1981–82 Los Angeles Kings season

The 1981–82 Los Angeles Kings season saw the Kings make the playoffs, winning the first round before falling in the second round to the Vancouver Canucks. The first round upset of the heavily favored Edmonton Oilers is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in NHL history.

Offseason

The Kings were moved to the Smythe Division. The Kings now were in a division with western teams.

Regular season

Final standings

Smythe Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Edmonton Oilers	80	48	17	15	417	295	111
Vancouver Canucks	80	30	33	17	290	288	77
Calgary Flames	80	29	34	17	334	345	75
Los Angeles Kings	80	24	41	15	314	369	63
Colorado Rockies	80	18	49	13	241	362	49

^[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	L	October 7, 1981	1–4	New York Islanders (1981–82)	0–1–0
2	L	October 10, 1981	4–7	Edmonton Oilers (1981–82)	0–2–0
3	W	October 13, 1981	4–3	Calgary Flames (1981–82)	1–2–0
4	W	October 15, 1981	10–2	Colorado Rockies (1981–82)	2–2–0
5	L	October 17, 1981	4–5	Boston Bruins (1981–82)	2–3–0
6	W	October 20, 1981	9–6	@ New York Islanders (1981–82)	3–3–0
7	W	October 21, 1981	5–2	@ New York Rangers (1981–82)	4–3–0
8	L	October 24, 1981	3–6	@ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	4–4–0
9	L	October 25, 1981	4–9	@ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82)	4–5–0
10	W	October 27, 1981	8–7	Quebec Nordiques (1981–82)	5–5–0
11	W	October 29, 1981	4–3	Washington Capitals (1981–82)	6–5–0
12	L	October 31, 1981	4–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1981–82)	6–6–0
13	L	November 4, 1981	4–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82)	6–7–0
14	L	November 5, 1981	2–10	@ Detroit Red Wings (1981–82)	6–8–0
15	L	November 7, 1981	4–9	Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82)	6–9–0
16	W	November 10, 1981	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1981–82)	7–9–0
17	W	November 12, 1981	5–2	St. Louis Blues (1981–82)	8–9–0
18	L	November 14, 1981	2–3	Winnipeg Jets (1981–82)	8–10–0
19	W	November 18, 1981	8–1	Detroit Red Wings (1981–82)	9–10–0
20	L	November 19, 1981	3–6	@ Calgary Flames (1981–82)	9–11–0
21	L	November 21, 1981	1–7	Buffalo Sabres (1981–82)	9–12–0
22	L	November 25, 1981	4–11	@ Edmonton Oilers (1981–82)	9–13–0
23	L	November 26, 1981	1–7	@ Calgary Flames (1981–82)	9–14–0
24	W	November 28, 1981	3–2	Vancouver Canucks (1981–82)	10–14–0
25	L	December 2, 1981	3–4	New York Rangers (1981–82)	10–15–0
26	L	December 5, 1981	2–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82)	10–16–0
27	T	December 9, 1981	5–5	Edmonton Oilers (1981–82)	10–16–1
28	W	December 12, 1981	7–5	Vancouver Canucks (1981–82)	11–16–1
29	W	December 15, 1981	4–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1981–82)	12–16–1
30	L	December 16, 1981	6–7	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82)	12–17–1
31	T	December 19, 1981	5–5	@ Hartford Whalers (1981–82)	12–17–2
32	L	December 20, 1981	4–6	@ Boston Bruins (1981–82)	12–18–2
33	L	December 22, 1981	2–4	@ Colorado Rockies (1981–82)	12–19–2
34	W	December 23, 1981	8–4	Colorado Rockies (1981–82)	13–19–2
35	T	December 26, 1981	2–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1981–82)	13–19–3
36	L	December 27, 1981	3–10	@ Edmonton Oilers (1981–82)	13–20–3
