2020–21 Los Angeles Kings season

The 2020–21 Los Angeles Kings season was the 54th season (53rd season of play) for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967. On December 20, 2020, the league temporarily realigned into four divisions with no conferences due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing closure of the Canada-United States border. As a result of this realignment, the Kings played this season in the West Division and only played games against the other teams in their new division during the regular season.
On May 7, 2021, the Kings were eliminated from playoff contention after a 3–2 loss to the Colorado Avalanche, failing to make the playoffs for a third consecutive season.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Regular season===
The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.
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January: 3–3–2 (Home: 1–1–2 ; Road: 2–2–0)	January: 3–3–2 (Home: 1–1–2 ; Road: 2–2–0)	January: 3–3–2 (Home: 1–1–2 ; Road: 2–2–0)	January: 3–3–2 (Home: 1–1–2 ; Road: 2–2–0)	January: 3–3–2 (Home: 1–1–2 ; Road: 2–2–0)	January: 3–3–2 (Home: 1–1–2 ; Road: 2–2–0)	January: 3–3–2 (Home: 1–1–2 ; Road: 2–2–0)	January: 3–3–2 (Home: 1–1–2 ; Road: 2–2–0)	January: 3–3–2 (Home: 1–1–2 ; Road: 2–2–0)	January: 3–3–2 (Home: 1–1–2 ; Road: 2–2–0)	January: 3–3–2 (Home: 1–1–2 ; Road: 2–2–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	January 14 	Minnesota 	4–3 	Los Angeles 	OT 	Quick 	0 	0–0–1 	1 	Recap
2 	January 16 	Minnesota 	4–3 	Los Angeles 	OT 	Quick 	0 	0–0–2 	2 	Recap
3 	January 19 	Colorado 	3–2 	Los Angeles 	 	Petersen 	0 	0–1–2 	2 	Recap
4 	January 21 	Colorado 	2–4 	Los Angeles 	 	Quick 	0 	1–1–2 	4 	Recap
5 	January 23 	Los Angeles 	2–4 	St. Louis 	 	Petersen 	0 	1–2–2 	4 	Recap
6 	January 24 	Los Angeles 	6–3 	St. Louis 	 	Quick 	0 	2–2–2 	6 	Recap
7 	January 26 	Los Angeles 	2–1 	Minnesota 	 	Petersen 	0 	3–2–2 	8 	Recap
8 	January 28 	Los Angeles 	3–5 	Minnesota 	 	Quick 	0 	3–3–2 	8 	Recap
==Transactions==
The Kings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2020–21 season.
==Free agents==
Note: This does not include players who have re-signed with their previous team as an unrestricted free agent or as a restricted free agent.
Date 	Player	New team 	Previous team 	Ref
October 9, 2020 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	Colorado Avalanche 	
October 9, 2020 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	Nashville Predators	
October 10, 2020	 	Washington Capitals	Los Angeles Kings 	
October 12, 2020	 	Carolina Hurricanes	Los Angeles Kings 	
October 16, 2020	 	Carolina Hurricanes	Los Angeles Kings 	
==Trades==
* Retained Salary Transaction: Each team is allowed up to three contracts on their payroll where they have retained salary in a trade (i.e. the player no longer plays with Team A due to a trade to Team B, but Team A still retains some salary). Only up to 50% of a player's contract can be kept, and only up to 15% of a team's salary cap can be taken up by retained salary. A contract can only be involved in one of these trades twice.
Hover over-retained salary or conditional transactions for more information.
=== October ===
October 7, 2020	To Los Angeles KingsLias Andersson 	To New York RangersVGK 2nd-round pick in 2020 	
October 7, 2020	To Los Angeles KingsEDM 2nd-round pick in 2020 (#45 overall) 	To Detroit Red WingsVAN 2nd-round pick in 2020 (#51 overall)4th-round pick in 2020 (#97 overall)	
October 7, 2020	To Los Angeles KingsMTL 5th-round pick in 2020 (#140 overall)	To Carolina Hurricanes6th-round pick in 2020 (#159 overall) 7th-round pick in 2021 	
=== March ===
March 27, 2021	To Los Angeles KingsBrendan Lemieux 	To New York Rangers4th-round pick in 2021	
March 29, 2021	To Los Angeles KingsChristian Wolanin	To Ottawa SenatorsMichael Amadio 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the Los Angeles Kings' selections at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, which was originally scheduled for June 26–27, 2020 at the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec, but was postponed on March 25, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was held October 6–7, 2020 virtually via Video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality 	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	2 	Quinton Byfield 	C 	 	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
2 	35 	Helge Grans 	D 	 	Malmö Redhawks (SHL)
2 	51 	Brock Faber 	D 	 	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
3 	66 	Kasper Sinomtaival	RW 	Finland 	Tappara (Liiga)
3 	83 	Alex Laferriere 	RW 	United States	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
4 	112	Joho Markkanen 	G 	Finland 	Kettera (Mestis)
5 	128	Matin Chrormiak 	RW 	Slovakia 	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
7 	190	Aatu Jamsen 	RW 	Finland 	Lahti Pelicans U20 (Jr. A)
==References==
 
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