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1979–80 Los Angeles Kings
Division2nd Norris
Conference Wales
1979–80 record30–36–14
Goals for290
Goals against313
Team information
General managerGeorge Maguire
Coach Bob Berry
Captain Mike Murphy
Alternate captainsNone
Arena The Forum
Average attendance10,453 (65.3%)
←  1978–79
1980–81 →

The 1979–80 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' 13th season in the National Hockey League. It saw the Kings qualify for the playoffs, placing second in the Norris Division, but they lost in the first round to the New York Islanders. Just prior to the end of the season, the Kings sent Butch Goring to the Islanders for Billy Harris and Dave Lewis. Goring would help the Islanders defeat the Kings on their way to their first of 4 Stanley Cup wins. They also had the worst penalty kill percentage in a season in the history of the NHL at 67.70%.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Norris Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Montreal Canadiens 80 47 20 13 328 240 107
Los Angeles Kings 80 30 36 14 290 313 74
Pittsburgh Penguins 80 30 37 13 251 303 73
Hartford Whalers 80 27 34 19 303 312 73
Detroit Red Wings 80 26 43 11 268 306 63

[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents

Norris Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Wales Conference

Vs. Campbell Conference


Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 T October 10, 1979 4–4 Detroit Red Wings ( 1979–80) 0–0–1
2 W October 13, 1979 5–3 St. Louis Blues ( 1979–80) 1–0–1
3 L October 16, 1979 6–8 @ Washington Capitals ( 1979–80) 1–1–1
4 W October 17, 1979 5–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins ( 1979–80) 2–1–1
5 L October 19, 1979 3–6 @ Hartford Whalers ( 1979–80) 2–2–1
6 L October 20, 1979 4–5 @ Boston Bruins ( 1979–80) 2–3–1
7 W October 23, 1979 7–4 @ Colorado Rockies ( 1979–80) 3–3–1
8 W October 24, 1979 5–3 Washington Capitals ( 1979–80) 4–3–1
9 W October 27, 1979 7–5 Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1979–80) 5–3–1
10 T October 30, 1979 4–4 Boston Bruins ( 1979–80) 5–3–2
11 W November 1, 1979 4–2 New York Rangers ( 1979–80) 6–3–2
12 L November 3, 1979 1–4 @ St. Louis Blues ( 1979–80) 6–4–2
13 W November 4, 1979 5–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1979–80) 7–4–2
14 L November 6, 1979 1–4 @ New York Islanders ( 1979–80) 7–5–2
15 L November 7, 1979 4–8 @ New York Rangers ( 1979–80) 7–6–2
16 T November 10, 1979 6–6 Minnesota North Stars ( 1979–80) 7–6–3
17 W November 13, 1979 4–1 Colorado Rockies ( 1979–80) 8–6–3
18 T November 15, 1979 3–3 Pittsburgh Penguins ( 1979–80) 8–6–4
19 L November 17, 1979 1–3 Montreal Canadiens ( 1979–80) 8–7–4
20 W November 20, 1979 5–1 @ Vancouver Canucks ( 1979–80) 9–7–4
21 L November 21, 1979 4–6 Philadelphia Flyers ( 1979–80) 9–8–4
22 T November 24, 1979 4–4 New York Islanders ( 1979–80) 9–8–5
23 W November 27, 1979 5–3 Winnipeg Jets ( 1979–80) 10–8–5
24 W December 1, 1979 7–0 Chicago Black Hawks ( 1979–80) 11–8–5
25 W December 4, 1979 6–2 @ Atlanta Flames ( 1979–80) 12–8–5
26 L December 6, 1979 4–9 @ Philadelphia Flyers ( 1979–80) 12–9–5
27 L December 7, 1979 2–5 @ Montreal Canadiens ( 1979–80) 12–10–5
28 L December 9, 1979 2–3 @ Quebec Nordiques ( 1979–80) 12–11–5
29 W December 12, 1979 7–4 Hartford Whalers ( 1979–80) 13–11–5
30 W December 15, 1979 4–3 Vancouver Canucks ( 1979–80) 14–11–5
