| Power Rankings |
| Date | Ranking | Previous |
| 11/17/2008 | 27 | 28 |
| Erik Ersberg is giving the Kings some pretty good goaltending with a 1.96 GAA and a .910 save percentage in seven starts. |
| 11/10/2008 | 28 | 29 |
| The good news for the Kings is that Anze Kopitar scored this weekend, but it was only his second this season and after a three week lag. |
| 11/09/2008 | 28 | 28 |
| The good news for the Kings is that Anze Kopitar scored this weekend, but it was only his second this season, after a three-week lag. |
| 11/10/2008 | 29 | 25 |
| One of the bright spots for the Kings, now on a four-game slide, is 18-year-old rookie defenseman Drew Doughty, who is playing nearly 22 minutes a night and has a plus-5 rating. |
| 10/27/2008 | 25 | 28 |
| Missing training camp hasn't hurt Patrick O'Sullivan, who has three goals and six points in as many games and is a plus-7. |
| 10/20/2008 | 28 | 30 |
| Good special-teams work so far by the young Kings. L.A. is perfect on the penalty kill and its power play is ranked 13th in the league. |
| 10/13/2008 | 30 | 27 |
| There was good news for the future in Los Angeles with Anze Kopitar getting locked up for seven years and the re-signed Patrick O'Sullivan making his debut after holding out through training camp. |
| 10/03/2008 | 27 | - |
| The brain trust admits there will be some painful nights this season with this young group dominated by recent high draft picks. But if they develop as expected, no one will remember in a couple of years. |
| 04/07/2008 | 28 | 29 |
| Another season is over and another rebuilding effort has begun. One of these years someone from Hollywood will have to come up with a new script. |
| 03/31/2008 | 29 | 29 |
| Rookie Daniel Taylor became the seventh goalie used by the Kings this season. Enough said. |
