# 2010–11 Los Angeles Kings season

The 2010–11 Los Angeles Kings season was the 44th season of operation (43rd season of play) for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise.

## Regular season

The Kings came out on fire to start the season, and took the lead in the Western Conference standings. Despite an injury to Drew Doughty, the team started with a 12–3 win–loss record into November, including a six-game win streak.
The Kings concluded the regular season having tied the New Jersey Devils for the fewest power-play goals allowed, with 40.

## Standings
### Divisional standings

Pacific Division vte :
| | | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | y-San Jose Sharks | 82 | 48 | 25 | 9 | 43 | 248 | 213 | 105 |
| 2 | Anaheim Ducks | 82 | 47 | 30 | 5 | 43 | 239 | 235 | 99 |
| 3 | Phoenix Coyotes | 82 | 43 | 26 | 13 | 38 | 231 | 226 | 99 |
| 4 | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 46 | 30 | 6 | 36 | 219 | 198 | 98 |
| 5 | Dallas Stars | 82 | 42 | 29 | 11 | 37 | 227 | 233 | 95 |

### Conference standings

Western Conference :
| R | | Div | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | p – Vancouver Canucks | NW | 82 | 54 | 19 | 9 | 50 | 262 | 185 | 117 |
| 2 | y – San Jose Sharks | PA | 82 | 48 | 25 | 9 | 43 | 248 | 213 | 105 |
| 3 | y – Detroit Red Wings | CE | 82 | 47 | 25 | 10 | 43 | 261 | 241 | 104 |
| 4 | Anaheim Ducks | PA | 82 | 47 | 30 | 5 | 43 | 239 | 235 | 99 |
| 5 | Nashville Predators | CE | 82 | 44 | 27 | 11 | 38 | 219 | 194 | 99 |
| 6 | Phoenix Coyotes | PA | 82 | 43 | 26 | 13 | 38 | 231 | 226 | 99 |
| 7 | Los Angeles Kings | PA | 82 | 46 | 30 | 6 | 36 | 219 | 198 | 98 |
| 8 | Chicago Blackhawks | CE | 82 | 44 | 29 | 9 | 38 | 258 | 225 | 97 |
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| 9 | Dallas Stars | PA | 82 | 42 | 29 | 11 | 37 | 227 | 233 | 95 |
| 10 | Calgary Flames | NW | 82 | 41 | 29 | 12 | 32 | 250 | 237 | 94 |
| 11 | St. Louis Blues | CE | 82 | 38 | 33 | 11 | 34 | 240 | 234 | 87 |
| 12 | Minnesota Wild | NW | 82 | 39 | 35 | 8 | 36 | 206 | 233 | 86 |
| 13 | Columbus Blue Jackets | CE | 82 | 34 | 35 | 13 | 29 | 215 | 258 | 81 |
| 14 | Colorado Avalanche | NW | 82 | 30 | 44 | 8 | 24 | 227 | 288 | 68 |
| 15 | Edmonton Oilers | NW | 82 | 25 | 45 | 12 | 23 | 193 | 269 | 62 |
bold – qualified for playoffs; y – Won division; p – Won President's Trophy (best record in NHL) CE – Central Division, NW – Northwest Division, PA – Pacific Division

## Schedule and results

2010–11 Kings schedule at nhl.com
2010–11 Game Log :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

## Playoffs

The Kings returned to the playoffs for the second consecutive season.
2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs :
Legend:  Win  Loss

