1992–93 Los Angeles Kings season

The 1992–93 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' 25th season. The season involved appearing in the Stanley Cup. During their playoff run, the Los Angeles Kings played against Canadian teams all throughout the playoffs (Calgary Flames, Vancouver Canucks, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens).
==Off-season==
In the 1992 NHL Entry Draft, the Kings chose Justin Hocking with their first pick, 39th overall, in the second round.
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
See also 1992–93 Los Angeles Kings: Head-to-Head Results
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 6, 1992 	5–4 OT 	@ Calgary Flames (1992–93) 	1–0–0
2 	L 	October 8, 1992 	3–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1992–93) 	1–1–0
3 	W 	October 10, 1992 	6–3 	Winnipeg Jets (1992–93) 	2–1–0
4 	W 	October 13, 1992 	2–1 	San Jose Sharks (1992–93) 	3–1–0
5 	W 	October 15, 1992 	4–0 	Calgary Flames (1992–93) 	4–1–0
6 	W 	October 17, 1992 	8–6 	Boston Bruins (1992–93) 	5–1–0
7 	L 	October 20, 1992 	2–6 	@ Calgary Flames (1992–93) 	5–2–0
8 	L 	October 23, 1992 	2–4 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1992–93) 	5–3–0
9 	T 	October 24, 1992 	5–5 OT 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1992–93)	5–3–1
10 	W 	October 27, 1992 	4–3 	@ New York Islanders (1992–93) 	6–3–1
11 	L 	October 29, 1992 	3–8 	@ Boston Bruins (1992–93) 	6–4–1
12 	W 	October 31, 1992 	7–1 	@ Hartford Whalers (1992–93) 	7–4–1
13 	W 	November 5, 1992 	5–2 	New Jersey Devils (1992–93) 	8–4–1
14 	W 	November 7, 1992 	5–2 	Buffalo Sabres (1992–93) 	9–4–1
15 	W 	November 8, 1992 	11–4 	@ San Jose Sharks (1992–93) 	10–4–1
16 	T 	November 10, 1992 	4–4 OT 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1992–93) 	10–4–2
17 	W 	November 12, 1992 	7–4 	Vancouver Canucks (1992–93) 	11–4–2
18 	W 	November 14, 1992 	6–2 	Edmonton Oilers (1992–93) 	12–4–2
19 	L 	November 16, 1992 	3–6 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1992–93) 	12–5–2
20 	L 	November 17, 1992 	0–6 	@ San Jose Sharks (1992–93) 	12–6–2
21 	W 	November 19, 1992 	4–1 	Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93) 	13–6–2
22 	W 	November 21, 1992 	6–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93) 	14–6–2
23 	W 	November 25, 1992 	3–1 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1992–93) 	15–6–2
24 	W 	November 27, 1992 	5–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1992–93) 	16–6–2
25 	L 	November 28, 1992 	2–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93) 	16–7–2
26 	W 	December 1, 1992 	6–3 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93) 	17–7–2
27 	W 	December 3, 1992 	5–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93) 	18–7–2
28 	W 	December 5, 1992 	7–3 	Hartford Whalers (1992–93) 	19–7–2
29 	T 	December 8, 1992 	5–5 OT 	Montreal Canadiens (1992–93) 	19–7–3
30 	L 	December 10, 1992 	4–5 	Quebec Nordiques (1992–93) 	19–8–3
31 	W 	December 12, 1992 	6–3 	St. Louis Blues (1992–93) 	20–8–3
32 	L 	December 15, 1992 	2–3 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1992–93) 	20–9–3
33 	T 	December 18, 1992 	5–5 OT 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1992–93) 	20–9–4
34 	L 	December 19, 1992 	3–5 	@ Calgary Flames (1992–93) 	20–10–4
35 	L 	December 22, 1992 	2–6 	Vancouver Canucks (1992–93) 	20–11–4
36 	L 	December 26, 1992 	2–7 	@ San Jose Sharks (1992–93) 	20–12–4
37 	L 	December 29, 1992 	2–10 	Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93) 	20–13–4
38 	L 	December 31, 1992 	0–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1992–93) 	20–14–4
39 	T 	January 2, 1993 	5–5 OT 	Montreal Canadiens (1992–93) 	20–14–5
40 	L 	January 6, 1993 	3–6 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1992–93) 	20–15–5
41 	L 	January 8, 1993 	3–6 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1992–93) 	20–16–5
