On October 11, the Los Angeles Kings signed third-year center Anze Kopitar to a seven-year contract extension worth $47.6 million per season, an average of $6.8 million per year.

Alexander Frolov scored on the power play at 6:34 of the first period, but that would be the last time anyone would hear from the Los Angeles Kings the rest of the way, as the San Jose Sharks dominated from that point on and had an easy time handing the Kings a 3-1 loss in front of 17,496 fans at HP Pavilion in San Jose on Saturday night in the Kings’ 2008-09 opener.

EL SEGUNDO, CA - On October 7, the Los Angeles Kings signed left wing Patrick O’Sullivan to a three-year contract valued at $8.775 million.