1981–82 Los Angeles Kings season

The 1981–82 Los Angeles Kings season, was the Kings' 15th season in the National Hockey League. It 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.

1981–82 Los Angeles Kings
Division	4th Smythe
Conference	Campbell
1981–82 record	24–41–15
Goals for	314
Goals against	369
Team information
General manager	George Maguire
Coach	Parker MacDonald Don Perry
Captain	Dave Lewis
Alternate captains	None
Arena	The Forum
Average attendance	10,742
Team leaders
Goals	Marcel Dionne (51)
Assists	Marcel Dionne (67)
Points	Marcel Dionne (117)
Penalty minutes	Jay Wells (145)
Plus/minus	John Gibson (4)
Wins	Mario Lessard (13)
Goals against average	Mario Lessard (4.39)

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	286	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

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

Smythe Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Campbell Conference Vs. Smythe Division 1981–82 NHL records Team CGY COL EDM LAK VAN Total Calgary — 6−2 2−5−1 4−3−1 3−3−2 15−13−4 Colorado 2−6 — 2−5−1 2−4−2 2−4−2 8−19−5 Edmonton 5−2−1 5−2−1 — 5−1−2 5−2−1 20−7−5 Los Angeles 3−4−1 4−2−2 1−5−2 — 3−2−3 11−13−8 Vancouver 3−3−2 4−2−2 2−5−1 2−3−3 — 11−13−8 Vs. Norris Division 1981–82 NHL records Team CHI DET MIN STL TOR WIN Total Calgary 0−2−1 1−1−1 0−1−2 1−2 1−0−2 1−2 4−8−6 Colorado 2−1 0−3 0−1−2 1−2 0−1−2 1−2 4−10−4 Edmonton 1−1−1 2−0−1 2−0−1 3−0 2−1 2−1 12−3−3 Los Angeles 0−3 2−1 0−2−1 2−1 1−2 0−3 5−12−1 Vancouver 2−1 1−1−1 1−1−1 1−2 2−0−1 2−1 9−6−3 Vs. Wales Conference Vs. Adams Division 1981–82 NHL records Team BOS BUF HFD MTL QUE Total Calgary 1−1−1 2−0−1 2−1 1−2 3−0 9−4−2 Colorado 0−3 0−3 2−0−1 0−2−1 1−2 3−10−2 Edmonton 0−1−2 2−1 2−0−1 0−1−2 1−2 5−5−5 Los Angeles 0−3 1−2 0−2−1 1−2 1−0−2 3−9−3 Vancouver 1−2 1−1−1 2−0−1 1−2 1−1−1 6−6−3 Vs. Patrick Division 1981–82 NHL records Team NYI NYR PHI PIT WSH Total Calgary 0−1−2 0−2−1 0−3 1−0−2 0−3 1−9−5 Colorado 0−2−1 0−2−1 1−2 0−3 2−1 3−10−2 Edmonton 1−1−1 3−0 2−1 3−0 2−0−1 11−2−2 Los Angeles 2−1 1−2 0−2−1 1−1−1 1−1−1 5−7−3 Vancouver 1−2 0−3 2−0–1 0–2−1 1−1−1 4–8–3

