| Pos | Role | Name |
| C | 1 | Anze Kopitar  ActiveAnze Kopitar, who had only one goal in his previous 26 games, broke a goalless game late in the second period for the Los Angeles Kings Thursday night, and it turned out to be the winner in a 3-0 playoff triumph over the San Jose Sharks. Kopitar's second playoff goal came at 18:08 of the second period. Kopitar, generally recognized as the Kings' most talented offensive player, had complained earlier during this series that his team needed to take more shots at San Jose goalie Antti Niemi; the Kings wound up with 28 in the Thursday win. Slava Voynov pitched in with his fourth playoff goal on a power play early in the third period and Jeff Carter notched his fifth playoff goal in the Sharks' empty net late in the third. It was the Kings' 13th consecutive home victory. May 24 |
| 2 | Mike Richards ActiveMike Richards is leading all Kings players with nine points in 10 playoff games. Richards scored the Kings' lone goal on Tuesday. He's traditionally been an effective player in the playoffs with 22 goals and 74 points in 93 career games. May 22 |
| 3 | Jarret Stoll  SidelinedJarret Stoll (undisclosed) skated on Friday for the first time since absorbing a high-hit from San Jose's Raffi Torres on May 14. Stoll is believed to be recovering from head and shoulder injuries. "He skated for a few minutes this morning, so you just keep seeing where it goes," Kings coach Darryl Sutter said. "It’s not if he fell off the bike because he had a headache or something, then you’re back to square one. It’s basically, OK, he rode the bike, had a certain heart rate for eight minutes, so it’s really not that big a deal. So this morning he went and skated for 15, so then you just evaluate again tomorrow morning and go from there." Sutter added that Stoll isn't close to returning. May 24 |
| 4 | Colin Fraser ActiveColin Fraser is projected to replace Brad Richardson on Los Angeles' fourth line Thursday night in Game 2 versus St. Louis. Fraser skated in 34 games for the Kings during the regular season, where he picked up two goals and seven points as well as 71 hits. May 2 |
| 5 | Jordan Nolan ActiveJordan Nolan was a healthy scratch on Saturday. Nolan was replaced in the Kings lineup by Tanner Pearson. Nolan had four penalty minutes with nary a point in five previous playoff games this season. May 19 |
| LW | 1 | Dwight King ActiveDwight King has a goal and four assists in his last seven games. That's not bad, especially considering King had no points in his first 12 games. He is a fringe fantasy player in the deepest of leagues at this time and only because of his recent streak. Mar 5 |
| 2 | Dustin Penner ActiveDustin Penner appeared to score a goal on Tuesday, but it was judged to have came after a quick whistle. "Well, I’m sure it’s in the rule book," Kings coach Darryl Sutter said. "When the whistle goes, right? So what are they going to come and tell us? They’re going to come and say they lost sight of the puck and they blew the whistle." The Kings ended up losing the game 2-1 and now the series is even at 2-2. May 22 |
| 3 | Brad Richardson ActiveAs expected, Brad Richardson was inserted into the Kings' lineup on Thursday due to the injury to Jarret Stoll. "I thought he was nervous," Kings coach Darryl Sutter remarked. Richardson recorded an assist and three hits, but also finished the night with a minus-one rating. He logged 11:00 minutes of playing time. May 17 |
| 4 | Kyle Clifford ActiveKyle Clifford recorded his first point of the postseason on Thursday. Clifford was moved to the top line to help spark Anze Kopitar and Justin Williams. The move worked as the three combined for the first goal in the Kings' 3-0 victory. It wouldn't be surprising to see Clifford back on the top line for Game 6 on Sunday. May 24 |
| 5 | Tanner Pearson ActiveTanner Pearson made his NHL debut Saturday. Pearson played only 5:44 minutes on the fourth line with Brad Richardson and Colin Fraser. "I was coming up to be a black ace, just expecting to skate with them," Pearson said. "I guess anything can happen. . . .If you had asked me three years ago and saying I'd be playing my first NHL game in three years, I would have taken it in a heartbeat but I probably wouldn't have believed you." Pearson was the Kings first round pick in the 2012 Draft after going undrafted in his previous two years of eligibility. He had 19 goals and 47 points in 64 AHL games and looks to have a bright future in the NHL. May 19 |
| RW | 1 | Dustin Brown ActiveDustin Brown was taken off the Kings' top line during Wednesday's practice. Brown skated on the third line with Dwight King and Trevor Lewis. The Kings' first line hasn't been effective in the playoffs and Brown is one of the players that's been struggling. He has just two goals and three points in 10 games, although he also leads the team with 46 hits. May 23 |
