1991–92 Los Angeles Kings season

The 1991–92 Los Angeles Kings season was the franchise's 25th season in the National Hockey League. The Kings finished 2nd in the Smythe Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the Edmonton Oilers 4 games to 2.
==Off-season==
In the Entry Draft, the Kings first pick, in the second round, was used to choose Guy Leveque from the Cornwall Royals of the Ontario Hockey League. Their first-round pick had been dealt to the Edmonton Oilers in the Wayne Gretzky trade.
==Regular Season==
The Kings were coached by Tom Webster and captained by Wayne Gretzky.
===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 4, 1991 	6–3 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1991–92) 	1–0–0
2 	T 	October 6, 1991 	2–2 OT 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1991–92) 	1–0–1
3 	W 	October 8, 1991 	6–3 	Edmonton Oilers (1991–92) 	2–0–1
4 	L 	October 10, 1991 	1–7 	Calgary Flames (1991–92) 	2–1–1
5 	T 	October 12, 1991 	3–3 OT 	Winnipeg Jets (1991–92) 	2–1–2
6 	W 	October 16, 1991 	8–5 	San Jose Sharks (1991–92) 	3–1–2
7 	W 	October 19, 1991 	5–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1991–92) 	4–1–2
8 	L 	October 22, 1991 	2–5 	@ New Jersey Devils (1991–92) 	4–2–2
9 	L 	October 23, 1991 	2–7 	@ New York Rangers (1991–92) 	4–3–2
10 	W 	October 26, 1991 	4–2 	@ New York Islanders (1991–92) 	5–3–2
11 	W 	October 28, 1991 	4–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1991–92) 	6–3–2
12 	T 	October 30, 1991 	4–4 OT 	@ Hartford Whalers (1991–92) 	6–3–3
13 	W 	October 31, 1991 	4–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1991–92) 	7–3–3
14 	W 	November 2, 1991 	5–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92) 	8–3–3
15 	L 	November 7, 1991 	3–4 	Vancouver Canucks (1991–92) 	8–4–3
16 	T 	November 9, 1991 	4–4 OT 	Edmonton Oilers (1991–92) 	8–4–4
17 	L 	November 11, 1991 	2–6 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1991–92) 	8–5–4
18 	L 	November 12, 1991 	2–8 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1991–92) 	8–6–4
19 	T 	November 14, 1991 	2–2 OT 	Buffalo Sabres (1991–92) 	8–6–5
20 	L 	November 16, 1991 	3–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1991–92) 	8–7–5
21 	W 	November 19, 1991 	3–2 OT 	@ San Jose Sharks (1991–92) 	9–7–5
22 	W 	November 21, 1991 	6–1 	New York Rangers (1991–92) 	10–7–5
23 	W 	November 23, 1991 	6–4 	San Jose Sharks (1991–92) 	11–7–5
24 	T 	November 26, 1991 	4–4 OT 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92) 	11–7–6
25 	L 	November 28, 1991 	3–5 	@ Calgary Flames (1991–92) 	11–8–6
26 	L 	November 30, 1991 	1–4 	New Jersey Devils (1991–92) 	11–9–6
27 	L 	December 3, 1991 	2–3 OT 	@ San Jose Sharks (1991–92) 	11–10–6
28 	L 	December 5, 1991 	2–6 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92) 	11–11–6
29 	L 	December 7, 1991 	5–7 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1991–92) 	11–12–6
30 	W 	December 12, 1991 	2–1 	Winnipeg Jets (1991–92) 	12–12–6
31 	T 	December 14, 1991 	4–4 OT 	Vancouver Canucks (1991–92) 	12–12–7
32 	L 	December 17, 1991 	1–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1991–92) 	12–13–7
33 	L 	December 21, 1991 	2–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1991–92) 	12–14–7
34 	W 	December 26, 1991 	5–3 	San Jose Sharks (1991–92) 	13–14–7
35 	W 	December 28, 1991 	9–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1991–92) 	14–14–7
36 	L 	December 29, 1991 	2–6 	@ Calgary Flames (1991–92) 	14–15–7
37 	L 	December 31, 1991 	3–5 	Vancouver Canucks (1991–92) 	14–16–7
38 	W 	January 2, 1992 	5–3 	Edmonton Oilers (1991–92) 	15–16–7
39 	W 	January 4, 1992 	7–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92) 	16–16–7
40 	W 	January 7, 1992 	5–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92) 	17–16–7
41 	L 	January 9, 1992 	2–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92) 	17–17–7
42 	L 	January 10, 1992 	4–7 	@ Washington Capitals (1991–92) 	17–18–7
43 	L 	January 12, 1992 	2–5 	@ New Jersey Devils (1991–92) 	17–19–7
44 	T 	January 14, 1992 	3–3 OT 	San Jose Sharks (1991–92) 	17–19–8
45 	T 	January 16, 1992 	2–2 OT 	Washington Capitals (1991–92) 	17–19–9
46 	T 	January 22, 1992 	3–3 OT 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1991–92)	17–19–10
47 	W 	January 23, 1992 	6–5 	@ St. Louis Blues (1991–92) 	18–19–10
48 	W 	January 25, 1992 	4–3 	Calgary Flames (1991–92) 	19–19–10
49 	T 	January 28, 1992 	3–3 OT 	[[St. Louis Blues (1991–92) 	19–19–11
50 	L 	January 30, 1992 	1–4 	New York Rangers (1991–92) 	19–20–11
