A road-heavy February, and sometimes late January, is nothing new to the Los Angeles Kings. Thanks to Staples Center hosting the Grammy Awards, the Kings have been pushed out and onto the road almost every season since 2000 in order to make room for the yearly award show.
In fact, since the year 2000, the Grammys have been hosted at Staples Center every year except for 2003 when Madison Square Garden in New York played host to the award show.
Since there was no 2004-05 NHL season, the Kings’ most recent Grammy trip marked the conclusion of trip number 15 for the organization. Now that number 15 is under the Kings’ belt, it’s as good a time as any to look back and go over what exactly the Kings have been through over the last 16 years.
Before we get started, some technical explanations.
Road games grouped before and after have been grouped into that year’s Grammy Trip. For example, in 2004, the Kings had two road games then a week off. The two road games prior to the trip have been added to that season’s trip. Also, the 2014 Stadium Series game between the Kings and Anaheim Ducks has been added to that year’s trip because although the Kings were technically the home team, the game was away from Staples Center.
Regarding total goals for and total goals against, if the Kings won or lost a game in overtime that goal for or against was added to that total. The imaginative goal for and against that accompanies shootout wins and losses, for the purposes of this post, has not been added to the totals.
Here we go.
Overall Record: 40-33-12-2
Goals for: 234
Goals against: 236
2. Number of teams the Kings have never faced while on a Grammy Trip. The Kings have never played the Avalanche or the Jets, including when they were the Thrashers in Atlanta.
2. The least amount of games played on one trip. The Kings’ trip was cut short in 2002 thanks to the Winter Olympics. The Kings played a quick back-to-back series in Columbus and Pittsburgh. The Kings won both games.
4. Number of teams the Kings have yet to win against while on their Grammy Trip. The Kings have faced Montreal once and Carolina, Buffalo and Arizona all twice and have yet to get in the win column.
6. Wins via the shutout.
8. Number of wins against teams now in the Pacific Division. The Kings have an overall record of 8-8-1-1 against these teams while on a Grammy Trip.
9. Number of times the Kings have visited Columbus. The Kings walked away with a win in six of those nine games.
10. Losses via the shutout.
16. Number of games against teams now in the Central Division. This is the least amount of games played against one division.
22. Games played in back-to-back days.
23. Days on the road during the 2011 Grammy Trip. This is a trip where the Kings likely returned home during a five-day break in the middle of their trip. But the Kings played 10 games on the road over 23 days in 2011. Los Angeles went 6-3-1 during that trip.
26. Most goals scored during one trip. In 2000, Los Angeles was on the road for seven games in 11 days. The Kings put up three or more goals in six of the seven games, including a 7-2 win in Calgary and a 5-2 win in Vancouver. The Kings went 4-3-0 that year.
34. Number of games played against teams now in the Metropolitan Division.
87. Number of games played outside of Staples Center while on Grammy Trips.
For reference, the dates and results of the games played on these trips are listed below.
Head to Head Results
Anaheim Ducks: Jan. 30 2006 OTL 3-4, Feb. 23 2011 W 3-2, Feb. 02 2013 L 4-7, Jan. 24 2014 L 1-2, Jan. 25 2016 L 0-3
Record: 1-3-1
GF:11 GA:18
Arizona Coyotes: Feb. 02 2006 L 1-2, Jan. 28 2014 L 0-3
Record: 0-2-0
GF:1 GA 5
Boston Bruins: Jan. 30 2010 W 3-2, Jan. 20 2014 L 2-3, Jan. 31 2015 L 1-3, Feb. 09 2016 W 9-2
Record: 2-2-0
GF:15 GA: 10
Buffalo Sabres: Feb. 19 2000 L 1-4, Feb. 13 2004 L 3-8
Record: 0-2-0
GF:4 GA:12
Calgary Flames: Feb. 23 2000 W 7-2, Feb. 22 2001 W 2-0, Feb. 03 2004 T 4-4, Feb. 05 2011 SOW 4-3
Record: 3-0-0-1
GF:16 GA:9
Carolina Hurricanes: Feb. 13 2007 L 1-2, Feb. 04 2012 L 1-2
Record: 0-2-0
GF:2 GA:4
Chicago Blackhawks: Feb. 16 2000 W 4-3, Feb. 18 2001 L 0-3
Record: 1-1-0
GF:4 GA:6
Colorado Avalanche: Los Angeles has never visited Colorado during their Grammy trip.
