2009–10 Los Angeles Kings season

2009–10 Los Angeles Kings
Division	3rd Pacific
Conference	6th Western
2009–10 record	46–27–9
Home record	22–13–6
Road record	24–14–3
Goals for	241
Goals against	219
Team information
General manager	Dean Lombardi
Coach	Terry Murray
Captain	Dustin Brown
Alternate captains	Matt Greene Anze Kopitar
Arena	Staples Center

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.

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.

2009 Pre-season game log: 4–3–1 (Home: 2–0–0; Road: 0–3–0; Neutral: 2–0–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 15	Phoenix Coyotes	Won 4–3	Los Angeles Kings		Jonathan Bernier (1–0–0)	8,432	1–0–0	[1]
2	September 15	Los Angeles Kings	Lost 4–2	Phoenix Coyotes		Erik Ersberg (0–1–0)	4,643	1–1–0	[2]
3	September 17 (in Ontario, CA)	San Jose Sharks	Lost 2–1	Los Angeles Kings	SO	Jonathan Quick (0–0–1)	6,245	1–1–1	[3]
4	September 19	Anaheim Ducks	Won 4–1	Los Angeles Kings		Jonathan Bernier (2–0–0)	11,995	2–1–1	[4]
5	September 22 (in Kansas City, MO)	Los Angeles Kings	Won 4–2	New York Islanders		Jonathan Quick (1–0–1)	9,792	3–1–1	[5]
6	September 23	Los Angeles Kings	Lost 3–2	Colorado Avalanche		Erik Ersberg (0–2–0)		3–2–1	[6]
7	September 26 (in Las Vegas, NV)	Colorado Avalanche	Won 5–3	Los Angeles Kings		Jonathan Quick (2–0–1)	11,263	4–2–1	[7]
8	September 27	Los Angeles Kings	Lost 5–4	Anaheim Ducks		Jonathan Bernier (2–1–0)	15,677	4–3–1	[8]

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

Pacific Division

		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	z – San Jose Sharks	82	51	20	11	264	215	113
2	Phoenix Coyotes	82	50	25	7	225	202	107
3	Los Angeles Kings	82	46	27	9	241	219	101
4	Anaheim Ducks	82	39	32	11	238	251	89
5	Dallas Stars	82	37	31	14	237	254	88

Conference standings

Western Conference

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	z – San Jose Sharks	PA	82	51	20	11	264	215	113
2	y – Chicago Blackhawks	CE	82	52	22	8	271	209	112
3	y – Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	49	28	5	272	222	103
4	Phoenix Coyotes	PA	82	50	25	7	225	202	107
5	Detroit Red Wings	CE	82	44	24	14	229	216	102
6	Los Angeles Kings	PA	82	46	27	9	241	219	101
7	Nashville Predators	CE	82	47	29	6	225	225	100
8	Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	43	30	9	244	233	95
8.5
9	St. Louis Blues	CE	82	40	32	10	225	223	90
10	Calgary Flames	NW	82	40	32	10	204	210	90
11	Anaheim Ducks	PA	82	39	32	11	238	251	89
12	Dallas Stars	PA	82	37	31	14	237	254	88
13	Minnesota Wild	NW	82	38	36	8	219	246	84
14	Columbus Blue Jackets	CE	82	32	35	15	216	259	79
15	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	27	47	8	214	284	62

