1980–81 Los Angeles Kings season

1980–81 Los Angeles Kings
Division 2nd Norris
1980–81 record 43–24–13
Goals for 337
Goals against 290
Team information
General Manager George Maguire
Coach Bob Berry
Captain Mike Murphy
Alternate captains None
Arena The Forum
Team leaders
<1979–80 1981–82>

The 1980–81 Los Angeles Kings season saw the Kings make it to the playoffs, losing in the preliminary round to the New York Rangers.

Regular season

Final standings

Norris Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Montreal Canadiens 80 45 22 13 332 232 103
Los Angeles Kings 80 43 24 13 337 290 99
Pittsburgh Penguins 80 30 37 13 302 345 73
Hartford Whalers 80 21 41 18 292 372 60
Detroit Red Wings 80 19 43 18 252 339 56

[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
1WOctober 11, 19808–1 Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 1–0–0
2LOctober 14, 19802–4 @ Calgary Flames (1980–81) 1–1–0
3WOctober 16, 19806–4 Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 2–1–0
4WOctober 18, 19804–3 Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 3–1–0
5WOctober 22, 19804–0 Boston Bruins (1980–81) 4–1–0
6WOctober 25, 19805–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) 5–1–0
7TOctober 26, 19804–4 @ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 5–1–1
8WOctober 28, 19808–4 @ Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 6–1–1
9WOctober 29, 19804–2 Washington Capitals (1980–81) 7–1–1
10WNovember 1, 19807–3 @ New York Islanders (1980–81) 8–1–1
11WNovember 2, 19806–3 @ New York Rangers (1980–81) 9–1–1
12WNovember 5, 19805–3 @ Washington Capitals (1980–81) 10–1–1
13LNovember 6, 19802–8 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 10–2–1
14LNovember 8, 19800–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 10–3–1
15WNovember 10, 19804–1 New York Rangers (1980–81) 11–3–1
16LNovember 12, 19804–8 Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 11–4–1
17LNovember 15, 19803–5 St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 11–5–1
18WNovember 16, 19803–2 @ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 12–5–1
19WNovember 19, 19807–2 Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 13–5–1
20WNovember 22, 19805–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) 14–5–1
21WNovember 24, 19804–3 @ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 15–5–1
22LNovember 26, 19802–4 Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 15–6–1
23WNovember 29, 19805–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 16–6–1
24WDecember 2, 19805–2 Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 17–6–1
25WDecember 4, 19803–1 Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 18–6–1
26WDecember 6, 19805–3 New York Islanders (1980–81) 19–6–1
27LDecember 8, 19802–4 Calgary Flames (1980–81) 19–7–1
28WDecember 10, 19807–2 @ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) 20–7–1
29WDecember 11, 19802–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 21–7–1
30TDecember 13, 19805–5 @ Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 21–7–2
31LDecember 14, 19801–7 @ Boston Bruins (1980–81) 21–8–2
32TDecember 17, 19803–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 21–8–3
33LDecember 20, 19804–7 Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 21–9–3
34WDecember 23, 19807–4 Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 22–9–3
35WDecember 26, 19806–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 23–9–3
36TDecember 27, 19804–4 St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 23–9–4
37LDecember 30, 19800–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 23–10–4
38WDecember 31, 19805–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 24–10–4
39LJanuary 2, 19816–7 @ Calgary Flames (1980–81) 24–11–4
40WJanuary 5, 19815–2 Calgary Flames (1980–81) 25–11–4
41WJanuary 7, 19815–3 Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 26–11–4
42TJanuary 10, 19816–6 @ St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 26–11–5
43TJanuary 11, 19814–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 26–11–6
44WJanuary 14, 19815–4 @ Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 27–11–6
45LJanuary 15, 19810–3 @ Washington Capitals (1980–81) 27–12–6
46LJanuary 17, 19814–5 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 27–13–6
47LJanuary 18, 19812–7 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 27–14–6
48WJanuary 20, 198111–4 Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 28–14–6
49TJanuary 22, 19813–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) 28–14–7
50WJanuary 24, 19816–4 @ Boston Bruins (1980–81) 29–14–7
51WJanuary 26, 19817–5 @ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 30–14–7
52LJanuary 28, 19812–6 New York Rangers (1980–81) 30–15–7
53WJanuary 31, 19814–1 Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 31–15–7
54WFebruary 2, 19813–2 @ New York Rangers (1980–81) 32–15–7
55LFebruary 3, 19811–8 @ New York Islanders (1980–81) 32–16–7
56LFebruary 5, 19814–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 32–17–7
57TFebruary 7, 19814–4 Washington Capitals (1980–81) 32–17–8
58TFebruary 12, 19815–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 32–17–9
59LFebruary 14, 19814–5 Boston Bruins (1980–81) 32–18–9
60LFebruary 18, 19812–4 Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 32–19–9
61LFebruary 21, 19811–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 32–20–9
62WFebruary 24, 19815–2 Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 33–20–9
63WFebruary 26, 19814–3 Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 34–20–9
64LFebruary 28, 19811–2 New York Islanders (1980–81) 34–21–9
65WMarch 2, 19811–0 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) 35–21–9
66LMarch 4, 19815–6 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 35–22–9
67WMarch 6, 19813–1 @ Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 36–22–9
68WMarch 8, 19814–1 @ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 37–22–9
69TMarch 11, 19814–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 37–22–10
70WMarch 14, 198110–4 Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) 38–22–10
71LMarch 17, 19811–3 Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 38–23–10
72TMarch 19, 19814–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 38–23–11
73TMarch 21, 19816–6 @ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 38–23–12
74WMarch 22, 19817–5 @ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 39–23–12
75WMarch 24, 19814–3 @ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) 40–23–12
76WMarch 25, 19814–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 41–23–12
77WMarch 28, 19813–2 Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) 42–23–12
78WMarch 31, 19817–3 Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 43–23–12
79LApril 2, 19814–6 @ St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 43–24–12
80TApril 4, 19815–5 Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 43–24–13

