2017–18 Los Angeles Kings season

The 2017–18 Los Angeles Kings season was the 51st season 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==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Preseason===
The Kings announced their preseason schedule on June 15, 2017.
2017 preseason game log: 5–1–1 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 2–1–0)	2017 preseason game log: 5–1–1 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 2–1–0)	2017 preseason game log: 5–1–1 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 2–1–0)	2017 preseason game log: 5–1–1 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 2–1–0)	2017 preseason game log: 5–1–1 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 2–1–0)	2017 preseason game log: 5–1–1 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 2–1–0) 	2017 preseason game log: 5–1–1 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 2–1–0) 	2017 preseason game log: 5–1–1 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 2–1–0) 	2017 preseason game log: 5–1–1 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 2–1–0) 	2017 preseason game log: 5–1–1 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 2–1–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 16 	Vancouver 	4–3 	Los Angeles 	OT 	Quick 	11,846 	0–0–1 	Recap
2 	September 18 	Los Angeles 	– 	Arizona 	Game was cancelled by the Coyotes due to poor ice conditions	Game was cancelled by the Coyotes due to poor ice conditions	Game was cancelled by the Coyotes due to poor ice conditions	Game was cancelled by the Coyotes due to poor ice conditions	Game was cancelled by the Coyotes due to poor ice conditions
3 	September 21 	Vancouver 	2–5 	Los Angeles 	 	— 	10,088 	1–0–1 	Recap
4 	September 22 	Los Angeles 	2–4 	Anaheim 	 	Petersen 	15,393 	1–1–1 	Recap
5 	September 23 	Los Angeles 	4–3 	Vancouver 	SO 	— 	12,759 	2–1–1 	Recap
6 	September 26 	Los Angeles 	3–2 	Vegas 	OT 	Campbell 	17,101 	3–1–1 	Recap
7 	September 28 	Arizona 	1–4 	Los Angeles 	 	Quick 	11,214 	4–1–1 	Recap
8 	September 30 	Anaheim 	0–1 	Los Angeles 	OT 	Kuemper 	17,237 	5–1–1 	Recap
Notes:
 Game was played at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai, China.
 Game was played at LeSports Center in Beijing, China.	
Notes:
 Game was played at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai, China.
 Game was played at LeSports Center in Beijing, China.	
Notes:
 Game was played at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai, China.
 Game was played at LeSports Center in Beijing, China.	
Notes:
 Game was played at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai, China.
 Game was played at LeSports Center in Beijing, China.	
Notes:
 Game was played at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai, China.
 Game was played at LeSports Center in Beijing, China.	
Notes:
 Game was played at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai, China.
 Game was played at LeSports Center in Beijing, China.	
Notes:
 Game was played at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai, China.
 Game was played at LeSports Center in Beijing, China.	
Notes:
 Game was played at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai, China.
 Game was played at LeSports Center in Beijing, China.	
Notes:
 Game was played at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai, China.
 Game was played at LeSports Center in Beijing, China.	
Notes:
 Game was played at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai, China.
 Game was played at LeSports Center in Beijing, China.
===Regular season===
The team's regular season schedule was released on June 22, 2017.