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Anze Kopitar | 75 | 25 | 48 | 73 | 25 | 20 |
| Dustin Brown | 82 | 28 | 29 | 57 | 17 | 67 |
| Justin Williams | 73 | 22 | 35 | 57 | 14 | 59 |
| Ryan Smyth | 82 | 23 | 24 | 47 | −1 | 35 |
| Jarret Stoll | 82 | 20 | 23 | 43 | −6 | 42 |
| Jack Johnson | 82 | 5 | 37 | 42 | −21 | 44 |
| Drew Doughty | 76 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 13 | 68 |
| Wayne Simmonds | 80 | 14 | 16 | 30 | −2 | 75 |
| Michal Handzus | 82 | 12 | 18 | 30 | −5 | 20 |
| Brad Richardson | 68 | 7 | 12 | 19 | −13 | 47 |
| Alec Martinez | 60 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 18 |
| Rob Scuderi | 82 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 16 |
| Alexei Ponikarovsky | 61 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 36 |
| Kyle Clifford | 76 | 7 | 7 | 14 | −10 | 141 |
| Trevor Lewis | 72 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −11 | 6 |
| Matt Greene | 71 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 70 |
| Willie Mitchell | 57 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 21 |
| Marco Sturm$^‡$ | 17 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 17 |
| Andrei Loktionov | 19 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| Dustin Penner$^†$ | 19 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| Davis Drewiske | 38 | 0 | 5 | 5 | −1 | 19 |
| Peter Harrold | 19 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Oscar Moller | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
| Scott Parse | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Kevin Westgarth | 56 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −6 | 105 |
| Brayden Schenn | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 |
| Jake Muzzin | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
| John Zeiler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Dwight King | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Ryan Smyth | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Brad Richardson | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −4 | 2 |
| Jack Johnson | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −2 | 0 |
| Kyle Clifford | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −2 | 7 |
| Justin Williams | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Trevor Lewis | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Drew Doughty | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| Jarret Stoll | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Wayne Simmonds | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 20 |
| Michal Handzus | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −4 | 0 |
| Willie Mitchell | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Rob Scuderi | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 |
| Dustin Brown | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 6 |
| Dustin Penner | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 4 |
| Kevin Westgarth | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| Alexei Ponikarovsky | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Alec Martinez | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
| Matt Greene | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 14 |
| Scott Parse | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Oscar Moller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Regular season :
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | Sv% | SO |
| Jonathan Quick | 61 | 3591 | 35 | 22 | 3 | 134 | 2.24 | 1631 | .918 | 6 |
| Jonathan Bernier | 25 | 1378 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 57 | 2.48 | 652 | .913 | 3 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | GA | GAA | SA | Sv% | SO |
| Jonathan Quick | 6 | 380 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 3.16 | 229 | .913 | 1 |
$^†$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

Anze Kopitar established a franchise record for most consecutive games played. On March 14, 2011, Kopitar established the new mark by playing in a 325th consecutive game against the Nashville Predators. The previous record was held by Hockey Hall of Fame member Marcel Dionne. Dionne played in 324 straight contests between January 7, 1978, until January 9, 1982. Jonathan Quick became the first goaltender in franchise history to post consecutive 30-win seasons.

### Milestones

Regular season :
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| Kyle Clifford | 1st career NHL game | October 9, 2010 |
| Jake Muzzin | 1st career NHL game | October 9, 2010 |
| Jake Muzzin | 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point | October 15, 2010 |
| Andrei Loktionov | 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point | October 20, 2010 |
| Brayden Schenn | 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point | October 21, 2010 |
| Andrei Loktionov | 1st career NHL assist | October 23, 2010 |
| Alexei Ponikarovsky | 500th career NHL game | October 23, 2010 |
| Ryan Smyth | 1,000th career NHL game | November 6, 2010 |
| Anze Kopitar | 300th career NHL point | November 13, 2010 |
| Dwight King | 1st career NHL game | November 17, 2010 |
| Jarret Stoll | 100th career NHL goal | November 20, 2010 |
| Kevin Westgarth | 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point | November 20, 2010 |
| Alec Martinez | 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point | November 24, 2010 |
| Kyle Clifford | 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point | December 2, 2010 |
| Alec Martinez | 1st career NHL assist | December 4, 2010 |
| Kyle Clifford | 1st career NHL goal | December 9, 2010 |
| Rob Scuderi | 400th career NHL game | December 11, 2010 |
| Willie Mitchell | 600th career NHL game | December 13, 2010 |
| Drew Doughty | 100th career NHL point | December 21, 2010 |
| Michal Handzus | 800th career NHL game | January 1, 2011 |
| Anze Kopitar | 200th career NHL assist | January 6, 2011 |
| Wayne Simmonds | 200th career NHL game | January 6, 2011 |
| Drew Doughty | 200th career NHL game | January 13, 2011 |
| Justin Williams | 600th career NHL game | January 22, 2011 |
| Ryan Smyth | 400th career NHL assist | February 26, 2011 |
| Brad Richardson | 300th career NHL game | February 26, 2011 |
| Justin Williams | 400th career NHL point | March 7, 2011 |
| Jarret Stoll | 500th career NHL game | March 9, 2011 |
| Dustin Brown | 500th career NHL game | March 13, 2011 |
| Dustin Brown | 300th career NHL point | March 26, 2011 |
| Jack Johnson | 100th career NHL point | April 9, 2011 |
Playoffs :
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| Kyle Clifford | 1st career NHL playoff game | April 14, 2011 |
| Trevor Lewis | 1st career NHL playoff game | April 14, 2011 |
| Alec Martinez | 1st career NHL playoff game | April 14, 2011 |
| Kevin Westgarth | 1st career NHL playoff game | April 14, 2011 |
| Kyle Clifford | 1st career NHL playoff goal 1st career NHL playoff assist 1st career NHL playoff point | April 16, 2011 |
| Jack Johnson | 1st career NHL playoff goal | April 16, 2011 |
| Oscar Moller | 1st career NHL playoff game | April 16, 2011 |
| Jonathan Quick | 1st career NHL playoff shutout | April 16, 2011 |
| Trevor Lewis | 1st career NHL playoff assist 1st career NHL playoff point | April 19, 2011 |
| Kevin Westgarth | 1st career NHL playoff assist 1st career NHL playoff point | April 19, 2011 |
| Trevor Lewis | 1st career NHL playoff goal | April 25, 2011 |
| Alec Martinez | 1st career NHL playoff assist 1st career NHL playoff point | April 25, 2011 |