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Dionne, MarcelMarcel Dionne C 80 58 77 135 70552349
Taylor, DaveDave Taylor RW 72 47 65 112 130471303
Simmer, CharlieCharlie Simmer LW 65 56 49 105 62312309
Murphy, LarryLarry Murphy D 80 16 60 76 7917511
Korab, JerryJerry Korab D 78 9 43 52 13910302
Harris, BillyBilly Harris RW 80 20 29 49 36-1141
Fox, JimJim Fox RW 71 18 25 43 80202
Murphy, MikeMike Murphy RW 68 16 23 39 54-7211
Jensen, SteveSteve Jensen LW 74 19 19 38 88-6514
Terrion, GregGreg Terrion LW 73 12 25 37 99-1202
Bonar, DanDan Bonar C 71 11 15 26 570313
Hopkins, DeanDean Hopkins RW 67 8 18 26 1186201
Hardy, MarkMark Hardy D 77 5 20 25 7714301
Unger, GarryGarry Unger C 58 10 10 20 40-17100
Halward, DougDoug Halward D 51 4 15 19 96-2100
Wells, JayJay Wells D 72 5 13 18 1559001
St. Laurent, AndreAndre St. Laurent C 22 10 6 16 638002
Goldup, GlennGlenn Goldup RW 49 6 9 15 35-2000
Lewis, DaveDave Lewis D 67 1 12 13 9825000
Paul Kelly, JohnJohn Paul Kelly LW 19 3 6 9 84000
Chartraw, RickRick Chartraw D/RW 21 1 6 7 281001
Palmer, RobertRobert Palmer D 13 0 4 4 135000
Martin, RickRick Martin LW 1 1 1 2 01000
Luce, DonDon Luce C 10 1 0 1 2-4000
Lessard, MarioMario Lessard G 64 0 1 1 80000
Rutherford, JimJim Rutherford G 3 0 1 1 00000
Gibson, JohnJohn Gibson D 4 0 0 0 21-5000
Grahame, RonRon Grahame G 6 0 0 0 00000
Keans, DougDoug Keans G 9 0 0 0 70000
Morrison, DaveDave Morrison RW 3 0 0 0 0-1000
Pageau, PaulPaul Pageau G 1 0 0 0 00000
Schamehorn, KevinKevin Schamehorn RW 5 0 0 0 4-1000
Waddell, DonDon Waddell D 1 0 0 0 0-1000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Lessard, MarioMario Lessard 3746 64 35 18 11 203 3.25 2
Grahame, RonRon Grahame 360 6 3 2 1 28 4.67 0
Rutherford, JimJim Rutherford 180 3 3 0 0 10 3.33 0
Keans, DougDoug Keans 454 9 2 3 1 37 4.89 0
Pageau, PaulPaul Pageau 60 1 0 1 0 8 8.00 0
Team: 4800 80 43 24 13 286 3.57 2
Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Taylor, DaveDave Taylor RW 4 2 2 4 10100
Dionne, MarcelMarcel Dionne C 4 1 3 4 7100
Murphy, LarryLarry Murphy D 4 3 0 3 2100
Harris, BillyBilly Harris RW 4 2 1 3 0000
Hardy, MarkMark Hardy D 4 1 2 3 4100
Bonar, DanDan Bonar C 4 1 1 2 11010
Jensen, SteveSteve Jensen LW 4 0 2 2 7000
Lewis, DaveDave Lewis D 4 0 2 2 4000
Luce, DonDon Luce C 4 0 2 2 2000
Hopkins, DeanDean Hopkins RW 4 1 0 1 9001
Terrion, GregGreg Terrion LW 3 1 0 1 4100
Chartraw, RickRick Chartraw D/RW 4 0 1 1 4000
Fox, JimJim Fox RW 4 0 1 1 0000
Paul Kelly, JohnJohn Paul Kelly LW 4 0 1 1 25000
Murphy, MikeMike Murphy RW 1 0 1 1 0000
St. Laurent, AndreAndre St. Laurent C 3 0 1 1 9000
Korab, JerryJerry Korab D 4 0 0 0 33000
Lessard, MarioMario Lessard G 4 0 0 0 0000
Martin, RickRick Martin LW 1 0 0 0 0000
Rutherford, JimJim Rutherford G 1 0 0 0 0000
Wells, JayJay Wells D 4 0 0 0 27000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Lessard, MarioMario Lessard 220 4 1 3 20 5.45 0
Rutherford, JimJim Rutherford 20 1 0 0 2 6.00 0
Team: 240 4 1 3 22 5.50 0

[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;

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. "1980-81 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-25.

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