2012–13 Los Angeles Kings season

The 2012–13 Los Angeles Kings season was the 46th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise. The regular season was reduced from its usual 82 games to 48 due to the 2012–13 NHL lockout.
The team's attempt to defend their first Stanley Cup championship in franchise history was ended by the Chicago Blackhawks in the Western Conference Finals.
==Off-season==
==Regular season==
===January===
The King started their season with three losses, their worst season opener since losing five of their first six games in 2007–08. They lost 5–2 in their season opener against the Chicago Blackhawks on January 19, surrendering more goals than in any of the 20 games during their 2012 playoff run. Chicago scored three goals in the first 15 minutes, and the Kings did not score their first until they were trailing 4–0. Matt Greene was placed on the injured reserve list after suffering a back injury in the game that was expected to take him out the rest of the season, a major blow to a Kings' defense already suffering from the loss of Willie Mitchell due to knee surgery. The Kings then began a challenging schedule with 11 of their next 15 games away, starting with a 1–3 loss against the Colorado Avalanche on January 22. Despite a poor start for Colorado, they defeated Los Angeles after a three-goal rally in the third period. Anže Kopitar, who missed the first game due to a knee injury, failed to make a shot in 24 shifts against Colorado, and the Kings failed to score on any of their six power plays. After the loss, Dustin Penner was a healthy scratch for the next four games.
The Kings lost 1–3 to the Edmonton Oilers on January 24, making them one of only three teams in the league without a victory at that point. Los Angeles led 1–0 until the third period, when the Oilers appeared to tie it with 1:05 left after Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored, but it was overturned after Jonathan Quick successfully argued Edmonton forward Sam Gagner interfered with him in the crease. But Oilers rookie Nail Yakupov forced overtime after scoring with 4.6 seconds left, which led to an Edmonton overtime victory. The Kings won their first game of the season on January 26, beating the Phoenix Coyotes 4–2. Kopitar scored two goals, his first regular season multi-goal game since October 8, 2011 against the Buffalo Sabres. Los Angeles continued to struggle with the power play, failing to capitalize on a 5-on-3 with their first unit on the ice the first 81 seconds.
The Kings won a second victory on January 28, beating the Vancouver Canucks 2–3. Los Angeles had a 2–0 deficit in the second period until Jeff Carter scored seven seconds into a power play advantage. The goal ended a 0-for-25 power play slump for the Kings, but they continued to hold the worst power play record in the league. Slava Voynov scored the game-tying goal with 44 seconds left in the third period to force overtime, where Carter made a third-round shootout goal to win the game. Los Angeles lost their next game on January 31, falling 2–1 in overtime to the Nashville Predators. Dustin Brown scored his first goal of the season, and although the Kings' offense struggled, their defense allowed only 11 shots in regulation and three more in overtime. Nashville goaltender Pekka Rinne stopped five of the Kings' eight shootout attempts before Nashville left wing Sergei Kostitsyn scored in the eighth round for the win.
===February===
Los Angeles opened the month with a 4–7 loss to the Anaheim Ducks on February 2, marking the second time in the season they allowed five goals in regulation. Quick was pulled from the goal after allowing Anaheim's Nick Bonino to score two goals in six minutes. Brown scored two power play goals for the Kings, who tied the game three times but never led. The Kings followed that loss with a 4–2 victory against the Columbus Blue Jackets, against whom they held without a shot on goal for more than 18 minutes and 28 seconds between the second and third periods. But Los Angeles suffered their first shutout of the season with a 0–3 loss to the Nashville Predators on February 7. The Kings made 32 shots on goal, but managed only four during the third period. Penner was again a healthy scratch. The Kings lost again on February 10 to the Detroit Red Wings despite a season-high 47 shots. Alec Martinez tied the game 2–2 for the Kings with 53 seconds left in the game, but Detroit's Jonathan Ericsson scored the game-winning goal with five seconds left.
Despite the loss, Red Wings coach Mike Babcock felt Los Angeles was the superior team in the third quarter, and Kopitar and Brown both believed it was the team's best game of the season so far. The Detroit game was later described as a turning point for the Kings, who went on to win five of their next six games. They beat the St. Louis Blues 4–1 on February 11, with backup goaltender Jonathan Bernier making 21 saves in his first start with the Kings. Los Angeles matched their season best for goals, and Carter scored twice for the first time since game six of the 2012 Stanley Cup Finals. Martinez, however, suffered an upper body injury in the first period and was placed on injured reserve, joining fellow defencemen Greene and Mitchell. Bernier started again the next game on February 15, when the Kings beat Columbus 2–1 in their first home game after five away. Kyle Clifford scored late in the second period, marking the first Kings lead in four home games, and Richards scored a goal with a two-man advantage in the third to capture his 400th NHL point.
