1979–80 Los Angeles Kings season

The 1979–80 Los Angeles Kings season was the franchise's 13th season in the National Hockey League. The Kings finished 2nd in the Norris Division and lost in the Preliminary round to the New York Islanders 3 games to 1.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
Just prior to the end of the season, the Kings sent Butch Goring to the Islanders and he would help the Islanders defeat the Kings on their way to their Stanley Cup win.
===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 	T 	October 10, 1979 	4–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1979–80) 	0–0–1
2 	W 	October 13, 1979 	5–3 	St. Louis Blues (1979–80) 	1–0–1
3 	L 	October 16, 1979 	6–8 	@ Washington Capitals (1979–80) 	1–1–1
4 	W 	October 17, 1979 	5–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80) 	2–1–1
5 	L 	October 19, 1979 	3–6 	@ Hartford Whalers (1979–80) 	2–2–1
6 	L 	October 20, 1979 	4–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1979–80) 	2–3–1
7 	W 	October 23, 1979 	7–4 	@ Colorado Rockies (1979–80) 	3–3–1
8 	W 	October 24, 1979 	5–3 	Washington Capitals (1979–80) 	4–3–1
9 	W 	October 27, 1979 	7–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80) 	5–3–1
10 	T 	October 30, 1979 	4–4 	Boston Bruins (1979–80) 	5–3–2
11 	W 	November 1, 1979 	4–2 	New York Rangers (1979–80) 	6–3–2
12 	L 	November 3, 1979 	1–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (1979–80) 	6–4–2
13 	W 	November 4, 1979 	5–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80) 	7–4–2
14 	L 	November 6, 1979 	1–4 	@ New York Islanders (1979–80) 	7–5–2
15 	L 	November 7, 1979 	4–8 	@ New York Rangers (1979–80) 	7–6–2
16 	T 	November 10, 1979 	6–6 	Minnesota North Stars (1979–80) 	7–6–3
17 	W 	November 13, 1979 	4–1 	Colorado Rockies (1979–80) 	8–6–3
18 	T 	November 15, 1979 	3–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80) 	8–6–4
19 	L 	November 17, 1979 	1–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1979–80) 	8–7–4
20 	W 	November 20, 1979 	5–1 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1979–80) 	9–7–4
21 	L 	November 21, 1979 	4–6 	Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 	9–8–4
22 	T 	November 24, 1979 	4–4 	New York Islanders (1979–80) 	9–8–5
23 	W 	November 27, 1979 	5–3 	Winnipeg Jets (1979–80) 	10–8–5
24 	W 	December 1, 1979 	7–0 	Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80) 	11–8–5
25 	W 	December 4, 1979 	6–2 	@ Atlanta Flames (1979–80) 	12–8–5
26 	L 	December 6, 1979 	4–9 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 	12–9–5
27 	L 	December 7, 1979 	2–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1979–80) 	12–10–5
28 	L 	December 9, 1979 	2–3 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1979–80) 	12–11–5
29 	W 	December 12, 1979 	7–4 	Hartford Whalers (1979–80) 	13–11–5
30 	W 	December 15, 1979 	4–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1979–80) 	14–11–5
31 	T 	December 19, 1979 	4–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80) 	14–11–6
32 	L 	December 20, 1979 	3–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) 	14–12–6
33 	W 	December 22, 1979 	9–3 	Edmonton Oilers (1979–80) 	15–12–6
34 	W 	December 27, 1979 	3–0 	Quebec Nordiques (1979–80) 	16–12–6
35 	W 	December 29, 1979 	4–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1979–80) 	17–12–6
36 	W 	January 2, 1980 	4–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1979–80) 	18–12–6
37 	T 	January 5, 1980 	3–3 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1979–80) 	18–12–7
38 	T 	January 6, 1980 	4–4 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1979–80) 	18–12–8
39 	L 	January 8, 1980 	3–6 	@ St. Louis Blues (1979–80) 	18–13–8
40 	W 	January 9, 1980 	6–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80) 	19–13–8
41 	W 	January 12, 1980 	6–5 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	20–13–8
42 	L 	January 13, 1980 	3–5 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1979–80) 	20–14–8
43 	L 	January 16, 1980 	2–4 	Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) 	20–15–8
44 	L 	January 19, 1980 	2–4 	Atlanta Flames (1979–80) 	20–16–8
45 	L 	January 22, 1980 	4–5 	New York Rangers (1979–80) 	20–17–8
46 	W 	January 24, 1980 	5–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80) 	21–17–8
47 	T 	January 26, 1980 	4–4 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	21–17–9
48 	L 	January 27, 1980 	1–9 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) 	21–18–9
49 	L 	January 29, 1980 	3–7 	Winnipeg Jets (1979–80) 	21–19–9
50 	L 	January 30, 1980 	1–8 	Edmonton Oilers (1979–80) 	21–20–9
51 	L 	February 2, 1980 	4–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1979–80) 	21–21–9
52 	L 	February 3, 1980 	3–5 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1979–80) 	21–22–9
53 	L 	February 6, 1980 	3–7 	@ Hartford Whalers (1979–80) 	21–23–9
54 	L 	February 7, 1980 	1–4 	@ New York Islanders (1979–80) 	21–24–9
