User:Poolson1029/sandbox

2020-21 NBA season
The 2020–21 NBA season is the 75th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the regular season has been reduced to 72 games, and began on December 22, 2020. The playoffs are tentatively scheduled to run under the standard 16-team playoff format between May 22 and July 22, 2021. Due to COVID-19 cross-border travel restrictions imposed by the Government of Canada, the Toronto Raptors plan to play their 2020–21 home games at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida to begin the season.

Retirement

 * On September 8, 2020, Marvin Williams announced his retirement from the NBA. Williams played for four teams during his 15-year NBA career.
 * On September 14, 2020, Leandro Barbosa announced his retirement from the NBA. Barbosa played 14 seasons in the NBA, winning one championship with the Golden State Warriors in 2015.
 * On October 24, 2020, Kevin Séraphin announced his retirement from the NBA. Séraphin played for three teams during his seven-year NBA career.
 * On November 16, 2020, Corey Brewer announced his retirement from the NBA. Brewer played for 12 years in the NBA for eight teams, winning one championship with the Dallas Mavericks in 2011.
 * On November 18, 2020, Dorell Wright announced his retirement from the NBA. Wright played for four teams during his 11-year NBA career.
 * On November 25, 2020, Aaron Brooks announced his retirement from the NBA. Brooks played for seven teams during his 13-year NBA career.
 * On November 30, 2020, Andrew Bogut announced his retirement from the NBA. Bogut played for five teams during his 14-year NBA career, winning one championship with the Golden State Warriors in 2015.
 * On November 30, 2020, Evan Turner announced his retirement from the NBA. Turner played 10 seasons for five teams during his time in the NBA.

Free agency
Free agency negotiations were scheduled to begin on October 18, 2020, but that date was delayed. On November 9, it was announced that free agency would begin on November 20 at 6 p.m. ET, with signings permitted starting at 12 p.m. ET on November 22.

Off-season

 * On July 30, 2020, New York Knicks hired Tom Thibodeau as their new head coach.
 * On August 14, 2020, the Chicago Bulls fired head coach Jim Boylen after two seasons.
 * On August 15, 2020, the New Orleans Pelicans fired head coach Alvin Gentry after five seasons with the team.
 * On August 24, 2020, the Philadelphia 76ers fired head coach Brett Brown after seven seasons with the team.
 * On August 26, 2020, the Indiana Pacers fired head coach Nate McMillan after four seasons with the team.
 * On September 3, 2020, the Brooklyn Nets hired Steve Nash as their new head coach.
 * On September 8, 2020, the Oklahoma City Thunder and head coach Billy Donovan mutually agreed to part ways after five seasons.
 * On September 13, 2020, Mike D'Antoni informed the Houston Rockets that he would not return as head coach after coaching the team for four seasons.
 * On September 22, 2020, the Chicago Bulls hired Billy Donovan as their new head coach.
 * On September 28, 2020, the Los Angeles Clippers and head coach Doc Rivers mutually agreed to part ways after seven seasons with the team.
 * On October 3, 2020, the Philadelphia 76ers hired Doc Rivers as their new head coach.
 * On October 20, 2020, the Indiana Pacers hired Nate Bjorkgren as their new head coach.
 * On October 20, 2020, the Los Angeles Clippers promoted Tyronn Lue as their new head coach.
 * On October 22, 2020, the New Orleans Pelicans hired Stan Van Gundy as their new head coach.
 * On October 30, 2020, the Houston Rockets hired Stephen Silas as their new head coach.
 * On November 11, 2020, the Oklahoma City Thunder promoted Mark Daigneault as their new head coach.

Preseason
The COVID-19 pandemic in North America, which pushed the conclusion of the previous 2019–20 season and playoffs into the fall, had delayed the start date of training camp to November 10, 2020. The preseason began on December 11, 2020, and ended on December 19, 2020.

Regular season
The start of the 2020–21 regular season was delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The NBA initially set a target date of December 1, 2020, to start the regular season. However, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver suggested further delaying the season until at least January because local health orders at each NBA city would limit fan attendance. The NBA receives 40 percent of its revenue from attendance, and thus delaying the season until it is safer to let more fans into the arenas would ease the financial pain. The NBA is also contemplating organizing the schedule such that teams would have less travel, with back-to-back games in the same cities against the same opponent. National Basketball Players Association executive director Michele Roberts also suggested that the season might eventually have to start inside a "bubble" environment, similar to the 2020 playoffs.

On October 13, the NBA delayed the targeted start date of the regular season from December 2020 to Martin Luther King Jr. Day, January 18, 2021. Later in October, however, Sports Illustrated reported that the NBA was targeting December 22, 2020, as the first day of the season. On November 5, 2020, the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) tentatively approved a 72-game regular season that will begin on December 22, 2020. The season is expected to feature a condensed schedule so that the NBA Finals could be played once again in June, which will allow NBA players to participate in the 2020 Summer Olympics; the Olympics were postponed to 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.

On November 17, the NBA announced that the 72-game regular season would run from December 22 through May 16. Each team would play three games against each opponent from its own conference and two games against each interconference opponent. The season would include a six-day All-Star break from March 5 to 10, even though the All-Star Game and related festivities may be canceled. The break serves to separate the two halves of the season. The schedule will be released in two parts. The first half was released in early December, while the second half will be released in the later part of the first half.


 * Eastern Conference


 * Western Conference

By conference

 * * – Division leader

Play-in tournament
The NBA will stage a "Play-in tournament" for teams ranked 7th through 10th in each conference from May 18–21. The 7th place team will play the 8th place team, with the winner earning the 7-seed. The 9th place team will play the 10th place team with the loser of that game being eliminated. The 7th-8th loser will then play the 9th-10th winner, with the winner of that game earning the 8-seed and the loser being eliminated.

Postseason
The playoffs will begin on May 22 and operate under the standard playoff format, with four rounds of best-of-seven series. The 2021 NBA Finals will begin no later than July 8, with a potential Game 7 no later than July 22.

Players of the Week
The following players were named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week.

Players of the Month
The following players were named the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Month.

Rookies of the Month
The following players were named the Eastern and Western Conference Rookies of the Month.

Coaches of the Month
The following coaches were named the Eastern and Western Conference Coaches of the Month.

Uniforms
On July 21, 2020, the NBA and Nike announced that the "Statement Edition" uniforms would switch to the Air Jordan label.

Arenas

 * The Denver Nuggets' home arena, formerly known as the Pepsi Center, was renamed Ball Arena on October 22, 2020.
 * The Phoenix Suns' home arena, formerly known as Talking Stick Resort Arena, was renamed PHX Arena after the naming rights deal expired on November 6, 2020.

Temporary relocation of the Toronto Raptors to Tampa
As the NBA's plans for the 2020–21 season began to take shape, the Toronto Raptors were denied permission to play home games in Toronto as the Canadian federal government ruled that repeated cross-border trips by the Raptors and their opponents would be a major health risk due to the different levels of COVID-19 cases in the United States and Canada. This is similar to what happened to the Raptors' Major League Baseball counterpart, the Toronto Blue Jays, who were forced to play their 2020 home games in Buffalo.