31 T December 19, 1979 4–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1979–80) 14–11–6
32 L December 20, 1979 3–5 @ Buffalo Sabres ( 1979–80) 14–12–6
33 W December 22, 1979 9–3 Edmonton Oilers ( 1979–80) 15–12–6
34 W December 27, 1979 3–0 Quebec Nordiques ( 1979–80) 16–12–6
35 W December 29, 1979 4–3 Minnesota North Stars ( 1979–80) 17–12–6
36 W January 2, 1980 4–2 @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1979–80) 18–12–6
37 T January 5, 1980 3–3 @ Edmonton Oilers ( 1979–80) 18–12–7
38 T January 6, 1980 4–4 @ Winnipeg Jets ( 1979–80) 18–12–8
39 L January 8, 1980 3–6 @ St. Louis Blues ( 1979–80) 18–13–8
40 W January 9, 1980 6–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks ( 1979–80) 19–13–8
41 W January 12, 1980 6–5 @ Minnesota North Stars ( 1979–80) 20–13–8
42 L January 13, 1980 3–5 @ Winnipeg Jets ( 1979–80) 20–14–8
43 L January 16, 1980 2–4 Buffalo Sabres ( 1979–80) 20–15–8
44 L January 19, 1980 2–4 Atlanta Flames ( 1979–80) 20–16–8
45 L January 22, 1980 4–5 New York Rangers ( 1979–80) 20–17–8
46 W January 24, 1980 5–4 Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1979–80) 21–17–8
47 T January 26, 1980 4–4 @ Minnesota North Stars ( 1979–80) 21–17–9
48 L January 27, 1980 1–9 @ Buffalo Sabres ( 1979–80) 21–18–9
49 L January 29, 1980 3–7 Winnipeg Jets ( 1979–80) 21–19–9
50 L January 30, 1980 1–8 Edmonton Oilers ( 1979–80) 21–20–9
51 L February 2, 1980 4–5 Montreal Canadiens ( 1979–80) 21–21–9
52 L February 3, 1980 3–5 @ Edmonton Oilers ( 1979–80) 21–22–9
53 L February 6, 1980 3–7 @ Hartford Whalers ( 1979–80) 21–23–9
54 L February 7, 1980 1–4 @ New York Islanders ( 1979–80) 21–24–9
55 W February 9, 1980 7–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs ( 1979–80) 22–24–9
56 L February 10, 1980 2–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers ( 1979–80) 22–25–9
57 L February 12, 1980 2–5 Washington Capitals ( 1979–80) 22–26–9
58 L February 14, 1980 4–6 St. Louis Blues ( 1979–80) 22–27–9
59 W February 16, 1980 3–2 New York Islanders ( 1979–80) 23–27–9
60 W February 18, 1980 4–2 @ Detroit Red Wings ( 1979–80) 24–27–9
61 W February 20, 1980 3–0 Boston Bruins ( 1979–80) 25–27–9
62 L February 23, 1980 1–5 Philadelphia Flyers ( 1979–80) 25–28–9
63 L February 26, 1980 3–5 @ Washington Capitals ( 1979–80) 25–29–9
64 L February 27, 1980 4–5 @ New York Rangers ( 1979–80) 25–30–9
65 L March 1, 1980 0–4 @ Boston Bruins ( 1979–80) 25–31–9
66 W March 2, 1980 4–3 @ Quebec Nordiques ( 1979–80) 26–31–9
67 L March 5, 1980 1–3 Atlanta Flames ( 1979–80) 26–32–9
68 T March 8, 1980 3–3 Chicago Black Hawks ( 1979–80) 26–32–10
69 L March 10, 1980 3–6 @ Montreal Canadiens ( 1979–80) 26–33–10
70 L March 12, 1980 2–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins ( 1979–80) 26–34–10
71 T March 13, 1980 2–2 @ Atlanta Flames ( 1979–80) 26–34–11
72 T March 15, 1980 2–2 Buffalo Sabres ( 1979–80) 26–34–12
73 W March 19, 1980 4–3 Detroit Red Wings ( 1979–80) 27–34–12
74 W March 22, 1980 4–1 Quebec Nordiques ( 1979–80) 28–34–12
75 W March 25, 1980 5–2 @ Colorado Rockies ( 1979–80) 29–34–12
76 T March 27, 1980 2–2 Pittsburgh Penguins ( 1979–80) 29–34–13
77 T March 29, 1980 2–2 Hartford Whalers ( 1979–80) 29–34–14
78 W April 1, 1980 4–3 Colorado Rockies ( 1979–80) 30–34–14
79 L April 3, 1980 2–4 @ Vancouver Canucks ( 1979–80) 30–35–14
80 L April 5, 1980 3–5 Vancouver Canucks ( 1979–80) 30–36–14