55 	W 	February 9, 1980 	7–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80) 	22–24–9
56 	L 	February 10, 1980 	2–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 	22–25–9
57 	L 	February 12, 1980 	2–5 	Washington Capitals (1979–80) 	22–26–9
58 	L 	February 14, 1980 	4–6 	St. Louis Blues (1979–80) 	22–27–9
59 	W 	February 16, 1980 	3–2 	New York Islanders (1979–80) 	23–27–9
60 	W 	February 18, 1980 	4–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1979–80) 	24–27–9
61 	W 	February 20, 1980 	3–0 	Boston Bruins (1979–80) 	25–27–9
62 	L 	February 23, 1980 	1–5 	Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 	25–28–9
63 	L 	February 26, 1980 	3–5 	@ Washington Capitals (1979–80) 	25–29–9
64 	L 	February 27, 1980 	4–5 	@ New York Rangers (1979–80) 	25–30–9
65 	L 	March 1, 1980 	0–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1979–80) 	25–31–9
66 	W 	March 2, 1980 	4–3 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1979–80) 	26–31–9
67 	L 	March 5, 1980 	1–3 	Atlanta Flames (1979–80) 	26–32–9
68 	T 	March 8, 1980 	3–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80) 	26–32–10
69 	L 	March 10, 1980 	3–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1979–80) 	26–33–10
70 	L 	March 12, 1980 	2–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80) 	26–34–10
71 	T 	March 13, 1980 	2–2 	@ Atlanta Flames (1979–80) 	26–34–11
72 	T 	March 15, 1980 	2–2 	Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) 	26–34–12
73 	W 	March 19, 1980 	4–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1979–80) 	27–34–12
74 	W 	March 22, 1980 	4–1 	Quebec Nordiques (1979–80) 	28–34–12
75 	W 	March 25, 1980 	5–2 	@ Colorado Rockies (1979–80) 	29–34–12
76 	T 	March 27, 1980 	2–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80) 	29–34–13
77 	T 	March 29, 1980 	2–2 	Hartford Whalers (1979–80) 	29–34–14
78 	W 	April 1, 1980 	4–3 	Colorado Rockies (1979–80) 	30–34–14
79 	L 	April 3, 1980 	2–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1979–80) 	30–35–14
80 	L 	April 5, 1980 	3–5 	Vancouver Canucks (1979–80) 	30–36–14
==Playoffs==
===New York Islanders 3, 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 	80	53	84	137	32 	35 	17 	0 	6
 	LW 	64	56	45	101	65 	47 	21 	0 	8
 	RW 	61	37	53	90 	72 	39 	12 	0 	7
 	C 	69	20	48	68 	12 	-21	2 	1 	1
 	D 	63	11	45	56 	52 	14 	8 	0 	0
 	RW 	80	27	22	49 	29 	-12	7 	3 	1
 	D 	78	4 	36	40 	18 	29 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	76	21	15	36 	13 	-39	4 	2 	2
 	C 	77	6 	24	30 	88 	-13	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	55	10	11	21 	78 	-4 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	52	9 	12	21 	23 	-7 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	51	5 	16	21 	12 	-17	1 	0 	0
 	D 	52	6 	10	16 	48 	-13	3 	0 	0
 	RW 	60	8 	6 	14 	39 	-16	1 	0 	2
 	D 	63	1 	13	14 	82 	-14	1 	0 	0
 	D 	63	2 	9 	11 	32 	-13	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	11	4 	3 	7 	6 	4 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	75	4 	3 	7 	91 	-19	1 	1 	0
 	LW 	33	2 	5 	7 	6 	-16	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	40	2 	5 	7 	28 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	1 	2 	3 	34 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	15	0 	3 	3 	16 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	1 	1 	2 	12 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	26	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	15	0 	1 	1 	10 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	42	0 	1 	1 	94 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	5 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW/D	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	43	0 	0 	0 	113	-22	0 	0 	0
 	G 	10	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	50	0 	0 	0 	6 	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
 	RW 	4 	2	1	3 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	1	2	3 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0	3	3 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	2	0	2 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	1	1	2 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	1	1	2 	9 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	1	0	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	1	0	1 	2 	0 	1 	0
 	C 	4 	1	0	1 	0 	0 	1 	1
 	RW 	4 	0	1	1 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	1	1 	11 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	11 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	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==
*Art Ross Trophy: Marcel Dionne
*Lester B. Pearson Award: Marcel Dionne
*NHL Goal Scoring Leader: Charlie Simmer (tied)
*Marcel Dionne, Center, NHL First Team All-Star
*Charlie Simmer, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1979–80 NHL season
==References==
* 
Los Angeles Kings season, 1979–80
Los Angeles Kings season, 1979–80
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