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October: 9–2–1 (Home: 4–0–1 ; Road: 5–2–0)	October: 9–2–1 (Home: 4–0–1 ; Road: 5–2–0)	October: 9–2–1 (Home: 4–0–1 ; Road: 5–2–0)	October: 9–2–1 (Home: 4–0–1 ; Road: 5–2–0)	October: 9–2–1 (Home: 4–0–1 ; Road: 5–2–0)	October: 9–2–1 (Home: 4–0–1 ; Road: 5–2–0)	October: 9–2–1 (Home: 4–0–1 ; Road: 5–2–0)	October: 9–2–1 (Home: 4–0–1 ; Road: 5–2–0)	October: 9–2–1 (Home: 4–0–1 ; Road: 5–2–0)	October: 9–2–1 (Home: 4–0–1 ; Road: 5–2–0)	October: 9–2–1 (Home: 4–0–1 ; Road: 5–2–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 5 	Philadelphia 	0–2 	Los Angeles 	 	Quick 	18,230 	1–0–0 	2 	Recap
2 	October 7 	Los Angeles 	4–1 	San Jose 	 	Quick 	17,562 	2–0–0 	4 	Recap
3 	October 11 	Calgary 	4–3 	Los Angeles 	OT 	Quick 	18,230 	2–0–1 	5 	Recap
4 	October 14 	Buffalo 	2–4 	Los Angeles 	 	Quick 	18,230 	3–0–1 	7 	Recap
5 	October 15 	NY Islanders 	2–3 	Los Angeles 	 	Kuemper 	18,230 	4–0–1 	9 	Recap
6 	October 18 	Montreal 	1–5 	Los Angeles 	 	Quick 	18,230 	5–0–1 	11 	Recap
7 	October 21 	Los Angeles 	6–4 	Columbus 	 	Quick 	15,329 	6–0–1 	13 	Recap
8 	October 23 	Los Angeles 	2–3 	Toronto 	 	Quick 	19,235 	6–1–1 	13 	Recap
9 	October 24 	Los Angeles 	3–2 	Ottawa 	SO 	Kuemper 	14,034 	7–1–1 	15 	Recap
10 	October 26 	Los Angeles 	4–0 	Montreal 	 	Quick 	21,302 	8–1–1 	17 	Recap
11 	October 28 	Los Angeles 	2–1 	Boston 	OT 	Quick 	17,565 	9–1–1 	19 	Recap
12 	October 30 	Los Angeles 	2–4 	St. Louis 	 	Quick 	17,423 	9–2–1 	19 	Recap
===Playoffs===
2018 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2018 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2018 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2018 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2018 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2018 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2018 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2018 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2018 Stanley Cup playoffs 	2018 Stanley Cup playoffs
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Western Conference First Round vs. (P1) Vegas Golden Knights: Vegas won 4–0	Western Conference First Round vs. (P1) Vegas Golden Knights: Vegas won 4–0	Western Conference First Round vs. (P1) Vegas Golden Knights: Vegas won 4–0	Western Conference First Round vs. (P1) Vegas Golden Knights: Vegas won 4–0	Western Conference First Round vs. (P1) Vegas Golden Knights: Vegas won 4–0	Western Conference First Round vs. (P1) Vegas Golden Knights: Vegas won 4–0	Western Conference First Round vs. (P1) Vegas Golden Knights: Vegas won 4–0	Western Conference First Round vs. (P1) Vegas Golden Knights: Vegas won 4–0	Western Conference First Round vs. (P1) Vegas Golden Knights: Vegas won 4–0	Western Conference First Round vs. (P1) Vegas Golden Knights: Vegas won 4–0
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	Recap
1 	April 11 	Los Angeles 	0–1 	Vegas 	 	Quick 	18,479 	0–1 	Recap
2 	April 13 	Los Angeles 	1–2 	Vegas 	2OT 	Quick 	18,588 	0–2 	Recap
3 	April 15 	Vegas 	3–2 	Los Angeles 	 	Quick 	18,484 	0–3 	Recap
4 	April 17 	Vegas 	1–0 	Los Angeles 	 	Quick 	18,422 	0–4 	Recap
==Player statistics==
Final Stats
;Skaters
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	82	35	57	92	21	20
 	81	28	33	61	31	58
 	82	10	50	60	23	54
 	82	24	23	47	9 	16
 	74	8 	34	42	10	40
 	82	15	25	40	11	27
 	81	16	21	37	11	49
 	68	14	12	26	–6	25
 	77	9 	16	25	3 	34
 	75	9 	16	25	10	12
 	27	13	9 	22	4 	2
 	78	1 	17	18	18	49
‡ 	49	4 	11	15	–4	12
‡ 	30	7 	7 	14	9 	18
 	65	3 	10	13	1 	30
† 	49	6 	5 	11	–5	28
 	50	6 	4 	10	–4	48
† 	26	3 	7 	10	–7	15
 	45	3 	6 	9 	−6	50
 	27	2 	7 	9 	2 	11
 	37	4 	4 	8 	–2	8
‡ 	15	3 	4 	7 	1 	4
 	35	4 	2 	6 	4 	6
† 	20	4 	2 	6 	–1	0
† 	26	1 	5 	6 	–1	10
†‡ 	18	1 	4 	5 	0 	4
 	12	3 	1 	4 	5 	6
 	34	1 	3 	4 	–4	57
 	16	0 	3 	3 	–3	2
 	1 	0 	1 	1 	1 	0
 	12	0 	1 	1 	–5	6
‡ 	16	0 	1 	1 	−3	12
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	–1	0
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	4	1	1	2	0 	0
 	3	1	0	1	–1	0
 	2	1	0	1	0 	0
 	4	0	1	1	–1	4
 	4	0	1	1	1 	4
 	4	0	1	1	0 	2
 	1	0	1	1	0 	0
 	4	0	0	0	–2	0
 	4	0	0	0	–2	4
 	4	0	0	0	–1	0
 	4	0	0	0	0 	2
 	4	0	0	0	–1	0
 	4	0	0	0	–1	0
 	4	0	0	0	–4	0
 	4	0	0	0	–2	2
