The club planned to announce other staff changes later on Sunday, including who will take over for Stevens.
A 4-1 win over Columbus on Saturday didn’t save Stevens’ job. The Kings were a lackluster 4-8-1 this season, last in the West and last in the NHL in winning percentage. Stevens’ record as their head coach was 49-37-9.
Stevens was welcomed by players as a soft-spoken but authoritative change from the hard-driving ways of Darryl Sutter. However, he couldn’t manage to squeeze enough goals out of the team for the Kings to rise to the top of their division.