1995–96 Los Angeles Kings season
The 1995–96 Los Angeles Kings season involved Wayne Gretzky being traded to the St. Louis Blues.
Offseason
NHL Draft
Los Angeles's draft picks at the 1995 NHL Entry Draft held at the Edmonton Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta.| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club Team |
| 1 | 3 | Aki Berg | TPS | |
| 2 | 33 | Donald MacLean | Beauport Harfangs | |
| 2 | 50 | Pavel Rosa | HC Litvinov | |
| 3 | 59 | Vladimir Tsyplakov | Fort Wayne Komets | |
| 5 | 118 | Jason Morgan | Kingston Frontenacs | |
| 6 | 137 | Igor Melyakov | Torpedo Yaroslavl | |
| 7 | 157 | Benoit Larose | Sherbrooke Faucons | |
| 7 | 163 | Juha Vuorivirta | Tappara | |
| 9 | 215 | Brian Stewart | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds |
Wayne Gretzky trade
- February 27, 1996: Wayne Gretzky was traded from the Los Angeles Kings to the St. Louis Blues for Patrice Tardif, Craig Johnson, Roman Vopat, 1st round pick in the 1997 draft and a 5th round pick in the 1996 draft.
Regular season
Final standings
Schedule and results
Player statistics
Regular season
;Scoring| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 62 | 15 | 66 | 81 | 32 | |
| 76 | 27 | 37 | 64 | 44 | |
| 80 | 19 | 34 | 53 | 16 | |
| 78 | 25 | 24 | 49 | 16 | |
| 74 | 16 | 27 | 43 | 38 | |
| 57 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 37 | |
| 44 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 117 | |
| 49 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 46 | |
| 72 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 110 | |
| 59 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 148 | |
| 53 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 31 | |
| 68 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 10 | |
| 64 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 14 | |
| 31 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 10 | |
| 33 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 12 | |
| 20 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 22 | |
| 58 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 34 | |
| 46 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 32 | |
| 23 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | |
| 11 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 6 | |
| 35 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | |
| 71 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 127 | |
| 51 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 29 | |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | |
| 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | |
| 18 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 22 | |
| 50 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 102 | |
| 33 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 104 | |
| 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | |
| 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | |
| 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 37 | |
| 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 37 | |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 42 | |
| 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | |
| 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
| 2666 | 47 | 14 | 24 | 8 | 172 | 3.87 | 1539 | 1367 | .888 | 1 | |
| 2077 | 36 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 113 | 3.26 | 1214 | 1101 | .907 | 0 | |
| 262 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2.75 | 147 | 135 | .918 | 0 | |
| Team: | 5005 | 82 | 24 | 40 | 18 | 297 | 3.56 | 2900 | 2603 | .898 | 1 |