, 2016 (2016-02-28) To Carolina Hurricanes
Valentin Zykov
conditional 5th-round pick in 2016
To Los Angeles Kings
Kris Versteeg
[105]
February 29, 2016 (2016-02-29) To Minnesota Wild
Scott Sabourin
To Los Angeles Kings
Brett Sutter
[106]
Notes
  • Note 1 Philadelphia to retain 50% ($2.25 million) of salary as part of trade.
  • Note 2 Philadelphia to retain 50% ($1.8 million) of salary as part of trade.
  • Note 3 Los Angeles to retain 15% ($225,000) of salary as part of trade.
  • Note 4 Chicago to retain 50% ($1.125 million) of salary as part of trade.

Draft picks[edit]

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)
2 43[a] Erik Cernak D  Slovakia HC Kosice (Slovak Extraliga)
3 74 Alexander Dergachyov C  Russia SKA Saint Petersburg (Russia Jr.)
4 99[b] Austin Wagner LW  Canada Regina Pats (WHL)
5 134 Matt Schmalz RW  Canada Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
7 187[c] Chaz Reddekopp D  Canada Victoria Royals (WHL)
7 194 Matt Roy LW  Canada Michigan Tech University (WCHA)
Draft notes[126]
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.[129]
  • The Los Angeles Kings' fourth-round pick went to the Philadelphia Flyers as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015, that sent Columbus' fourth-round pick in 2015 to Los Angeles in exchange for a sixth-round pick in 2016 and this pick.[101]
  • The Los Angeles Kings' sixth-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on July 16, 2013, that sent Daniel Carcillo to Los Angeles in exchange for this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[130] The condition – Chicago will receive a sixth-round pick in 2015 if Carcillo plays less than 40 games with Los Angeles during the 2013–14 NHL season – was converted on January 4, 2014, when Carcillo was traded to the New York Rangers[131] after playing only 26 games with the Kings.[132]
  • c The New Jersey Devils' seventh-round pick went to the Los Angeles Kings as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013, that sent a seventh-round pick in 2013 to New Jersey in exchange for this pick.[133]

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