1970–71 Los Angeles Kings season

The 1970–71 Los Angeles Kings season was the franchise's 4th season in the National Hockey League. The Kings finished 5th in the West Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W 	October 9, 1970 	3–1 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1970–71) 	1–0–0
2 	L 	October 14, 1970 	5–8 	Boston Bruins (1970–71) 	1–1–0
3 	W 	October 17, 1970 	6–1 	California Golden Seals (1970–71) 	2–1–0
5 	W 	October 24, 1970 	3–1 	St. Louis Blues (1970–71) 	4–1–0
6 	L 	October 28, 1970 	3–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71) 	4–2–0
7 	L 	October 29, 1970 	1–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71) 	4–3–0
8 	L 	October 31, 1970 	0–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1970–71) 	4–4–0
9 	W 	November 1, 1970 	4–2 	Buffalo Sabres (1970–71) 	5–4–0
10 	W 	November 4, 1970 	3–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71) 	6–4–0
11 	L 	November 7, 1970 	2–6 	New York Rangers (1970–71) 	6–5–0
12 	W 	November 10, 1970 	5–1 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71) 	7–5–0
13 	L 	November 11, 1970 	1–3 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1970–71) 	7–6–0
14 	T 	November 15, 1970 	4–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1970–71) 	7–6–1
15 	L 	November 18, 1970 	3–5 	New York Rangers (1970–71) 	7–7–1
16 	L 	November 20, 1970 	1–7 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1970–71) 	7–8–1
17 	L 	November 21, 1970 	1–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1970–71) 	7–9–1
18 	W 	November 25, 1970 	3–1 	@ California Golden Seals (1970–71)	8–9–1
19 	L 	November 28, 1970 	2–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1970–71) 	8–10–1
20 	L 	November 29, 1970 	3–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71) 	8–11–1
21 	L 	December 2, 1970 	0–7 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71) 	8–12–1
22 	T 	December 3, 1970 	4–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1970–71) 	8–12–2
23 	T 	December 5, 1970 	4–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71) 	8–12–3
24 	T 	December 9, 1970 	2–2 	New York Rangers (1970–71) 	8–12–4
25 	L 	December 12, 1970 	1–8 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1970–71) 	8–13–4
26 	L 	December 13, 1970 	0–4 	@ New York Rangers (1970–71) 	8–14–4
27 	L 	December 16, 1970 	4–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1970–71) 	8–15–4
28 	L 	December 17, 1970 	3–4 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1970–71) 	8–16–4
29 	T 	December 19, 1970 	2–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71) 	8–16–5
30 	W 	December 20, 1970 	7–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1970–71) 	9–16–5
31 	L 	December 23, 1970 	4–6 	Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71) 	9–17–5
32 	W 	December 26, 1970 	9–3 	California Golden Seals (1970–71) 	10–17–5
33 	L 	December 30, 1970 	1–4 	Vancouver Canucks (1970–71) 	10–18–5
34 	T 	January 2, 1971 	3–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1970–71) 	10–18–6
35 	L 	January 3, 1971 	3–7 	St. Louis Blues (1970–71) 	10–19–6
36 	W 	January 6, 1971 	4–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71) 	11–19–6
37 	T 	January 7, 1971 	5–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71) 	11–19–7
38 	L 	January 9, 1971 	0–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1970–71) 	11–20–7
39 	T 	January 10, 1971 	2–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1970–71) 	11–20–8
40 	L 	January 13, 1971 	2–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71) 	11–21–8
41 	L 	January 14, 1971 	5–9 	@ Boston Bruins (1970–71) 	11–22–8
42 	L 	January 16, 1971 	1–8 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71) 	11–23–8
43 	W 	January 17, 1971 	4–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71) 	12–23–8
44 	W 	January 21, 1971 	4–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71) 	13–23–8
45 	W 	January 23, 1971 	3–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71) 	14–23–8
46 	T 	January 27, 1971 	3–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1970–71) 	14–23–9
47 	T 	January 30, 1971 	3–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1970–71) 	14–23–10
48 	T 	January 31, 1971 	2–2 	@ New York Rangers (1970–71) 	14–23–11
49 	L 	February 3, 1971 	3–7 	@ Boston Bruins (1970–71) 	14–24–11
50 	L 	February 4, 1971 	2–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1970–71) 	14–25–11