After looking at several U.S. cities, the Raptors announced on November 20, 2020, that they would play their home games at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida to begin the season.

COVID-19 restrictions
Six teams announced plans to admit in-person spectators within the start of the season.

Media
This is the fifth year of the current nine-year contracts with ABC, ESPN, TNT, and NBA TV.

To reduce on-site staff, ESPN and TNT will leverage the home team's rightsholder as a host broadcaster for some of their games. They will send a neutral "world feed" and other camera feeds to the network, which will then add commentary and surrounding coverage. ESPN and TNT are also deploying additional cameras specific to their broadcasts, and ESPN may provide a supplemental on-site presence if the local broadcaster does not have enough capacity to support the host model. ESPN stated that some (roughly half) of their games, particularly marquee games exclusive to ESPN and ABC, would be produced on-site with an existing hybrid model (where some producers and graphics operators work from ESPN's studios in Bristol, Connecticut). TNT also planned to begin doing some games on-site beginning with Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

On December 26, 2020, it was announced that Fox Sports Networks had acquired rights to simulcast 36 Toronto Raptors games locally in the Tampa Bay area through at least the first half of the season. All of the games will be carried via the Fox Sports Go app, with selected games to also air on television via Fox Sports Sun (15) and Fox Sports Florida (2).

Notable occurrences

 * On December 26, 2020, Russell Westbrook of the Washington Wizards became the fourth player to record triple-doubles in the first two games of a season. On December 29, he became the second player after Oscar Robertson to record triple-doubles in their first three games of a season.
 * On December 27, 2020, the Dallas Mavericks set a new record with a 50-point halftime lead over the Los Angeles Clippers.
 * On December 27, 2020, Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors became the third player ever to reach 2,500 career 3-pointers.
 * On December 29, 2020, the Milwaukee Bucks set the record for most three-point field goals made in a game with 29 against the Miami Heat, breaking the previous record of 27 set by the Houston Rockets on April 7, 2019.
 * On December 30, 2020, LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers became the first player to reach 1,000 consecutive regular season games with at least 10 points.
 * On January 1, 2021, Carmelo Anthony of the Portland Trail Blazers passed Tim Duncan for 14th on the NBA all-time scoring list.
 * On January 6, 2021, the Milwaukee Bucks and Detroit Pistons took a knee for their first possessions in protest to the announcement that criminal charges would not be filed against police officers in the Blake shooting. The Bucks held the ball for seven seconds in reference to Blake's seven gunshots. Various teams linked arms at center court in unison during the anthem in response to the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol.
 * On January 7, 2021, Duncan Robinson of the Miami Heat became the fastest player in NBA history to make 300 threes. He made it in a span of only 95 games, surpassing both Luka Dončić's and Damian Lillard's previous record within 117 games.
 * On January 8, 2021, the Toronto Raptors set a new franchise record for points in a single regular season game, scoring 144 points against the Sacramento Kings on the road.
 * On January 9, 2021, LaMelo Ball of the Charlotte Hornets became the youngest player to post a triple-double at the age of 19 years and 140 days, surpassing the previous record of Markelle Fultz, who recorded a triple-double aged 19 years and 317 days.

2020-21 Los Angeles Lakers season
The 2020–21 Los Angeles Lakers season is the franchise's 73rd season, its 72nd season in the National Basketball Association (NBA), its 61st season in Los Angeles, and their 21st season playing home games at Staples Center. The Lakers are coached by Frank Vogel in his 2nd year as team head coach.

The Lakers enter the season as the defending Pacific Division, Western Conference, and NBA champions, and will attempt to win back-to-back division titles for the first time since the 2011 and 2012 seasons. The Lakers will also attempt to win back-to-back conference titles for the first time since the 2009 and 2010 seasons as well as their first back-to-back NBA titles since 2009 and 2010.

Previous season
The Lakers finished the 2019-20 season with a record of 52-19 being good for 1st Place in the Pacific Division, Western Conference and for 2nd Place for the best record behind 56-17 record. With the record on 52-19 that got them into the 2020 NBA playoffs for the first time in a decade when get got into the playoffs ther first opponent was the 8th seed Portland Trail Blazers and they won the series 4 games to 1. In the Western Conference Semi-finals they matched-up against the 4th seed Houston Rockets and won the series 4 games to 1. Then in the Western Conference finals for the first time since 2010, where they matched-up against the 3rd seeded Denver Nuggets and won the series 4 games to 1. They reached the NBA Finals for the first time in a decade, where they face off against the Eastern Conference champions Miami Heat and winning the series 4 games to 2, winning the championship for the first time since 2010. They became the first team since the 2007-08 Boston Celtics to go directly from a non-playoff season to a championship.

Draft

 * This was a traded pick with the Oklahoma City Thunder that sent Danny Green and the draft rights to Jaden McDaniels to the Thunder in return for Dennis Schröder.


 * Before the start of the 2020 NBA draft period, the Lakers' first-round selection was held stuck as the 29th pick of the draft with their record being the second-best of all NBA teams behind the Milwaukee Bucks the prior season at 49–14 before the NBA suspended their season on March 12, 2020. However, the Lakers did resume their season in the 2020 NBA Bubble, eventually winning their 17th championship there against the Miami Heat, leaving them a chance to move their first-round pick up or down for the 2020 draft. In the bubble, the Toronto Raptors ended up finishing with a better overall record than the Lakers, moving their first-round pick to the 28th selection instead, though still finishing as the best Western Conference team that season. The Lakers only held one first-round selection for this draft, as they traded their second-round pick to the Orlando Magic for the draft rights to Talen Horton-Tucker in last season's draft.

Preseason

 * -style="background:#cfc"
 * 1
 * December 11
 * L.A. Clippers
 * Talen Horton-Tucker (19)
 * Montrezl Harrell (12)
 * Kyle Kuzma (5)
 * Staples Center 0
 * 1–0
 * -style="background:#cfc"
 * 2
 * December 13
 * L.A. Clippers
 * Talen Horton-Tucker (33)
 * Montrezl Harrell (11)
 * Quinn Cook (7)
 * Staples Center 0
 * 2–0
 * -style="background:#cfc"
 * 3
 * December 16
 * @ Phoenix
 * Kyle Kuzma (23)
 * Marc Gasol (8)
 * Quinn Cook (4)
 * PHX Arena 0
 * 3–0
 * -style="background:#cfc"
 * 4
 * December 18
 * @ Phoenix
 * Anthony Davis (35)
 * LeBron James (8)
 * Gasol, James (4)
 * PHX Arena 0
 * 4–0
 * LeBron James (8)
 * Gasol, James (4)
 * PHX Arena 0
 * 4–0

