Los Angeles Kings 2024-25 Stanley Cup Betting
For the past three seasons, the Los Angeles Kings have made the Stanley Cup Playoffs only to be ousted in the first round by the Edmonton Oilers. The Kings have the look of a team that could suffer a similar fate this spring. Los Angeles is likely playoff-bound but is not a serious threat to hoist Lord Stanley’s Cup come the month of June. Los Angeles lacks the goal scoring necessary to be taken seriously as a championship threat. On the other hand, their defense and goaltending remind fans of the 2012 and 2014 Stanley Cup title teams.
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Los Angeles Kings Team Overview
Just past the midway point of the 2024-25 NHL season, the Los Angeles Kings were 26-14-5 straight up and 16-26 over/under the total. Also, Los Angeles was 7th in the Western Conference playoff standings.
Los Angeles was ten points behind the Winnipeg Jets in the Western Conference playoff race.
Los Angeles had NHL rankings of 20th for goals scored and 29th for power play efficiency. In comparison, on defense, the Kings had NHL rankings of 3rd for goals against and 9th for penalty killing.
Los Angeles Kings Key Players
C Anze Kopitar is a mainstay of the team. Kopitar is one of the best two-way forwards in NHL history. Kopitar is a five-time All-Star. He eclipsed the career 400-goal mark this season. Kopitar scored 28 goals with 47 assists last year. So far, Kopitar has 24 goals, 20 assists, 44 points and a +20.
Like Kopitar, D Drew Doughty was a key member of the Kings' 2012 and 2014 Stanley Cup championship teams. Doughty is a five-time NHL All-Star and the 2016 Norris Trophy winner as the NHL’s top defenseman. Last year, Doughty had 15 goals and 35 assists. The mainstay has been out indefinitely with an ankle injury but could return in February.
RW Adriam Kempe leads the Kings with 24 goals, 20 assists, 44 points, and a +20.
Los Angeles Kings Goaltenders
Number one goaltender Darcy Kuemper is best known as the goaltender for the 2021 Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche. He arrives after two seasons with the Washington Capitals. His save perception was .890 last year. So far this season, Kuemper has a 2.06 goals against average and a .922 save percentage. His record is 14-4-5 with two shutouts.
Los Angeles Kings Coach
Jim Hiller took over the Kings midway through the 2023-24 season and led the team to a record of 21-12-1 to gain the playoffs. He was a Kings assistant coach before the promotion.
Season-by-Season Record (Last 6)
| SEASON |
GAMES |
WINS |
LOSSES |
FINISH |
PLAYOFFS |
| 2023–24 |
82 |
44 |
27 |
3rd, Pacific |
Lost in First Round, 1–4 (Oilers) |
| 2022–23 |
82 |
47 |
25 |
3rd, Pacific |
Lost in First Round, 2–4 (Oilers) |
| 2021–22 |
82 |
44 |
27 |
3rd, Pacific |
Lost in First Round, 3–4 (Oilers) |
| 2020–21 |
56 |
21 |
28 |
6th, West |
Did not qualify |
| 2019–20 |
70 |
29 |
35 |
7th, Pacific |
Did not qualify |
| 2018–19 |
82 |
31 |
42 |
8th, Pacific |
Did not qualify |
Los Angeles Kings History
Founded in the NHL “Great Expansion” of 1967 that doubled the league’s size from 6 to 12 teams, the Los Angeles Kings have had a rich history in both good times and bad. The early years were headlined by Real “Frenchy” Lemieux and Eddie “The Jet” Joyal. Original owner Jack Kent Cooke built the “Fabulous Forum” for his Kings. But mediocre hockey was the rule rather than the exception for most of the Kings' first 20 years of existence. Thus, the team was largely ignored. But everything changed with Wayne Gretzky’s arrival in 1988. The Great One made both the Kings and the NHL mainstream. The Kings went from being ignored to the most popular team in LA. A new generation of Kings won the Stanley Cup in 2012 and 2014.
Gretzky is the biggest name ever to play the sport, let alone for the Kings. But others such as Luc Robitaille, Marcel Dionne, and Rogie Vachon are revered hockey names in Southern California and Kings lore.
The dream of a Stanley Cup seemed impossible for many longtime Kings fans. But Los Angeles built up its roster with several good drafts. By the time the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs began, the Kings were perhaps the best 8-seed team in history. And that was proven by how Los Angeles steamrolled through the postseason to win their first Stanley Cup.
LA overcame an 0-3 deficit against the San Jose Sharks two years later to win the series 4-3. That was the springboard to a second Stanley Cup title run.
The Kings have always played second fiddle to the Lakers in Los Angeles. But the hockey club has always had die-hard, passionate loyalists who pack the arena for every game.
The end of the 2021-22 season marked the retirement of longtime King stalwart and former captain Dustin Brown. Brown was the captain of both of LA’s Stanley Cup championship teams. He goes down as one of the greatest Kings of all time.
NHL Teams
Eastern Conference - Atlantic
Eastern Conference - Metropolitan
Western Conference - Central
Western Conference - Pacific
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