1982–83 Los Angeles Kings season

The 1982–83 Los Angeles Kings season was the franchise's 16th season in the National Hockey League. The Kings finished 5th in the Smythe Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==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 	T 	October 6, 1982 	3–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) 	0–0–1
2 	W 	October 9, 1982 	3–1 	Calgary Flames (1982–83) 	1–0–1
3 	W 	October 12, 1982 	5–3 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) 	2–0–1
4 	T 	October 14, 1982 	4–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) 	2–0–2
5 	L 	October 16, 1982 	1–4 	@ New York Islanders (1982–83) 	2–1–2
6 	W 	October 17, 1982 	5–3 	@ New York Rangers (1982–83) 	3–1–2
7 	W 	October 20, 1982 	7–4 	New Jersey Devils (1982–83) 	4–1–2
8 	L 	October 23, 1982 	3–5 	Hartford Whalers (1982–83) 	4–2–2
9 	W 	October 24, 1982 	5–4 	Boston Bruins (1982–83) 	5–2–2
10 	L 	October 27, 1982 	3–7 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) 	5–3–2
11 	L 	October 29, 1982 	3–6 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) 	5–4–2
12 	T 	October 30, 1982 	5–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) 	5–4–3
13 	W 	November 3, 1982 	6–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) 	6–4–3
14 	W 	November 6, 1982 	6–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) 	7–4–3
15 	L 	November 9, 1982 	4–5 	@ Calgary Flames (1982–83) 	7–5–3
16 	L 	November 10, 1982 	2–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) 	7–6–3
17 	W 	November 13, 1982 	2–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1982–83) 	8–6–3
18 	L 	November 16, 1982 	3–8 	Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) 	8–7–3
19 	W 	November 18, 1982 	4–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) 	9–7–3
20 	L 	November 20, 1982 	2–5 	Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) 	9–8–3
21 	W 	November 24, 1982 	3–0 	New Jersey Devils (1982–83) 	10–8–3
22 	L 	November 27, 1982 	0–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) 	10–9–3
23 	W 	November 30, 1982 	5–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) 	11–9–3
24 	W 	December 1, 1982 	4–1 	Calgary Flames (1982–83) 	12–9–3
25 	W 	December 4, 1982 	6–3 	St. Louis Blues (1982–83) 	13–9–3
26 	L 	December 5, 1982 	3–7 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) 	13–10–3
27 	T 	December 7, 1982 	4–4 	@ Calgary Flames (1982–83) 	13–10–4
28 	T 	December 9, 1982 	3–3 	Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) 	13–10–5
29 	L 	December 11, 1982 	3–4 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) 	13–11–5
30 	L 	December 14, 1982 	2–7 	@ Washington Capitals (1982–83) 	13–12–5
31 	L 	December 15, 1982 	1–7 	@ New York Rangers (1982–83) 	13–13–5
32 	L 	December 18, 1982 	0–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1982–83) 	13–14–5
33 	L 	December 19, 1982 	4–6 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) 	13–15–5
34 	L 	December 21, 1982 	2–4 	Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) 	13–16–5
35 	L 	December 23, 1982 	2–6 	Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) 	13–17–5
36 	W 	December 26, 1982 	4–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) 	14–17–5
37 	L 	December 29, 1982 	3–4 	Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) 	14–18–5
38 	L 	January 6, 1983 	3–11 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1982–83) 	14–19–5
39 	L 	January 8, 1983 	5–7 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) 	14–20–5
40 	L 	January 9, 1983 	2–7 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) 	14–21–5
41 	W 	January 11, 1983 	9–7 	@ Washington Capitals (1982–83) 	15–21–5
42 	T 	January 13, 1983 	4–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) 	15–21–6
43 	L 	January 15, 1983 	2–5 	@ New York Islanders (1982–83) 	15–22–6
44 	L 	January 16, 1983 	3–5 	@ New Jersey Devils (1982–83) 	15–23–6
45 	T 	January 18, 1983 	3–3 	Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) 	15–23–7
46 	W 	January 20, 1983 	4–3 	Hartford Whalers (1982–83) 	16–23–7
47 	L 	January 23, 1983 	6–8 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) 	16–24–7
48 	L 	January 25, 1983 	6–8 	Calgary Flames (1982–83) 	16–25–7
49 	L 	January 27, 1983 	4–6 	New York Islanders (1982–83) 	16–26–7
50 	L 	January 29, 1983 	2–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (1982–83) 	16–27–7
51 	T 	February 1, 1983 	5–5 	New York Rangers (1982–83) 	16–27–8
52 	W 	February 3, 1983 	7–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) 	17–27–8
53 	L 	February 5, 1983 	0–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) 	17–28–8