42 	W 	January 10, 1993 	5–4 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93) 	21–16–5
43 	W 	January 12, 1993 	3–2 	@ Ottawa Senators (1992–93) 	22–16–5
44 	L 	January 14, 1993 	1–7 	@ New Jersey Devils (1992–93) 	22–17–5
45 	L 	January 16, 1993 	2–5 	Winnipeg Jets (1992–93) 	22–18–5
46 	W 	January 19, 1993 	5–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1992–93) 	23–18–5
47 	L 	January 21, 1993 	4–5 	Vancouver Canucks (1992–93) 	23–19–5
48 	L 	January 23, 1993 	3–8 	New York Rangers (1992–93) 	23–20–5
49 	W 	January 26, 1993 	7–1 	San Jose Sharks (1992–93) 	24–20–5
50 	L 	January 28, 1993 	1–2 	Calgary Flames (1992–93) 	24–21–5
51 	T 	January 30, 1993 	2–2 OT 	Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93) 	24–21–6
52 	L 	February 2, 1993 	2–3 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1992–93) 	24–22–6
53 	L 	February 3, 1993 	2–7 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1992–93) 	24–23–6
54 	L 	February 9, 1993 	3–6 	Edmonton Oilers (1992–93) 	24–24–6
55 	T 	February 11, 1993 	6–6 OT 	Detroit Red Wings (1992–93) 	24–24–7
56 	L 	February 13, 1993 	3–10 	Washington Capitals (1992–93) 	24–25–7
57 	W 	February 15, 1993 	3–0 	Vancouver Canucks (1992–93) 	25–25–7
58 	W 	February 17, 1993 	10–5 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1992–93)	26–25–7
59 	L 	February 18, 1993 	2–7 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93) 	26–26–7
60 	L 	February 20, 1993 	3–7 	@ Washington Capitals (1992–93) 	26–27–7
61 	W 	February 22, 1993 	5–2 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1992–93) 	27–27–7
62 	L 	February 25, 1993 	0–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1992–93) 	27–28–7
63 	L 	February 27, 1993 	2–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93) 	27–29–7
64 	W 	March 2, 1993 	6–2 	Calgary Flames (1992–93) 	28–29–7
65 	W 	March 4, 1993 	8–6 	Ottawa Senators (1992–93) 	29–29–7
66 	W 	March 6, 1993 	6–1 	Edmonton Oilers (1992–93) 	30–29–7
67 	L 	March 9, 1993 	3–4 	@ New York Rangers (1992–93) 	30–30–7
68 	L 	March 11, 1993 	3–4 OT 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93) 	30–31–7
69 	W 	March 15, 1993 	4–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1992–93) 	31–31–7
70 	W 	March 16, 1993 	8–4 	Winnipeg Jets (1992–93) 	32–31–7
71 	W 	March 18, 1993 	7–4 	New York Islanders (1992–93) 	33–31–7
72 	W 	March 20, 1993 	3–2 	St. Louis Blues (1992–93) 	34–31–7
73 	L 	March 24, 1993 	2–6 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1992–93) 	34–32–7
74 	W 	March 26, 1993 	4–1 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1992–93) 	35–32–7
75 	T 	March 28, 1993 	3–3 OT 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1992–93) 	35–32–8
76 	W 	March 29, 1993 	9–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1992–93) 	36–32–8
77 	T 	March 31, 1993 	5–5 OT 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93) 	36–32–9
78 	W 	April 1, 1993 	3–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93) 	37–32–9
79 	L 	April 3, 1993 	0–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1992–93) 	37–33–9
80 	T 	April 6, 1993 	3–3 OT 	Calgary Flames (1992–93) 	37–33–10
81 	W 	April 8, 1993 	2–1 	San Jose Sharks (1992–93) 	38–33–10
82 	W 	April 10, 1993 	3–2 OT 	@ San Jose Sharks (1992–93) 	39–33–10
83 	L 	April 13, 1993 	4–7 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1992–93) 	39–34–10
84 	L 	April 15, 1993 	6–8 	Vancouver Canucks (1992–93) 	39–35–10
==Playoffs==
===Western Conference Division Semifinals: Los Angeles Kings 4, Calgary Flames 2===
The Kings began their playoff run against the Calgary Flames. This was the sixth playoff series between these two teams. Los Angeles won three of the previous five meetings, including their most recent meeting in six games three years ago in the Smythe Division Finals. After trailing 2 games to 1, the Kings rebounded by winning three straight games enroute to a 4-2 series victory.