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

Schedule and results

2009–10 game log
October: 8–4–2 (Home: 4–1–1; Road: 4–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 3 Phoenix Coyotes Lost 6–3 Los Angeles Kings Quick (0–1–0) 18,118 0–1–0 0 [9] 2 October 6 San Jose Sharks Won 6–4 Los Angeles Kings Quick (1–1–0) 15,053 1–1–0 2 [10] 3 October 8 Minnesota Wild Won 6–3 Los Angeles Kings Quick (2–1–0) 14,995 2–1–0 4 [11] 4 October 10 Los Angeles Kings Won 2–1 St. Louis Blues Quick (3–1–0) 19,150 3–1–0 6 [12] 5 October 12 Los Angeles Kings Won 2–1 New York Islanders Quick (4–1–0) 12,145 4–1–0 8 [13] 6 October 14 Los Angeles Kings Lost 4–2 New York Rangers Ersberg (0–1–0) 18,200 4–2–0 8 [14] 7 October 15 Los Angeles Kings Lost 5–2 Detroit Red Wings Quick (4–2–0) 17,782 4–3–0 8 [15] 8 October 17 Los Angeles Kings Lost 4–1 Columbus Blue Jackets Quick (4–3–0) 15,251 4–4–0 8 [16] 9 October 19 Los Angeles Kings Won 4–1 Dallas Stars Quick (5–3–0) 16,210 5–4–0 10 [17] 10 October 22 Dallas Stars Won 5–4 Los Angeles Kings OT Quick (6–3–0) 15,025 6–4–0 12 [18] 11 October 24 Los Angeles Kings Won 5–3 Phoenix Coyotes Quick (7–3–0) 7,968 7–4–0 14 [19] 12 October 25 Columbus Blue Jackets Won 6–2 Los Angeles Kings Quick (8–3–0) 15,820 8–4–0 16 [20] 13 October 28 Los Angeles Kings Lost 2–1 San Jose Sharks SO Quick (8–3–1) 17,562 8–4–1 17 [21] 14 October 29 Vancouver Canucks Lost 2–1 Los Angeles Kings SO Quick (8–3–2) 16,838 8–4–2 18 [22]
November: 7–6–0 (Home: 2–3–0; Road: 5–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 15 November 2 Los Angeles Kings Won 5–3 Phoenix Coyotes Quick (9–3–2) 5,855 9–4–2 20 [23] 16 November 5 Pittsburgh Penguins Won 5–2 Los Angeles Kings Quick (10–3–2) 18,118 10–4–2 22 [24] 17 November 7 Nashville Predators Lost 3–1 Los Angeles Kings Quick (10–4–2) 15,237 10–5–2 22 [25] 18 November 9 Los Angeles Kings Lost 4–1 Chicago Blackhawks Quick (10–5–2) 20,293 10–6–2 22 [26] 19 November 11 Los Angeles Kings Won 5–2 Carolina Hurricanes Ersberg (1–1–0) 13,510 11–6–2 24 [27] 20 November 13 Los Angeles Kings Lost 7–0 Atlanta Thrashers Quick (10–6–2) 15,638 11–7–2 24 [28] 21 November 14 Los Angeles Kings Won 2–1 Tampa Bay Lightning SO Quick (11–6–2) 16,612 12–7–2 26 [29] 22 November 16 Los Angeles Kings Won 4–3 Florida Panthers SO Quick (12–6–2) 12,502 13–7–2 28 [30] 23 November 18 Philadelphia Flyers Lost 3–2 Los Angeles Kings Quick (12–7–2) 17,821 13–8–2 28 [31] 24 November 21 Calgary Flames Lost 5–2 Los Angeles Kings Quick (12–8–2) 16,336 13–9–2 28 [32] 25 November 25 Los Angeles Kings Won 3–1 Edmonton Oilers Quick (13–8–2) 16,839 14–9–2 30 [33] 26 November 26 Los Angeles Kings Lost 4–1 Vancouver Canucks Quick (13–9–2) 18,810 14–10–2 30 [34] 27 November 28 Chicago Blackhawks Won 2–1 Los Angeles Kings SO Quick (14–9–2) 18,118 15–10–2 32 [35]