37	L	December 30, 1981	2–3	@ Colorado Rockies (1981–82)	13–21–3
38	T	January 2, 1982	5–5	Calgary Flames (1981–82)	13–21–4
39	L	January 5, 1982	3–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82)	13–22–4
40	T	January 7, 1982	3–3	@ Washington Capitals (1981–82)	13–22–5
41	L	January 9, 1982	3–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82)	13–23–5
42	L	January 10, 1982	4–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1981–82)	13–24–5
43	L	January 12, 1982	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1981–82)	13–25–5
44	L	January 14, 1982	2–5	@ Calgary Flames (1981–82)	13–26–5
45	T	January 15, 1982	3–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1981–82)	13–26–6
46	T	January 19, 1982	4–4	Colorado Rockies (1981–82)	13–26–7
47	T	January 21, 1982	3–3	Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	13–26–8
48	T	January 23, 1982	3–3	@ Colorado Rockies (1981–82)	13–26–9
49	T	January 24, 1982	5–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1981–82)	13–26–10
50	T	January 27, 1982	4–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82)	13–26–11
51	W	January 30, 1982	7–4	St. Louis Blues (1981–82)	14–26–11
52	L	January 31, 1982	3–6	New York Rangers (1981–82)	14–27–11
53	L	February 2, 1982	3–5	Hartford Whalers (1981–82)	14–28–11
54	W	February 6, 1982	5–4	Vancouver Canucks (1981–82)	15–28–11
55	L	February 7, 1982	2–7	Montreal Canadiens (1981–82)	15–29–11
56	T	February 11, 1982	4–4	Quebec Nordiques (1981–82)	15–29–12
57	T	February 13, 1982	3–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82)	15–29–13
58	L	February 14, 1982	4–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82)	15–30–13
59	L	February 17, 1982	2–5	Washington Capitals (1981–82)	15–31–13
60	W	February 20, 1982	6–2	Calgary Flames (1981–82)	16–31–13
61	W	February 24, 1982	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (1981–82)	17–31–13
62	L	February 27, 1982	3–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82)	17–32–13
63	T	March 1, 1982	5–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1981–82)	17–32–14
64	W	March 3, 1982	4–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82)	18–32–14
65	L	March 6, 1982	0–4	@ Boston Bruins (1981–82)	18–33–14
66	L	March 7, 1982	6–7	@ Hartford Whalers (1981–82)	18–34–14
67	W	March 9, 1982	2–0	@ Colorado Rockies (1981–82)	19–34–14
68	W	March 10, 1982	3–2	Edmonton Oilers (1981–82)	20–34–14
69	W	March 13, 1982	3–0	New York Islanders (1981–82)	21–34–14
70	T	March 15, 1982	3–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1981–82)	21–34–15
71	W	March 17, 1982	9–4	Calgary Flames (1981–82)	22–34–15
72	W	March 20, 1982	7–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82)	23–34–15
73	L	March 22, 1982	2–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	23–35–15
74	L	March 24, 1982	3–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82)	23–36–15
75	W	March 27, 1982	9–4	Colorado Rockies (1981–82)	24–36–15
76	L	March 28, 1982	2–6	Edmonton Oilers (1981–82)	24–37–15
77	L	March 30, 1982	5–7	@ Calgary Flames (1981–82)	24–38–15
78	L	March 31, 1982	3–7	@ Edmonton Oilers (1981–82)	24–39–15
79	L	April 3, 1982	0–6	Vancouver Canucks (1981–82)	24–40–15
80	L	April 4, 1982	4–7	@ Vancouver Canucks (1981–82)	24–41–15