===Western Conference Division Finals: Los Angeles Kings 4, Vancouver Canucks 2===
In the Western Conference Division Finals, the Kings faced Pavel Bure and the Canucks. This was the third playoff series between these two teams. Both teams split their first two playoff meetings. Their most recent meeting occurred two years ago, which the Kings won in six games. This was the first Smythe Division Final since 1982 not to have either the Calgary Flames or the Edmonton Oilers. The Vancouver Canucks, who easily won the regular season Smythe Division title, were strong favorites over the Kings. However, the Kings dominated once again, winning the series in six games. 
===Western Conference Finals: Los Angeles Kings 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 3===
This exciting and very heated seven-game series has long been remembered by hockey fans. The Toronto Maple Leafs iced a highly competitive team for the first time in years and were hoping to break their 26—year Stanley Cup drought; they had not even been to the Final since their last Cup win in 1967. The Los Angeles Kings, led by captain Wayne Gretzky, also had high ambitions. During Game 1 (a dominating victory for the Leafs) Los Angeles blue-liner Marty McSorley delivered a serious open ice hit on Toronto's Doug Gilmour. Leafs captain Wendel Clark took exception to the hit and went after McSorley for striking their star player. Toronto coach Pat Burns tried scaling the bench to get at Los Angeles coach Barry Melrose because he thought he ordered the hit on Gilmour (McSorley later remarked in interviews that he received dozens of death threat messages on his hotel phone from angry fans). Toronto would take a 3–2 series lead after five games. Game 6 went back west to the Great Western Forum in Los Angeles; it too was not without controversy and was also decided on an overtime goal. During the 1992–93 season, there was a league-wide crackdown on high-sticking infractions, whether they were accidental or not. In Game 6, Gilmour was part of controversy once again. With the game tied at 4 in overtime, Wayne Gretzky accidentally clipped him in the face with the blade of his stick, while shooting a slap shot from the right face-off circle. Many thought that referee Kerry Fraser should have called a penalty on the play, but Gretzky was not penalized, and he went on to score the overtime goal moments later, evening the series at 3–3. He would score three goals in the deciding game to give Los Angeles a berth in the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in franchise history and also the first time the Kings win a playoff series against an Original Six team. Gretzky has been quoted as saying that his performance in Game 7 was the best NHL game of his career. 
*May 17 - Los Angeles 1 Toronto 4
*May 19 - Los Angeles 3 Toronto 2
*May 21 - Toronto 2 Los Angeles 4
*May 23 - Toronto 4 Los Angeles 2
*May 25 - Los Angeles 2 Toronto 3 (OT)
*May 27 - Toronto 4 Los Angeles 5 (OT)
*May 29 - Los Angeles 5 Toronto 4
Los Angeles wins best-of-seven series 4–3
===Stanley Cup Finals: Montreal Canadiens 4, Los Angeles Kings 1===
The Kings faced the Montreal Canadiens in the Stanley Cup Finals. Montreal had defeated the Quebec Nordiques, Buffalo Sabres, and New York Islanders to reach the finals. They had won seven overtime games throughout their playoff run. In game one, the Kings romped over the Canadiens by a score of 4-1, with Luc Robitaille scoring twice on the powerplay. However, game two was a much different story. With Los Angeles leading 2-1 in the game, Marty McSorley was penalized for having an illegal stick, prompting Montreal to storm back and win 3-2 in overtime. Following this, the Kings never recovered as Montreal would go on to win the next three games; two in overtime and one in regulation to capture their record-breaking 24th Stanley Cup championship.