 	4	0	0	0	–1	0
 	2	0	0	0	–1	2
 	4	0	0	0	–1	0
 	1	0	0	0	–1	0
 	3	0	0	0	1 	0
 	4	0	0	0	–2	6
;Goaltenders
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	64	63	3,677:05	33	28	3	147	2.40	1,867	.921	5	0	4	10
‡ 	19	15	999:13 	10	1 	3	35 	2.10	516 	.932	3	0	1	0
 	5 	4 	266:37 	2 	0 	2	11 	2.48	145 	.924	0	0	0	0
 Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	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 	Ref
 	To Edmonton OilersMichael Cammalleri 	To Los Angeles KingsJussi Jokinen 	
 	To Montreal CanadiensConditional 5th-round draft pick in 2018	To Los Angeles KingsTorrey Mitchell 	
 	To Vancouver CanucksNic Dowd 	To Los Angeles KingsJordan Subban 	
 	To Columbus Blue JacketsJeff Zatkoff 	To Los Angeles KingsFuture considerations 	
 	To Vegas Golden KnightsZachary Leslie 	To Los Angeles KingsFuture considerations 	
 	To Ottawa SenatorsMarian GaborikNick Shore 	To Los Angeles KingsDion PhaneufNate Thompson 	
 	To Arizona CoyotesDarcy Kuemper 	To Los Angeles KingsTobias RiederScott Wedgewood	
 	To Tampa Bay LightningAndy Andreoff 	To Los Angeles KingsPeter Budaj 	
Notes:
* Arizona to retain 15% of salary as part of trade.
===Free agents acquired===
Date	Player 	Former team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
 	Michael Cammalleri	New Jersey Devils 	1-year, $1 million 	
 	Stepan Falkovsky 	Stockton Heat 	3-year, $2.095 million entry-level contract	
 	Christian Folin 	Minnesota Wild 	1-year, $850,000 	
 	Darcy Kuemper 	Minnesota Wild 	1-year, $650,000 	
 	Cal Petersen 	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	2-year, $1.85 million entry-level contract 	
 	Brooks Laich 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	1-year, $650,000 	
 	Austin Strand 	Seattle Thunderbirds 	3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract	
 	Cole Kehler 	Portland Winterhawks 	3-year, $2.35 million entry-level contract 	
 	Daniel Brickley 	Minnesota State Mavericks	2-year, $2.7 million entry-level contract 	
 	Sheldon Rempal 	Clarkson Golden Knights 	2-year, $2.7 million entry-level contract 	
 	Brad Morrison 	Lethbridge Hurricanes 	3-year, $2.23 million entry-level contract 	
===Free agents lost===
Date	Player 	New team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	Vincent LoVerde 	Toronto Maple Leafs	2-year, $1.45 million 	
 	Cameron Schilling 	Winnipeg Jets 	1-year, $650,000 	
 	Zach Trotman 	Pittsburgh Penguins	1-year, $650,000 	
 	Patrick Bjorkstrand	KooKoo 	1-year 	
 	Joel Lowry 	Manchester Monarchs	1-year 	
===Claimed via waivers===
Player	Previous team	Date	Ref
 	 	 	
===Lost via waivers===
Player 	New team 	Date	Ref
Jordan Nolan 	Buffalo Sabres 	 	
Jussi Jokinen	Columbus Blue Jackets	 	
===Players released===
Date	Player 	Via 	Ref
 	Brooks Laich	Contract termination	
===Lost via retirement===
Date	Player	Ref
===Player signings===
Date	Player 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
 	Andy Andreoff 	2-year, $1.355 million 	
 	Nick Shore 	1-year, $925,000 	
 	Justin Auger 	1-year, $650,000 	
 	Jonny Brodzinski 	2-year, $1.3 million 	
 	Andrew Crescenzi 	1-year, $650,000 	
 	Kevin Gravel 	1-year, $650,000 	
 	Paul LaDue 	1-year, $874,125 	
 	Zachary Leslie 	1-year, $650,000 	
 	Kurtis MacDermid 	1-year, $650,000 	
 	Jaret Anderson-Dolan	3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract	
 	Derek Forbort 	2-year, $5.05 million 	
 	Jack Campbell 	2-year, $1.35 million 	
 	Gabriel Vilardi 	3-year, $4.975 million entry-level contract	
 	Michael Eyssimont 	2-year, $1.85 million entry-level contract 	
 	Matt Villalta 	3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract	
 	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 	1181	Markus Phillips 	D 	Canada 	Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
5 	134 	Cole Hults 	D 	United States	Madison Capitols (USHL)
5 	1382	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.
==References==
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