51 	W 	February 1, 1992 	2–0 	Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92) 	20–20–11
52 	L 	February 4, 1992 	1–2 	New York Islanders (1991–92) 	20–21–11
53 	T 	February 6, 1992 	5–5 OT 	Hartford Whalers (1991–92) 	20–21–12
54 	W 	February 8, 1992 	4–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92) 	21–21–12
55 	W 	February 9, 1992 	5–4 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1991–92) 	22–21–12
56 	L 	February 11, 1992 	2–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1991–92) 	22–22–12
57 	T 	February 13, 1992 	2–2 OT 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92) 	22–22–13
58 	W 	February 15, 1992 	6–3 	Washington Capitals (1991–92) 	23–22–13
59 	W 	February 17, 1992 	6–3 	Boston Bruins (1991–92) 	24–22–13
60 	L 	February 19, 1992 	3–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1991–92) 	24–23–13
61 	L 	February 21, 1992 	7–9 	@ Calgary Flames (1991–92) 	24–24–13
62 	W 	February 23, 1992 	4–2 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1991–92) 	25–24–13
63 	W 	February 25, 1992 	4–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1991–92) 	26–24–13
64 	W 	February 27, 1992 	4–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1991–92) 	27–24–13
65 	W 	February 29, 1992 	5–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1991–92) 	28–24–13
66 	W 	March 3, 1992 	4–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92) 	29–24–13
67 	W 	March 4, 1992 	4–3 	@ San Jose Sharks (1991–92) 	30–24–13
68 	W 	March 7, 1992 	5–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92) 	31–24–13
69 	W 	March 9, 1992 	4–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92) 	32–24–13
70 	L 	March 11, 1992 	0–4 	@ Hartford Whalers (1991–92) 	32–25–13
71 	L 	March 14, 1992 	2–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1991–92) 	32–26–13
72 	L 	March 15, 1992 	1–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1991–92) 	32–27–13
73 	W 	March 17, 1992 	5–4 	Winnipeg Jets (1991–92) 	33–27–13
74 	L 	March 19, 1992 	2–8 	Buffalo Sabres (1991–92) 	33–28–13
75 	W 	March 21, 1992 	5–2 	Calgary Flames (1991–92) 	34–28–13
76 	L 	March 26, 1992 	2–7 	@ Calgary Flames (1991–92) 	34–29–13
77 	L 	March 27, 1992 	4–6 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1991–92) 	34–30–13
78 	T 	March 29, 1992 	2–2 OT 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1991–92) 	34–30–14
79 	W 	April 12, 1992 	6–1 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1991–92) 	35–30–14
80 	L 	April 14, 1992 	2–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1991–92) 	35–31–14
==Playoffs==
===Edmonton Oilers 4, Los Angeles Kings 2===
The Kings lost in the Division Semi-finals to the Edmonton Oilers, four games to two.
==Player Stats==
===Forwards===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes
Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Wayne Gretzky 	74	31	90	121	34
Luc Robitaille 	80	44	63	107	95
Tony Granato 	80	39	29	68 	187
Jari Kurri 	73	23	37	60 	24
Mike Donnelly 	80	29	16	45 	20
Bob Kudelski 	80	22	21	43 	42
Corey Millen 	46	20	21	41 	44
Tomas Sandström 	49	17	22	39 	70
Dave Taylor 	77	10	19	29 	63
John McIntyre 	73	5 	19	24 	100
Jay Miller 	67	4 	7 	11 	249
Kyösti Karjalainen	28	1 	8 	9 	12
Randy Gilhen 	33	3 	6 	9 	14
Scott Bjugstad 	22	2 	4 	6 	10
Sylvain Couturier 	14	3 	1 	4 	2
Jim Thomson 	45	1 	2 	3 	162
Francois Breault 	6 	1 	0 	1 	30
Ilkka Sinisalo 	3 	0 	1 	1 	2
Sean Whyte 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
Shawn McCosh 	4 	0 	0 	0 	4
===Defencemen===
Note: GP = Games played; G= Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	GP	G	A 	Pts	PIM
Brian Benning 	53	2	30	32 	99
Marty McSorley 	71	7	22	29 	268
Charlie Huddy 	56	4	19	23 	43
Rob Blake 	57	7	13	20 	102
Peter Ahola 	71	7	12	19 	101
Larry Robinson 	56	3	10	13 	37
Tim Watters 	37	0	7 	7 	92
Darryl Sydor 	18	1	5 	6 	22
Paul Coffey 	10	1	4 	5 	25
Brent Thompson 	27	0	5 	5 	89
Jeff Chychrun 	26	0	3 	3 	76
Rene Chapdelaine	16	0	1 	1 	10
Rod Buskas 	5 	0	0 	0 	11
===Goaltending===
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average
Player 	GP	W 	L 	T 	SO	GAA
Kelly Hrudey 	60	26	17	13	1 	3.37
Daniel Berthiaume	19	7 	10	1 	0 	4.04
Steve Weeks 	7 	1 	3 	0 	0 	4.05
David Goverde 	2 	1 	1 	0 	0 	4.50
==Awards and Records==
*Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: Wayne Gretzky
*Luc Robitaille, Left Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==See Also==
* 1991–92 NHL season
==References==
* Kings on Hockey Database
Category:Los Angeles Kings seasons
Los Angeles Kings season, 1991–92
Los Angeles Kings season, 1991–92