Date 	Away 	Score	Home 	Score	Notes
June 1	Los Angeles	4 	Montreal 	1 	
June 3	Los Angeles	2 	Montreal 	3 	(OT)
June 5	Montreal 	4 	Los Angeles	3 	(OT)
June 7	Montreal 	3 	Los Angeles	2 	(OT)
June 9	Los Angeles	1 	Montreal 	4 	
Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4–1.
==Player Stats==
Regular Season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	84	63	62	125	100	18 	24 	2 	8
 	RW 	82	27	60	87 	38 	19 	12 	2 	3
 	RW 	81	37	45	82 	171	-1 	14 	2 	6
 	LW 	84	29	40	69 	45 	17 	8 	1 	2
 	C 	45	16	49	65 	6 	6 	0 	2 	1
 	D 	76	16	43	59 	152	18 	10 	0 	4
 	D 	50	8 	49	57 	50 	9 	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	39	25	27	52 	57 	12 	8 	0 	3
 	D 	78	12	36	48 	80 	-3 	5 	0 	2
 	D 	81	15	26	41 	399	1 	3 	3 	0
 	C 	42	23	16	39 	42 	16 	9 	2 	1
 	D 	80	6 	23	29 	63 	-2 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	82	2 	25	27 	64 	16 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	50	10	13	23 	27 	3 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	34	12	10	22 	14 	-2 	4 	0 	1
 	LW 	81	9 	8 	17 	20 	-16	0 	2 	1
 	RW 	48	6 	9 	15 	49 	1 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	70	6 	7 	13 	314	-15	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	40	6 	6 	12 	90 	0 	1 	0 	2
 	C 	49	2 	5 	7 	80 	-13	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	15	3 	3 	6 	8 	-3 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	25	2 	4 	6 	16 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	11	0 	5 	5 	2 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	50	0 	4 	4 	10 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	30	0 	4 	4 	76 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	12	2 	1 	3 	19 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	0 	3 	3 	4 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	1 	1 	2 	6 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	31	0 	2 	2 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	22	0 	2 	2 	18 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	18	0 	2 	2 	12 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	17	0 	1 	1 	23 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	20	0 	1 	1 	61 	-10	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	6 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	0 	0 	0 	12 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0 	0 	0 	5 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	10	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	9 	0 	0 	0 	56 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	10 	0 	0 	0 	0
Playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	24	15	25	40 	4 	6 	4 	1 	3
 	RW 	24	8 	17	25 	12 	-2 	2 	0 	2
 	LW 	24	9 	13	22 	28 	-13	4 	0 	2
 	RW 	24	9 	8 	17 	12 	2 	2 	2 	0
 	RW 	24	6 	11	17 	50 	3 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	24	6 	7 	13 	14 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	23	6 	7 	13 	39 	4 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	24	3 	9 	12 	26 	-4 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	24	3 	8 	11 	16 	4 	2 	0 	0
 	LW 	24	6 	4 	10 	6 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	23	4 	6 	10 	46 	3 	1 	1 	0
 	D 	24	4 	6 	10 	60 	-2 	2 	0 	1
 	C 	18	5 	4 	9 	2 	1 	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	22	3 	5 	8 	31 	7 	0 	2 	0
 	C 	23	2 	4 	6 	12 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	23	1 	4 	5 	12 	9 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	17	2 	2 	4 	12 	-6 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	15	1 	2 	3 	30 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	22	0 	2 	2 	30 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	20	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	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; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage 
==Awards and Records==
*Clarence S. Campbell Bowl: Los Angeles Kings
*Luc Robitaille, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
*Luc Robitaille, Most Goals by a Left Wing in One Season (63) National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.182, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
Round	# 	Player 	Nationality
2 	39	Justin Hocking	
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
* 1992–93 NHL season
==References==
* Kings on Hockey Database
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