2008–09 Los Angeles Kings season

The 2008–09 Los Angeles Kings season was the 40th season in the club's history. The Kings showed improvement while fielding the youngest team in the league (in terms of average age per player), but came up short of breaking a playoff drought that stretches back to the 2001-02 season.
Despite a crazy schedule which saw them play 17 of their final 24 games away from Staples Center, the Kings managed to stay in the playoff hunt for much of the year. They played in 43 games decided by one goal, and their record in these games was 20-12-11, which bodes well for next season.
Alexander Frolov led the team in goals with 32. This marked his fifth consecutive season with at least 20 or more goals. The last to do so before Frolov for the Kings was Luc Robitaille in the 1993-94 season. Also, defenseman Sean O'Donnell reached a milestone by playing in his 1,000th career NHL game on March 14.
==Pre-season==
On June 10, the Kings fired their head coach Marc Crawford after failing to make the post-season in back-to-back seasons. Crawford posted a 59-84-21 record during his tenure. He was replaced on July 17 by Terry Murray, who takes over his fourth team. Murray had previously coached for Washington, Florida, and Philadelphia, where he led the Flyers to the 1997 Stanley Cup Finals. Entering the season, Murray's career record is 360-288-89.
2008 Pre-season Game Log: 3–2–3 (Home: 2–1–2 ; Road: 1–1–1)	2008 Pre-season Game Log: 3–2–3 (Home: 2–1–2 ; Road: 1–1–1)	2008 Pre-season Game Log: 3–2–3 (Home: 2–1–2 ; Road: 1–1–1)	2008 Pre-season Game Log: 3–2–3 (Home: 2–1–2 ; Road: 1–1–1)	2008 Pre-season Game Log: 3–2–3 (Home: 2–1–2 ; Road: 1–1–1)	2008 Pre-season Game Log: 3–2–3 (Home: 2–1–2 ; Road: 1–1–1)	2008 Pre-season Game Log: 3–2–3 (Home: 2–1–2 ; Road: 1–1–1)	2008 Pre-season Game Log: 3–2–3 (Home: 2–1–2 ; Road: 1–1–1)	2008 Pre-season Game Log: 3–2–3 (Home: 2–1–2 ; Road: 1–1–1)	2008 Pre-season Game Log: 3–2–3 (Home: 2–1–2 ; Road: 1–1–1)	2008 Pre-season Game Log: 3–2–3 (Home: 2–1–2 ; Road: 1–1–1)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap 	
1 	September 22 	St. Louis 	1–2 	Los Angeles 	 	? 	? 	1–0–0 	 	
2 	September 22 	Phoenix 	4–6 	Los Angeles 	 	Taylor 	8,221 	2–0–0 	 	
3 	September 24 	Los Angeles 	4–3 	Colorado 	SO 	Quick 	? 	3–0–0 	 	
4 	September 27 	Colorado 	4–3 	Los Angeles 	SO 	? 	? 	3–0–1 	 	
5 	September 30 	Anaheim 	2–1 	Los Angeles 	SO 	LaBarbera 	11,904 	3–0–2 	 	
6 	October 1 	Los Angeles 	2–3 	Anaheim 	OT 	Ersberg 	16,410 	3–0–3 	 	
7 	October 4 	Los Angeles 	2–5 	Phoenix 	 	Quick 	8,621 	3–1–3 	 	
8 	October 5 	San Jose 	3–1 	Los Angeles 	 	? 	? 	3–2–3 	 	
==Regular season==
The Kings made great strides in the 2008-09 season. They went from dead last in the league a year earlier in penalty killing to 7th best in the league, with an 82.9% rating. They had the fourth best faceoff win percentage, and allowed the fourth fewest shots on goal in the league. Five players played in all 82 games: Anze Kopitar, Michal Handzus, Matt Greene, Sean O'Donnell, and rookie Wayne Simmonds. Several surprises also emerged during the season.
Kyle Quincey was grabbed off waivers shortly after season started from Detroit, due to the injury of Jack Johnson. Quincey went on to finish second in the team in assists and averaged over 20 minutes of ice time per game. Drew Doughty was the 2nd overall pick in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft and immediately contributed to the team, leading the team in ice time and was second in blocked shots. He finished in the top ten in the league in several categories, and was considered a strong Calder Trophy candidate. 