Regular season

 * -style="background:#fcc;"
 * 1
 * December 22
 * LA Clippers
 * LeBron James (22)
 * Dennis Schröder (12)
 * Dennis Schröder (8)
 * Staples Center 0
 * 0–1
 * -style="background:#cfc"
 * 2
 * December 25
 * Dallas
 * Anthony Davis (28)
 * Marc Gasol (9)
 * LeBron James (10)
 * Staples Center 0
 * 1–1
 * -style="background:#cfc"
 * 3
 * December 27
 * Minnesota
 * Kyle Kuzma (20)
 * LeBron James (9)
 * Marc Gasol (8)
 * Staples Center 0
 * 2–1
 * -style="background:#fcc
 * 4
 * December 28
 * Portland
 * LeBron James (29)
 * Anthony Davis (10)
 * LeBron James (6)
 * Staples Center 0
 * 2–2
 * -style="background:#cfc
 * 5
 * December 30
 * @ San Antonio
 * LeBron James (26)
 * Montrezl Harrell (9)
 * LeBron James (8)
 * AT&T Center 0
 * 3–2
 * LeBron James (26)
 * Montrezl Harrell (9)
 * LeBron James (8)
 * AT&T Center 0
 * 3–2


 * -style="background:#cfc
 * 6
 * January 1
 * @ San Antonio
 * Anthony Davis (34)
 * Davis, James, Harrell (11)
 * LeBron James (10)
 * AT&T Center 0
 * 4–2
 * -style="background:#cfc
 * 7
 * January 3
 * @ Memphis
 * LeBron James (22)
 * LeBron James (13)
 * LeBron James (8)
 * FedEx Forum
 * 5–2
 * -style="background:#cfc"
 * 8
 * January 5
 * @ Memphis
 * Davis, James (26)
 * LeBron James (11)
 * LeBron James (7)
 * FedEx Forum
 * 6–2
 * -style="background:#fcc"
 * 9
 * January 7
 * San Antonio
 * LeBron James (27)
 * Davis, Kuzma (10)
 * LeBron James (12)
 * Staples Center 0
 * 6–3
 * -style="background:#cfc"
 * 10
 * January 8
 * Chicago
 * LeBron James (28)
 * Montrezl Harrell (14)
 * LeBron James (7)
 * Staples Center 0
 * 7–3
 * -style="background:#cfc"
 * 11
 * January 10
 * @ Houston
 * Anthony Davis (27)
 * Montrezl Harrell (8)
 * James, Schröder (7)
 * Toyota Center
 * 8–3
 * -style="background:#cfc
 * 12
 * January 12
 * @ Houston
 * LeBron James (26)
 * Kyle Kuzma (11)
 * Gasol, James (5)
 * Toyota Center
 * 9-3
 * -style="background:#cfc"
 * 13
 * January 13
 * @ Oklahoma City
 * LeBron James (26)
 * Davis, Morris (7)
 * LeBron James (7)
 * Chesapeake Energy Arena
 * 10-3
 * -style="background:#"
 * 14
 * January 15
 * New Orleans
 * Staples Center 0
 * -style="background:#"
 * 15
 * January 18
 * Golden State
 * Staples Center 0
 * -style="background:#"
 * 16
 * January 21
 * @ Milwaukee
 * Fiserv Forum 0
 * -style="background:#"
 * 17
 * January 23
 * @ Chicago
 * United Center
 * -style="background:#"
 * 18
 * January 25
 * @ Cleveland
 * Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
 * -style="background:#"
 * 19
 * January 27
 * @ Philadelphia
 * Wells Fargo Center
 * -style="background:#"
 * 20
 * January 28
 * @ Detroit
 * Little Caesars Arena
 * -style="background:#"
 * 21
 * January 30
 * @ Boston
 * TD Garden
 * January 23
 * @ Chicago
 * United Center
 * -style="background:#"
 * 18
 * January 25
 * @ Cleveland
 * Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
 * -style="background:#"
 * 19
 * January 27
 * @ Philadelphia
 * Wells Fargo Center
 * -style="background:#"
 * 20
 * January 28
 * @ Detroit
 * Little Caesars Arena
 * -style="background:#"
 * 21
 * January 30
 * @ Boston
 * TD Garden
 * Wells Fargo Center
 * -style="background:#"
 * 20
 * January 28
 * @ Detroit
 * Little Caesars Arena
 * -style="background:#"
 * 21
 * January 30
 * @ Boston
 * TD Garden
 * Little Caesars Arena
 * -style="background:#"
 * 21
 * January 30
 * @ Boston
 * TD Garden
 * January 30
 * @ Boston
 * TD Garden
 * TD Garden
 * TD Garden
 * TD Garden
 * TD Garden


 * -style="background:#"
 * 22
 * February 1
 * @ Atlanta
 * State Farm Arena
 * -style="background:#"
 * 23
 * February 4
 * Denver
 * Staples Center 0
 * -style="background:#"
 * 24
 * February 6
 * Detroit
 * Staples Center 0
 * -style="background:#"
 * 25
 * February 8
 * Oklahoma City
 * Staples Center 0
 * -style="background:#"
 * 26
 * February 10
 * Oklahoma City
 * Staples Center 0
 * -style="background:#"
 * 27
 * February 12
 * Memphis
 * Staples Center 0
 * -style="background:#"
 * 28
 * February 14
 * @ Denver
 * Ball Arena
 * -style="background:#"
 * 29
 * February 16
 * @ Minnesota
 * Target Center
 * -style="background:#"
 * 30
 * February 18
 * Brooklyn
 * Staples Center 0
 * -style="background:#"
 * 31
 * February 20
 * Miami
 * Staples Center 0
 * -style="background:#"
 * 32
 * February 22
 * Washington
 * Staples Center 0
 * -style="background:#"
 * 33
 * February 24
 * @ Utah
 * Staples Center 0
 * -style="background:#"
 * 34
 * February 26
 * Portland
 * Staples Center 0
 * -style="background:#"
 * 35
 * February 28
 * Golden State
 * Staples Center 0
 * -style="background:#"
 * 29
 * February 16
 * @ Minnesota
 * Target Center
 * -style="background:#"
 * 30
 * February 18
 * Brooklyn
 * Staples Center 0
 * -style="background:#"
 * 31
 * February 20
 * Miami
 * Staples Center 0
 * -style="background:#"
 * 32
 * February 22
 * Washington
 * Staples Center 0
 * -style="background:#"
 * 33
 * February 24
 * @ Utah
 * Staples Center 0
 * -style="background:#"
 * 34
 * February 26
 * Portland
 * Staples Center 0
 * -style="background:#"
 * 35
 * February 28
 * Golden State
 * Staples Center 0
 * Staples Center 0
 * -style="background:#"
 * 33
 * February 24
 * @ Utah
 * Staples Center 0
 * -style="background:#"
 * 34
 * February 26
 * Portland
 * Staples Center 0
 * -style="background:#"
 * 35
 * February 28
 * Golden State
 * Staples Center 0
 * 34
 * February 26
 * Portland
 * Staples Center 0
 * -style="background:#"
 * 35
 * February 28
 * Golden State
 * Staples Center 0
 * -style="background:#"
 * 35
 * February 28
 * Golden State
 * Staples Center 0
 * Staples Center 0
 * Staples Center 0
 * Staples Center 0
 * Staples Center 0


 * -style="background:#"
 * 36
 * March 2
 * Phoenix
 * Staples Center 0
 * -style="background:#"
 * 37
 * March 3
 * @ Sacramento
 * Golden 1 Center
 * -style="background:#"
 * 37
 * March 3
 * @ Sacramento
 * Golden 1 Center
 * Golden 1 Center
 * Golden 1 Center
 * Golden 1 Center
 * Golden 1 Center

2020-21 Golden State Warriors season
The 2020–21 Golden State Warriors season is the 75th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), its 59th in the San Francisco Bay Area, and their second season playing home games at Chase Center. They are coached by Steve Kerr in his seventh year as head coach. The Warriors compete as members of the Western Conference's Pacific Division.

