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2017–18 Los Angeles Kings
DivisionTBD Pacific
ConferenceTBD Western
2017–18 record24–17–5
Home record11–9–3
Road record13–8–2
Goals for131
Goals against112
Team information
General managerRob Blake
CoachJohn Stevens
CaptainAnze Kopitar
Alternate captainsJeff Carter
Drew Doughty
ArenaStaples Center
Minor league affiliate(s)Ontario Reign (AHL)
Manchester Monarchs (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsAnze Kopitar
Tyler Toffoli (18)
AssistsAnze Kopitar (29)
PointsAnze Kopitar (47)
Penalty minutesKurtis MacDermid (57)
Plus/minusDustin Brown
Drew Doughty (+17)
WinsJonathan Quick (19)
Goals against averageDarcy Kuemper (2.21)

The 2017–18 Los Angeles Kings season is the 51st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967.[1]

Standings

Divisional standings

Pacific Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 y – Vegas Golden Knights 82 51 24 7 47 272 228 +44 109
2 x – Anaheim Ducks 82 44 25 13 40 235 216 +19 101
3 x – San Jose Sharks 82 45 27 10 40 252 229 +23 100
4 x – Los Angeles Kings 82 45 29 8 43 239 203 +36 98
5 Calgary Flames 82 37 35 10 35 218 248 −30 84
6 Edmonton Oilers 82 36 40 6 31 234 263 −29 78
7 Vancouver Canucks 82 31 40 11 31 218 264 −46 73
8 Arizona Coyotes 82 29 41 12 27 208 256 −48 70
Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Conference standings

Template:2017–18 NHL Western Conference standings

Schedule and results

Preseason

The Kings announced their preseason schedule on June 15, 2017.[2]

Regular season

The team's regular season schedule was released on June 22, 2017.[4]

2017–18 game log
January: 1–6–0 (Home: 0–4–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
40 January 2 Los Angeles 5–0 Edmonton Quick 18,347 24–11–5 53 Recap
41 January 4 Los Angeles 3–4 Calgary Quick 19,206 24–12–5 53 Recap
42 January 6 Nashville 4–3 Los Angeles Quick 18,230 24–13–5 53 Recap
43 January 13 Anaheim 4–2 Los Angeles Quick 18,443 24–14–5 53 Recap
44 January 15 San Jose 4–1 Los Angeles Kuemper 18,230 24–15–5 53 Recap
45 January 18 Pittsburgh 3–1 Los Angeles Quick 18,230 24–16–5 53 Recap
46 January 19 Los Angeles 1–2 Anaheim Quick 17,258 24–17–5 53 Recap
47 January 21 NY Rangers Los Angeles
48 January 23 Los Angeles Vancouver
49 January 24 Los Angeles Calgary
50 January 30 Los Angeles Dallas

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

As of January 6, 2018[5]

Skaters
Goaltenders
Regular season[5]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Jonathan Quick 9 9 544:33 7 1 1 16 1.77 298 .946 2 0 0 2
Darcy Kuemper 3 2 125:09 2 0 0 4 1.92 56 .929 0 0 0 0

Roster

Updated May 2, 2024[6][7]

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
44 United States Mikey Anderson D L 25 2017 Fridley, Minnesota
33 Sweden Viktor Arvidsson RW R 31 2021 Skellefteå, Sweden
55 Canada Quinton Byfield C L 21 2020 Newmarket, Ontario
29 United States Pheonix Copley Injured Reserve G L 32 2022 North Pole, Alaska
24 Canada Phillip Danault (A) C L 31 2021 Victoriaville, Quebec
8 Canada Drew Doughty (A) D R 34 2008 London, Ontario
80 Canada Pierre-Luc Dubois C L 25 2023 Ste-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec
5 Sweden Andreas Englund D L 28 2023 Stockholm, Sweden
22 Switzerland Kevin Fiala RW L 27 2022 St. Gallen, Switzerland
84 Russia Vladislav Gavrikov D L 28 2023 Yaroslavl, Russia
91 Sweden Carl Grundstrom LW L 26 2019 Umeå, Sweden
34 United States Arthur Kaliyev LW L 22 2019 Tashkent, Uzbekistan
9 Sweden Adrian Kempe LW L 27 2014 Kramfors, Sweden
11 Slovenia Anze Kopitar (C) C L 36 2005 Jesenice, Yugoslavia
78 United States Alex Laferriere RW R 22 2020 Chatham, New Jersey
61 United States Trevor Lewis C R 37 2023 Salt Lake City, Utah
46 United States Blake Lizotte C L 26 2019 Lindstrom, Minnesota
12 United States Trevor Moore LW L 29 2020 Thousand Oaks, California
43 Sweden Jacob Moverare D L 25 2016 Östersund, Sweden
31 Czech Republic David Rittich G L 31 2023 Jihlava, Czechoslovakia
3 United States Matt Roy D R 29 2015 Canton, Michigan
21 Canada Jordan Spence D R 23 2019 Sydney, Australia
39 Canada Cam Talbot G L 36 2023 Caledonia, Ontario


Transactions

The Kings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017–18 season.

Trades

Date Details Ref
November 14, 2017 (2017-11-14) To Edmonton Oilers
Michael Cammalleri
To Los Angeles Kings
Jussi Jokinen
[8]
November 23, 2017 (2017-11-23) To Montreal Canadiens
Conditional 5th-round draft pick in 2018
To Los Angeles Kings
Torrey Mitchell
[9]
December 7, 2017 (2017-12-07) To Vancouver Canucks
Nic Dowd
To Los Angeles Kings
Jordan Subban
[10]

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