Another surprise was Jonathan Quick, who emerged as the number one goaltender. Quick was thrust into the line-up following the trade of Jason LaBarbera in mid-season to Vancouver and an injury to Erik Ersberg. All Quick did was lead the team in every goaltending category, posting the third highest win total for a rookie in club history. He finished third in the league among rookie netminder in goals against average, and played in 22 of the final 27 and 41 of the final 52 Kings games. He had a 1.76 goals-against average (16 GA in 546:03) and .942 save percentage (258 saves in 274 shots) in nine straight appearances from March 22 to April 9.
The Western Conference remained a tight race throughout the season, and the Kings weren't officially eliminated from the playoffs until two weeks remained in the season.
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
===Game Log===
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October: 3–5–1 (Home: 2–3–1 ; Road: 1–2–0)	October: 3–5–1 (Home: 2–3–1 ; Road: 1–2–0)	October: 3–5–1 (Home: 2–3–1 ; Road: 1–2–0)	October: 3–5–1 (Home: 2–3–1 ; Road: 1–2–0)	October: 3–5–1 (Home: 2–3–1 ; Road: 1–2–0)	October: 3–5–1 (Home: 2–3–1 ; Road: 1–2–0)	October: 3–5–1 (Home: 2–3–1 ; Road: 1–2–0)	October: 3–5–1 (Home: 2–3–1 ; Road: 1–2–0)	October: 3–5–1 (Home: 2–3–1 ; Road: 1–2–0)	October: 3–5–1 (Home: 2–3–1 ; Road: 1–2–0)	October: 3–5–1 (Home: 2–3–1 ; Road: 1–2–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 11 	Los Angeles 	1–3 	San Jose 	 	LaBarbera 	17,496 	0–1–0 	0 	
2 	October 12 	San Jose 	1–0 	Los Angeles 	 	LaBarbera 	18,118 	0–2–0 	0 	
3 	October 14 	Anaheim 	3–6 	Los Angeles 	 	LaBarbera 	14,451 	1–2–0 	2 	
4 	October 17 	Carolina 	3–4 	Los Angeles 	OT 	LaBarbera 	14,194 	2–2–0 	4 	
5 	October 20 	Colorado 	4–3 	Los Angeles 	 	LaBarbera 	13,891 	2–3–0 	4 	
6 	October 24 	Los Angeles 	4–0 	St. Louis 	 	LaBarbera 	19,150 	3–3–0 	6 	
7 	October 25 	Los Angeles 	4–5 	Nashville 	 	Ersberg 	14,704 	3–4–0 	6 	
8 	October 27 	Detroit 	4–3 	Los Angeles 	SO 	LaBarbera 	17,671 	3–4–1 	7 	
9 	October 30 	Vancouver 	4–0 	Los Angeles 	 	LaBarbera 	13,652 	3–5–1 	7 	
==Playoffs==
The Los Angeles Kings failed to qualify for the 2009 NHL Playoffs.
==Player stats==
===Skaters===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes
Regular season	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable" width="100%"	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	+/−	PIM
 	82	27	39	66 	-17	32
 	77	32	27	59 	-6 	30
 	80	24	29	53 	-15	64
 	82	18	24	42 	-7 	32
 	74	18	23	41 	-7 	68
 	72	4 	34	38 	-5 	63
 	62	14	23	37 	+1 	16
 	74	8 	19	27 	-1 	41
 	81	6 	21	27 	-17	56
 	82	9 	14	23 	-8 	73
 	40	4 	12	16 	-4 	4
 	40	7 	8 	15 	-3 	16
 	82	2 	12	14 	+1 	111
 	82	0 	12	12 	+2 	71
 	69	4 	8 	12 	-13	28
 	41	6 	5 	11 	-18	46
 	56	5 	4 	9 	-11	63
 	22	3 	4 	7 	-7 	6
 	31	0 	5 	5 	-6 	11
 	28	4 	1 	5 	-9 	42
 	65	2 	2 	4 	-11	90
 	12	1 	3 	4 	+1 	8
 	6 	1 	2 	3 	0 	0
 	17	0 	3 	3 	+1 	18
 	76	2 	0 	2 	-8 	145
 	7 	1 	0 	1 	-4 	2
 	27	0 	1 	1 	-2 	42
 	9 	0 	0 	0 	+1 	9
===Goaltenders===
Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; GAA= Goals Against Average; SA= Shots Against; SV= Saves; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO= Shutouts
Regular season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable" width="100%"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	GP	TOI 	W 	L 	OT	GA 	GAA 	SA 	SV 	Sv% 	SO
 	44	2494	21	18	2 	103	2.48	1200	1097	.914	4
 	28	1477	8 	11	5 	65 	2.64	651 	586 	.900	0
 	19	995 	8 	10	6 	47 	2.83	439 	392 	.893	2
†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
==Awards and records==
===Records===
===Milestones===
Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season
Player 	Milestone 	Reached 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Oscar Moller 	1st NHL Game 	October 11, 2008 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Drew Doughty 	1st NHL Game 	October 11, 2008 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Wayne Simmonds 	1st NHL Game 	October 11, 2008 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Michal Handzus 	600th NHL Game200th NHL Assist	October 11, 2008 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Oscar Moller 	1st NHL Assist1st NHL Point 	October 14, 2008 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Wayne Simmonds 	1st NHL Goal1st NHL Point 	October 14, 2008 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Kyle Quincey 	1st NHL Assist 	October 17, 2008 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Wayne Simmonds 	1st NHL Assist 	October 17, 2008 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Oscar