2007–08 Los Angeles Kings season

The 2007–08 Los Angeles Kings season was the 41st season (40th season of play) for the National Hockey League franchise. Their season began with the team playing a neutral site home-and-home series with the defending Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks at the O2 Arena in London, England, the first time the NHL has held a regular season game in Europe.

2007–08 Los Angeles Kings
Division5th Pacific
Conference15th Western
2007–08 record32–43–7
Home record17–21–3
Road record15–22–4
Goals for231
Goals against266
Team information
General managerDean Lombardi
CoachMarc Crawford
CaptainRob Blake
Alternate captainsMichael Cammalleri
Scott Thornton
Lubomir Visnovsky
ArenaStaples Center
Average attendance16,583 (91.5%)*
(Does not include home game played in London, England)
Team leaders
GoalsDustin Brown (32)
AssistsAnze Kopitar (44)
PointsAnze Kopitar (74)
Penalty minutesRaitis Ivanans (134)
Plus/minusAlexander Frolov (4)
WinsJason LaBarbera (17)
Goals against averageErik Ersberg (2.52)

Along with the switch to the Rbk Edge uniforms instituted league-wide for 2007–08, the Kings also changed their goal celebration horn at Staples Center from a foghorn to a train horn.

Regular season

The Kings struggled on the penalty kill, finishing 30th overall in penalty-kill percentage (77.99%).[1]

Divisional standings
Pacific Division
GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1y – San Jose Sharks82492310222193108
2Anaheim Ducks8247278205191102
3Dallas Stars824530724220797
4Phoenix Coyotes823837721423183
5Los Angeles Kings823243723126671

Conference standings
Western Conference
R Div GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1 p – Detroit Red WingsCE8254217257184115
2 y – San Jose SharksPA82492310222193108
3 y – Minnesota WildNW8244281022321898
4 Anaheim DucksPA8247278205191102
5 Dallas StarsPA824530724220797
6 Colorado AvalancheNW824431723121995
7 Calgary FlamesNW8242301022922794
8 Nashville PredatorsCE824132923022991
8.5
9 Edmonton OilersNW824135623525188
10 Chicago BlackhawksCE824034823923588
11 Vancouver CanucksNW8239331021321588
12 Phoenix CoyotesPA823837721423183
13 Columbus Blue JacketsCE8234361219321880
14 St. Louis BluesCE8233361320523779
15 Los Angeles KingsPA823243723126671

Divisions: PA – Pacific, CE – Central, NW – Northwest
bold – qualified for playoffs, y – division winner, p – Presidents' Trophy winner

Schedule and results

September

Record: 1–1–0; Home: 1–0–0; Road: 0–1–0

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPts
1September 29*Anaheim1 – 4Los AngelesBernier17,5511–0–02
2September 30*Los Angeles1 – 4AnaheimLaBarbera17,5511–1–02

*At O2 Arena in London, England

October

Record: 6–7–0; Home: 5–4–0; Road: 1–3–0

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPts
3October 6St. Louis5 – 3Los AngelesBernier18,1181–2–02
4October 10Los Angeles1 – 5DallasLaBarbera16,1291–3–02
5October 12Boston8 – 6Los AngelesBernier17,0641–4–02
6October 14Detroit4 – 1Los AngelesBernier17,2151–5–02
7October 16Minnesota3 – 4Los AngelesSOAubin14,2392–5–04
8October 18Los Angeles3 – 4CalgaryAubin19,2892–6–04
9October 19Los Angeles4 – 2VancouverLaBarbera18,6303–6–06
10October 23Nashville0 – 6Los AngelesLaBarbera14,0264–6–08
11October 25Dallas1 – 2Los AngelesLaBarbera14,5595–6–010
12October 27Edmonton1 – 4Los AngelesLaBarbera16,1736–6–012
13October 31Columbus4 – 1Los AngelesLaBarbera11,4916–7–012

November

Record: 2–5–1; Home: 1–3–0; Road: 1–2–1

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPts
14November 2Los Angeles5 – 2San JoseAubin17,4967–7–014
15November 3San Jose3 – 1Los AngelesLaBarbera18,1187–8–014
16November 10Dallas5 – 6Los AngelesOTAubin18,1188–8–016
17November 13Los Angeles3 – 4AnaheimSOLaBarbera17,1748–8–117
18November 15Anaheim6 – 3Los AngelesAubin18,1188–9–117
19November 17Phoenix1 – 0Los AngelesLaBarbera15,6598–10–117
20November 19Los Angeles0 – 3DallasLaBarbera17,2088–11–117
21November 21Los Angeles1 – 4PhoenixLaBarbera12,1618–12–117
22November 24Los Angeles2 – 1San JoseLaBarbera17,4969–12–119
23November 25Los Angeles2 – 3AnaheimLaBarbera17,1749–13–119
24November 28Los Angeles3 – 2San JoseSOLaBarbera17,07110–13–121

