# 2015–16 Los Angeles Kings season

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. The season began on October 7, 2015, and ended on April 23, 2016, respectively, both against the San Jose Sharks.

## Off-season

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."

## Standings

Pacific Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | 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 |

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

2015–16 Schedule :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

## Playoffs

2016 Stanley Cup playoffs :

## Player statistics

Final stats

### Skaters

Regular Season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Anze Kopitar | 81 | 25 | 49 | 74 | 34 | 16 |
| Jeff Carter | 77 | 24 | 38 | 62 | 18 | 20 |
| Tyler Toffoli | 82 | 31 | 27 | 58 | 35 | 20 |
| Milan Lucic | 81 | 20 | 35 | 55 | 26 | 79 |
| Drew Doughty | 82 | 14 | 37 | 51 | 24 | 52 |
| Jake Muzzin | 82 | 8 | 32 | 40 | 7 | 64 |
| Tanner Pearson | 79 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 11 | 18 |
| Alec Martinez | 78 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 16 | 40 |
| Dustin Brown | 82 | 11 | 17 | 28 | −5 | 30 |
| Marian Gaborik | 54 | 12 | 10 | 22 | −6 | 20 |
| Vincent Lecavalier$^†$ | 42 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 20 |
| Trevor Lewis | 75 | 8 | 8 | 16 | −10 | 20 |
| Brayden McNabb | 81 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 92 |
| Dwight King | 47 | 7 | 6 | 13 | −6 | 24 |
| Luke Schenn$^†$ | 43 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 52 |
| Andy Andreoff | 60 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 76 |
| Nick Shore | 68 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −10 | 32 |
| Christian Ehrhoff$^‡$ | 40 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −10 | 32 |
| Kyle Clifford | 56 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −1 | 55 |
| Jamie McBain | 44 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 6 |
| Rob Scuderi$^†$ | 21 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 2 |
| Kris Versteeg$^†$ | 14 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| Jordan Nolan | 52 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 38 |
| Michael Mersch | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Derek Forbort | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 17 |
| Matt Greene | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Jeff Schultz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Nic Dowd | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kevin Gravel | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Weal$^‡$ | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Jake Muzzin | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Anze Kopitar | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Tanner Pearson | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
| Milan Lucic | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −2 | 4 |
| Trevor Lewis | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Jeff Carter | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −5 | 4 |
| Kris Versteeg | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Vincent Lecavalier | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Luke Schenn | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Marian Gaborik | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Dustin Brown | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 |
| Dwight King | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Drew Doughty | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −5 | 2 |
| Kyle Clifford | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tyler Toffoli | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −5 | 2 |
| Rob Scuderi | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jamie McBain | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Alec Martinez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayden McNabb | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 |
| Andy Andreoff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Shore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Regular Season :
| 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
### Awards

Regular season :
| Player | Award | Awarded |
| J. Quick | NHL Third Star of the Week | October 26, 2015 |
| J. Quick | NHL First Star of the Week | January 4, 2016 |
| D. Doughty | NHL All-Star game selection | January 6, 2016 |
| J. Quick | NHL All-Star game selection | January 6, 2016 |
| A. Kopitar | NHL Third Star of the Week | January 18, 2016 |

### Milestones

Regular season :
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| J. Weal | 1st career NHL game | October 9, 2015 |

## Transactions

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

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| June 26, 2015 (2015-06-26) | To Boston Bruins Martin Jones Colin Miller 1st-round pick in 2015 | To Los Angeles Kings Milan Lucic |
| 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 |
| October 6, 2015 (2015-10-06) | To New Jersey Devils Brian O'Neill | To Los Angeles Kings Conditional 7th-round pick in 2017 |
| January 6, 2016 (2016-01-06) | To Philadelphia Flyers Jordan Weal 3rd-round pick in 2016 | To Los Angeles Kings Vincent Lecavalier Luke Schenn |
| February 26, 2016 (2016-02-26) | To Chicago Blackhawks Christian Ehrhoff$^{Note3}$ | To Los Angeles Kings Rob Scuderi$^{Note4}$ |
| February 28, 2016 (2016-02-28) | To Carolina Hurricanes Valentin Zykov conditional 5th-round pick in 2016 | To Los Angeles Kings Kris Versteeg |
| February 29, 2016 (2016-02-29) | To Minnesota Wild Scott Sabourin | To Los Angeles Kings Brett Sutter |

#### Notes

* $^{Note1}$ Philadelphia to retain 50% ($2.25 million) of salary as part of trade.
* $^{Note2}$ Philadelphia to retain 50% ($1.8 million) of salary as part of trade.
* $^{Note3}$ Los Angeles to retain 15% ($225,000) of salary as part of trade.
* $^{Note4}$ Chicago to retain 50% ($1.125 million) of salary as part of trade.
Lost via retirement
PlayerRef
Player signings
DatePlayerContract terms (in U.S. dollars)Ref
June 26, 2015 (2015-06-26)Tyler Toffoli2 years, $6.5 million
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)Kevin Gravel2 years, $1.85 million
July 5, 2015 (2015-07-05)Jamie McBain1 year, $600,000
July 14, 2015 (2015-07-14)Erik Cernak3 years, entry-level contract
July 15, 2015 (2015-07-15)Andy Andreoff2 years, $1.175 million
July 16, 2015 (2015-07-16)Nick Shore2 years, $1.2 million
July 16, 2015 (2015-07-16)Jordan Weal1 year, $632,500
July 16, 2015 (2015-07-16)Nic Dowd1 year, $600,000
July 16, 2015 (2015-07-16)Andrew Crescenzi1 year, $605,000
July 16, 2015Vincent LoVerde2 years, $1.15 million
August 10, 2015 (2015-08-10)Joel Lowry2 years, entry-level contract
March 2, 2016 (2016-03-02)Peter Budaj1 year, contract extension
June 4, 2016 (2016-06-04)Brayden McNabb2 years :

## Draft picks

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 | Erik Cernak | D | Slovakia | HC Kosice (Slovak Extraliga) |
| 3 | 74 | Alexander Dergachyov | C | Russia | SKA Saint Petersburg (Russia Jr.) |
| 4 | 99 | Austin Wagner | LW | Canada | Regina Pats (WHL) |
| 5 | 134 | Matt Schmalz | RW | Canada | Sudbury Wolves (OHL) |
| 7 | 187 | Chaz Reddekopp | D | Canada | Victoria Royals (WHL) |
| 7 | 194 | Matt Roy | LW | Canada | Michigan Tech University (WCHA) |

### Draft notes

* The Los Angeles Kings' first-round pick went to the Boston Bruins as the result of a trade on June 26, 2015, that sent Milan Lucic to Los Angeles in exchange for Martin Jones, Colin Miller and this pick.
* $^a$ The Los Angeles Kings' second-round pick was re-acquired as the result of a trade on March 5, 2014, that sent Hudson Fasching and Nicolas Deslauriers to Buffalo in exchange for Brayden McNabb, Jonathan Parker, Los Angeles' second-round pick in 2014 and this pick. Buffalo previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on April 1, 2013, that sent Robyn Regehr to Los Angeles in exchange for a second-round pick in 2014 and this pick.
* $^b$ The Columbus Blue Jackets' fourth-round pick went to the Los Angeles Kings as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015, that sent a fourth-round pick in 2015 (104th overall) and a sixth-round pick in 2016 to Philadelphia in exchange for this pick.
    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.
* 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.
* 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). 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 after playing only 26 games with the Kings.
* $^c$ 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.