51 	W 	February 6, 1971 	6–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1970–71) 	15–25–11
52 	W 	February 10, 1971 	5–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1970–71) 	16–25–11
53 	L 	February 13, 1971 	1–8 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71) 	16–26–11
54 	L 	February 14, 1971 	0–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1970–71) 	16–27–11
55 	L 	February 17, 1971 	0–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71) 	16–28–11
56 	W 	February 20, 1971 	5–4 	Boston Bruins (1970–71) 	17–28–11
57 	L 	February 21, 1971 	5–7 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71) 	17–29–11
58 	L 	February 24, 1971 	1–5 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1970–71) 	17–30–11
59 	L 	February 25, 1971 	3–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1970–71) 	17–31–11
60 	L 	February 27, 1971 	1–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71) 	17–32–11
61 	W 	February 28, 1971 	8–3 	@ California Golden Seals (1970–71)	18–32–11
62 	T 	March 3, 1971 	3–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1970–71) 	18–32–12
63 	L 	March 6, 1971 	2–8 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1970–71) 	18–33–12
64 	L 	March 7, 1971 	2–4 	@ New York Rangers (1970–71) 	18–34–12
65 	W 	March 9, 1971 	4–0 	@ St. Louis Blues (1970–71) 	19–34–12
66 	L 	March 11, 1971 	2–7 	Boston Bruins (1970–71) 	19–35–12
67 	W 	March 13, 1971 	5–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1970–71) 	20–35–12
68 	L 	March 16, 1971 	2–7 	Minnesota North Stars (1970–71) 	20–36–12
69 	W 	March 18, 1971 	3–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71) 	21–36–12
70 	W 	March 20, 1971 	8–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71) 	22–36–12
71 	L 	March 21, 1971 	2–5 	@ California Golden Seals (1970–71)	22–37–12
72 	L 	March 23, 1971 	1–3 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1970–71) 	22–38–12
73 	W 	March 25, 1971 	5–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71) 	23–38–12
74 	L 	March 27, 1971 	3–6 	St. Louis Blues (1970–71) 	23–39–12
75 	L 	March 30, 1971 	3–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (1970–71) 	23–40–12
76 	T 	March 31, 1971 	2–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1970–71) 	23–40–13
77 	W 	April 3, 1971 	6–4 	California Golden Seals (1970–71) 	24–40–13
78 	W 	April 4, 1971 	4–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1970–71) 	25–40–13
==Playoffs==
*The Kings did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
Regular Season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	78	25	40	65 	24 	-11	5 	0 	4
 	LW 	77	25	38	63 	52 	-5 	4 	0 	2
 	LW 	76	25	28	53 	80 	-35	5 	2 	0
 	RW 	72	27	18	45 	14 	-5 	4 	0 	5
 	LW 	59	17	26	43 	53 	-15	6 	1 	2
 	C 	69	20	21	41 	14 	-10	3 	0 	1
 	RW 	64	13	24	37 	57 	-30	5 	0 	0
 	D 	78	6 	27	33 	96 	-9 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	61	15	13	28 	8 	-8 	3 	0 	3
 	C 	33	14	13	27 	8 	-7 	2 	1 	1
 	C 	45	11	10	21 	16 	-22	1 	0 	0
 	D 	62	1 	19	20 	29 	-15	0 	0 	0
 	D 	66	3 	16	19 	41 	-14	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	65	6 	12	18 	46 	-15	0 	1 	2
 	RW 	68	9 	7 	16 	12 	-1 	1 	1 	1
 	D 	70	4 	10	14 	52 	-16	0 	0 	0
 	D 	67	3 	11	14 	45 	-29	1 	0 	0
 	D 	64	1 	13	14 	82 	-18	0 	0 	0
 	D 	18	3 	8 	11 	4 	1 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	43	3 	6 	9 	22 	-7 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	19	2 	5 	7 	2 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	11	2 	2 	4 	8 	-3 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	4 	1 	3 	4 	2 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	2 	1 	3 	0 	2 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	7 	1 	0 	1 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C/RW	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	25	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	60	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals 
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts 
==Awards and Records==
*The Kings did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Gallery==
11Mar1971-Espo's_59th.jpg|Phil Esposito breaks the record for goals in a season with his 59th, March 11, 1971.
Esposito_59th_goal.gif|Phil Esposito breaks the record for goals in a season with his 59th, March 11, 1971.
==See Also==
*1970–71 NHL season
==References==
==External Links==
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