December: 8–5–1 (Home: 4–1–1; Road: 4–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 28 December 1 Los Angeles Kings Won 4–3 Anaheim Ducks Quick (15–9–2) 14,231 16–10–2 34 [36] 29 December 3 Ottawa Senators Won 6–3 Los Angeles Kings Quick (16–9–2) 14,997 17–10–2 36 [37] 30 December 5 St. Louis Blues Lost 5–4 Los Angeles Kings SO Quick (16–9–3) 17,519 17–10–3 37 [38] 31 December 7 Calgary Flames Won 2–1 Los Angeles Kings Quick (17–9–3) 13,853 18–10–3 39 [39] 32 December 9 Los Angeles Kings Won 5–4 San Jose Sharks OT Ersberg (2–1–0) 17,562 19–10–3 41 [40] 33 December 10 Phoenix Coyotes Won 3–2 Los Angeles Kings SO Quick (18–9–3) 15,259 20–10–3 43 [41] 34 December 12 Dallas Stars Won 3–2 Los Angeles Kings SO Quick (19–9–3) 18,118 21–10–3 45 [42] 35 December 14 Los Angeles Kings Lost 3–1 Vancouver Canucks Quick (19–10–3) 18,810 21–11–3 45 [43] 36 December 15 Los Angeles Kings Won 3–2 Edmonton Oilers Quick (20–10–3) 16,839 22–11–3 47 [44] 37 December 17 Los Angeles Kings Lost 2–1 Calgary Flames Quick (20–11–3) 19,289 22–12–3 47 [45] 38 December 26 Los Angeles Kings Lost 3–2 Phoenix Coyotes Quick (20–12–3) 16,131 22–13–3 47 [46] 39 December 28 Minnesota Wild Lost 4–3 Los Angeles Kings Quick (20–13–3) 18,118 22–14–3 47 [47] 40 December 30 Los Angeles Kings Lost 2–1 Calgary Flames Ersberg (2–2–0) 19,289 22–15–3 47 [48] 41 December 31 Los Angeles Kings Won 5–2 Minnesota Wild Quick (21–13–3) 18,504 23–15–3 49 [49]
January: 10–4–0 (Home: 4–4–0; Road: 6–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 42 January 2 Washington Capitals Won 2–1 Los Angeles Kings Quick (22–13–3) 18,118 24–15–3 51 [50] 43 January 4 Los Angeles Kings Won 6–2 San Jose Sharks Quick (23–13–3) 17,562 25–15–3 53 [51] 44 January 7 Detroit Red Wings Lost 2–1 Los Angeles Kings Quick (23–14–3) 18,118 25–16–3 53 [52] 45 January 9 St. Louis Blues Lost 4–3 Los Angeles Kings Quick (23–15–3) 18,118 25–17–3 53 [53] 46 January 11 San Jose Sharks Lost 2–1 Los Angeles Kings Ersberg (2–3–0) 17,821 25–18–3 53 [54] 47 January 14 Anaheim Ducks Won 4–0 Los Angeles Kings Quick (24–15–3) 18,118 26–18–3 55 [55] 48 January 16 Boston Bruins Won 4–3 Los Angeles Kings SO Quick (25–15–3) 18,118 27–18–3 57 [56] 49 January 19 San Jose Sharks Lost 5–1 Los Angeles Kings Quick (25–16–3) 16,212 27–19–3 57 [57] 50 January 21 Buffalo Sabres Won 4–3 Los Angeles Kings SO Quick (26–16–3) 16,884 28–19–3 59 [58] 51 January 23 Los Angeles Kings Won 3–2 Detroit Red Wings Quick (27–16–3) 20,066 29–19–3 61 [59] 52 January 26 Los Angeles Kings Won 5–3 Toronto Maple Leafs Quick (28–16–3) 19,322 30–19–3 63 [60] 53 January 28 Los Angeles Kings Won 4–1 Columbus Blue Jackets Quick (29–16–3) 13,709 31–19–3 65 [61] 54 January 30 Los Angeles Kings Won 3–2 Boston Bruins SO Quick (30–16–3) 17,565 32–19–3 67 [62] 55 January 31 Los Angeles Kings Won 3–2 New Jersey Devils Quick (31–16–3) 17,625 33–19–3 69 [63]
