# 2017–18 Los Angeles Kings season

The 2017–18 Los Angeles Kings season was the 51st season (50th season of play) for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967. The Kings made the playoffs, but were swept by the Vegas Golden Knights in the First Round.

## Standings

Pacific Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | y – Vegas Golden Knights | 82 | 51 | 24 | 7 | 47 | 272 | 228 | +44 | 109 |
| 2 | x – Anaheim Ducks | 82 | 44 | 25 | 13 | 40 | 235 | 216 | +19 | 101 |
| 3 | x – San Jose Sharks | 82 | 45 | 27 | 10 | 40 | 252 | 229 | +23 | 100 |
| 4 | x – Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 45 | 29 | 8 | 43 | 239 | 203 | +36 | 98 |
| 5 | Calgary Flames | 82 | 37 | 35 | 10 | 35 | 218 | 248 | −30 | 84 |
| 6 | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 36 | 40 | 6 | 31 | 234 | 263 | −29 | 78 |
| 7 | Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 31 | 40 | 11 | 31 | 218 | 264 | −46 | 73 |
| 8 | Arizona Coyotes | 82 | 29 | 41 | 12 | 27 | 208 | 256 | −48 | 70 |
Western Conference Wild Card :
| Pos | Div | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | PA | x – Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 45 | 29 | 8 | 43 | 239 | 203 | +36 | 98 |
| 2 | CE | x – Colorado Avalanche | 82 | 43 | 30 | 9 | 41 | 257 | 237 | +20 | 95 |
| 3 | CE | St. Louis Blues | 82 | 44 | 32 | 6 | 41 | 226 | 222 | +4 | 94 |
| 4 | CE | Dallas Stars | 82 | 42 | 32 | 8 | 38 | 235 | 225 | +10 | 92 |
| 5 | PA | Calgary Flames | 82 | 37 | 35 | 10 | 35 | 218 | 248 | −30 | 84 |
| 6 | PA | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 36 | 40 | 6 | 31 | 234 | 263 | −29 | 78 |
| 7 | CE | Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 33 | 39 | 10 | 32 | 229 | 256 | −27 | 76 |
| 8 | PA | Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 31 | 40 | 11 | 31 | 218 | 264 | −46 | 73 |
| 9 | PA | Arizona Coyotes | 82 | 29 | 41 | 12 | 27 | 208 | 256 | −48 | 70 |

## Schedule and results
### Preseason

The Kings announced their preseason schedule on June 15, 2017.

### Regular season

The team's regular season schedule was released on June 22, 2017.
2017–18 game log :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

### Playoffs

2018 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## Player statistics

Final Stats

### Skaters

Regular season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Anze Kopitar | 82 | 35 | 57 | 92 | 21 | 20 |
| Dustin Brown | 81 | 28 | 33 | 61 | 31 | 58 |
| Drew Doughty | 82 | 10 | 50 | 60 | 23 | 54 |
| Tyler Toffoli | 82 | 24 | 23 | 47 | 9 | 16 |
| Jake Muzzin | 74 | 8 | 34 | 42 | 10 | 40 |
| Tanner Pearson | 82 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 11 | 27 |
| Adrian Kempe | 81 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 11 | 49 |
| Trevor Lewis | 68 | 14 | 12 | 26 | −6 | 25 |
| Alec Martinez | 77 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 3 | 34 |
| Alex Iafallo | 75 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 10 | 12 |
| Jeff Carter | 27 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 4 | 2 |
| Derek Forbort | 78 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 49 |
| Nick Shore$^‡$ | 49 | 4 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 12 |
| Marian Gaborík$^‡$ | 30 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 18 |
| Christian Folin | 65 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 30 |
| Torrey Mitchell$^†$ | 49 | 6 | 5 | 11 | −5 | 28 |
| Kyle Clifford | 50 | 6 | 4 | 10 | −4 | 48 |
| Dion Phaneuf$^†$ | 26 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −7 | 15 |
| Andy Andreoff | 45 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −6 | 50 |
| Oscar Fantenberg | 27 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| Michael Amadio | 37 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −2 | 8 |
| Michael Cammalleri$^‡$ | 15 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| Jonny Brodzinski | 35 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| Tobias Rieder$^†$ | 20 | 4 | 2 | 6 | −1 | 0 |
| Nate Thompson$^†$ | 26 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 10 |
| Jussi Jokinen$^{†‡}$ | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| Paul LaDue | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Kurtis MacDermid | 34 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −4 | 57 |
| Kevin Gravel | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −3 | 2 |
| Daniel Brickley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Brooks Laich | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −5 | 6 |
| Nic Dowd$^‡$ | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 12 |
| Andrew Crescenzi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Justin Auger | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Anze Kopitar | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Iafallo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
| Paul LaDue | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dion Phaneuf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 |
| Dustin Brown | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Oscar Fantenberg | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Michael Amadio | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alec Martinez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
| Trevor Lewis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 |
| Tanner Pearson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Jeff Carter | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nate Thompson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Torrey Mitchell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Christian Folin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 |
| Adrian Kempe | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
| Tyler Toffoli | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Jake Muzzin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
| Tobias Rieder | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Kevin Gravel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Drew Doughty | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Clifford | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 |

