2009–10_Los_Angeles_Kings_season

2009–10 Los Angeles Kings season

2009–10 Los Angeles Kings season

National Hockey League team season


The 2009–10 Los Angeles Kings season was the team's 43rd season (42nd season of play) in the National Hockey League (NHL). For the first time since the 2001–02 NHL season, the Kings qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs.

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Preseason

The Kings were busy at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, making five trades. The Kings chose Brayden Schenn as their first-round pick, fifth overall. The Kings finished the pre-season with a record of 4–3–1. Defenseman Sean O'Donnell received a five-game suspension during the preseason after an incident involving New York Islanders forward Matt Martin. O'Donnell missed the final three pre-season games, and will miss the first two games of the regular season.

Luc Robitaille was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on November 9, 2009. Robitaille, who currently serves as the President of Business Operations for the Kings, was joined by Brian Leetch, Steve Yzerman, Brett Hull and Lou Lamoriello in this year's class of inductees.

Regular season

The Kings observed a 17-day break in the schedule in February due to the 2010 Winter Olympics. Five players currently under contract for Los Angeles were selected to represent their countries during the tournament. Drew Doughty played for Canada, Michal Handzus played for Slovakia, while Dustin Brown, Jack Johnson and Jonathan Quick all represented the United States.

The main highlights for the club included them breaking an eight-year playoff absence by qualifying as the sixth seed in the Western Conference. They finished the season with 101 points, the third highest point total in franchise history. They also set a franchise record with a nine-game winning streak from January 21 through February 6. They registered two other eight game stretches without a loss. On the road, they established franchise records for road wins in a season (24), road points (51) and the first ever 5–0–0 record on a five-game trip in franchise history.

Individually, goaltender Jonathan Quick established single-season records for victories with 39 and games played with 72.

Divisional standings

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Conference standings

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bold – Qualified for playoffs; y – Won division; z – Won conference (and division)

Schedule and results

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Playoffs

  • The Los Angeles Kings qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2002, clinching the sixth seed with 101 points.
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Legend:   Win   Loss

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 
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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;
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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.
Underline denotes currently with a minor league affiliate.

Awards and records

Records

Milestones

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Awards

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  • Drew Doughty was named as one of the three finalists for the James Norris Memorial Trophy awarded to the outstanding defenseman in the NHL. The award will be handed out at the 2010 NHL Awards Show on June 23. Doughty became the second youngest player in NHL history to be nominated for this award, with Bobby Orr being the youngest ever. Doughty would be the second ever member of the Kings to win this award; Rob Blake is the only other member of the Kings to win this award.

Transactions

The Kings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2009–10 season.

Trades

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Draft picks

Los Angeles' picks at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal.

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See also

Farm teams

The Kings have one American Hockey League affiliate in the Manchester Monarchs. They also have one ECHL affiliate in the Ontario Reign. They have discontinued their affiliation with the Reading Royals. Both the Monarchs and the Reign are owned in part by the Kings' parent company Anschutz Entertainment Group.


References

  1. "2009–2010 Standings by Division". National Hockey League.
  2. "KINGS DRAFT NINE, MAKE FOUR TRADES". Archived from the original on July 1, 2009. Retrieved July 5, 2009.
  3. "KINGS GET ALL-STAR FORWARD SMYTH". Archived from the original on July 6, 2009. Retrieved July 5, 2009.
  4. "KINGS SIGN KING". Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved July 5, 2009.
  5. "KINGS SIGN SCUDERI FOR FOUR YEARS". Archived from the original on July 6, 2009. Retrieved July 5, 2009.
  6. "KINGS SIGN SEGAL". Archived from the original on July 16, 2009. Retrieved July 15, 2009.
  7. "KINGS SIGN AZEVEDO; RE-SIGN BAGNALL". Archived from the original on July 24, 2009. Retrieved July 21, 2009.
  8. "KINGS SIGN MIKUS". Archived from the original on July 24, 2009. Retrieved July 22, 2009.
  9. "Vladimír Dravecký posilou majstrovských Košíc!". Archived from the original on September 5, 2009. Retrieved October 20, 2009.
  10. "BIG DAY FOR THE WESTGARTH FAMILY". Archived from the original on July 6, 2009. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
  11. "KINGS PEN PARSE". Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved July 21, 2009.
  12. "KINGS SIGN PISKULA TO ONE-YEAR DEAL". Archived from the original on July 18, 2009. Retrieved July 21, 2009.
  13. "KINGS RE-SIGN JACK JOHNSON". Archived from the original on July 20, 2009. Retrieved July 21, 2009.
  14. "KINGS SIGN PURCELL". Archived from the original on July 24, 2009. Retrieved July 21, 2009.

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