1979–80 Los Angeles Kings season

The 1979–80 Los Angeles Kings season 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.

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.

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

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Dionne, MarcelMarcel Dionne	C	80	53	84	137	32	35	17	0	6
Simmer, CharlieCharlie Simmer	LW	64	56	45	101	65	47	21	0	8
Taylor, DaveDave Taylor	RW	61	37	53	90	72	39	12	0	7
Goring, ButchButch Goring	C	69	20	48	68	12	-21	2	1	1
Halward, DougDoug Halward	D	63	11	45	56	52	14	8	0	0
Murphy, MikeMike Murphy	RW	80	27	22	49	29	-12	7	3	1
Palmer, RobertRobert Palmer	D	78	4	36	40	18	29	1	0	0
Jensen, SteveSteve Jensen	LW	76	21	15	36	13	-39	4	2	2
St. Laurent, AndreAndre St. Laurent	C	77	6	24	30	88	-13	1	0	0
Goldup, GlennGlenn Goldup	RW	55	10	11	21	78	-4	1	0	1
Carlson, SteveSteve Carlson	C	52	9	12	21	23	-7	1	0	1
Apps, SylSyl Apps	C	51	5	16	21	12	-17	1	0	0
Manery, RandyRandy Manery	D	52	6	10	16	48	-13	3	0	0
Hopkins, DeanDean Hopkins	RW	60	8	6	14	39	-16	1	0	2
Selwood, BradBrad Selwood	D	63	1	13	14	82	-14	1	0	0
Gibbs, BarryBarry Gibbs	D	63	2	9	11	32	-13	0	0	0
Harris, BillyBilly Harris	RW	11	4	3	7	6	4	1	0	1
Wilson, BertBert Wilson	LW	75	4	3	7	91	-19	1	1	0
Howse, DonDon Howse	LW	33	2	5	7	6	-16	0	0	0
Paul Kelly, JohnJohn Paul Kelly	LW	40	2	5	7	28	-6	0	0	0
Korab, JerryJerry Korab	D	11	1	2	3	34	-3	0	0	0
Mulhern, RichardRichard Mulhern	D	15	0	3	3	16	1	0	0	0
Lewis, DaveDave Lewis	D	11	1	1	2	12	3	0	0	0
Grahame, RonRon Grahame	G	26	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Hardy, MarkMark Hardy	D	15	0	1	1	10	-7	0	0	0
Holt, RandyRandy Holt	D	42	0	1	1	94	-3	0	0	0
Hampton, RickRick Hampton	LW/D	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
Keans, DougDoug Keans	G	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lessard, MarioMario Lessard	G	50	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Marson, MikeMike Marson	LW	3	0	0	0	5	-2	0	0	0
Wells, JayJay Wells	D	43	0	0	0	113	-22	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Lessard, MarioMario Lessard	2836	50	18	22	7	185	3.91	0
Grahame, RonRon Grahame	1405	26	9	11	4	98	4.19	2
Keans, DougDoug 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
Taylor, DaveDave Taylor	RW	4	2	1	3	4	0	0	0
Palmer, RobertRobert Palmer	D	4	1	2	3	4	0	0	0
Dionne, MarcelMarcel Dionne	C	4	0	3	3	4	0	0	0
Simmer, CharlieCharlie Simmer	LW	3	2	0	2	0	1	0	0
Carlson, SteveSteve Carlson	C	4	1	1	2	7	0	0	0
Hardy, MarkMark Hardy	D	4	1	1	2	9	0	0	0
Goldup, GlennGlenn Goldup	RW	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Murphy, MikeMike Murphy	RW	4	1	0	1	2	0	1	0
St. Laurent, AndreAndre St. Laurent	C	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	1
Hopkins, DeanDean Hopkins	RW	4	0	1	1	5	0	0	0
Korab, JerryJerry Korab	D	3	0	1	1	11	0	0	0
Lewis, DaveDave Lewis	D	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Gibbs, BarryBarry Gibbs	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Halward, DougDoug Halward	D	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Harris, BillyBilly Harris	RW	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Howse, DonDon Howse	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jensen, SteveSteve Jensen	LW	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Keans, DougDoug Keans	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Kelly, JohnJohn Paul Kelly	LW	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Lessard, MarioMario Lessard	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Selwood, BradBrad Selwood	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wells, JayJay Wells	D	4	0	0	0	11	0	0	0
Wilson, BertBert Wilson	LW	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA
Lessard, MarioMario Lessard	207	4	1	2	14	4.06
Keans, DougDoug Keans	40	1	0	1	7	10.50
Team:	247	4	1	3	21	5.10

^[2]

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;

References

↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1979-80 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-25.

"1979–80 Los Angeles Kings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links

Los Angeles Kings

Founded in 1967 Based in Los Angeles, California

Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	History Awards Records

Personnel	Owners Philip Anschutz Edward P. Roski General manager Dean Lombardi Head coach Darryl Sutter Team captain Dustin Brown Current roster

Arenas	Long Beach Arena Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Great Western Forum Staples Center

Rivalries	Anaheim Ducks

Affiliates	AHL Ontario Reign ECHL Manchester Monarchs

General managers	Regan Milford Maguire Vachon Beverley McMaster Taylor Lombardi

Head coaches	Kelly Laycoe Wilson Regan Glover Pulford Stewart Berry MacDonald Perry Vachon Neilson Quinn Murphy Ftorek Webster Melrose Robinson A. Murray Torchetti Crawford T. Murray Stevens D. Sutter

Media	Broadcasters TV: FSN West/Prime Ticket Radio: KABC (790 AM)

Retired numbers	4 16 18 20 30 99

Stanley Cup Finals	1993 2012 2014

Culture/lore	1967 NHL expansion 1967 NHL Expansion Draft I Love L.A. Bailey Frozen Fury Miracle on Manchester 1991 Las Vegas outdoor game Garnet Bailey and Mark Bavis 2011 NHL Premiere 2014 NHL Stadium Series 2015 NHL Stadium Series

Los Angeles Kings seasons

1960s	1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1979–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1979–80 NHL season

Patrick	Atlanta NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Washington

Adams	Boston Buffalo Minnesota Quebec Toronto

Norris	Detroit Hartford Los Angeles Montreal Pittsburgh

Smythe	Chicago Colorado Edmonton St. Louis Vancouver Winnipeg

See also	NHL–WHA merger Expansion Draft Entry Draft All-Star Game Playoffs Stanley Cup Final

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, May 04, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.

1979–80 Los Angeles Kings season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

See also

References

External links