Previous season
The Warriors finished the 2019–20 season 15–50 to finish in last place in the Western Conference having the worst record in the Conference.

Preseason
The Warriors entered the season with a chance to come back into championship contention after missing the playoffs for the first time since 2012. With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing the 2019–20 NBA season to be temporarily suspended, the Warriors had not played a game since March 2020.

On November 17, 2020, the NBA announced the 2020–21 season would begin on December 22, 2020.

The Warriors started the season with a healthy Stephen Curry, as he previously injured his second metacarpal bone in his left finger against the Phoenix Suns at Chase Center on October 30, 2019, causing him to miss 60 of the 65 games available and playing in 5 of those respective games. The Warriors also expect to have a healthy Kevon Looney, who was struggling with neuropathy for most of the season, as he only played 20 games. Klay Thompson was also expected to be healthy this season, but on November 19, 2020, it was announced that he would miss the entire season due to injuring his right Achilles tendon. Thompson hasn't played in an NBA game since Game 6 of the 2019 NBA Finals.

As a result of being the worst team in the league, the Warriors received a lottery pick in the 2020 NBA draft. It turned out to be the second pick in the draft, and with that pick they drafted Memphis center James Wiseman. They also selected point guard Nico Mannion with the 48th pick and shooting guard Justinian Jessup with the 51st pick.

Draft
Before the start of the 2020 NBA draft period, the Warriors' selection was held stuck as the #1 selection of the draft with their record being the worst of all NBA teams the prior season at 15–50 before the NBA suspended their season on March 12, 2020 and cancelled the rest of Golden State's season by June 5. As a result, they held the best odds to stay at #1 alongside the Minnesota Timberwolves and Cleveland Cavaliers for the 2020 draft, though also holding the highest odds to fall as low as the #5 pick with 47.9% odds of dropping there. The Warriors ended the 2020 NBA draft lottery with the #2 selection, dropping down one spot with the Timberwolves moving up to the #1 position. In addition to their first-round pick, the Warriors also gained two second-round picks from previous trades involving the Dallas Mavericks.

Roster Notes

 * Klay Thompson will miss the entire season with a torn right Achilles tendon.
 * Marquese Chriss will miss the entire season with a broken right leg after playing few games.

Preseason

 * - style="background:#cfc"
 * 1
 * December 12
 * Denver
 * Kent Bazemore (13)
 * Eric Paschall (7)
 * 4 tied (3)
 * Chase Center 0
 * 1–0
 * - style="background:#fcc"
 * 2
 * December 15
 * @ Sacramento
 * Stephen Curry (29)
 * Marquese Chriss (9)
 * 4 tied (4)
 * Golden 1 Center 0
 * 1–1
 * - style="background:#cfc"
 * 3
 * December 17
 * @ Sacramento
 * Stephen Curry (29)
 * Marquese Chriss (12)
 * Curry, Looney, Wiggins (3)
 * Golden 1 Center 0
 * 2–1
 * Curry, Looney, Wiggins (3)
 * Golden 1 Center 0
 * 2–1

Regular season
The schedule for the first two games of the season was released on December 2, 2020, while the schedule for the first half of the season was released on December 4.


 * - style="background:#fcc"
 * 1
 * December 22
 * @ Brooklyn
 * Stephen Curry (20)
 * Marquese Chriss (8)
 * Stephen Curry (10)
 * Barclays Center 0
 * 0–1
 * - style="background:#fcc"
 * 2
 * December 25
 * @ Milwaukee
 * Stephen Curry (19)
 * James Wiseman (8)
 * Stephen Curry (6)
 * Fiserv Forum 0
 * 0–2
 * - style="background:#cfc"
 * 3
 * December 27
 * @ Chicago
 * Stephen Curry (36)
 * Kelly Oubre Jr. (11)
 * Stephen Curry (6)
 * United Center 0
 * 1–2
 * - style="background:#cfc"
 * 4
 * December 29
 * @ Detroit
 * Stephen Curry (31)
 * Andrew Wiggins (7)
 * Stephen Curry (6)
 * Little Caesars Arena 0
 * 2–2
 * Andrew Wiggins (7)
 * Stephen Curry (6)
 * Little Caesars Arena 0
 * 2–2


 * - style="background:#fcc"
 * 5
 * January 1
 * Portland
 * Stephen Curry (26)
 * Stephen Curry (8)
 * Stephen Curry (5)
 * Chase Center 0
 * 2–3
 * - style="background:#cfc"
 * 6
 * January 3
 * Portland
 * Stephen Curry (62)
 * James Wiseman (11)
 * Draymond Green (8)
 * Chase Center 0
 * 3–3
 * - style="background:#cfc"
 * 7
 * January 4
 * Sacramento
 * Stephen Curry (30)
 * Stephen Curry (9)
 * Stephen Curry (8)
 * Chase Center 0
 * 4–3
 * - style="background:#fcc"
 * 8
 * January 6
 * LA Clippers
 * Paschall, Wiggins (19)
 * Draymond Green (6)
 * Draymond Green (6)
 * Chase Center 0
 * 4–4
 * - style="background:#cfc"
 * 9
 * January 8
 * LA Clippers
 * Stephen Curry (38)
 * 4 tied (6)
 * Stephen Curry (11)
 * Chase Center 0
 * 5–4
 * - style="background:#cfc"
 * 10
 * January 10
 * Toronto
 * Andrew Wiggins (17)
 * Curry, Green (9)
 * Draymond Green (10)
 * Chase Center 0
 * 6–4
 * - style="background:#fcc"
 * 11
 * January 12
 * Indiana
 * Andrew Wiggins (22)
 * Looney, Wiseman (9)
 * Draymond Green (10)
 * Chase Center 0
 * 6–5
 * - style="background:#"
 * 12
 * January 14
 * @ Denver
 * Ball Arena
 * - style="background:#"
 * 13
 * January 15
 * @ Phoenix
 * PHX Arena
 * - style="background:#"
 * 14
 * January 18
 * @ LA Lakers
 * Staples Center
 * - style="background:#"
 * 15
 * January 20
 * San Antonio
 * Chase Center
 * - style="background:#"
 * 16
 * January 21
 * New York
 * Chase Center
 * - style="background:#"
 * 17
 * January 23
 * @ Utah
 * Vivint Smart Home Arena
 * - style="background:#"
 * 18
 * January 25
 * Minnesota
 * Chase Center
 * - style="background:#"
 * 19
 * January 27
 * Minnesota
 * Chase Center
 * - style="background:#"
 * 20
 * January 28
 * @ Phoenix
 * PHX Arena
 * - style="background:#"
 * 21
 * January 30
 * Detroit
 * Chase Center
 * New York
 * Chase Center
 * - style="background:#"
 * 17
 * January 23
 * @ Utah
 * Vivint Smart Home Arena
 * - style="background:#"
 * 18
 * January 25
 * Minnesota
 * Chase Center
 * - style="background:#"
 * 19
 * January 27
 * Minnesota
 * Chase Center
 * - style="background:#"
 * 20
 * January 28
 * @ Phoenix
 * PHX Arena
 * - style="background:#"
 * 21
 * January 30
 * Detroit
 * Chase Center
 * - style="background:#"
 * 19
 * January 27
 * Minnesota
 * Chase Center
 * - style="background:#"
 * 20
 * January 28
 * @ Phoenix
 * PHX Arena
 * - style="background:#"
 * 21
 * January 30
 * Detroit
 * Chase Center
 * PHX Arena
 * - style="background:#"
 * 21
 * January 30
 * Detroit
 * Chase Center
 * 21
 * January 30
 * Detroit
 * Chase Center
 * Chase Center
 * Chase Center
 * Chase Center
 * Chase Center