The Kings lost 3–2 to the first-place Blackhawks on February 17. Trailing 3–0 in the third period, Richards scored two power play goals, but Los Angeles failed to tie the game on a six-on-four after pulling Quick from the ice. More than a quarter into the shortened season, the Kings were ranked 29th in the league for goals scored, and several players had no goals including Penner, Doughty, Simon Gagné, Trevor Lewis and Dwight King. The Kings won their next two away games, besting the Oilers 3–1 on February 19 and the Calgary Flames 3–1 on February 20. Colin Fraser, returning to the line-up after being scratched for four games, opened the scoring against Edmonton with his first goal of the season, and Carter broke a 1–1 tie with 49.4 seconds left in the game. Bernier had his third start and win of the season against Calgary, during which Los Angeles took six shots in the first five minutes before Brown scored on the seventh. Calgary scored their sole goal later in the first period, but Lewis regained the lead with a goal 29 seconds later, marking his first point in 13 games.
Finished their schedule of 11 of 15 away games finished, the Kings next began a more favorable schedule with 13 of their next 16 games at home, and 20 of the season's final 33 at home. The Kings beat Colorado 4–1 during their first home game on February 23, with Brown scoring the first goal 58 seconds into the game. Shortly after Colorado scored their only goal, Lewis regained the lead by making the Kings' first short-handed goal of the season. Los Angeles also defeated Anaheim 5–2 on February 26, where Penner tied the game 2–2 in the second period with first goal of the season, which the team followed with three unanswered goals in the third to win. Kopitar had a season-high three assists, and Carter scored an empty netter for his team-leading 10th goal of the season.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	January 19 	Chicago 	5–2 	Los Angeles 	 	Quick 	18,545 	0–1–0 	0 	Recap
2 	January 22 	Los Angeles 	1–3 	Colorado 	 	Quick 	18,007 	0–2–0 	0 	Recap
3 	January 24 	Los Angeles 	1–2 	Edmonton 	OT 	Quick 	16.839 	0–2–1 	1 	Recap
4 	January 26 	Los Angeles 	4–2 	Phoenix 	 	Quick 	14,780 	1–2–1 	3 	Recap
5 	January 28 	Vancouver 	2–3 	Los Angeles 	SO 	Quick 	18,344 	2–2–1 	5 	Recap
6 	January 31 	Nashville 	2–1 	Los Angeles 	SO 	Quick 	18,118 	2–2–2 	6 	Recap
==Playoffs==
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	Recap 	
1 	April 30 	Los Angeles 	1–2 	St. Louis 	OT 	Quick 	17,612 	0–1 	Recap 	
2 	May 2 	Los Angeles 	1–2 	St. Louis 	 	Quick 	18,681 	0–2 	Recap 	
3 	May 4 	St. Louis 	0–1 	Los Angeles 	 	Quick 	18,118 	1–2 	Recap 	
4 	May 6 	St. Louis 	3–4 	Los Angeles 	 	Quick 	18,334 	2–2 	Recap 	
5 	May 8 	Los Angeles 	3–2 	St. Louis 	OT 	Quick 	18,269 	3–2 	Recap 	
6 	May 10 	St. Louis 	1–2 	Los Angeles 	 	Quick 	18,346 	4–2 	Recap 	
==Player statistics==
===Skaters===
Note: GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes
Final stats 
 Regular Season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	47	10	32	42	14	16
 	48	11	22	33	15	22
 	48	26	7 	33	0 	16
 	48	12	20	32	−8	42
 	46	18	11	29	6 	22
 	48	6 	19	25	5 	14
 	48	6 	16	22	4 	36
 	48	7 	11	18	1 	28
 	45	7 	9 	16	16	35
 	33	2 	12	14	−2	18
 	48	5 	9 	14	5 	19
 	48	7 	7 	14	1 	51
 	48	1 	11	12	−6	4
 	47	4 	6 	10	−3	11
 	34	2 	5 	7 	−4	25
 	16	1 	5 	6 	2 	10
 	44	2 	4 	6 	−5	46
 	27	1 	4 	5 	−2	10
 	10	2 	3 	5 	3 	2
‡ 	11	0 	5 	5 	2 	2
‡ 	20	1 	3 	4 	3 	14
† 	35	0 	3 	3 	5 	16
† 	12	0 	2 	2 	0 	2
 	5 	0 	1 	1 	−1	8
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	18	6	7	13	6 	14
 	18	6	7	13	9 	0
 	15	3	9	12	5 	8
 	18	6	3	9 	0 	8
 	18	3	6	9 	−2	12