February: 4–1–1 (Home: 4–0–1; Road: 0–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 56 February 2 New York Rangers Won 2–1 Los Angeles Kings Quick (32–16–3) 18,118 34–19–3 71 [64] 57 February 4 Anaheim Ducks Won 6–4 Los Angeles Kings Quick (33–16–3) 18,118 35–19–3 73 [65] 58 February 6 Detroit Red Wings Won 4–3 Los Angeles Kings Quick (34–16–3) 18,118 36–19–3 75 [66] 59 February 8 Los Angeles Kings Lost 4–2 Anaheim Ducks Quick (34–17–3) 16,033 36–20–3 75 [67] 60 February 11 Edmonton Oilers Lost 3–2 Los Angeles Kings SO Ersberg (2–3–1) 18,118 36–20–4 76 [68] 61 February 13 Colorado Avalanche Won 3–0 Los Angeles Kings Quick (35–17–3) 18,118 37–20–4 78 [69]
March: 6–7–2 (Home: 3–4–0; Road: 3–3–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 62 March 2 Los Angeles Kings Won 5–1 Dallas Stars Quick (36–17–3) 15,571 38–20–4 80 [70] 63 March 4 Los Angeles Kings Lost 4–2 Nashville Predators Quick (36–18–3) 15,653 38–21–4 80 [71] 64 March 6 Montreal Canadiens Lost 4–2 Los Angeles Kings Quick (36–19–3) 18,118 38–22–4 80 [72] 65 March 8 Columbus Blue Jackets Won 6–0 Los Angeles Kings Quick (37–19–3) 17,524 39–22–4 82 [73] 66 March 10 Los Angeles Kings Lost 3–2 Chicago Blackhawks OT Quick (37–19–4) 21,850 39–22–5 83 [74] 67 March 12 Los Angeles Kings Won 2–1 Dallas Stars SO Bernier (1–0–0) 16,651 40–22–5 85 [75] 68 March 14 Nashville Predators Lost 3–2 Los Angeles Kings Quick (37–20–4) 18,118 40–23–5 85 [76] 69 March 18 Chicago Blackhawks Lost 3–0 Los Angeles Kings Quick (37–21–4) 18,118 40–24–5 85 [77] 70 March 20 New York Islanders Won 1–0 Los Angeles Kings Quick (38–21–4) 18,118 41–24–5 87 [78] 71 March 22 Colorado Avalanche Won 4–3 Los Angeles Kings OT Quick (39–21–4) 17,845 42–24–5 89 [79] 72 March 24 Los Angeles Kings Lost 4–3 Colorado Avalanche SO Ersberg (2–3–2) 13,667 42–24–6 90 [80] 73 March 25 Los Angeles Kings Lost 3–1 St. Louis Blues Quick (39–22–4) 19,150 42–25–6 90 [81] 74 March 27 Dallas Stars Lost 4–1 Los Angeles Kings Quick (39–23–4) 18,118 42–26–6 90 [82] 75 March 29 Los Angeles Kings Lost 3–2 Minnesota Wild Quick (39–24–4) 18,284 42–27–6 90 [83] 76 March 30 Los Angeles Kings Won 2–0 Nashville Predators Bernier (2–0–0) 14,433 43–27–6 92 [84]
April: 3–0–3 (Home: 1–0–3; Road: 2–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 77 April 1 Vancouver Canucks Won 8–3 Los Angeles Kings Bernier (3–0–0) 18,118 44–27–6 94 [85] 78 April 3 Anaheim Ducks Lost 2–1 Los Angeles Kings SO Quick (39–24–5) 18,118 44–27–7 95 [86] 79 April 6 Los Angeles Kings Won 5–4 Anaheim Ducks SO Ersberg (3–3–2) 16,278 45–27–7 97 [87] 80 April 8 Phoenix Coyotes Lost 3–2 Los Angeles Kings SO Quick (39–24–6) 18,118 45–27–8 98 [88] 81 April 10 Edmonton Oilers Lost 4–3 Los Angeles Kings SO Quick (39–24–7) 18,118 45–27–9 99 [89] 82 April 11 Los Angeles Kings Won 2–1 Colorado Avalanche OT Ersberg (4–3–2) 15,674 46–27–9 101 [90]
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