 * - style="background:#"
 * 22
 * February 2
 * Boston
 * Chase Center
 * - style="background:#"
 * 23
 * February 4
 * @ Dallas
 * American Airlines Center
 * - style="background:#"
 * 24
 * February 6
 * @ Dallas
 * American Airlines Center
 * - style="background:#"
 * 25
 * February 8
 * @ San Antonio
 * AT&T Center
 * - style="background:#"
 * 26
 * February 9
 * @ San Antonio
 * AT&T Center
 * - style="background:#"
 * 27
 * February 11
 * Orlando
 * Chase Center
 * - style="background:#"
 * 28
 * February 13
 * Brooklyn
 * Chase Center
 * - style="background:#"
 * 29
 * February 15
 * Cleveland
 * Chase Center
 * - style="background:#"
 * 30
 * February 17
 * Miami
 * Chase Center
 * - style="background:#"
 * 31
 * February 19
 * @ Orlando
 * Amway Center
 * - style="background:#"
 * 32
 * February 20
 * @ Charlotte
 * Spectrum Center
 * - style="background:#"
 * 33
 * February 23
 * @ New York
 * Madison Square Garden
 * - style="background:#"
 * 34
 * February 24
 * @ Indiana
 * Bankers Life Fieldhouse
 * - style="background:#"
 * 35
 * February 26
 * Charlotte
 * Chase Center
 * - style="background:#"
 * 36
 * February 28
 * @ LA Lakers
 * Staples Center
 * Chase Center
 * - style="background:#"
 * 30
 * February 17
 * Miami
 * Chase Center
 * - style="background:#"
 * 31
 * February 19
 * @ Orlando
 * Amway Center
 * - style="background:#"
 * 32
 * February 20
 * @ Charlotte
 * Spectrum Center
 * - style="background:#"
 * 33
 * February 23
 * @ New York
 * Madison Square Garden
 * - style="background:#"
 * 34
 * February 24
 * @ Indiana
 * Bankers Life Fieldhouse
 * - style="background:#"
 * 35
 * February 26
 * Charlotte
 * Chase Center
 * - style="background:#"
 * 36
 * February 28
 * @ LA Lakers
 * Staples Center
 * 33
 * February 23
 * @ New York
 * Madison Square Garden
 * - style="background:#"
 * 34
 * February 24
 * @ Indiana
 * Bankers Life Fieldhouse
 * - style="background:#"
 * 35
 * February 26
 * Charlotte
 * Chase Center
 * - style="background:#"
 * 36
 * February 28
 * @ LA Lakers
 * Staples Center
 * - style="background:#"
 * 35
 * February 26
 * Charlotte
 * Chase Center
 * - style="background:#"
 * 36
 * February 28
 * @ LA Lakers
 * Staples Center
 * - style="background:#"
 * 36
 * February 28
 * @ LA Lakers
 * Staples Center
 * Staples Center
 * Staples Center
 * Staples Center
 * Staples Center


 * - style="background:#"
 * 37
 * March 3
 * @ Portland
 * Moda Center
 * Moda Center
 * Moda Center
 * Moda Center
 * Moda Center

2020-21 NHL season
The 2020–21 NHL season is the 104th season of operation (103rd season of play) of the National Hockey League (NHL). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the regular season has been reduced to 56 games, tentatively scheduled to be held from January 13 to May 8, 2021. Due to COVID-19 cross-border travel restrictions imposed by the Government of Canada, the league will temporarily realign for this season, putting all seven Canadian teams into one division. The playoffs are then tentatively scheduled to run until July under a 16-team format with the top four teams from each division.

Collective bargaining agreement
The collective bargaining agreement (CBA), which had been in effect since the end of the 2012–13 NHL lockout, was set to enter its penultimate season in 2020–21.

On July 10, 2020, the league reached an agreement to renew the CBA through the 2025–26 NHL season, including an increase of the minimum player salary to $750,000 from $700,000, increasing the maximum value of entry-level contracts, deferring 10% of player salaries for the 2020–21 season to cover costs associated with the pandemic (they will be paid back over three seasons beginning 2022–23), escrow of player salaries capped at 20% for this season and decreasing incrementally to 14-18%, 10%, and 6% over the three seasons that follow (with the 6% applying thereafter), doubling of the playoff bonus pool to $32 million, and an agreement for the NHL to negotiate a return to the 2022 and 2026 Winter Olympics (after being absent from the 2018 Winter Olympics).

The CBA will be automatically renewed through 2026–27 if player escrow debt falls between $125 million and $250 million after the 2024–25 season.

Salary cap
As part of the new CBA, the salary cap will remain at $81.5 million for the 2020–21 season. Future increases will occur incrementally until the league recovers from the financial impact of the pandemic.

Rule changes
The league announced on December 22, 2020, that the offside rules have been modified so that players only have to break the plane of the blue line to be ruled onside instead of having to actually touch it with their skate.

Player and puck tracking technology
For the first time, the league plans to use the league's player and puck tracking system in all 31 NHL arenas. The system will allow on-air features such as speed displays, puck tracking graphics, and marker graphics hovering above players (though not to the extremes on-air of the mid-90s FoxTrax experiment). The league had planned to deploy this technology to all 31 arenas by September 2019, but a change to its primary technology partner delayed implementation.