December

Record: 2–11–1; Home: 2–5–1; Road: 0–6–0

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPts
25December 1Colorado5 – 2Los AngelesLaBarbera17,29710–14–121
26December 3Edmonton4 – 3Los AngelesSOAubin14,19310–14–222
27December 5Los Angeles1 – 4PhoenixAubin11,40110–15–222
28December 6Buffalo2 – 8Los AngelesQuick15,98011–15–224
29December 8Phoenix4 – 2Los AngelesAubin16,05311–16–224
30December 10Vancouver2 – 4Los AngelesAubin15,08712–16–226
31December 12Los Angeles3 – 6ChicagoQuick12,53412–17–226
32December 13Los Angeles1 – 4DallasQuick17,91312–18–226
33December 15Minnesota2 – 1Los AngelesAubin16,64812–19–226
34December 17Colorado4 – 2Los AngelesLaBarbera16,64712–20–226
35December 19Los Angeles2 – 6DetroitLaBarbera19,51612–21–226
36December 21Los Angeles1 – 2ColumbusLaBarbera14,03412–22–226
37December 22Los Angeles3 – 4NashvilleLaBarbera15,69812–23–226
38December 26San Jose3 – 2Los AngelesLaBarbera18,11812–24–226
39December 29Los Angeles3 – 1ColoradoAubin17,25613–24–228
40December 30Los Angeles3 – 2ChicagoOTLaBarbera21,71514–24–230

January

Record: 6–5–0; Home: 4–4–0; Road: 2–1–0

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPts
41January 1Chicago2 – 9Los AngelesLaBarbera16,91615–24–232
42January 3Columbus4 – 3Los AngelesLaBarbera14,17315–25–232
43January 5Calgary6 – 4Los AngelesLaBarbera18,11815–26–232
44January 8Nashville7 – 0Los AngelesLaBarbera14,75115–27–232
45January 10Toronto2 – 5Los AngelesLaBarbera18,11816–27–234
46January 12Dallas3 – 4Los AngelesSOLaBarbera16,91617–27–236
47January 15Los Angeles3 – 1EdmontonLaBarbera16,83918–27–238
48January 18Los Angeles1 – 6CalgaryLaBarbera19,28918–28–238
49January 19Los Angeles4 – 3VancouverLaBarbera18,63019–28–240
50January 22Detroit3 – 0Los AngelesLaBarbera18,11819–29–240
51January 24Anaheim1 – 3Los AngelesLaBarbera18,11820–29–242
52January 29Los Angeles2 – 3PhiladelphiaOTLaBarbera19,12720–29–343
53January 31Los Angeles3 – 1NY IslandersLaBarbera10,14821–29–345

February

Record: 5–6–1; Home: 2–1–1; Road: 3–5–0

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPts
54February 2Los Angeles3 – 6New JerseyLaBarbera15,27921–30–345
55February 5Los Angeles4 – 2N.Y. RangersLaBarbera18,20022–30–347
56February 7Los Angeles5 – 3DetroitLaBarbera18,85223–30–349
57February 9Los Angeles2 – 4PittsburghLabarbera17,03423–31–349
58February 10Los Angeles3 – 2ColumbusSOCloutier15,83224–31–351
59February 12Los Angeles2 – 4St. LouisLaBarbera15,68824–32–351
60February 15Calgary3 – 6Los AngelesLaBarbera18,11825–32–353
61February 16Los Angeles3 – 4PhoenixLaBarbera17,99725–33–353
62February 18Phoenix4 – 0Los AngelesLaBarbera16,61725–34–353
63February 21St. Louis1 – 5Los AngelesCloutier14,13226–34–355
64February 23Chicago6 – 5Los AngelesOTErsberg18,11826–34–456
65February 28Los Angeles4 – 5EdmontonCloutier16,83926–35–456