### Goaltenders

Regular season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Jonathan Quick | 64 | 63 | 3,677:05 | 33 | 28 | 3 | 147 | 2.40 | 1,867 | .921 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| Darcy Kuemper$^‡$ | 19 | 15 | 999:13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 2.10 | 516 | .932 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jack Campbell | 5 | 4 | 266:37 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 2.48 | 145 | .924 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Jonathan Quick | 4 | 4 | 271:26 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1.55 | 131 | .947 | 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

## Transactions

The Kings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017–18 season.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| November 14, 2017 (2017-11-14) | To Edmonton OilersMichael Cammalleri | To Los Angeles KingsJussi Jokinen |
| November 23, 2017 (2017-11-23) | To Montreal CanadiensConditional 5th-round draft pick in 2018 | To Los Angeles KingsTorrey Mitchell |
| December 7, 2017 (2017-12-07) | To Vancouver CanucksNic Dowd | To Los Angeles KingsJordan Subban |
| January 22, 2018 (2018-01-22) | To Columbus Blue JacketsJeff Zatkoff | To Los Angeles KingsFuture considerations |
| February 5, 2018 (2018-02-05) | To Vegas Golden KnightsZachary Leslie | To Los Angeles KingsFuture considerations |
| February 13, 2018 (2018-02-13) | To Ottawa SenatorsMarian Gaborik Nick Shore | To Los Angeles KingsDion Phaneuf Nate Thompson |
| February 21, 2018 (2018-02-21) | To Arizona CoyotesDarcy Kuemper | To Los Angeles KingsTobias Rieder Scott Wedgewood |
| June 13, 2018 (2018-06-13) | To Tampa Bay LightningAndy Andreoff | To Los Angeles KingsPeter Budaj |
Notes:
* $^{Note1}$ Arizona to retain 15% of salary as part of trade.

### Player signings

| Date | Player | Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) |
| June 24, 2017 (2017-06-24) | Andy Andreoff | 2-year, $1.355 million |
| July 6, 2017 (2017-07-06) | Nick Shore | 1-year, $925,000 |
| July 14, 2017 (2017-07-14) | Justin Auger | 1-year, $650,000 |
| July 14, 2017 (2017-07-14) | Jonny Brodzinski | 2-year, $1.3 million |
| July 14, 2017 (2017-07-14) | Andrew Crescenzi | 1-year, $650,000 |
| July 14, 2017 (2017-07-14) | Kevin Gravel | 1-year, $650,000 |
| July 14, 2017 (2017-07-14) | Paul LaDue | 1-year, $874,125 |
| July 14, 2017 (2017-07-14) | Zachary Leslie | 1-year, $650,000 |
| July 14, 2017 (2017-07-14) | Kurtis MacDermid | 1-year, $650,000 |
| September 25, 2017 (2017-09-25) | Jaret Anderson-Dolan | 3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract |
| October 19, 2017 (2017-10-19) | Derek Forbort | 2-year, $5.05 million |
| November 22, 2017 (2017-11-22) | Jack Campbell | 2-year, $1.35 million |
| March 1, 2018 (2018-03-01) | Gabriel Vilardi | 3-year, $4.975 million entry-level contract |
| March 29, 2018 (2018-03-29) | Michael Eyssimont | 2-year, $1.85 million entry-level contract |
| April 27, 2018 (2018-04-27) | Matt Villalta | 3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract |
| May 17, 2018 (2018-05-17) | Oscar Fantenberg | 1-year, $650,000 contract extension |

## Draft picks

Below are the Los Angeles Kings' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.
| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 11 | Gabriel Vilardi | C | Canada | Windsor Spitfires (OHL) |
| 2 | 41 | Jaret Anderson-Dolan | C | Canada | Spokane Chiefs (WHL) |
| 3 | 72 | Matt Villalta | G | Canada | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) |
| 4 | 103 | Mikey Anderson | D | United States | Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL) |
| 4 | 118$^1$ | Markus Phillips | D | Canada | Owen Sound Attack (OHL) |
| 5 | 134 | Cole Hults | D | United States | Madison Capitols (USHL) |
| 5 | 138$^2$ | Drake Rymsha | C | United States | Sarnia Sting (OHL) |
Notes:
* The Montreal Canadiens' fourth-round pick went to the Los Angeles Kings as the result of a trade on May 9, 2017 that sent Ben Bishop to Dallas in exchange for this pick.
* The Tampa Bay Lightning's fifth-round pick went to the Los Angeles Kings as the result of a trade on February 26, 2017 that sent Peter Budaj, Erik Cernak, a conditional pick in 2017 and a seventh-round pick in 2017 in exchange for Ben Bishop and this pick.