### Awards

Regular season :
| Player | Award | Awarded |
| Jonathan Quick | NHL Second Star of the Week | January 31, 2011 |

## Transactions

The Kings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2010–11 season.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| June 25, 2010 | To Florida Panthers 1st-round pick (19th overall) in 2010 – Nick Bjugstad 2nd-round pick in 2010 – Jason Zucker | To Los Angeles Kings 1st-round pick (15th overall) in 2010 – Derek Forbort |
| June 26, 2010 | To Colorado Avalanche 2nd-round pick (49th overall) in 2010 – Calvin Pickard 4th-round pick in 2010 – Alex Theriau | To Los Angeles Kings 2nd-round pick (47th overall) in 2010 – Tyler Toffoli |
| June 26, 2010 | To Toronto Maple Leafs 3rd-round pick in 2010 – Sondre Olden | To Los Angeles Kings 3rd-round pick in 2012 – Jimmy Vesey |
| June 26, 2010 | To Atlanta Thrashers 6th-round pick (169th overall) in 2010 – Sebastian Owuya 7th-round pick in 2010 – Peter Stoykewych | To Los Angeles Kings 6th-round pick (158th overall) in 2010 – Maxim Kitsyn |
| December 11, 2010 | To Boston Bruins Future considerations | To Los Angeles Kings Marco Sturm |
| February 28, 2011 | To Edmonton Oilers Colten Teubert 1st-round pick in 2011 – Oscar Klefbom Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2012 – Daniil Zharkov | To Los Angeles Kings Dustin Penner |
Player signings
PlayerContract terms
Johan Fransson1 year, $690,000 entry-level contract
Brad Richardson1 year, $900,000
Richard Clune1 year, $522,500
Trevor Lewis1 year, $803,250
Corey Elkins1 year, $726,000
Marc-Andre Cliche1 year, $660,000
David Kolomatis3 years, $1.615 million entry-level contract
Jonathan Bernier2 years, $2.5 million contract extension
Jordan Nolan3 years, $1.595 million entry-level contract
Jack Johnson7 years, $30.5 million contract extension
Justin Williams4 years, $14.6 million contract extension
Tyler Toffoli3 years, $2.24 million entry-level contract
Jordan Weal3 years, $1.92 million entry-level contract :

## Draft picks

Los Angeles' picks at the 2010 NHL Entry Draft in Los Angeles, California.
| Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/junior/club team (league) |
| 1 | 15 (from Boston via Florida) | Derek Forbort | D | United States | U.S. National Team Development Program (USHL) |
| 2 | 47 (from Colorado) | Tyler Toffoli | RW | Canada | Ottawa 67's (OHL) |
| 3 | 70 (from NY Rangers) | Jordan Weal | C | Canada | Regina Pats (WHL) |
| 5 | 148 (from San Jose) | Kevin Gravel | D | United States | Sioux City Musketeers (USHL) |
| 6 | 158 (from Atlanta) | Maxim Kitsyn | LW | Russia | Metallurg Novokuznetsk (KHL) |

## Farm teams

The Kings have one American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate in the Manchester Monarchs. They also have one ECHL affiliate in the Ontario Reign. Both the Monarchs and the Reign are owned in part by the Kings' parent company, Anschutz Entertainment Group.