| 2 | Jeff Carter ActiveJeff Carter had a goal and an assist in Game 2 on Thursday. Carter has four goals and six points over the last five contests. He was a dominate goal scorer in the regular season, but also a hot/cold player. Right now he's on fire and the Kings are reaping the benefits. May 17 |
| 3 | Justin Williams ActiveJustin Williams said the Los Angeles Kings need more offense from their top players. "It's going to take our best players, myself at the top of the list, to get more offense," Williams said. "Plain and simple, your guys who produced during the year need to produce just as much, if not more, during the playoffs." Williams has just two points in the playoffs -- a goal and an assist -- and nothing in the three games against San Jose. The Kings have a 2-1 series lead but have scored just seven goals in the three games. While Mike Richards and Jeff Carter each have three points in the series, regular-season scoring leader Anze Kopitar hasn't registered a point since May 8 and is likely one of the people Williams is not-so-subtly addressing. May 21 |
| 4 | Trevor Lewis ActiveTrevor Lewis said 'something happened' when he was called for goaltender interference with five seconds remaining in regulation time. The penalty put the Kings down two men heading into the overtime as the Sharks Patrick Marleau pushed him into Antti Niemi in the Sharks net. While the Kings killed off the first penalty, they were unable to handle the onslaught of the Sharks as Logan Couture scored at the 1:29 mark of overtime. May 19 |
| 5 | Anthony Stewart ActiveThe Los Angeles Kings have recalled Anthony Stewart from the minors. Stewart was acquired by the Kings from the Hurricanes after the lockout but spent the season in the minors where he had four goals and seven points in 30 games. He also spent the lockout playing in England where he had six goals and 11 points in 19 games for Nottingham. May 12 |
| 6 | Tyler Toffoli ActiveTyler Toffoli netted an unassisted goal in the Kings' 2-1 overtime defeat on Saturday. It was Toffoli's first career playoff goal. Jeff Carter and Brad Richardson each recorded four shots on goal. Drew Doughty blocked a team-high five shots. Colin Fraser and Dustin Brown each had six hits for the Kings. Anze Kopitar won 16 of his 23 faceoff attempts in the losing effort. May 19 |
| D | 1 | Drew Doughty ActiveCoach Darryl Sutter was not happy with the play of his defenseman, save for the effort of Drew Doughty. Doughty was a stud on the blueline once again as he played a team-leading 28:28 minutes and scored a power play goal, his second goal of the post-season. "Our defense can clearly do a better job at that (getting more involved in the play), other than Doughty last night," coach Darryl Sutter said. "I think he had . . .maybe nine total attempts, and he had five shots. After that, we were. . .not nearly as involved, or what we were getting from the outside from some guys that are looked on as goal scorers or shooters for their team, what they were doing in the series – things like that." Game 3 will be played on Saturday with the Kings leading two games to none. May 18 |
| 2 | Willie Mitchell  I.L.Kings general manager Dean Lombardi is concerned that Willie Mitchell's knee injury could cause him to miss next season, possibly even ending his career. Mitchell had two surgeries on his knee, which was injured during the lockout, and the Kings GM expressed his worry over the 35-year-old's availability for next season. In terms of his career, that’s what I think we have to figure out now where he is health-wise in terms of his career," Lombardi said. ... "Now I’m getting some information – and I don’t like speaking to it because I don’t have it all, but I guess it’s safe to say there would be a legitimate concern now whether he plays next year. But that could be premature. Let’s just say now, though, it’s possible, where I wouldn’t have thought it possible." Mitchell has another year left on his deal at $3.5 million, and there's a chance he could be bought out this offseason. Apr 3 |
| 3 | Slava Voynov ActiveSlava Voynov and Mike Richards powered the Kings to a 2-0 Game 1 victory over San Jose on Tuesday night with a goal and an assist each. Voynov scored his third goal of the postseason thanks to a great hustle play from Richards, while Richards tipped in his first after a Voynov point shot. They’ve both been among the Kings’ top offensive players in the playoffs, and will be key for the remainder of this series. Jeff Carter was a plus-2 and added an assist in the win. May 15 |
| 4 | Alec Martinez ActiveKings coach Darryl Sutter wants to lean on Alec Martinez more. "So he’s given us 12 minutes. Is 12 minutes enough? No. We need a little more in both ways – quality and quantity," Sutter said. "Whether we like it or not, we are not a veteran defense. Marty…played a grand total of maybe a hundred games or whatever in the NHL. I don’t even know. But he’s got to play like one of our veterans. It can’t be just Robyn and Drew and Slava and Robbie playing like veterans. You need everybody to." Martinez has played in 142 regular season games. Look for him to get more minutes Wednesday night. May 8 |