March

Record: 5–6–3 ; Home: 2–3–1; Road: 3–3–2

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPts
66March 1Los Angeles2 – 5ColoradoCloutier18,00726–36–456
67March 2Los Angeles1 – 2MinnesotaOTErsberg18,56826–36–557
68March 4Los Angeles2 – 3St. LouisErsberg14,97326–37–557
69March 6Ottawa0 – 2Los AngelesErsberg17,58027–37–559
70March 8Montreal5 – 2Los AngelesErsberg18,11827–38–559
71March 10Vancouver2 – 1Los AngelesOTCloutier14,65327–38–660
72March 13Los Angeles4 – 1NashvilleErsberg15,85328–38–662
73March 15Los Angeles0 – 2MinnesotaErsberg18,56828–39–662
74March 18San Jose2 – 1Los AngelesCloutier16,78428–40–662
75March 20Los Angeles6 – 5PhoenixSOErsberg14,85229–40–664
76March 22Los Angeles4 – 2DallasErsberg18,53230–40–666
77March 26Los Angeles1 – 2AnaheimSOErsberg17,33130–40–767
78March 27Phoenix0 – 4Los AngelesErsberg17,33131–40–769
79March 29Dallas7 – 2Los AngelesErsberg17,84931–41–769

April

Record: 1–2–0; Home: 1–1–0; Road: 0–1–0

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPts
80April 1Los Angeles2 – 5San JoseErsberg17,49631–42–769
81April 3San Jose2 – 4Los AngelesErsberg17,75932–42–771
82April 5Anaheim3 – 4Los AngelesCloutier18,11832–43–771

Playoffs

The Kings were officially eliminated from playoff contention in early March for the fifth consecutive season. The franchise has not made the playoffs since the 2001–02 NHL season.

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

    Regular season   Playoffs
Player GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM Alexander Frolov214162010
Michael Cammalleri21127196
Anze Kopitar21810184
Dustin Brown21851313
Lubomir Visnovsky211121312
Ladislav Nagy1947118
Derek Armstrong2109914
Patrick O'Sullivan214374
Kyle Calder133364
Brad Stuart2124610

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

    Regular season   Playoffs
Player GP Min W L OT GA SO SV% GAA GP Min W L GA SO SV% GAA
Jason LaBarbera452421172321212.9103.00
Jean-Sebastien Aubin19827561440.8663.19
Erik Ersberg14
Dan Cloutier9489241150.8873.44
Jonathan Bernier4238130160.8644.03
Jonathan Quick3
Daniel Taylor12000020.8006.00

Awards and records

Transactions

The Kings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007–08 season:

Trades
February 19, 2008
 To Philadelphia Flyers
Jaroslav Modry		 To Los Angeles Kings
3rd-round pick in 2008 – Geordie Wudrick
February 26, 2008
 To Detroit Red Wings
Brad Stuart		 To Los Angeles Kings
2nd-round pick in 2008 – Peter Delmas
4th-round pick in 2009 – Ben Chiarot
February 26, 2008
 To Anaheim Ducks
Jean-Sebastien Aubin		 To Los Angeles Kings
7th-round pick in 2008 – Paul Karpowich

Free agents
PlayerFormer teamContract terms
Michal HandzusChicago Blackhawks4 years, $16 million
Tom PreissingOttawa Senators4 years, $11 million
Kyle CalderDetroit Red Wings2 years, $5.4 million
Ladislav NagyDallas Stars1 year, $3.75 million
Brad StuartCalgary Flames1 year, $3.5 million
Jean-Sebastien AubinToronto Maple Leafs1 year, $525.000
PlayerNew team
Mathieu GaronEdmonton Oilers
Tom KostopoulosMontreal Canadiens
Tim JackmanNew York Islanders
Aaron MillerVancouver Canucks
Ryan FlinnEdmonton Oilers
Noah ClarkeNew Jersey Devils

Draft picks

Los Angeles' picks at the 2007 NHL Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio.[2] The Kings had the 4th overall selection.

Round # Player Nationality NHL team College/Junior/Club team (league)
1 4 Thomas Hickey (D)  Canada Los Angeles Kings Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
2 52 Oscar Moller (C)  Sweden Los Angeles Kings Chilliwack Bruins (WHL)
2 61 Wayne Simmonds (RW)  Canada Los Angeles Kings Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
3 82 Bryan Cameron (C)  Canada Los Angeles Kings Belleville Bulls (OHL)
4 95 Alec Martinez (D)  United States Los Angeles Kings Miami University (CCHA)
4 109 Dwight King (C)  Canada Los Angeles Kings Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
5 124 Linden Rowat (G)  Canada Los Angeles Kings Regina Pats (WHL)
5 137 Joshua Turnbull (C)  United States Los Angeles Kings Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
7 184 Josh Kidd (D)  Canada Los Angeles Kings Erie Otters (OHL)
7 188 Matt Fillier (LW)  Canada Los Angeles Kings St. John's Fog Devils (QMJHL)

Farm teams

Manchester Monarchs

The Manchester Monarchs are the Kings American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate in 2007–08.

Reading Royals

The Reading Royals are the Kings affiliate in the ECHL.

See also

References
  1. "2007-08 NHL Summary".
  2. 2007 NHL Entry Draft Results nhl.com
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