Main article: 2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs

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

2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Western Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (3) Vancouver Canucks – Vancouver Canucks won series 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 15 Los Angeles Kings Lost 3–2 Vancouver Canucks OT Quick (0–1) 18,810 0–1 [91] 2 April 17 Los Angeles Kings Won 3–2 Vancouver Canucks OT Quick (1–1) 18,810 1–1 [92] 3 April 19 Vancouver Canucks Won 5–3 Los Angeles Kings Quick (2–1) 18,264 2–1 [93] 4 April 21 Vancouver Canucks Lost 6–4 Los Angeles Kings Quick (2–2) 18,322 2–2 [94] 5 April 23 Los Angeles Kings Lost 7–2 Vancouver Canucks Quick (2–3) 18,810 2–3 [95] 6 April 25 Vancouver Canucks Lost 4–2 Los Angeles Kings Quick (2–4) 18,287 2–4 [96]

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 

Regular season

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Anze Kopitar 82 34 47 81 6 16 Drew Doughty 82 16 43 59 20 54 Dustin Brown 82 24 32 56 −6 41 Ryan Smyth 67 22 31 53 8 42 Alexander Frolov 81 19 32 51 −1 26 Jarret Stoll 73 16 31 47 13 40 Michal Handzus 81 20 22 42 4 38 Wayne Simmonds 78 16 24 40 22 116 Jack Johnson 80 8 28 36 −15 48 Justin Williams 49 10 19 29 3 39 Brad Richardson 81 11 16 27 1 37 Scott Parse 59 11 13 24 13 22 Randy Jones 48 5 16 21 −3 28 Sean O'Donnell 78 3 12 15 14 70 Rob Scuderi 73 0 11 11 16 21 Matt Greene 75 2 7 9 4 83 Davis Drewiske 42 1 7 8 −4 14 Oscar Moller 34 4 3 7 −6 4 Teddy Purcell‡ 41 3 3 6 −1 4 Fredrik Modin† 20 3 2 5 −2 14 Peter Harrold 39 1 2 3 −2 8 Richard Clune 14 0 2 2 1 26 Jeff Halpern† 16 0 2 2 −1 12 Brandon Segal‡ 25 1 1 2 0 20 Corey Elkins 3 1 0 1 −2 0 Jonathan Quick 72 0 1 1 – 2 Jonathan Bernier 3 0 1 1 – 0 Marc-Andre Cliche 1 0 0 0 1 0 Trevor Lewis 5 0 0 0 −3 0 Alec Martinez 4 0 0 0 −2 2 Andrei Loktionov 1 0 0 0 0 0 Brayden Schenn 1 0 0 0 −1 0 Raitis Ivanans 61 0 0 0 −8 136 Erik Ersberg 11 0 0 0 – 0

Playoffs

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Jack Johnson 6 0 7 7 −5 6 Drew Doughty 6 3 4 7 −5 4 Michal Handzus 6 3 2 5 −5 4 Dustin Brown 6 1 4 5 −7 6 Anze Kopitar 6 2 3 5 −1 2 Fredrik Modin 6 3 1 4 −3 2 Alexander Frolov 6 1 3 4 −5 0 Wayne Simmonds 6 2 1 3 1 9 Ryan Smyth 6 1 1 2 0 6 Brad Richardson 6 1 1 2 −7 2 Sean O'Donnell 6 0 1 1 −2 4 Justin Williams 3 0 1 1 0 2 Jarret Stoll 6 1 0 1 −4 4 Matt Greene 6 0 1 1 −4 0 Rob Scuderi 6 0 0 0 −4 6 Jeff Halpern 6 0 0 0 −1 4 Raitis Ivanans 1 0 0 0 0 0 Randy Jones 4 0 0 0 −2 2 Scott Parse 4 0 0 0 −1 0 Richard Clune 4 0 0 0 −2 5 Peter Harrold 2 0 0 0 0 0

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 72 4258 39 24 7 180 2.54 1927 1747 .907 4 Erik Ersberg 11 551 4 3 2 22 2.40 234 212 .906 0 Jonathan Bernier 3 185 3 0 0 4 1.30 94 90 .957 1

Playoffs
Player GP Min W L GA GAA SA SV Sv% SO Jonathan Quick 6 360 2 4 21 3.50 181 160 .884 0 Erik Ersberg 1 13 0 0 2 9.23 4 2 .500 0

^†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

Milestones

Regular season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Alec Martinez	1st career NHL game	October 3, 2009
Davis Drewiske	1st career NHL goal	October 6, 2009
Justin Williams	200th career NHL assist	October 12, 2009
Dustin Brown	200th career NHL point	October 19, 2009
Anze Kopitar	1st career NHL hat trick	October 22, 2009
Terry Murray	400th career NHL coaching win	October 22, 2009
Scott Parse	1st career NHL game	October 24, 2009
Scott Parse	1st career NHL assist	October 24, 2009
Scott Parse	1st career NHL goal	October 24, 2009
Wayne Simmonds	100th career NHL game	November 9, 2009
Drew Doughty	100th career NHL game	November 11, 2009
Michal Handzus	700th career NHL game	November 11, 2009
Brayden Schenn	1st career NHL game	November 26, 2009
Brad Richardson	200th career NHL game	December 12, 2009
Corey Elkins	1st career NHL game	December 15, 2009
Corey Elkins	1st career NHL goal	December 17, 2009

Awards

Regular season
Player	Award	Awarded
Jonathan Quick	NHL Second Star of the Week	October 12, 2009
Anze Kopitar	NHL First Star of the Week	October 26, 2009
Jonathan Quick	NHL First Star of the Week	December 14, 2009