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 Marcel Dionne C 78 50 67 117 50 -10 17 1 5 Dave Taylor RW 78 39 67 106 130 -4 13 0 3 Jim Fox RW 77 30 38 68 23 -15 5 1 0 Larry Murphy D 79 22 44 66 95 -13 8 1 2 Steve Bozek LW 71 33 23 56 68 -6 10 0 5 Mark Hardy D 77 6 39 45 130 -12 1 0 0 Charlie Simmer LW 50 15 24 39 42 -7 3 0 2 Greg Terrion LW 61 15 22 37 23 -12 1 0 3 Dan Bonar C 79 13 23 36 111 -4 1 0 0 Bernie Nicholls C 22 14 18 32 27 2 8 1 1 Doug Smith C 80 16 14 30 64 -13 1 0 1 Steve Jensen LW 45 8 19 27 19 -14 1 0 1 Ian Turnbull D 42 11 15 26 81 0 1 0 1 John Paul Kelly LW 70 12 11 23 100 -21 0 0 0 Jerry Korab D 50 5 13 18 91 -19 3 0 0 Mike Murphy RW 28 5 10 15 20 0 0 2 0 Dean Hopkins RW 41 2 13 15 102 -20 0 0 0 Dave Lewis D 64 1 13 14 75 -19 0 0 0 Trevor Johansen D 46 3 7 10 69 -14 0 0 0 Rick Chartraw D/RW 33 2 8 10 56 -11 1 0 0 Jay Wells D 60 1 8 9 145 2 0 0 0 Daryl Evans LW 14 2 6 8 2 2 0 0 0 Al Hangsleben D 18 2 6 8 65 3 0 0 0 Paul Mulvey LW 11 0 7 7 50 0 0 0 0 Andre St. Laurent C 16 2 4 6 28 2 0 1 0 Billy Harris RW 16 1 3 4 6 -9 0 0 0 Rick Martin LW 3 1 3 4 2 1 1 0 0 Scott Gruhl LW 7 2 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 Al Sims D 8 1 1 2 16 -3 0 0 0 Warren Holmes C 3 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 Mario Lessard G 52 0 2 2 6 0 0 0 0 Robert Palmer D 5 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 Mike Blake G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 John Gibson D 6 0 0 0 18 4 0 0 0 Glenn Goldup RW 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Doug Keans G 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dave Morrison RW 4 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 Jim Rutherford G 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bobby Sheehan C 4 0 0 0 2 -2 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO Mario Lessard 2933 52 13 28 8 213 4.36 2 Doug Keans 1436 31 8 10 7 103 4.30 0 Jim Rutherford 380 7 3 3 0 43 6.79 0 Mike 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 SHG GWG Daryl Evans LW 10 5 8 13 12 1 0 1 Marcel Dionne C 10 7 4 11 0 4 0 0 Charlie Simmer LW 10 4 7 11 22 1 0 1 Dave Taylor RW 10 4 6 10 20 3 0 0 Larry Murphy D 10 2 8 10 12 1 0 0 Steve Bozek LW 10 4 1 5 6 2 0 1 Doug Smith C 10 3 2 5 11 1 0 0 Dan Bonar C 10 2 3 5 11 0 0 0 Jim Fox RW 9 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 Bernie Nicholls C 10 4 0 4 23 0 0 1 Jay Wells D 10 1 3 4 41 0 0 0 Dean Hopkins RW 10 0 4 4 15 0 0 0 Dave Lewis D 10 0 4 4 36 0 0 0 Mike Murphy RW 10 2 1 3 32 0 0 0 Mark Hardy D 10 1 2 3 9 0 0 0 Rick Chartraw D/RW 10 0 2 2 17 0 0 0 Jerry Korab D 10 0 2 2 26 0 0 0 Mario Lessard G 10 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 John Paul Kelly LW 10 1 0 1 14 1 0 0 Doug Keans G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brock Tredway RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO Mario Lessard 583 10 4 5 41 4.22 0 Doug Keans 32 2 0 1 1 1.88 0 Team: 615 10 4 6 42 4.10 0

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;

Transactions

The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1981–82 season.

Trades

August 10, 1981	To Los Angeles Kings 5th round pick in 1983 – Garry Galley	To Edmonton Oilers Jay McFarlane
August 10, 1981	To Los Angeles Kings Bob Gladney 6th round pick in 1983 – Kevin Stevens	To Toronto Maple Leafs Don Luce
November 11, 1981	To Los Angeles Kings Ian Turnbull	To Toronto Maple Leafs John Gibson Billy Harris

Free agent signings

May 11, 1981	From Cornell University (ECAC) Brock Tredway
July 8, 1981	From Colorado Rockies Bobby Sheehan
August 5, 1981	From Kingston Canadians (OHL) Howard Scruton
January 4, 1982	From Washington Capitals Alan Hangsleben
January 5, 1982	From Ohio State University (NCAA) Mike Blake
April 5, 1982	From University of North Dakota (WCHA) Phil Sykes

Waivers

October 5, 1981	From Hartford Whalers Al Sims
October 5, 1981	From Colorado Rockies Trevor Johansen
December 30, 1981	From Pittsburgh Penguins Paul Mulvey
February 19, 1982	To Toronto Maple Leafs Trevor Johansen
February 23, 1982	To Pittsburgh Penguins André St. Laurent

Draft picks

Los Angeles's draft picks at the 1981 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	2	Doug Smith	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)
2	39	Dean Kennedy	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
4	81	Marty Dallman	Canada	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (ECAC)
6	123	Brad Thompson	Canada	London Knights (OMJHL)
7	134	Craig Hurley	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
7	144	Peter Sawkins	United States	St. Paul Academy (USHS-MN)
8	165	Dan Brennan	Canada	University of North Dakota (WCHA)
9	186	Al Tuer	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
10	207	Jeff Baikie	Canada	Cornell University (ECAC)

See also

• 1981–82 NHL season

References

• "1981–82 Los Angeles Kings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 6, 2009.