Media rights
NBC Sports' current ten-year contract for U.S. national broadcast rights will expire after the 2020–21 season (marking its 15th season overall as an NHL broadcaster); the NHL has explored the possibility of splitting its national media rights between interested broadcasters, and possibly signing with an over-the-top service (such as DAZN or ESPN+). In any case, the league is looking to generate more revenue than the nearly US$2 billion total that NBC paid over the life of their 2011–12 to 2020–21 contract. Sports Business Journal reported on June 15 that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NHL was delaying negotiations for its media rights to late-2020 or early-2021.

In Canada, this will be the seventh season of the league's twelve-year rights deal with Rogers Sports & Media. Sportsnet West has renewed its regional rights to the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers under a multi-year deal, which had expired at the end of the previous 2019–20 season.

On October 5, 2020, the Winnipeg Jets renewed its regional television rights with TSN3 under a multi-year deal, and announced that Corus Entertainment would assume the team's radio rights under a seven-year deal, with CJOB and CJKR-FM serving as co-flagships and both replacing CFRW. It marks the first time Winnipeg's NHL team will air on CJOB, since the original Winnipeg Jets. The San Jose Sharks ended their radio relationship with KUFX and shifted to online-only audio broadcasts.

NBC's lead play-by-play announcer Mike Emrick announced his retirement from broadcasting on October 19, 2020, after a 47-year career. In January 2021, it was announced that Sportsnet commentator Dave Randorf would become the new play-by-play announcer for the Tampa Bay Lightning on Fox Sports Sun, succeeding Rick Peckham.

Draft
The 2020 NHL Entry Draft was originally scheduled for June 26–27, 2020, at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It took place on October 6 and 7 in a remote format, hosted from the NHL Network studios in Secaucus, New Jersey. The New York Rangers were awarded the first pick in the 2020 Draft after winning the second phase of the draft lottery on August 10 and selected Alexis Lafreniere.

Postponed All-Star, outdoor, and international games
The league had originally scheduled this season's international, All-Star, and outdoor games prior to the pandemic.

Two preseason games were planned to be played in Europe: the Boston Bruins against Adler Mannheim at SAP Arena in Mannheim, Germany, and the Nashville Predators against SC Bern at PostFinance Arena in Bern, Switzerland. In addition, three regular season games, were also planned: the Boston Bruins and Nashville Predators at O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic; and two games between the Colorado Avalanche and Columbus Blue Jackets at Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland, later in the fall.

The 2021 Winter Classic planned for January 1, 2021 was to feature the Minnesota Wild hosting the St. Louis Blues at Target Field. The Florida Panthers and their BB&T Center were then scheduled to host the All-Star Game on January 30, and the Stadium Series game was to be hosted by the Carolina Hurricanes at Carter–Finley Stadium on February 20, against an opponent yet to be announced.

On May 8, 2020, the league postponed the five international games, aiming to reschedule them for the 2021–22 season. The league then announced on October 22, 2020 that the Winter Classic and the All-Star Game were also being postponed to the next year due to "ongoing uncertainty" since fan participation are considered "integral to the[ir] success. The decision to further postpone the Stadium Series game was made on December 23, also because fans would not be able to attend that event.

Sponsorship
As a make-good to offset reduced revenue due to games being played with limited to no spectators, the NHL is experimenting with allowing teams to sell a sponsor placement on their players' helmets (helmet entitlement partner).

On January 5, 2021, the NHL announced that the Central, East, North, and West divisions this season will be sponsored by Discover Card, MassMutual, Scotiabank, and Honda respectively.

Coaching changes
(*) Indicates interim.

Front office changes
(*) Indicates interim.

Arena changes

 * The Colorado Avalanche's home arena was renamed from the Pepsi Center to Ball Arena on October 22, 2020.
 * The New York Islanders are scheduled to play all of their home games for the 2020–21 season at Nassau Coliseum. The team had split their home games between Nassau and Barclays Center during the past two seasons. The Islanders plan to move to UBS Arena for the 2021–22 season. In June 2020, Mikhail Prokhorov, whose company ran the Nassau Coliseum, announced that the Coliseum would be closed indefinitely while it seeks new investors to take it over and assume the remaining debt. In August 2020, the Coliseum's new leaseholders said that the Islanders would continue to play their home games in the arena during the season.

Regular season
The regular season was originally planned to begin in October 2020 and end in April 2021, but the plan had to be changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In December, the league said that the season would be shorter than the typical 82 games. Attendance at each arena will be limited by local health orders. The league also relies on attendance for at least 50 percent of its revenue, and the players are against spending the full season isolated in neutral-site bubbles similar to their situation during the 2020 playoffs.

In July 2020, the league and the NHL Players' Association (NHLPA) initially agreed to tentatively schedule the opening of training camp on November 17, 2020, and the start of the regular season on December 1. In October 2020, both the NHL and NHLPA began discussions on the specific details on how to proceed with the season. On October 6, the NHL and the NHLPA agreed to delay the targeted start date of the regular season to January 1, 2021, and to decide at a later date when to open training camp.

In mid-November 2020, Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly stated that the league was still targeting a January 1 start, but that "we have to build in flexibility for the hiccups that we expect will come along and have to expect will come along with potential COVID positives and contact tracing requirements", citing "difficulties" faced by Major League Baseball and the National Football League over their handling of the pandemic.

On December 20, the league unveiled its plans for a 56-game regular season and that the divisions would temporarily be realigned into four divisions. In a first for a major professional sports league in North America, naming rights to the four divisions were sold to corporate sponsors:
 * Central: Carolina Hurricanes, Chicago Blackhawks, Columbus Blue Jackets, Dallas Stars, Detroit Red Wings, Florida Panthers, Nashville Predators and Tampa Bay Lightning.
 * East: Boston Bruins, Buffalo Sabres, New Jersey Devils, New York Islanders, New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals.
 * North: Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers, Montreal Canadiens, Ottawa Senators, Toronto Maple Leafs, Vancouver Canucks and Winnipeg Jets.
 * West: Anaheim Ducks, Arizona Coyotes, Colorado Avalanche, Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota Wild, San Jose Sharks, St. Louis Blues and Vegas Golden Knights.

Teams will play games within their division only. The teams in the three U.S. divisions will play each of their seven division opponents eight times. Due to limitations on travel into and out of Canada, the seven Canadian teams have been aligned into a single North division. The seven teams in the North Division will play each other nine or ten times.

Outdoor games
On January 1, 2021, it was reported that the NHL was planning two outdoor games at the Edgewood Tahoe Resort in Lake Tahoe on February 20 and 21, with the Flyers playing the Bruins and the Avalanche playing the Golden Knights. It was suggested that the cancellation of stadium-based outdoor games due to reduced fan involvement had led the NHL to pursue outdoor games in scenic locations instead. The NHL officially confirmed the games, NHL Outdoors at Lake Tahoe, on January 11, 2021.