• 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

Date	Details
June 27, 2009	To New York Rangers Brian Boyle	To Los Angeles Kings 3rd-round pick in 2010
June 27, 2009	To Calgary Flames 3rd-round pick (74th overall) in 2009	To Los Angeles Kings 3rd-round pick (84th overall) in 2009 4th-round pick (107th overall) in 2009
June 27, 2009	To Atlanta Thrashers 4th-round pick (117th overall) in 2009 4th-round pick (120th overall) in 2009 7th-round pick (203rd overall) in 2009	To Los Angeles Kings 4th-round pick (95th overall) in 2009
June 27, 2009	To Florida Panthers 4th-round pick (107th overall) in 2009 5th-round pick (138th overall) in 2009	To Los Angeles Kings 3rd-round pick in 2010
July 3, 2009	To Colorado Avalanche Kyle Quincey Tom Preissing 5th-round pick in 2010	To Los Angeles Kings Ryan Smyth
March 3, 2010	To Tampa Bay Lightning Teddy Purcell 3rd-round pick in 2010	To Los Angeles Kings Jeff Halpern
March 3, 2010	To Columbus Blue Jackets Conditional 7th-round pick in 2010	To Los Angeles Kings Fredrik Modin

Free agents acquired

Player	Former team	Contract terms
Dwight King	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)	3 years, entry-level
Rob Scuderi	Pittsburgh Penguins	4 years, $13.6 million
Brandon Segal	Tampa Bay Lightning	2 years
Justin Azevedo	Manchester Monarchs	Multi-year, entry-level
Juraj Mikus	TPS Turku (SM-liiga)	2 years, entry-level
Kyle Clifford	Barrie Colts (OHL)	3 years, entry-level
Jake Muzzin	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)	3 years, entry-level

Free agents lost

Player	New team	Contract terms
Matt Moulson	New York Islanders	1 year
Vladimir Dravecky	HC Kosice (Slovak Extraliga)	1 year
Derek Armstrong	St. Louis Blues	1 year, 2-way (NHL/AHL)
Dan Taylor	Syracuse Crunch (AHL)	1 year, two-way (AHL/ECHL)
Kyle Calder	Anaheim Ducks	1 year, two-way (NHL/ECHL)

Acquired via waivers

Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers
Randy Jones	Philadelphia Flyers	October 29, 2009

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date claimed off waivers
Brandon Segal	Dallas Stars	February 11, 2010

Player signings

Player	Contract terms
Kevin Westgarth	3 years
Scott Parse	1 year
Joe Piskula	1 year
Jack Johnson	2 years, $2.85 million
Teddy Purcell	1 year
Drew Bagnall	1 year
Davis Drewiske	3 Year, $600,000
Jonathan Quick	3 Year, $1,800,000