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Marcel Dionne C 80 53 84 137 32 35 17 0 6
Charlie Simmer LW 64 56 45 101 65 47 21 0 8
Dave Taylor RW 61 37 53 90 72 39 12 0 7
Butch Goring C 69 20 48 68 12 -21 2 1 1
Doug Halward D 63 11 45 56 52 14 8 0 0
Mike Murphy RW 80 27 22 49 29 -12 7 3 1
Robert Palmer D 78 4 36 40 18 29 1 0 0
Steve Jensen LW 76 21 15 36 13 -39 4 2 2
Andre St. Laurent C 77 6 24 30 88 -13 1 0 0
Glenn Goldup RW 55 10 11 21 78 -4 1 0 1
Steve Carlson C 52 9 12 21 23 -7 1 0 1
Syl Apps Jr. C 51 5 16 21 12 -17 1 0 0
Randy Manery D 52 6 10 16 48 -13 3 0 0
Dean Hopkins RW 60 8 6 14 39 -16 1 0 2
Brad Selwood D 63 1 13 14 82 -14 1 0 0
Barry Gibbs D 63 2 9 11 32 -13 0 0 0
Billy Harris RW 11 4 3 7 6 4 1 0 1
Bert Wilson LW 75 4 3 7 91 -19 1 1 0
Don Howse LW 33 2 5 7 6 -16 0 0 0
John Paul Kelly LW 40 2 5 7 28 -6 0 0 0
Jerry Korab D 11 1 2 3 34 -3 0 0 0
Richard Mulhern D 15 0 3 3 16 1 0 0 0
Dave Lewis D 11 1 1 2 12 3 0 0 0
Ron Grahame G 26 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Mark Hardy D 15 0 1 1 10 -7 0 0 0
Randy Holt D 42 0 1 1 94 -3 0 0 0
Rick Hampton LW/D 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Doug Keans G 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mario Lessard G 50 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
Mike Marson LW 3 0 0 0 5 -2 0 0 0
Jay Wells D 43 0 0 0 113 -22 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Mario Lessard 2836 50 18 22 7 185 3.91 0
Ron Grahame 1405 26 9 11 4 98 4.19 2
Doug Keans 559 10 3 3 3 23 2.47 0
Team: 4800 80 30 36 14 306 3.83 2
Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Dave Taylor RW 4 2 1 3 4 0 0 0
Robert Palmer D 4 1 2 3 4 0 0 0
Marcel Dionne C 4 0 3 3 4 0 0 0
Charlie Simmer LW 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 0
Steve Carlson C 4 1 1 2 7 0 0 0
Mark Hardy D 4 1 1 2 9 0 0 0
Glenn Goldup RW 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Mike Murphy RW 4 1 0 1 2 0 1 0
Andre St. Laurent C 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
Dean Hopkins RW 4 0 1 1 5 0 0 0
Jerry Korab D 3 0 1 1 11 0 0 0
Dave Lewis D 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 0
Barry Gibbs D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doug Halward D 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Billy Harris RW 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Don Howse LW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Jensen LW 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Doug Keans G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Paul Kelly LW 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Mario Lessard G 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brad Selwood D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jay Wells D 4 0 0 0 11 0 0 0
Bert Wilson LW 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Mario Lessard 207 4 1 2 14 4.06 0
Doug Keans 40 1 0 1 7 10.50 0
Team: 247 4 1 3 21 5.10 0

[3]

Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G =  Goals; A =  Assists; Pts =  Points; PIM =  Penalty minutes; +/- =  Plus/minus; PPG =  Power-play goals; SHG =  Short-handed goals; GWG =  Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA =  Goals-against average; SO =  Shutouts; SA =  Shots against; SV = Shots  saved; SV% =  Save percentage;

Awards and records

Transactions

The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1979–80 season. [4]

Trades

June 9, 1979 To Los Angeles Kings
Barry Gibbs 		To New York Islanders
Tom Williams
June 11, 1979 To Los Angeles Kings
Mike Marson 		To Washington Capitals
Steve Clippingdale
August 16, 1979 To Los Angeles Kings
Cash 		To St. Louis Blues
Tom Williams
September 14, 1979 To Los Angeles Kings
Brad Selwood
4th round pick in 1982 – Dave Ross 		To Montreal Canadiens
4th round pick in 1982 – John DeVoe
March 10, 1980 To Los Angeles Kings
Billy Harris
Dave Lewis 		To New York Islanders
Butch Goring
March 10, 1980 To Los Angeles Kings
Jerry Korab 		To Buffalo Sabres
1st round pick in 1982 – Phil Housley

Free agent signings

October 1, 1979 From Montreal Canadiens
Don Howse
October 11, 1979 From Saginaw Gears ( IHL)
Scott Gruhl

Free agents lost

January 21, 1980 To Philadelphia Flyers
Dave Gardner

Free agent compensation

August 22, 1979 To Los Angeles Kings
Andre St. Laurent
1st round pick in 1980 – Larry Murphy
1st round pick in 1981 – Doug Smith 		To Detroit Red Wings
Dale McCourt
Rogie Vachon

Waivers

February 10, 1980 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Richard Mulhern

Expansion draft

June 13, 1979 To Edmonton Oilers
Larry Brown
June 13, 1979 To Quebec Nordiques
Hartland Monahan
June 13, 1979 To Winnipeg Jets
Dennis Abgrall
June 13, 1979 To Winnipeg Jets
Mark Heaslip

Draft picks

Los Angeles's draft picks at the 1979 NHL Entry Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 16 Jay Wells  Canada Kingston Canadians (OHL)
2 29 Dean Hopkins  Canada London Knights (OMJHL)
2 30 Mark Hardy  Canada Montreal Juniors (QMJHL)
3 50 John-Paul Kelly  Canada New Westminster Bruins (WHL)
4 71 John Gibson  Canada Niagara Falls Flyers (OMJHL)
5 92 Jim Brown  United States University of Notre Dame (WCHA)
6 113 Jay McFarlane  Canada University of Wisconsin (WCHA)

Farm teams

See also

References

  1. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN  9781894801225.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1979-80 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 25, 2009.
  4. ^ "Hockey Transactions Search Results".

External links

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