LA Kings announce start times for all 56 games in 2021
By Ryan Sikes
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Following up on the NHL’s schedule release a couple of weeks ago, the LA Kings now know what time they will play each opponent.
A couple of weeks ago, the NHL released the 2021 schedule for all 31 teams, which meant the LA Kings would open their season hosting the Minnesota Wild, who are newcomers to the hybrid West Division. In an effort to limit the amount of travel for each team, the league implemented a Major League Baseball-style schedule.
The LA Kings will open with four straight home games against the Wild and Colorado Avalanche before embarking on a four-game road trip. For the first month, Los Angeles will not play a traditional Pacific Division team.
The team has been idle since mid-March, and to make matters worse, the league did not include exhibition games. Jeff Carter is returning from core muscle surgery in the offseason and spoke on whether a lack of exhibition games would be another obstacle to overcome.
“Not particularly. You know, we’re all pros,” said Carter, who recently turned 36 years old. “I’m sure at some point this week, we’ll get some type of game-like situations, and so it’s just up to everybody at this point to get themselves ready because you know, everybody around the league is in the same boat — so go do what you gotta do.”
Below is the full schedule with times in the Pacific Time Zone.
January
- Thu. Jan. 14 Minnesota vs. Los Angeles 7:00 PM
- Sat. Jan. 16 Minnesota vs. Los Angeles 6:00 PM
- Tue. Jan. 19 Colorado vs. Los Angeles 7:00 PM
- Thu. Jan. 21 Colorado vs. Los Angeles 7:00 PM
- Sat. Jan. 23 Los Angeles @ St. Louis 5:00 PM
- Sun. Jan. 24 Los Angeles @ St. Louis 5:00 PM
- Tue. Jan. 26 Los Angeles @ Minnesota 5:00 PM
- Thu. Jan. 28 Los Angeles @ Minnesota 5:00 PM
February
- Tue. Feb. 2 Anaheim vs. Los Angeles 7:00 PM
- Fri. Feb. 5 Los Angeles @ Vegas 7:00 PM
- Sun. Feb. 7 Los Angeles @ Vegas Noon (Super Bowl Sunday)
- Tue. Feb. 9 San Jose vs. Los Angeles 7:00 PM
- Thu. Feb. 11 San Jose vs. Los Angeles 7:00 PM
- Sat. Feb. 13 Minnesota vs. Los Angeles 7:00 PM
- Tue. Feb. 16 Minnesota vs. Los Angeles 7:00 PM
- Thu. Feb. 18 Los Angeles @ Arizona 6:00 PM
- Sat. Feb. 20 Los Angeles @ Arizona 4:00 PM
- Mon. Feb. 22 Los Angeles @ St. Louis 5:00 PM
- Wed. Feb. 24 Los Angeles @ St. Louis 6:30 PM NBCSN
- Fri. Feb. 26 Los Angeles @ Minnesota 5:00 PM
- Sat. Feb. 27 Los Angeles @Minnesota 5:00 PM
March
- Fri. Mar. 5 St. Louis vs. Los Angeles 6:00 PM
- Sat. Mar. 6 St. Louis vs. Los Angeles 6:00 PM
- Mon. Mar. 8 Los Angeles @ Anaheim 7:00 PM
- Wed. Mar. 10 Los Angeles @ Anaheim 6:30 PM NBCSN
- Fri. Mar. 12 Los Angeles @ Colorado 6:00 PM
- Sun. Mar. 14 Los Angeles @ Colorado 4:00 PM NBCSN
- Mon. Mar. 15 St. Louis vs. Los Angeles 7:00 PM
- Wed. Mar. 17 St. Louis vs. Los Angeles 7:00 PM
- Fri. Mar. 19 Vegas vs. Los Angeles 7:00 PM
- Sun. Mar. 21 Vegas vs. Los Angeles 3:00 PM NBCSN
- Mon. Mar. 22 Los Angeles @ San Jose 7:30 PM
- Wed. Mar. 24 Los Angeles @ San Jose 7:30 PM NBCSN
- Mon. Mar. 29 Los Angeles @ Vegas 7:00 PM
- Wed. Mar. 31 Los Angeles @ Vegas 7:00 PM
April
- Fri. Apr. 2 San Jose vs. Los Angeles 7:00 PM
- Sat. Apr. 3 San Jose vs. Los Angeles 7:00 PM
- Mon. Apr. 5 Arizona vs. Los Angeles 7:00 PM
- Wed. Apr. 7 Arizona vs. Los Angeles 7:00 PM
- Fri. Apr. 9 Los Angeles @ San Jose 7:30 PM
- Sat. Apr. 10 Los Angeles @ San Jose 7:30 PM
- Mon. Apr. 12 Vegas vs. Los Angeles 7:00 PM
- Wed. Apr. 14 Vegas vs. Los Angeles 5:00 PM NBCSN
- Fri. Apr. 16 Los Angeles @ Colorado 6:00 PM
- Sun. Apr. 18 Los Angeles @ Colorado 6:00 PM NBCSN
- Tue. Apr. 20 Anaheim vs. Los Angeles 7:00 PM
- Fri. Apr. 23 Arizona vs. Los Angeles 7:00 PM
- Sat. Apr. 24 Arizona vs. Los Angeles 7:00 PM
- Mon. Apr. 26 Anaheim vs.Los Angeles 7:00 PM
- Wed. Apr. 28 Anaheim vs. Los Angeles 7:00 PM
- Fri. Apr. 30 Los Angeles @ Anaheim 7:00 PM
May
- Sat. May 1 Los Angeles @ Anaheim 7:00 PM
- Mon. May 3 Los Angeles @ Arizona 7:00 PM
- Wed. May 5 Los Angeles @ Arizona 7:00 PM
- Fri. May 7 Colorado vs. Los Angeles 7:00 PM
- Sat. May 8 Colorado vs. Los Angeles 7:00 PM
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