Miscellaneous

Player	Date	Transaction
Jean-Francois Berube	September 16, 2009	Returned to Montreal Junior Hockey Club (QMJHL)
Nicolas Deslauriers	September 16, 2009	Returned to Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)
Martin Jones	September 16, 2009	Returned to Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
Brandon Kozun	September 16, 2009	Returned to Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
Linden Vey	September 16, 2009	Returned to Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
Tyler Maxwell	September 16, 2009	Released from tryout
Milan Doczy	September 16, 2009	Released from tryout
Radko Gudas	September 16, 2009	Released from tryout
Justin Azevedo	September 20, 2009	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Corey Elkins	September 20, 2009	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Bud Holloway	September 20, 2009	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Dwight King	September 20, 2009	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Andrei Loktionov	September 20, 2009	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
David Meckler	September 20, 2009	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Juraj Mikus	September 20, 2009	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Oscar Moller	September 20, 2009	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Patrick Mullen	September 20, 2009	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Jordan Nolan	September 20, 2009	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Scott Parse	September 20, 2009	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Michael Pelech	September 20, 2009	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Slava Voynov	September 20, 2009	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Geoff Walker	September 20, 2009	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Jeff Zatkoff	September 20, 2009	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Colten Teubert	September 20, 2009	Returned to Regina Pats (WHL)
Dennis McCauley	September 20, 2009	Released from tryout
Drew Bagnall	September 22, 2009	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Gabe Gauthier	September 22, 2009	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Brandon Segal	September 22, 2009	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
John Zeiler	September 22, 2009	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Sean O'Donnell	September 23, 2009	Suspended by NHL for 3 Preseason games and 2 Regular Season games
Andrew Campbell	September 24, 2009	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Marc-Andre Cliche	September 24, 2009	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Kyle Clifford	September 24, 2009	Returned to Barrie Colts (OHL)
Joe Piskula	September 26, 2009	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Jonathan Bernier	September 28, 2009	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Thomas Hickey	September 28, 2009	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Kevin Westgarth	September 28, 2009	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Brayden Schenn	September 28, 2009	Returned to Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
Richard Clune	September 30, 2009	Placed on Injured Reserve retroactive to September 26
Dwight King	October 2, 2009	Reassigned to Ontario Reign (ECHL)
David Kolomatis	October 2, 2009	Signed to a Professional Tryout Agreement with Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Jordan Nolan	October 2, 2009	Released by Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Michael Pelech	October 2, 2009	Signed to a one-year contract with Manchester Monarchs (AHL) and assigned to Ontario Reign (ECHL)
Richard Clune	October 9, 2009	Activated from Injured Reserve and assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Oscar Moller	October 17, 2009	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Oscar Moller	October 20, 2009	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Scott Parse	October 23, 2009	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Alec Martinez	October 29, 2009	Placed on Injured Reserve retroactive to October 5, 2009
Trevor Lewis	October 30, 2009	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Alec Martinez	November 19, 2009	Activated from Injured Reserve and assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Ryan Smyth	November 23, 2009	Placed on Injured Reserve retroactive to November 17
Andrei Loktionov	November 23, 2009	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Brandon Segal	November 23, 2009	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Brayden Schenn	November 26, 2009	Recalled under Emergency circumstances from Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) and signed to an Amateur Tryout Agreement
Andrei Loktionov	November 26, 2009	Placed on Injured Reserve
Dwight King	December 1, 2009	Reassigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) from Ontario Reign (ECHL)
Oscar Moller	December 6, 2009	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Brandon Segal	December 9, 2009	Placed on Injured Reserve retroactive to December 2
Corey Elkins	December 14, 2009	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL) under Emergency Circumstances
Wayne Simmonds	December 16, 2009	Placed on Injured Reserve retroactive to December 11
Alec Martinez	December 16, 2009	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Ryan Smyth	December 18, 2009	Activated from Injured Reserve
Corey Elkins	December 18, 2009	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Alec Martinez	December 18, 2009	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Oscar Moller	December 18, 2009	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Scott Parse	December 18, 2009	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Corey Elkins	December 23, 2009	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Oscar Moller	December 23, 2009	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Wayne Simmonds	December 26, 2009	Activated from Injured Reserve
Brandon Segal	December 26, 2009	Activated from Injured Reserve
Jarret Stoll	December 26, 2009	Placed on Injured Reserve retroactive to December 15, 2009
Scott Parse	December 28, 2009	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Corey Elkins	December 28, 2009	Loaned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Justin Williams	December 28, 2009	Placed on Injured Reserve retroactive to December 27, 2009
Jarret Stoll	January 4, 2010	Activated from Injured Reserve
Alec Martinez	January 6, 2010	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Randy Jones	January 6, 2010	Placed on Injured Reserve retroactive to December 16, 2009
Alec Martinez	January 9, 2010	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
Randy Jones	January 9, 2010	Activated from Injured Reserve

Draft picks

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

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/junior/club team (league)
1	5	Brayden Schenn	C	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
2	35	Kyle Clifford	LW	Canada	Barrie Colts (OHL)
3	84 (from New Jersey via Calgary)	Nicolas Deslauriers	D	Canada	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)
4	95 (from Atlanta)	Jean-Francois Berube	G	Canada	Montreal Junior Hockey Club (QMJHL)
4	96	Linden Vey	RW	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
5	126	David Kolomatis	D	United States	Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
6	156	Michael Pelech	C/LW	Canada	Mississauga St. Michael's Majors (OHL)
6	179 (from Chicago)	Brandon Kozun	RW	United States	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
7	186	Jordan Nolan	C	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
7	198 (from St. Louis)	Nic Dowd	C	United States	Wenatchee Wild (NAHL)

See also

• 2009–10 NHL season

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.

External links

• 2009–10 Los Angeles Kings season at ESPN
• 2009–10 Los Angeles Kings season at Hockey Reference