1980–81 Los Angeles Kings season

The 1980–81 Los Angeles Kings season was the franchise's 14th season in the National Hockey League. The Kings finished 2nd in the Norris Division and lost in the Preliminary round to the New York Rangers 3 games to 1.
==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 11, 1980 	8–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 	1–0–0
2 	L 	October 14, 1980 	2–4 	@ Calgary Flames (1980–81) 	1–1–0
3 	W 	October 16, 1980 	6–4 	Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 	2–1–0
4 	W 	October 18, 1980 	4–3 	Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 	3–1–0
5 	W 	October 22, 1980 	4–0 	Boston Bruins (1980–81) 	4–1–0
6 	W 	October 25, 1980 	5–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) 	5–1–0
7 	T 	October 26, 1980 	4–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 	5–1–1
8 	W 	October 28, 1980 	8–4 	@ Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 	6–1–1
9 	W 	October 29, 1980 	4–2 	Washington Capitals (1980–81) 	7–1–1
10 	W 	November 1, 1980 	7–3 	@ New York Islanders (1980–81) 	8–1–1
11 	W 	November 2, 1980 	6–3 	@ New York Rangers (1980–81) 	9–1–1
12 	W 	November 5, 1980 	5–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1980–81) 	10–1–1
13 	L 	November 6, 1980 	2–8 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 	10–2–1
14 	L 	November 8, 1980 	0–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 	10–3–1
15 	W 	November 10, 1980 	4–1 	New York Rangers (1980–81) 	11–3–1
16 	L 	November 12, 1980 	4–8 	Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 	11–4–1
17 	L 	November 15, 1980 	3–5 	St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 	11–5–1
18 	W 	November 16, 1980 	3–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 	12–5–1
19 	W 	November 19, 1980 	7–2 	Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 	13–5–1
20 	W 	November 22, 1980 	5–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) 	14–5–1
21 	W 	November 24, 1980 	4–3 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 	15–5–1
22 	L 	November 26, 1980 	2–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 	15–6–1
23 	W 	November 29, 1980 	5–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 	16–6–1
24 	W 	December 2, 1980 	5–2 	Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 	17–6–1
25 	W 	December 4, 1980 	3–1 	Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 	18–6–1
26 	W 	December 6, 1980 	5–3 	New York Islanders (1980–81) 	19–6–1
27 	L 	December 8, 1980 	2–4 	Calgary Flames (1980–81) 	19–7–1
28 	W 	December 10, 1980 	7–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	20–7–1
29 	W 	December 11, 1980 	2–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 	21–7–1
30 	T 	December 13, 1980 	5–5 	@ Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 	21–7–2
31 	L 	December 14, 1980 	1–7 	@ Boston Bruins (1980–81) 	21–8–2
32 	T 	December 17, 1980 	3–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 	21–8–3
33 	L 	December 20, 1980 	4–7 	Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 	21–9–3
34 	W 	December 23, 1980 	7–4 	Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 	22–9–3
35 	W 	December 26, 1980 	6–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 	23–9–3
36 	T 	December 27, 1980 	4–4 	St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 	23–9–4
37 	L 	December 30, 1980 	0–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 	23–10–4
38 	W 	December 31, 1980 	5–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 	24–10–4
39 	L 	January 2, 1981 	6–7 	@ Calgary Flames (1980–81) 	24–11–4
40 	W 	January 5, 1981 	5–2 	Calgary Flames (1980–81) 	25–11–4
41 	W 	January 7, 1981 	5–3 	Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 	26–11–4
42 	T 	January 10, 1981 	6–6 	@ St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 	26–11–5
43 	T 	January 11, 1981 	4–4 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 	26–11–6
44 	W 	January 14, 1981 	5–4 	@ Hartford Whalers (1980–81) 	27–11–6
45 	L 	January 15, 1981 	0–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1980–81) 	27–12–6
46 	L 	January 17, 1981 	4–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 	27–13–6
47 	L 	January 18, 1981 	2–7 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 	27–14–6
48 	W 	January 20, 1981 	11–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 	28–14–6
49 	T 	January 22, 1981 	3–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) 	28–14–7
50 	W 	January 24, 1981 	6–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1980–81) 	29–14–7
51 	W 	January 26, 1981 	7–5 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 	30–14–7
52 	L 	January 28, 1981 	2–6 	New York Rangers (1980–81) 	30–15–7
53 	W 	January 31, 1981 	4–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) 	31–15–7
54 	W 	February 2, 1981 	3–2 	@ New York Rangers (1980–81) 	32–15–7
55 	L 	February 3, 1981 	1–8 	@ New York Islanders (1980–81) 	32–16–7
