"I'm really excited and it was something that, if we were going to get something done, I really wanted it to be before camp, so I can just concentrate on that afterwards," Petersen said Thursday. "I'm really glad with how it turned out. We got it on a great timetable, so I'm ecstatic."
The 26-year-old goalie is in the final season of a three-year, $2.575 million contract ($858,333 AAV) he signed July 16, 2019. He could have become an unrestricted free agent.
"They're extending me for years to come, so it's more so an expectation that I can be a guy who can win games for the team and be somebody who is relied upon, help us get back to winning championships and in the [Stanley Cup] Playoffs," Petersen said. "Those are the same expectations that I have for myself. They're high expectations of trying to be the best that I can, and to be a No. 1 NHL goalie."
Petersen was 9-18-5 with a 2.89 goals-against average and .911 save percentage in 35 games (32 starts) last season. It was the first time since 2016-17 (Peter Budaj, 53) that a goalie other than Jonathan Quick led the Kings in games played.
Quick, a 35-year-old and two-time Stanley Cup champion with the Kings (2012, 2014), had an .898 save percentage in 22 games last season.
Signed by Los Angeles as a free agent July 1, 2017, Petersen is 19-25-6 with a 2.79 GAA, .916 save percentage and one shutout in 54 NHL games (50 starts).
