| Pos | Role | Name |
| C | 1 | Anze Kopitar  ActiveThe Los Angeles Kings' offense really exploded in the 2014 playoffs, as the Stanley Cup champions generated a postseason-best 3.38 goal-per-game average. Compare that to their 2.42 gpg average, which ranked 26th in the NHL. Only Detroit averaged less than two goals per playoff contest, as the Boston Bruins limited them to six tallies in five contests. The Anaheim Ducks led the regular season with 3.21 goals per contest. Jun 15 |
| 2 | Mike Richards ActiveMike Richards' ability to perform in the clutch is one of the reasons they decided to pass on the opportunity to use a compliance buyout on him. "No question," said Kings GM Dean Lombardi. "That's what you'd rather have, if you have a choice you'll always take the playoff big-game player over the regular-season guy. But you still need to get both particularly when you have a financial commitment under the cap; you can't just write it off." Lombardi also took into account that Richards played a key role in them winning the Cup in 2011 and liked what he heard from Richards during his exit meeting. Richards is coming off a down season where he recorded just 41 points in 82 games. He comes with a $5.75 million cap hit annually through 2019-20. Jun 25 |
| 3 | Jarret Stoll ActiveJarret Stoll feels that the Kings are a united front. "Yeah, we all care about each other," Stoll said. "There's no cliques on our team. There's no some guys going off here, some guys going off there. We all do things together on the ice and off the ice. We get together a lot. We all live fairly close to each other down at the beach, five, ten minutes apart. So that helps, getting together, doing things." The Kings have had a lot of success together over the last few years. They've won 10 of their last 11 playoff series and are on the verge of winning the Stanley Cup for the second time in three years given their commanding 3-0 lead over the Rangers. Jun 11 |
| 4 | Jordan Nolan ActiveJordan Nolan was a healthy scratch on Sunday. He was joined in the press box by Linden Vey and Tanner Pearson. Just an FYI in case you took any of the three late in your playoff pool and was wondering why they were not in the lineup. Nolan played in Game 1 and was in the press box as coach Darryl Sutter went with seven defensemen in the lineup. Apr 21 |
| LW | 1 | Marian Gaborik ActiveMarian Gaborik's new contract is reportedly worth about $34.3 million over seven years. In other words, Gaborik will come with a $4.9 million annual cap hit. Although the length of his contract has to be concerning from the Kings' perspective, they did a good job keeping his cap hit down. Gaborik could have likely gotten a meaningfully higher annual salary on the open market, but he likely settle for less for a longer contract and the knowledge that he'll be playing for a competitive squad. Jun 25 |
| 2 | Dwight King ActiveDwight King's new deal with the Los Angeles Kings is worth $5.85 million. In other words, King will come with a $1.95 million annual cap hit, which is a substantial increase from his previous annual salary of $750,000. The Kings don't have any restricted free agents left to sign and while they're close to the cap, they should be fine in that regard. Jul 30 |
| 3 | Trevor Lewis ActiveTrevor Lewis has been a pleasant surprise for the Los Angeles Kings in their 2014 playoff run. Lewis has four goals and five points in 13 games after netting just six goals in 73 regular season contests. He also accounted for the game-winning goal in Game 6 on Wednesday. "I have a lot of trust in Trevor," Kings coach Darryl Sutter said. "It doesn't matter if he is scoring or not. We can move him all over the lineup. He's played left wing the last two games, center the game before that, he played right wing every game before that." May 16 |
| 4 | Kyle Clifford ActiveKyle Clifford underwent wrist surgery. The procedure was advised because of a small fracture in Clifford's wrist. This is just an FYI as Clifford is expected to make a full recovery by mid-August at the latest. Jul 7 |
| 5 | Tanner Pearson ActiveTanner Pearson showed he could elevate his game to the highest level during his first playoff run with the Kings this spring, and the 22 year old is one to watch regarding his future fantasy potential. Pearson went undrafted in 2011, but exploded for 91 points in 60 games during the 2011-12 OHL season and was selected at the end of the first round in 2012. The late bloomer had a productive season in the AHL this season with Manchester, amassing 32 points in 41 games, and clicked with fellow youngster Tyler Toffoli and veteran Jeff Carter on a superb second line during the playoffs. Pearson notched 12 points in 24 games during the post-season, and has the skills, speed, soft hands and drive to be a productive forward down the road. Jun 18 |
| RW | 1 | Dustin Brown ActiveThe Stanley Cup won by the Los Angles Kings on Friday night was tougher to win than the one they won two years ago, their captain says. "This one is a lot different, it was harder, we had it easy last time," said Dustin Brown, one of 14 Kings who have won both Cups. "This one was harder. It gives you perspective. This is how I always envisioned it would be." The Kings became the first team in NHL history to win three Game 7s on the road, and they eventually required 26 games to win the Stanley Cup, six games longer than in 2012 and equal to the longest postseason work schedule in NHL history. Jun 14 |
| 2 | Jeff Carter ActiveJeff Carter played a spectacular game on Wednesday night, winning 70% of his faceoffs and generating numerous scoring chances in the Kings' 2-1 loss to New York. Carter and the Kings dominated the third period in pursuit of the equalizer, outshooting New York 15-1. Carter and his linemates Tyler Toffoli and Tanner Pearson were the best line on the ice by far, but the trio were unable to beat Henrik Lundqvist. L.A. will try to win on home ice in Game 5 on Friday night. Jun 11 |