Playoffs

Miracle on Manchester

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Dionne, MarcelMarcel Dionne	C	78	50	67	117	50	-10	17	1	5
Taylor, DaveDave Taylor	RW	78	39	67	106	130	-4	13	0	3
Fox, JimJim Fox	RW	77	30	38	68	23	-15	5	1	0
Murphy, LarryLarry Murphy	D	79	22	44	66	95	-13	8	1	2
Bozek, SteveSteve Bozek	LW	71	33	23	56	68	-6	10	0	5
Hardy, MarkMark Hardy	D	77	6	39	45	130	-12	1	0	0
Simmer, CharlieCharlie Simmer	LW	50	15	24	39	42	-7	3	0	2
Terrion, GregGreg Terrion	LW	61	15	22	37	23	-12	1	0	3
Bonar, DanDan Bonar	C	79	13	23	36	111	-4	1	0	0
Nicholls, BernieBernie Nicholls	C	22	14	18	32	27	2	8	1	1
Smith, DougDoug Smith	C	80	16	14	30	64	-13	1	0	1
Jensen, SteveSteve Jensen	LW	45	8	19	27	19	-14	1	0	1
Turnbull, IanIan Turnbull	D	42	11	15	26	81	0	1	0	1
Paul Kelly, JohnJohn Paul Kelly	LW	70	12	11	23	100	-21	0	0	0
Korab, JerryJerry Korab	D	50	5	13	18	91	-19	3	0	0
Murphy, MikeMike Murphy	RW	28	5	10	15	20	0	0	2	0
Hopkins, DeanDean Hopkins	RW	41	2	13	15	102	-20	0	0	0
Lewis, DaveDave Lewis	D	64	1	13	14	75	-19	0	0	0
Johansen, TrevorTrevor Johansen	D	46	3	7	10	69	-14	0	0	0
Chartraw, RickRick Chartraw	D/RW	33	2	8	10	56	-11	1	0	0
Wells, JayJay Wells	D	60	1	8	9	145	2	0	0	0
Evans, DarylDaryl Evans	LW	14	2	6	8	2	2	0	0	0
Hangsleben, AlAl Hangsleben	D	18	2	6	8	65	3	0	0	0
Mulvey, PaulPaul Mulvey	LW	11	0	7	7	50	0	0	0	0
St. Laurent, AndreAndre St. Laurent	C	16	2	4	6	28	2	0	1	0
Harris, BillyBilly Harris	RW	16	1	3	4	6	-9	0	0	0
Martin, RickRick Martin	LW	3	1	3	4	2	1	1	0	0
Gruhl, ScottScott Gruhl	LW	7	2	1	3	2	1	0	0	0
Sims, AlAl Sims	D	8	1	1	2	16	-3	0	0	0
Holmes, WarrenWarren Holmes	C	3	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0
Lessard, MarioMario Lessard	G	52	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	0
Palmer, RobertRobert Palmer	D	5	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0
Blake, MikeMike Blake	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gibson, JohnJohn Gibson	D	6	0	0	0	18	4	0	0	0
Goldup, GlennGlenn Goldup	RW	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Keans, DougDoug Keans	G	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Morrison, DaveDave Morrison	RW	4	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Rutherford, JimJim Rutherford	G	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sheehan, BobbyBobby Sheehan	C	4	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Lessard, MarioMario Lessard	2933	52	13	28	8	213	4.36	2
Keans, DougDoug Keans	1436	31	8	10	7	103	4.30	0
Rutherford, JimJim Rutherford	380	7	3	3	0	43	6.79	0
Blake, MikeMike Blake	51	2	0	0	0	2	2.35	0
Team:	4800	80	24	41	15	361	4.51	2

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	GWG
Evans, DarylDaryl Evans	LW	10	5	8	13	12	1	1
Dionne, MarcelMarcel Dionne	C	10	7	4	11	0	4	0
Simmer, CharlieCharlie Simmer	LW	10	4	7	11	22	1	1
Taylor, DaveDave Taylor	RW	10	4	6	10	20	3	0
Murphy, LarryLarry Murphy	D	10	2	8	10	12	1	0
Bozek, SteveSteve Bozek	LW	10	4	1	5	6	2	1
Smith, DougDoug Smith	C	10	3	2	5	11	1	0
Bonar, DanDan Bonar	C	10	2	3	5	11	0	0
Fox, JimJim Fox	RW	9	1	4	5	0	0	0
Nicholls, BernieBernie Nicholls	C	10	4	0	4	23	0	1
Wells, JayJay Wells	D	10	1	3	4	41	0	0
Hopkins, DeanDean Hopkins	RW	10	0	4	4	15	0	0
Lewis, DaveDave Lewis	D	10	0	4	4	36	0	0
Murphy, MikeMike Murphy	RW	10	2	1	3	32	0	0
Hardy, MarkMark Hardy	D	10	1	2	3	9	0	0
Chartraw, RickRick Chartraw	D/RW	10	0	2	2	17	0	0
Korab, JerryJerry Korab	D	10	0	2	2	26	0	0
Lessard, MarioMario Lessard	G	10	0	2	2	2	0	0
Paul Kelly, JohnJohn Paul Kelly	LW	10	1	0	1	14	1	0
Keans, DougDoug Keans	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tredway, BrockBrock Tredway	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA
Lessard, MarioMario Lessard	583	10	4	5	41	4.22
Keans, DougDoug Keans	32	2	0	1	1	1.88
Team:	615	10	4	6	42	4.10

^[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.
↑ "1981-82 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-25.

"1981–82 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 Anze Kopitar Current roster

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

Rivalries	Anaheim Ducks San Jose Sharks

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 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1981–82 NHL season

Patrick	NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington

Adams	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Quebec

Norris	Chicago Detroit Minnesota St. Louis Toronto Winnipeg

Smythe	Calgary Colorado Edmonton Los Angeles Vancouver

See also	Draft All-Star Game Miracle on Manchester Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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1981–82 Los Angeles Kings season

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

See also

References

External links