1981–82 Los Angeles Kings season

The 1981–82 Los Angeles Kings season was the franchise's 15th season in the National Hockey League. The Kings finished 4th in the Smythe Division and lost in the Division Finals to the Vancouver Canucks 4 games to 1.
==Off-season==
The Kings were moved to the Smythe Division. The Kings now were in a division with western teams.
==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 	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==
===Los Angeles Kings 3, Edmonton Oilers 2===
===Vancouver Canucks 4, Los Angeles Kings 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
 	C 	78	50	67	117	50 	-10	17 	1 	5
 	RW 	78	39	67	106	130	-4 	13 	0 	3
 	RW 	77	30	38	68 	23 	-15	5 	1 	0
 	D 	79	22	44	66 	95 	-13	8 	1 	2
 	LW 	71	33	23	56 	68 	-6 	10 	0 	5
 	D 	77	6 	39	45 	130	-12	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	50	15	24	39 	42 	-7 	3 	0 	2
 	LW 	61	15	22	37 	23 	-12	1 	0 	3
 	C 	79	13	23	36 	111	-4 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	22	14	18	32 	27 	2 	8 	1 	1
 	C 	80	16	14	30 	64 	-13	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	45	8 	19	27 	19 	-14	1 	0 	1
 	D 	42	11	15	26 	81 	0 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	70	12	11	23 	100	-21	0 	0 	0
 	D 	50	5 	13	18 	91 	-19	3 	0 	0
 	RW 	28	5 	10	15 	20 	0 	0 	2 	0
 	RW 	41	2 	13	15 	102	-20	0 	0 	0
 	D 	64	1 	13	14 	75 	-19	0 	0 	0
 	D 	46	3 	7 	10 	69 	-14	0 	0 	0
 	D/RW	33	2 	8 	10 	56 	-11	1 	0 	0
 	D 	60	1 	8 	9 	145	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	14	2 	6 	8 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	18	2 	6 	8 	65 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	11	0 	7 	7 	50 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	16	2 	4 	6 	28 	2 	0 	1 	0
 	LW 	3 	1 	3 	4 	2 	1 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	16	1 	3 	4 	6 	-9 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	2 	1 	3 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	1 	1 	2 	16 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0 	2 	2 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0 	2 	2 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	52	0 	2 	2 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0 	0 	0 	18 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	31	0 	0 	0 	0 	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
 	LW 	10	5	8	13 	12 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	10	7	4	11 	0 	4 	0 	0
 	LW 	10	4	7	11 	22 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	10	4	6	10 	20 	3 	0 	0
 	D 	10	2	8	10 	12 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	10	4	1	5 	6 	2 	0 	1
 	C 	10	3	2	5 	11 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	10	2	3	5 	11 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	9 	1	4	5 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	10	4	0	4 	23 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	10	1	3	4 	41 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	10	0	4	4 	15 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0	4	4 	36 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	10	2	1	3 	32 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	1	2	3 	9 	0 	0 	0
 	D/RW	10	0	2	2 	17 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0	2	2 	26 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	10	0	2	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	10	1	0	1 	14 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	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==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1981–82 NHL season
==References==
* 
Los Angeles Kings season, 1981–82
Los Angeles Kings season, 1981–82
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