| 3 | Justin Williams ActiveThe man who brought Justin Williams to Los Angeles in a 2009 trade, Kings general manager Dean Lombardi, was almost speechless Friday night when he considered what the forward had done in the team's long and sometimes bumpy playoff run. "Ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous," GM Dean Lombardi said of Williams. "How special is that? You always see those guys that don't get a lot of fanfare but rise to the occasion. Probably one of the best ever in all of sports. It's awesome. He's a special, special player." Williams had two goals and seven points in the Stanley Cup Final, the top scorer in the five games, and had nine goals and 25 points in the Kings' 26 playoff games. He improved his record in Game 7s to 7-0 for his career. When Williams joined the Kings in 2009, his arm was in a sling and the deal didn't seem good for L.A. On Friday, his arm was fine as he lifted first the Conn Smythe Trophy and then the Stanley Cup. Lombardi "has given me a great opportunity here," Williams said. "He saw a player that not a lot of people saw. He gave me a chance, where my career wasn't going the way I wanted it to. I was able to be a piece of this puzzle, the team that he built." Jun 14 |
| 4 | Tyler Toffoli ActiveTyler Toffoli drew an assist on the Stanley Cup winner by Alec Martinez. The Kings second round pick, 47th overall in 2010, had seven goals and 14 points in 26 games during the playoffs and clicked amazingly well with Jeff Carter and Tanner Pearson on the Kings second line. Do not forget about Toffoli and Pearson next season as they could be on the verge of breakout seasons. Jun 15 |
| 5 | Adam Cracknell ActiveAdam Cracknell has signed a one-year deal with the Los Angeles Kings. He plays a "heavy" game which will fit in nicely with the Kings if he can earn a spot on their roster. He skated in 19 games with the Blues last season, while recording 33 hits and two assists. Jul 1 |
| D | 1 | Drew Doughty ActiveDrew Doughty has been quite successful thus far in hockey at the tender age of 24. Doughty has already won two Olympic Gold Medals for Canada in addition to winning his second Stanley Cup for the Los Angeles Kings. The blueliner led all defensemen in scoring with 18 points and is one of the top five rearguards in the NHL at this time. Jun 16 |
| 2 | Slava Voynov ActiveGoing into tonight's Game 3, defenseman Slava Voynov has played in 116 games since the first exhibition game on September 15. That's an awful lot of hockey and it includes five games for Russia at the Olympics. Voynov has to be feeling it but with only 11 days left in the season at most, the end is in sight. Jun 9 |
| 3 | Jake Muzzin ActiveJake Muzzin has played a significant role in the Kings' 2014 playoff run after serving as a Black Ace during the 2012 championship. With the Kings on the brink of winning the Cup again, Muzzin took some time to recall his 2012 experience. "You just try to help out as much as you can off the ice and a positive attitude, positive around the guys," Muzzin said. "But when it comes down to it, there is really not much you can do when you're sitting there watching on a TV screen except cheer. You have to stay with that. You have to be positive no matter what the situation is whether you're injured, healthy scratch, whatever it may be. If you're not playing, you're a part of the team still and you have to be professional about it." This time around, Muzzin has scored six goals and 12 points in 25 games. He's also second only to Drew Doughty in ice time with an average of 22:50 minutes per playoff contest. Jun 13 |
| 4 | Robyn Regehr ActiveKings captain Dustin Brown recently talked about why he chose to let the injured Robyn Regehr be the second player to lift the Cup in 2014. Brown said it came down to Regehr or Gaborik given that they were the two veterans on the team that hadn't previously won the Stanley Cup with Los Angeles in 2012. "With Reg, again, he got hurt in Round 2, but no one saw other than us what he did in the locker room," Brown said. "He dressed, warm-ups, he was very vocal and a big part of our team inside that locker room that none of you guys got to see. At the end of the day, he's been a part of this team, and he's a big reason why we won." Regehr had three goals and 14 points in 79 games during the regular season. Jun 20 |
| 5 | Matt Greene ActiveMatt Greene's four-year contract with the Los Angeles Kings is official. The Kings are hoping that Greene's injury woes are behind him after he was limited to just 43 regular season games over the past two seasons. From a fantasy perspective, the 31-year-old defenseman's value is limited even when he is healthy. He will average about a penalty minute per game, but he's never recorded more than 15 points in a single season. Jun 25 |
| 6 | Alec Martinez ActiveAlec Martinez became the first defenseman since 1996 to score the Stanley Cup Final winner. The previous rearguard was Uwe Krupp of the Colorado Avalanche as he sent the Avs to their first Stanley Cup win. Jun 15 |
| 7 | Jeff Schultz ActiveJeff Schultz's two-year deal with the Kings is worth $1.7 million. It's a one-way deal, although so was Schultz's last contract and that didn't stop Los Angeles from burying him in the minors for most of the 2013-14 campaign. At best, Schultz will be a seventh defenseman with the Kings at the start of the season. Jul 1 |
| G | 1 | Jonathan Quick  SidelinedKings captain Dustin Brown said that Jonathan Quick's teammates were aware that he was playing through a wrist injury during the second half of the playoffs. Quick had surgery and will need 10-12 weeks to recover as a result. That will eat into his summer training program, but he should be fine by the start of the season. Jun 25 |
| 2 | Martin Jones ActiveMartin Jones blocked all three shots he faced in relief of Jonathan Quick in Game 4 on Saturday night. The Kings fell 2-0 to the Ducks, despite dictating the pace for two-thirds of the game. Jones played nearly two full periods (the team pulled the goalie to try to score late in the game), yet only faced three shots. Coach Darryl Sutter yanked Jonathan Quick for the start of the second, with the team down 2-0, to try to give his team a lift, and that it did, except for on the scoresheet. The Kings gave up no shots in the second, with the last even-strength one occurring at 19:56 of the first frame. The series is tied 2-2, and Quick should be back in net. May 11 |