Moller 	1st NHL Goal 	October 20, 2008 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Drew Doughty 	1st NHL Goal1st NHL Point 	October 20, 2008 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Denis Gauthier Jr.	500th NHL Game 	November 4, 2008 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Drew Doughty 	1st NHL Assist 	November 6, 2008 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jarret Stoll 	300th NHL Game 	November 11, 2008	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Alexander Frolov 	400th NHL Game 	November 29, 2008	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Tom Preissing 	100th NHL Assist 	November 29, 2008	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Anze Kopitar 	100th NHL Assist 	December 17, 2008	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Dustin Brown 	300th NHL Game 	December 19, 2008	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Trevor Lewis 	1st NHL Game 	December 19, 2008	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Trevor Lewis 	1st NHL Goal1st NHL Point 	December 20, 2008	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Trevor Lewis 	1st NHL Assist 	December 23, 2008	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jonathan Quick 	1st NHL Shutout 	December 23, 2008	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Alexander Frolov 	300th NHL Point 	January 17, 2009 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Kevin Westgarth 	1st NHL Game 	January 20, 2009 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Anze Kopitar 	200th NHL Game 	January 29, 2009 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Davis Drewiske 	1st NHL Game 	February 3, 2009 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Matt Greene 	200th NHL Game 	February 3, 2009 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jarret Stoll 	200th NHL Point 	February 18, 2009	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Raitis Ivanans 	200th NHL Game 	February 21, 2009	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jack Johnson 	100th NHL Game 	March 1, 2009 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Dustin Brown 	100th NHL Assist 	March 3, 2009 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Sean O'Donnell 	1,000th NHL Game 	March 14, 2009 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Peter Harrold 	100th NHL Game 	March 24, 2009 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Anze Kopitar 	200th NHL Point 	March 28, 2009 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Justin Williams 	500th NHL Game 	April 6, 2009 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Transactions==
===Trades===
June 20, 2008 	To Los Angeles Kings 17th pick in 20082nd round pick in 2009	To Calgary Flames Mike Cammalleri2nd round pick in 2008	 	
June 20, 2008 	To Los Angeles Kings 12th pick in 2008 	To Anaheim Ducks 17th pick in 200828th pick in 2008 	 	
June 20, 2008 	To Los Angeles Kings 13th pick in 20083rd round pick in 2009	To Buffalo Sabres 12th pick in 2008 	 	
June 29, 2008 	To Los Angeles Kings Jarret StollMatt Greene 	To Edmonton Oilers Lubomir Visnovsky 	 	
July 1, 2008 	To Los Angeles Kings Denis Gauthier2nd round pick in 2010 	To Philadelphia Flyers Patrik HersleyNed Lukacevic 	 	
July 21, 2008 	To Los Angeles Kings Richard Clune 	To Dallas Stars Lauri Tukonen 	 	
September 30, 2008	To Los Angeles Kings Sean O'Donnell 	To Anaheim Ducks Conditional draft choice 	 	
December 30, 2008 	To Los Angeles Kings 7th round pick in 2009 	To Vancouver Canucks Jason Labarbera 	 	
March 4, 2009 	To Los Angeles Kings Justin Williams 	To Edmonton Oilers Patrick O'SullivanAles Kotalik 	To Carolina Hurricanes Erik Cole	To Buffalo Sabres 2nd round pick in 2009
===Free Agents===
{|class="wikitable"	 	
Player 	Former team 	Contract Terms
Erik Ersberg 	Los Angeles Kings 	One Year
Gabe Gauthier 	Los Angeles Kings 	Two Years
Matt Moulson 	Los Angeles Kings 	One Year
Joe Piskula 	Los Angeles Kings 	One Year
David Meckler 	Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	Three Year, Entry-Level
Peter Harrold 	Los Angeles Kings 	Three Years
Drew Doughty 	Guelph Storm (OHL) 	Three Year, Entry-Level
Andrei Loktionov 	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL) 	Three Year, Entry-Level
Vyacheslav Voinov 	Traktor Chelyabinsk (RSL) 	Three Year, Entry-Level
Colten Teubert 	Regina Pats (WHL) 	Three Year, Entry Level
Jarret Stoll 	Los Angeles Kings 	Four Year, $14,400,000
Brad Richardson 	Los Angeles Kings 	Two Year, $1,175,000
Martin Jones 	Calgary Hitmen (WHL) 	Three Year, Entry Level
Patrick O'Sullivan	Los Angeles Kings 	Three Year, $2,925,000