Columbus Blue Jackets: Feb. 26 2002 W 5-1, Feb. 11 2004 OTL 2-3, Feb. 08 2006 L 4-7, Feb. 10 2008 SOW 3-2, Jan. 28 2010 W 4-1, Feb. 16 2011 SOW 4-3, Feb. 05 2013 W 4-2, Jan. 21 2014 L 3-5, Feb 09 2015 W 4-3
Record: 6-2-1
GF:31 GA:27
Dallas Stars: Feb. 14 2001 L 2-4, Feb. 12 2012 W 4-3
Record: 1-1-0
GF:6 GA:7
Detroit Red Wings: Feb. 18 2000 W 3-2, Feb. 07 2008 W 5-3, Jan. 23 2010 W 3-2, Feb. 10 2013 L 2-3, Jan. 18 2014 SOL 2-3
Record: 3-1-1
GF:15 GA:12
Edmonton Oilers: Feb. 21 2000 L 3-6, Feb. 21 2001 L 0-5, Jan. 31 2004 W 4-3, Feb. 02 2011 W 3-1
Record: 2-2-0
GF:11 GA:15
Florida Panthers: Feb. 03 2007 W 7-0, Feb. 09 2012 L 1-3, Feb. 05 2015 L, 2-3
Record: 1-2-0
GF:10 GA:6
Minnesota Wild: Feb. 16 2001 W 4-0, Feb. 10 2004 W 3-1, Feb. 07 2006 L 1-5, Feb. 01 2011 SOL 0-1
Record: 2-1-1
GF:8 GA:6
Montreal Canadiens: Jan. 31 2009 L 3-4
Record: 0-1-0
GF:3 GA:4
Nashville Predators: Feb. 10 2007 W 4-1, Feb. 07 2013 L 0-3, Feb. 20 2016 W 2-1
Record: 2-1-0
GF:6 GA:5
New Jersey Devils: Feb. 15 2004 OTL 2-3, Feb. 02 2008 L 3-6, Feb. o7 2009 W 3-1, Jan 31 2010 W 3-2, Feb. 14 2016 L 0-1
Record: 2-2-1
GF:11 GA:13
New York Islanders: Feb. 16 2004 T 1-1, Jan. 31 2008 W 3-1, Feb. 10 2009 SOW 4-3, Feb. 19 2011 L 0-3, Feb. 11 2012 OTL 1-2, Feb. 11 2016 L 2-5
RECORD: 2-2-1-1
GF:10 GA:15
New York Rangers: Feb. 05 2008 W 4-2, Feb. 17 2011 SOL 3-4 Feb. 12 2016 W 5-4
Recrod: 2-0-1
GF:12 GA:9
Ottawa Senators; Feb. 03 2009 W 1-0
Frcord: 1-0-0
GF:1 GA:0
Philadelphia Flyers: Jan. 29 2008 OTL 2-3, Feb. 13 2011 W 1-0
Record: 1-0-1
GF:3 GA:3
Pittsburgh Penguins: Feb. 27 2007 W 5-4, Feb. 09 2008 L 2-4, Feb. 10 2011 OTL 1-2
Record:1-1-1
GF:8 GA:10
San Jose Sharks: Feb. 26 2000 L 3-6, Jan. 27 2014 W 1-0
Record: 1-1-0
GF:4 GA:6
St. Louis Blues: Feb. 12 2010 L 2-4, Feb. 03 2012 L 0-1, Feb. 11 2013 W 4-1, Jan 16 2014 W 4-1, Feb. 18 2016 OTL 1-2
Record: 2-2-1
GF:11 GA:9
Tampa Bay Lightning: Feb. 06 2007 SOL 2-3, Feb. 07 2012 W 3-1, Feb. 07 2015 W 4-2
Record: 2-0-1
GF:9 GA:5
Toronto Maple Leafs: Jan. 26 2010 W 5-3
Record:1-0-0
GF:5 GA:3
Vancouver Canucks: Feb. 25 2000 W 5-2
Record:1-0-0
GF:5 GA:2
Washington Capitals: Feb. 08 2007 OTL 3-4, Feb. 05 2009 W 5-4, Feb. 12 2011 W 4-1, Feb. 03 2015 L 0-4, Feb. 16 2016 L 1-3
Record: 2-2-1
GF:13 GA:16
Winnipeg Jets – The Kings have never faced the Jets, or the Atlanta Thrashers, during their Grammy Trip.