54 	W 	February 10, 1983 	7–2 	Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) 	18–28–8
55 	L 	February 12, 1983 	4–6 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) 	18–29–8
56 	W 	February 13, 1983 	5–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) 	19–29–8
57 	W 	February 15, 1983 	5–2 	@ Hartford Whalers (1982–83) 	20–29–8
58 	T 	February 17, 1983 	5–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) 	20–29–9
59 	T 	February 19, 1983 	3–3 	Washington Capitals (1982–83) 	20–29–10
60 	L 	February 20, 1983 	2–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) 	20–30–10
61 	W 	February 22, 1983 	5–3 	Boston Bruins (1982–83) 	21–30–10
62 	W 	February 24, 1983 	8–0 	Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) 	22–30–10
63 	W 	February 26, 1983 	6–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) 	23–30–10
64 	L 	March 1, 1983 	2–7 	@ St. Louis Blues (1982–83) 	23–31–10
65 	L 	March 2, 1983 	3–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) 	23–32–10
66 	T 	March 5, 1983 	4–4 	@ Calgary Flames (1982–83) 	23–32–11
67 	L 	March 6, 1983 	3–8 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	23–33–11
68 	W 	March 8, 1983 	6–4 	Calgary Flames (1982–83) 	24–33–11
69 	L 	March 13, 1983 	5–6 	Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) 	24–34–11
70 	W 	March 15, 1983 	4–3 	Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) 	25–34–11
71 	W 	March 17, 1983 	4–3 	Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) 	26–34–11
72 	L 	March 19, 1983 	4–7 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) 	26–35–11
73 	L 	March 22, 1983 	5–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1982–83) 	26–36–11
74 	L 	March 24, 1983 	3–7 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) 	26–37–11
75 	L 	March 26, 1983 	3–9 	Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) 	26–38–11
76 	L 	March 27, 1983 	4–8 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) 	26–39–11
77 	L 	March 29, 1983 	3–5 	@ Calgary Flames (1982–83) 	26–40–11
78 	L 	March 30, 1983 	5–10 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) 	26–41–11
79 	W 	April 2, 1983 	8–5 	Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) 	27–41–11
80 	T 	April 3, 1983 	2–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) 	27–41–12
==Playoffs==
*The Kings did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
Regular Season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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Player 	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	80	56	51	107	22 	10 	17 	1 	7
 	LW 	80	29	51	80 	51 	0 	11 	1 	1
 	RW 	77	28	40	68 	8 	-11	7 	0 	1
 	D 	77	14	48	62 	81 	2 	9 	0 	2
 	RW 	46	21	37	58 	76 	4 	6 	0 	1
 	C 	71	28	22	50 	124	-23	12 	0 	3
 	C 	71	14	30	44 	127	-16	4 	1 	2
 	LW 	80	18	22	40 	21 	-18	1 	1 	0
 	D 	74	5 	34	39 	101	-30	3 	0 	1
 	LW 	65	16	15	31 	52 	-14	4 	1 	2
 	D 	72	3 	26	29 	90 	-6 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	74	16	11	27 	52 	-11	0 	5 	2
 	LW 	53	13	13	26 	14 	-18	3 	0 	1
 	C 	39	8 	16	24 	7 	-8 	2 	0 	0
 	C 	42	11	11	22 	12 	-14	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	50	7 	15	22 	10 	1 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	49	5 	12	17 	43 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	69	3 	12	15 	167	11 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	79	2 	10	12 	53 	-22	0 	0 	0
 	D 	55	0 	12	12 	97 	-17	0 	0 	0
 	D/RW	31	3 	5 	8 	31 	-14	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	24	3 	3 	6 	4 	-7 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	4 	0 	4 	4 	9 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	8 	0 	3 	3 	7 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	2 	0 	2 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	20	1 	1 	2 	40 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	0 	2 	2 	4 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	19	0 	2 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	1 	0 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	1 	0 	1 	17 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	1 	1 	5 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	6 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0 	1 	1 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	19	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	46	0 	1 	1 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	9 	0 	0 	0 	2 	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==
*1982–83 NHL season
==References==
* 
Los Angeles Kings season, 1982–83
Los Angeles Kings season, 1982–83
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