 	12	2	4	6 	5 	0
 	18	3	2	5 	4 	8
 	18	2	3	5 	−4	2
 	18	2	3	5 	−7	8
 	18	3	1	4 	2 	8
 	18	0	3	3 	9 	0
 	18	1	2	3 	−3	2
 	17	0	3	3 	−2	6
 	9 	0	2	2 	3 	6
 	16	0	2	2 	−2	10
 	7 	0	2	2 	−4	8
 	14	0	2	2 	−1	8
 	18	0	1	1 	−8	6
 	12	0	1	1 	−2	4
 	11	0	1	1 	−3	0
 	5 	0	0	0 	0 	0
 	7 	0	0	0 	0 	4
 	1 	0	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
Bold/italics denotes franchise record
===Goaltenders===
Note: GP = Games Played; GS = Games Started; TOI = Time on Ice; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SV = Saves; SA = Shots Against; SV% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts; G = Goals; A = Assists; PIM = Penalty Minutes
Final stats
 Regular Season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	37 	36	2133:42 	18	13	4	87 	2.45	889 	.902	1	0	0	2
 	14 	12	768:21 	9 	3 	1	24 	1.88	306 	.922	1	0	1	0
Totals	Totals	48	2,902:03	27	16	5	111	2.29	1195	.907	2	0	1	2
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	18	18	1099:00	9	9	34	1.86	518	.934 	3	0	1	14
 	1 	0 	29:55 	0	0	0 	0.00	9 	1.000	0	0	0	0
==Milestones==
Player 	Milestone 	Reached 	
Jake Muzzin 	1st Career NHL Goal 	January 26, 2013 	
Dustin Brown 	600th Career NHL Game 	January 28, 2013 	
Colin Fraser 	300th Career NHL Game 	February 7, 2013 	
Mike Richards	400th Career NHL Point 	February 15, 2013	
Jarret Stoll 	200th Career NHL Assist	February 25, 2013	
Dustin Brown 	200th Career NHL Assist	February 25, 2013	
Dustin Penner	500th Career NHL Game 	February 27, 2013	
==Transactions==
The Kings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2012–13 season:
===Trades===
Date 	Details 	Details
June 23, 2012Kings Make Five Selections At Day Two Of The 2012 NHL Draft 	To Dallas Stars 7th-round pick in 2012 – Dmitry Sinitsyn 	To Los Angeles Kings 7th-round pick in 2013 – Dominik Kubalik
January 13, 2013Kings Acquire Anthony Stewart And Draft Picks From Carolina For Kevin Westgarth 	To Carolina Hurricanes Kevin Westgarth 	To Los Angeles Kings Anthony Stewart4th-round pick in 2013 – Kyle Platzer6th-round pick in 2014 – Jake Marchment
February 6, 2013Kings Acquire 5th Round Selection In 2013 NHL Draft From New Jersey For Andrei Loktionov 	To New Jersey Devils Andrei Loktionov 	To Los Angeles Kings 5th-round pick in 2013 – Gustav Possler
February 8, 2013Kings acquire D Keaton Ellerby for pick 	To Florida Panthers 5th-round pick in 2013 – Gustav Possler 	To Los Angeles Kings Keaton Ellerby
February 26, 2013Kings Acquire Conditional Pick In 2013 NHL Draft From Philadelphia In Exchange For Simon Gagne	To Philadelphia Flyers Simon Gagne 	To Los Angeles Kings Conditional 3rd- or 4th-round pick in 2013 – Justin Auger
April 1, 2013Kings Acquire Robyn Regehr from Sabres 	To Buffalo Sabres 2nd-round pick in 2014 – Alex Lintuniemi2nd-round pick in 2015 – Erik Cernak	To Los Angeles Kings Robyn Regehr
April 2, 2013Kings Acquire 5th Round Pick From Montreal For Davis Drewiske 	To Montreal Canadiens Davis Drewiske 	To Los Angeles Kings 5th-round pick in 2013 – Patrik Bartosak
June 23, 2013Kings Acquire Frattin, Scrivens 	To Toronto Maple Leafs Jonathan Bernier 	To Los Angeles Kings Matt FrattinBen Scrivens2nd-round pick in 2014 or 2015 – Travis Dermott
=== Free agents signed ===
Player 	Former team 	Contract terms
Andrew Bodnarchuk	Boston Bruins 	1 year, $600,000Kings sign Bondnarchuk to one-year deal
Kurtis MacDermid 	Owen Sound Attack	3 years, $1.67 million entry-levelKings Sign Defenseman Kurtis MacDermid
=== Free agents lost ===
Player 	New team 	Contract terms
Justin Azevedo	Lukko (Finland) 	
Jeff Zatkoff 	Pittsburgh Penguins	2 years, $525,000
Patrick Mullen	Vancouver Canucks 	1 year, $600,000
===Claimed via waivers===
Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers
=== Lost via waivers ===
Player 	New team 	Date claimed off waivers
Thomas HickeyIslanders Claim Hickey Off Waivers 	New York Islanders 	January 15, 2013
Richard CluneNashville Predators Claim Richard Clune on Waivers	Nashville Predators	January 15, 2013
=== Lost via retirement ===
Player
Ethan MoreauCanadiens Add Dufresne, Riendeau And Moreau To Staff
===Player signings===
Player 	Date 	Contract terms
Marc-Andre ClicheKings Sign Clune and Cliche 	June 15, 2012 	2 years, $1.855 million
Richard Clune 	June 15, 2012 	2 years, $1.6375 million
Colin FraserStoll, Fraser stay aboard; Pearson joins 	June 23, 2012 	2 years, $1.65 million
Jarret Stoll 	June 23, 2012 	3 years, $9.75 million
Jonathan QuickKings, Quick agree in principle on 10-year deal 	July 1, 2012 	10 years, $58 million contract extension
Dustin PennerKings, Penner agree on one-year deal 	July 1, 2012 	1 year, $3.25 million
Andrew CampbellCampbell signs a two-year contract with Kings 	July 3, 2012 	2 years, $1.075 million
Dwight KingDwight King Signs With The Kings For Two More Years 	July 16, 2012 	2 years, $1.5 million
Thomas HickeyThe Kings Sign Hickey, Legein, Meckler And Muzzin 	July 17, 2012 	1 year, $700,000
Stefan Legein 	July 17, 2012 	1 year, $715,000
David Meckler 	July 17, 2012 	1 year, $635,250
Jake Muzzin 	July 17, 2012 	1 year, $577,500
Tanner PearsonKings sign first round choice Tanner Pearson 	August 3, 2012	3 years, $2.2075 million entry-level contract
Derek ForbortKings Sign Forbort 	April 5, 2013 	3 years, $2.59 million entry-level contract
Nick ShoreKings Sign Forward Nick Shore 	April 13, 2013	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Robyn RegehrRegehr Re-Signed For Two Years 	May 30, 2013 	2 years, $6 million contract extension
Slava VoynovThe Kings And Slava Voynov Agree To Terms On a New Six-Year Contract	June 18, 2013 	6 years, $25 million
Brandon KozunKings Re-Sign Forward Brandon Kozun 	June 19, 2013 	1 year, $550,000
== Draft picks ==
LA 's picks at the 2012 NHL Entry Draft in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	30 	Tanner Pearson 	LW 	 	Barrie Colts (OHL)
4 	121	Nikolai Prokhorkin	 	 	CSKA Moscow Jr. (MHL)
5 	151	Colin Miller 	D 	 	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
6 	171	Tomas Hyka 	RW 	 	Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL)
6 	181	Paul LaDue 	D 	 	Lincoln Stars (USHL)
7 	211	Nick Ebert 	D 	 	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
;Draft notes
* The Kings' second-round pick went to the Philadelphia Flyers as the result of a June 23, 2011, trade that sent Mike Richards and Rob Bordson to the Kings in exchange for Wayne Simmonds, Brayden Schenn this pick.
* The Kings' third-round pick went to the Edmonton Oilers as the result of a February 28, 2011, trade that sent Dustin Penner to the Kings in exchange for Colten Teubert, 2011 first-round pick and this conditional pick (second round if Kings win 2011 Stanley Cup, else third round).
* The Philadelphia Flyers' sixth-round pick went to the Los Angeles Kings as a result of an October 12, 2011, trade that sent future considerations to the Flyers in exchange for Stefan Legein and this pick.
* The Edmonton Oilers' seventh-round pick went to the Dallas Stars (via Los Angeles) as the result of a trade on June 23, 2012, that sent a seventh-round pick in 2013 to Los Angeles in exchange for this pick. Los Angeles had previously acquired this pick as a result of a June 26, 2011 trade that sent Ryan Smyth to the Oilers in exchange for Colin Fraser and this pick.
== See also ==
* 2012–13 NHL season
==Notes==
==References==
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