56 	L 	February 5, 1981 	4–6 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) 	32–17–7
57 	T 	February 7, 1981 	4–4 	Washington Capitals (1980–81) 	32–17–8
58 	T 	February 12, 1981 	5–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 	32–17–9
59 	L 	February 14, 1981 	4–5 	Boston Bruins (1980–81) 	32–18–9
60 	L 	February 18, 1981 	2–4 	Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) 	32–19–9
61 	L 	February 21, 1981 	1–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) 	32–20–9
62 	W 	February 24, 1981 	5–2 	Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 	33–20–9
63 	W 	February 26, 1981 	4–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) 	34–20–9
64 	L 	February 28, 1981 	1–2 	New York Islanders (1980–81) 	34–21–9
65 	W 	March 2, 1981 	1–0 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) 	35–21–9
66 	L 	March 4, 1981 	5–6 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 	35–22–9
67 	W 	March 6, 1981 	3–1 	@ Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 	36–22–9
68 	W 	March 8, 1981 	4–1 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 	37–22–9
69 	T 	March 11, 1981 	4–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 	37–22–10
70 	W 	March 14, 1981 	10–4 	Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) 	38–22–10
71 	L 	March 17, 1981 	1–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) 	38–23–10
72 	T 	March 19, 1981 	4–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) 	38–23–11
73 	T 	March 21, 1981 	6–6 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) 	38–23–12
74 	W 	March 22, 1981 	7–5 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 	39–23–12
75 	W 	March 24, 1981 	4–3 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	40–23–12
76 	W 	March 25, 1981 	4–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) 	41–23–12
77 	W 	March 28, 1981 	3–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) 	42–23–12
78 	W 	March 31, 1981 	7–3 	Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) 	43–23–12
79 	L 	April 2, 1981 	4–6 	@ St. Louis Blues (1980–81) 	43–24–12
80 	T 	April 4, 1981 	5–5 	Colorado Rockies (1980–81) 	43–24–13
==Playoffs==
==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	58	77	135	70 	55 	23 	4 	9
 	RW 	72	47	65	112	130	47 	13 	0 	3
 	LW 	65	56	49	105	62 	31 	23 	0 	9
 	D 	80	16	60	76 	79 	17 	5 	1 	1
 	D 	78	9 	43	52 	139	10 	3 	0 	2
 	RW 	80	20	29	49 	36 	-1 	1 	4 	1
 	RW 	71	18	25	43 	8 	0 	2 	0 	2
 	RW 	68	16	23	39 	54 	-7 	2 	1 	1
 	LW 	74	19	19	38 	88 	-6 	5 	1 	4
 	LW 	73	12	25	37 	99 	-1 	2 	0 	2
 	C 	71	11	15	26 	57 	0 	3 	1 	3
 	RW 	67	8 	18	26 	118	6 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	77	5 	20	25 	77 	14 	3 	0 	1
 	C 	58	10	10	20 	40 	-17	1 	0 	0
 	D 	51	4 	15	19 	96 	-2 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	72	5 	13	18 	155	9 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	22	10	6 	16 	63 	8 	0 	0 	2
 	RW 	49	6 	9 	15 	35 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	67	1 	12	13 	98 	25 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	19	3 	6 	9 	8 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D/RW	21	1 	6 	7 	28 	1 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	13	0 	4 	4 	13 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	1 	1 	2 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	10	1 	0 	1 	2 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	64	0 	1 	1 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	0 	0 	21 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0 	0 	0 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	9 	0 	0 	0 	7 	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	2	4 	10 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	1	3	4 	7 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	3	0	3 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	2	1	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	1	2	3 	4 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	1	1	2 	11 	0 	1 	0
 	LW 	4 	0	2	2 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	2	2 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0	2	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	1	0	1 	9 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	3 	1	0	1 	4 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0	1	1 	9 	0 	0 	0
 	D/RW	4 	0	1	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0	1	1 	25 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	27 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	33 	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==
*Charlie Simmer, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
*Marcel Dionne, Center, NHL Second Team All-Star
*Dave Taylor, Right Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
*Mario Lessard, Goalie, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1980–81 NHL season
==References==
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