Anze Kopitar 	Los Angeles Kings 	Seven Years
Andrew Campbell 	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)	Three Year, Entry Level
Matt Greene 	Los Angeles Kings 	Five Years
Corey Elkins 	Ohio State Buckeyes (NCAA) 	One Year, Entry Level
Patrick Mullen 	Denver Pioneers (NCAA) 	Two Year, Entry Level
===Waivers===
{|class="wikitable"	 	
Player 	Former team 	Date claimed off waivers
Kyle Quincey	Detroit Red Wings	October 13, 2008
===Other===
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Player 	Type of Transaction 	Date
Bryan Cameron 	Returned to Belleville Bulls (OHL) 	September 23, 2008
Matt Fillier 	Returned to Montreal Junior Hockey Club (QMJHL) 	September 23, 2008
Geordie Wudrick 	Returned to Swift Current Broncos (WHL) 	September 23, 2008
Olivier Legault 	Released from Try-Out 	September 23, 2008
Colten Teubert 	Returned to Regina Pats (WHL) 	September 25, 2008
Dwight King 	Returned to Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL) 	September 25, 2008
Linden Rowat 	Returned to Regina Pats (WHL) 	September 26, 2008
Justin Azevedo 	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	September 29, 2008
Andrew Campbell 	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	September 29, 2008
Paul Crosty 	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	September 29, 2008
Vladimir Dravecky 	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	September 29, 2008
Gabe Gauthier 	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	September 29, 2008
Bud Holloway 	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	September 29, 2008
Josh Kidd 	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	September 29, 2008
Brady Murray 	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	September 29, 2008
Marty Murray 	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	September 29, 2008
Scott Parse 	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	September 29, 2008
Daniel Taylor 	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	September 29, 2008
Eric Werner 	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	September 29, 2008
Jeff Zatkoff 	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	September 29, 2008
Drew Bagnall 	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	September 29, 2008
Jonathan Bernier 	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	September 29, 2008
Trevor Lewis 	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	September 29, 2008
Michael D'Orazio 	Returned to Owen Sound Attack (OHL) 	September 29, 2008
Andrei Loktionov 	Returned to Windsor Spitfires (OHL) 	October 1, 2008
Martin Jones 	Returned to Calgary Hitmen (WHL) 	October 2, 2008
David Meckler 	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	October 2, 2008
Viatcheslav Voynov	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	October 2, 2008
Davis Drewiske 	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	October 3, 2008
Joe Piskula 	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	October 3, 2008
John Zeiler 	Placed on Injured Reserve 	October 3, 2008
Alec Martinez 	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	October 6, 2008
Teddy Purcell 	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	October 6, 2008
Jonathan Quick 	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	October 6, 2008
Kevin Westgarth 	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	October 6, 2008
Thomas Hickey 	Returned to Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) 	October 6, 2008
Marc-Andre Cliche 	Placed on Injured Reserve 	October 6, 2008
Richard Clune 	Placed on Injured Reserve 	October 6, 2008
Jeff Zatkoff 	Reassigned to Ontario Reign (ECHL) 	October 7, 2008
Daniel Taylor 	Reassigned to Reading Royals (ECHL) 	October 8, 2008
Brady Murray 	Reassigned to HC Lugano (Switzerland) 	October 9, 2008
Jack Johnson 	Placed on Injured Reserve 	October 13, 2008
Matt Moulson 	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	November 3, 2008
John Zeiler 	Activated from Injured Reserve and Loaned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	November 3, 2008
John Zeiler 	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	November 17, 2008
Richard Clune 	Activated from Injured Reserve and assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	November 19, 2008
John Zeiler 	Suspended for three games by the NHL 	November 24, 2008
Brian Boyle 	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	November 30, 2008
Brad Richardson 	Placed on Injured Reserve 	December 3, 2008
Jonathan Quick 	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	December 16, 2008