COVID-19-related

 * The San Jose Sharks' home opener has been pushed to February 1 due to Santa Clara County indefinitely banning all contact sports in response to a local rise of COVID-19 cases, forcing the Sharks to begin the season on an extended road trip.
 * The Dallas Stars' first four games (road contests against the Florida Panthers on January 14 and 15 and the Tampa Bay Lightning on January 17 and 19) were postponed after six Dallas players and two staff members tested positive for COVID-19 by January 8.

Playoffs
The top four teams in each division will qualify for 2021 playoffs under this season's temporary realignment. The first two rounds of the playoffs will be played under a pure divisional format, with the first-place team in each division playing the fourth-place team, and the second-place team playing the third-place team. The winners of those series will then play each other in the second round. The four teams that then advance to the third round, dubbed the Stanley Cup Semifinals, will be re-seeded based on regular season points. All rounds will be best-of-7.

Wholesale team changes

 * The Buffalo Sabres reintroduced their original royal blue, gold and white uniforms full-time, worn by the team from 1970 to 1996.
 * The Calgary Flames reintroduced their original red, yellow, and white uniforms, worn by the team from 1980 to 1994. The design had been used as an alternate, retro jersey in recent seasons. The team's primarily red and black former home sweater will be the alternate jersey going forward.
 * The Dallas Stars introduced new alternate black and neon green uniforms.
 * The Ottawa Senators reintroduced its 1997–2007 logo, with a gold outline as opposed to red, and a uniform set similar to the jerseys used from 1992 to 1995.
 * The San Jose Sharks reintroduced their original Heritage jersey worn by the team from 1991 to 1998, to be worn during select games to celebrate their 30th anniversary.
 * The Vegas Golden Knights introduced new alternate metallic gold uniforms.

"Reverse Retro" jerseys
On November 16, 2020, the NHL introduced Adidas "Reverse Retro" jerseys for all 31 teams, which feature throwback uniforms with a modern twist.


 * Central Division
 * Carolina Hurricanes: 1979 Hartford Whalers jerseys, the team's first season after the NHL–WHA merger when they were the Whalers, except gray.
 * Chicago Blackhawks: 1940 throwbacks.
 * Columbus Blue Jackets: 2000 throwbacks, the team's inaugural season, except red.
 * Dallas Stars: 1999 throwbacks, when they won the Stanley Cup, except white throughout, including the pants.
 * Detroit Red Wings: 1998 throwbacks, when they won their ninth Stanley Cup in 1998; taking additional inspiration from their white jerseys from 1961 except replacing the red stripes with silver ones.
 * Florida Panthers: 1996 throwbacks, when they made their only Stanley Cup Finals appearance, except navy blue and with the team's current color scheme.
 * Nashville Predators: 1998 throwbacks, the team's inaugural season.
 * Tampa Bay Lightning: 2004 throwbacks, when they won their first Stanley Cup, but now blue.


 * East Division
 * Boston Bruins: primarily "gold"-color throwback jerseys, with details matching those of the 1987–88 and 1989–90 seasons, when the team reached two Stanley Cup Finals over a three-season span.
 * Buffalo Sabres: The team's first third jersey in 2000, except done in the team's current colors and on a white template.
 * New Jersey Devils: 1982 throwbacks, the team's first season in New Jersey after relocating from Denver when they were the Colorado Rockies, except the green and red are reversed.
 * New York Islanders: 1980 throwbacks, when they won the first out of four consecutive Stanley Cups in the navy blue focused color scheme the team used from 1995 to 2010.
 * New York Rangers: 1996 alternate jerseys that feature the head of the Statue of Liberty.
 * Philadelphia Flyers: 1995 throwbacks, when Eric Lindros won the Hart Trophy, similar but the black and white elements are swapped out for one another.
 * Pittsburgh Penguins: 1997 throwbacks, when Mario Lemieux won his sixth scoring title, except white instead of black.
 * Washington Capitals: 1997 throwbacks, featuring the "screaming eagle", except done in their current color scheme.


 * North Division
 * Calgary Flames: The team's first third jersey in 1998.
 * Edmonton Oilers: 1979 throwbacks, the team's first season after the NHL–WHA merger. This jersey is inspired by the 1972 Alberta Oilers design.
 * Montreal Canadiens: 1976 throwbacks, except the blue and red are reversed.
 * Ottawa Senators: 1992 throwbacks, the team's inaugural season, but now red.
 * Toronto Maple Leafs: 1970 throwbacks, originally colored with white accents, but now gray, the 1967–1970 logo is on the crest of the jersey.
 * Vancouver Canucks: The team's third jersey in 2001, originally colored with red gradients, but now green.
 * Winnipeg Jets: The 1979 jerseys of the original Winnipeg Jets, the team's first season after the NHL–WHA merger, except now a dark gray base with navy blue accents.


 * West Division
 * Anaheim Ducks: The team's first third jersey in 1995, featuring team mascot Wildwing breaking out a sheet of ice, except white instead of jade.
 * Arizona Coyotes: The team's first third jersey in 1999, originally colored green but now purple.
 * Colorado Avalanche: 1979 Quebec Nordiques jerseys, the team's first season after the NHL–WHA merger when they were the Nordiques albeit in a 1991 design and using the Avalanche's burgundy and blue color scheme.
 * Los Angeles Kings: 1989 throwbacks, when Wayne Gretzky broke the NHL record for all-time leading scorer. The design has the 1988–1998 era logo and is colored in forum blue (purple) and gold colors used on the team's original uniforms from 1967 to 1988.
 * Minnesota Wild: Features the current Wild logo with the style and colors of the 1978 Minnesota North Stars jerseys.
 * St. Louis Blues: 1995 throwbacks, but colored in red.
 * San Jose Sharks: The team's first third jersey in 1998, but now gray.
 * Vegas Golden Knights: Based on the jerseys worn by the 1995 Las Vegas Thunder of the International Hockey League, except the teams's secondary logo is on the crest of the jersey, and the dominant color is red.

2020-21 Anaheim Ducks season
The 2020–21 Anaheim Ducks season is the 28th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 15, 1993. The Ducks will attempt to make the playoffs for the first time since the 2017–18 season, when they were swept in the First Round of the 2018 Stanley Cup playoffs by the San Jose Sharks. On December 20, 2020, the league temporarily realigned into four divisions with no conferences due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing closure of the Canada-United States border. As a result of this realignment the Ducks will play this season in the West Division and will only play games against the other teams in their new division during the regular season and potentially the first two rounds of the playoffs.

Regular season
The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.

Goaltenders
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Ducks. Stats reflect time with the Ducks only.

‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Ducks only.

Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Transactions
The Ducks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2020–21 season.

Imports
This section is for players who were not previously on contract with NHL teams in the past season. Listed is the last team and league they were under contract with.

Trades
* Retained Salary Transaction: Each team is allowed up to three contracts on their payroll where they have retained salary in a trade (i.e. the player no longer plays with Team A due to a trade to Team B, but Team A still retains some salary). Only up to 50% of a player's contract can be kept, and only up to 15% of a team's salary cap can be taken up by retained salary. A contract can only be involved in one of these trades twice.