| 5 | Jacob Muzzin ActiveKings defenseman Jacob Muzzin appears likely to retain his role on the team's second power play unit, which seems to be the reason he has stayed in the lineup. Coach Darryl Sutter acknowledged Saturday that Muzzin is a crucial part of the second unit, saying "Well, we kept him in more just because our power play’s been so good, and we’ve used Richie on the point on the one unit, so we need Muzzin there for the other one, for sure." Muzzin picked up 11 points in 17 games during the month of March and has been a pleasant surprise to anyone who gambled on him in deep fantasy leagues. Apr 21 |
| 6 | Robyn Regehr ActiveRobyn Regehr broke his nose for the second time in Game 5. Regehr also broke his nose in Game 1 after David Backes kicked him in the face and it was broken again on Wednesday when he was clipped by the high-stick of T.J. Oshie. Regehr has been paired with Drew Doughty and the duo have been terrific in the playoffs. May 12 |
| 7 | Robert Scuderi ActiveRobert Scuderi thinks the Kings slow start cost them on Tuesday. "I think the challenge for us is – as Darryl would say – ‘starting on time,'" Scuderi said. "I thought they dominated the first. Second period, I thought they dominated the first half. We took the second half, and we dominated the third. When you think about it, it’s pretty much an even game, but they buried on their chances." Scuderi added that the Kings didn't learn their lessons from Game 3, so now the series is tied. The good news for the Kings is that the series is moving back to Los Angeles for Game 5. May 22 |
| 8 | Keaton Ellerby ActiveKeaton Ellerby will be a healthy scratch Tuesday night. Matt Greene, who had been sidelined with an undisclosed injury, will take his spot in the lineup. May 21 |
| 9 | Matt Greene ActiveMatt Greene reminded his teammates of his importance in Game 5 of the Kings' second-round series with the Sharks. The reargard played in Game 4, his first action in 26 days after dealing with an undisclosed injury, but it was more of a feeling-out process. Game 5 was a different story as he was physical -- he had four hits and continuously cleared traffic from the crease -- and received important penalty-kill ice time. "When he comes back, I think the things that you don’t see – the leadership in the dressing room, that powerful voice, I think – all year we missed him," Mike Richards said. "On the ice, too, just how physical he plays and how hard he is to play against." May 24 |
| G | 1 | Jonathan Quick ActiveJonathan Quick was credited with a shutout in the Los Angeles Kings' 3-0 victory over the Sharks Thursday but San Jose coach Todd McClellan wasn't impressed with the goaltender's performance. The shutout gave the Kings a 3-2 lead in this best-of-seven, second-round playoff series. "I didn't think we tested him a lot (in Game 5)," McLellan said. "There were a number of goalies in the league that could have performed that way tonight." The San Jose Mercury News interpreted that as McLellan’s way of saying his own team didn’t muster a great effort on offense, but it sounded as if McLellan was downplaying Quick’s effort. Quick’s teammates came to his defense. "He’s awesome. He’s our MVP. He’s our best player," forward Trevor Lewis said of Quick. "He probably makes it look easy out there, but he does a lot for us and he’s been awesome." May 25 |
| 2 | Jonathan Bernier ActiveThe Los Angeles chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers' Assn. nominated goalie Jonathan Bernier for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy, awarded annually to the NHL player "who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey." Bernier, 24, didn't play during the Kings' Stanley Cup run last season but has played a key role this season while Jonathan Quick recovered from back surgery. Bernier ranks among the NHL leaders with a 1.86 goals-against average and .922 save percentage in 13 games. Apr 24 |
| 3 | Martin Jones ActiveMartin Jones has been summoned by the Los Angeles Kings. Jones isn't expected to get any playing time in the postseason, but this will be a learning experience for him. Jonathan Bernier is scheduled to become a restricted free agent this summer and the Kings might trade him rather than re-sign him because Jonathan Quick is already inked to a 10-year deal. If that happens, Jones might end up as the team's backup in 2013-14. He had a 2.53 GAA and .919 save percentage in 56 AHL games this season. May 8 |
| 4 | Jean-Francois Berube ActiveJean-Francois Berube has been called up by Los Angeles. Berube will try to learn what he can during the Kings' playoff run, but he won't participate in it. He had a 2.24 GAA and .910 save percentage in 24 ECHL contests in 2012-13. May 8 |