Jeff Zatkoff 	Reassigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) from Ontario Reign (ECHL) 	December 17, 2008
Viatcheslav Voynov	Loaned to Russian National Junior Team 	December 18, 2008
Trevor Lewis 	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	December 18, 2008
Oscar Moller 	Loaned to Swedish National Junior Team 	December 18, 2008
Trevor Lewis 	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	December 30, 2008
Brian Boyle 	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	December 31, 2008
Oscar Moller 	Recalled from Swedish National Junior Team 	January 6, 2009
Viatcheslav Voynov	Reassigned from Russian National Junior Team to Manchester Monarchs (AHL)	January 6, 2009
Jeff Zatkoff 	Reassigned to Ontario Reign (ECHL) from Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	January 13, 2009
Danny Taylor 	Reassigned from Reading Royals (ECHL) to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	January 13, 2009
Oscar Moller 	Placed on Injured Reserve 	January 14, 2009
Kevin Westgarth 	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	January 14, 2009
Brad Richardson 	Loaned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) on a conditioning assignment 	January 15, 2009
Brian Boyle 	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	January 17, 2009
Jack Johnson 	Activated from injured reserve 	January 17, 2009
Jonathan Bernier 	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	January 18, 2009
Teddy Purcell 	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	January 18, 2009
Jonathan Bernier 	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	January 22, 2009
Kevin Westgarth 	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	January 22, 2009
Brad Richardson 	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	January 22, 2009
Denis Gauthier 	Suspended by NHL for five games 	February 2, 2009
Davis Drewiske 	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	February 2, 2009
Marc-Andre Cliche 	Activated from Injured Reserve and assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	February 4, 2009
Oscar Moller 	Activated from Injured Reserve 	February 13, 2009
Tom Preissing 	Placed on Injured Reserve 	February 13, 2009
Davis Drewiske 	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	February 15, 2009
Oscar Moller 	Loaned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) on a Conditioning Assignment 	February 15, 2009
Bud Holloway 	Reassigned from Manchester Monarchs (AHL) to Ontario Reign (ECHL) 	February 18, 2009
Tom Preissing 	Activated from Injured Reserve 	March 1, 2009
Raitis Ivanans 	Placed on Injured Reserve 	March 1, 2009
Oscar Moller 	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	March 2, 2009
Tom Preissing 	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	March 4, 2009
Teddy Purcell 	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	March 4, 2009
Teddy Purcell 	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	March 4, 2009
Kevin Westgarth 	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	March 7, 2009
Raitis Ivanans 	Activated from Injured Reserve 	March 12, 2009
Davis Drewiske 	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	March 20, 2009
Justin Williams 	Activated from Injured Reserve 	March 20, 2009
Colten Teubert 	Reassigned to Ontario Reign (ECHL) 	March 20, 2009
Kevin Westgarth 	Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	March 23, 2009
Brian Boyle 	Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	March 27, 2009
Thomas Hickey 	Reassigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) 	March 31, 2009
==Draft picks==
LA 's picks at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa • Ontario. 
Round	# 	Player 	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)	
1 	2 	Drew Doughty 	D 	 	Guelph Storm (OHL) 	
1 	13 	Colten Teubert 	D 	 	Regina Pats (WHL) 	
2 	32 	Vyacheslav Voinov	D 	 	Traktor Chelyabinsk (RSL) 	
3 	63 	Robert Czarnik 	C/RW 	 	USA U-18 (NTDP) 	
3 	74 	Andrew Campbell 	D 	 	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)	
3 	88 	Geordie Wudrick 	LW 	 	Swift Current Broncos (WHL) 	
5 	123	Andrei Loktionov 	C 	 	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL) 	
6 	153	Justin Azevedo 	C 	 	Kitchener Rangers (OHL) 	
7 	183	Garrett Roe 	LW 	 	St. Cloud State Huskies (WCHA) 	
==See also==
*2008–09 NHL season
==Farm teams==
The Kings have one American Hockey League affiliate in the Manchester Monarchs. They also have two ECHL affiliates in the Ontario Reign and Reading Royals. All three are owned in part by the Kings' parent company Anschutz Entertainment Group.
==References==
Category:Los Angeles Kings seasons
Category:2008 in hockey
Category:2009 in hockey