Hover over-retained salary or conditional transactions for more information.

Draft picks
Below are the Anaheim Ducks' selections at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, which was originally scheduled for June 26-27, 2020 at the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec, but was postponed on March 25, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On October 6-7, 2020 the draft was held virtually via Video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.

2020-21 Los Angeles Kings season
The 2020–21 Los Angeles Kings season is the 54th season (53rd season of play) for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967. The Kings will try to make the playoffs for the first time since the 2017–18 season when they were swept in the First Round by the expansion Vegas Golden Knights. On December 20, 2020, the league temporarily realigned into four divisions with no conferences due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing closure of the Canada-United States border. As a result of this realignment the Kings will play this season in the West Division and will only play games against the other teams in their new division during the regular season and potentially the first two rounds of the playoffs.

Regular season
The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.

Transactions
The Kings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2020–21 season.

Free agents
Note: This does not include players who have re-signed with their previous team as an unrestricted free agent or as a restricted free agent.

Trades
* Retained Salary Transaction: Each team is allowed up to three contracts on their payroll where they have retained salary in a trade (i.e. the player no longer plays with Team A due to a trade to Team B, but Team A still retains some salary). Only up to 50% of a player's contract can be kept, and only up to 15% of a team's salary cap can be taken up by retained salary. A contract can only be involved in one of these trades twice.

Hover over-retained salary or conditional transactions for more information.

Draft picks
Below are the Los Angeles Kings' selections at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, which was originally scheduled for June 26–27, 2020 at the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec, but was postponed on March 25, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was held October 6–7, 2020 virtually via Video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.

2021 Major League Baseball season
The 2021 Major League Baseball season is planned to begin on April 1 and end on October 3. The 91st All-Star Game is scheduled to be played on July 13 at Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia. The World Series is scheduled to begin on October 26 and a potential Game 7 is scheduled for November 3. The entire schedule was released on July 9, 2020.

This season will be the final season of Cleveland's team competing as the Indians after years of controversy involving the name. On December 14, 2020, the team announced that they would unveil their new moniker and associated uniform and stadium changes before the 2022 season to replace the 106 year-old nickname.

Schedule
Major League Baseball announced the 2021 regular season schedule on July 9, 2020. A full 162-game season is planned. Interleague play will feature AL East vs. NL East, AL Central vs. NL Central, and AL West vs. NL West.

The MLB at Field of Dreams game, originally scheduled for 2020 but cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will feature a matchup between the New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox at a purpose-built ballpark in Dyersville, Iowa on August 12.

The 2021 MLB Little League Classic will feature a matchup between the Los Angeles Angels and the Cleveland Indians at BB&T Ballpark in Williamsport, Pennsylvania on August 22.

Anniversaries and special events

 * All dates as scheduled and subject to change.

Venues
The Milwaukee Brewers' Miller Park was renamed American Family Field after Madison, Wisconsin-based American Family Insurance outbid the Miller Brewing Company for the ballpark's naming rights renewal contract. Miller's 20-year contract expired at the end of the 2020 season.

National
This will be the eighth and final year of the current contracts with Fox, ESPN, and TBS before the new seven-year deals begin in 2022. FS1 will televise games on Tuesday nights and on Saturday, both during the afternoon and evening. Fox will air some Saturday night games leading up to the 2021 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. ESPN will televise games on its flagship Sunday Night Baseball as well as Monday and Wednesday night games and holiday games on Memorial Day and Labor Day. Fox and ESPN Sunday Night Baseball telecasts will be exclusive.

TBS will televise 13 straight weeks of Sunday afternoon games and will also televise the National League Postseason (NL Wild Card Game (barring any postseason format changes), the NLDS, and the NLCS). The American League Postseason will be broadcast among ESPN, Fox, FS1, and MLB Network (AL Wild Card on ESPN (barring any postseason format changes), the ALDS split between FS1 and MLB Network, and the ALCS on Fox and FS1). For the 22nd straight year, the 2021 World Series will air exclusively on Fox.

Local

 * Marquee Sports Network on January 4 announced Jon Sciambi would become the television play-by-play voice for the Chicago Cubs, replacing Len Kasper, who moved to the White Sox radio booth as described below.

National
ESPN Radio will air its 24th season of National Coverage, including Sunday Night Baseball Saturday Games, Opening Day games, and Hoilday Games including Memorial Day And Labor Day games and the entire postseason.

Local

 * Nexstar's WGN chose not to continue to originate the Chicago White Sox Radio Network after the current deal's expiration, returning the White Sox back to Good Karma Brands-managed and ESPN Radio-owned WMVP after a fifteen-year interregnum. Len Kasper, formerly the television play-by-play voice for the Chicago Cubs, will move to the South Side to do White Sox radio play-by-play, replacing Andy Masur, who temporarily became the voice of the White Sox for the 2020 season after the death of Ed Farmer.

2021 Los Angeles Angels season
The 2021 Los Angeles Angels' season will be the 61st season of the Los Angeles Angels franchise in the American League and the 56th in Anaheim. The Angels will be managed by Joe Maddon, in his second season as manager of the Angels. The Angels will play their home games at Angel Stadium as members of Major League Baseball's American League West Division. They will attempt to make the playoffs for a first time since 2014 MLB Season and will attempt to win a Division Title since 2014 season

Previous season
The Angels finished the 2020 season 26–34 to finish in last place in the AL West division, missing the playoffs for the sixth consecutive year.

Farm system
All coaches and rosters can be found on each team's website.

2021 Los Angeles Dodgers season
The 2021 Los Angeles Dodgers season will be the 132nd season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, their 64th season in Los Angeles, California, and their 59th season playing their home games at Dodger Stadium.

The Dodgers will be coming into the 2021 season as defending 2020 World Series Champions and will attempt to repeat as champions and win their 9th straight NL West Division title.

Coaching staff
Dodgers first base coach George Lombard departed the team on November 7, as he was hired to be the new bench coach for the Detroit Tigers. He was replaced by Clayton McCullough.

Roster departures
On October 28, 2020, after the conclusion of the World Series, seven Dodgers players became free agents: Third Baseman Justin Turner, Outfielder Joc Pederson, utility player Kiké Hernández, and pitchers Pedro Báez, Jake McGee, Blake Treinen, and Alex Wood. A couple of days later, the Dodgers declined the 2021 option on pitcher Jimmy Nelson's contract, making him a free agent. Outfielder and pinch runner Terrance Gore was outrighted to the minors and removed from the Dodgers roster on October 31.

Roster additions
On December 2, the Dodgers acquired relief pitcher Corey Knebel from the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations. On December 29, the Dodgers acquired pitcher Garrett Cleavinger from the Philadelphia Phillies as part of a three-team trade that sent José Alvarado to the Phillies and minor leaguer Dillon Paulson and a player to be named later to the Tampa Bay Rays. Also on the same day, they signed pitcher Tommy Kahnle toa two-year contract. On January 5, the Dodgers re-signed pitcher Blake Treinen to a two-year contract.