1971–72 Los Angeles Kings season

The 1971–72 Los Angeles Kings season was the franchise's 5th season in the National Hockey League. The Kings finished 7th in the West 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 8, 1971 	4–4 	@ California Golden Seals (1971–72)	0–0–1
2 	W 	October 10, 1971 	4–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) 	1–0–1
3 	L 	October 13, 1971 	1–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) 	1–1–1
4 	L 	October 16, 1971 	0–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) 	1–2–1
5 	L 	October 17, 1971 	0–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) 	1–3–1
6 	L 	October 20, 1971 	1–8 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) 	1–4–1
7 	W 	October 21, 1971 	7–0 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) 	2–4–1
8 	L 	October 23, 1971 	1–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) 	2–5–1
9 	L 	October 24, 1971 	3–6 	Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) 	2–6–1
10 	L 	October 27, 1971 	2–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) 	2–7–1
11 	L 	October 30, 1971 	1–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) 	2–8–1
12 	L 	November 3, 1971 	1–7 	New York Rangers (1971–72) 	2–9–1
13 	L 	November 6, 1971 	2–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) 	2–10–1
14 	L 	November 10, 1971 	1–7 	@ New York Rangers (1971–72) 	2–11–1
15 	W 	November 11, 1971 	4–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) 	3–11–1
16 	L 	November 13, 1971 	4–6 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) 	3–12–1
17 	L 	November 14, 1971 	2–11 	@ Boston Bruins (1971–72) 	3–13–1
18 	L 	November 17, 1971 	1–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) 	3–14–1
19 	L 	November 18, 1971 	0–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) 	3–15–1
20 	W 	November 20, 1971 	3–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) 	4–15–1
21 	L 	November 23, 1971 	1–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1971–72) 	4–16–1
22 	W 	November 24, 1971 	5–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) 	5–16–1
23 	L 	November 27, 1971 	1–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) 	5–17–1
24 	L 	December 1, 1971 	3–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) 	5–18–1
25 	L 	December 2, 1971 	0–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) 	5–19–1
26 	L 	December 4, 1971 	1–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) 	5–20–1
27 	L 	December 5, 1971 	0–7 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) 	5–21–1
28 	L 	December 8, 1971 	3–5 	Boston Bruins (1971–72) 	5–22–1
29 	W 	December 11, 1971 	4–1 	St. Louis Blues (1971–72) 	6–22–1
30 	L 	December 15, 1971 	1–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) 	6–23–1
31 	W 	December 18, 1971 	4–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) 	7–23–1
32 	L 	December 21, 1971 	2–3 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) 	7–24–1
33 	W 	December 22, 1971 	2–1 	@ St. Louis Blues (1971–72) 	8–24–1
34 	L 	December 25, 1971 	1–3 	California Golden Seals (1971–72) 	8–25–1
35 	L 	December 26, 1971 	3–6 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) 	8–26–1
36 	W 	December 29, 1971 	3–1 	Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) 	9–26–1
37 	L 	January 1, 1972 	2–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) 	9–27–1
38 	W 	January 2, 1972 	6–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) 	10–27–1
39 	W 	January 4, 1972 	4–1 	California Golden Seals (1971–72) 	11–27–1
40 	L 	January 5, 1972 	2–6 	@ California Golden Seals (1971–72)	11–28–1
41 	L 	January 8, 1972 	2–10 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) 	11–29–1
42 	L 	January 9, 1972 	0–8 	@ New York Rangers (1971–72) 	11–30–1
43 	T 	January 12, 1972 	1–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) 	11–30–2
44 	T 	January 13, 1972 	1–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1971–72) 	11–30–3
45 	L 	January 15, 1972 	4–7 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) 	11–31–3
46 	T 	January 16, 1972 	3–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) 	11–31–4
47 	L 	January 19, 1972 	1–5 	New York Rangers (1971–72) 	11–32–4
48 	W 	January 22, 1972 	4–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) 	12–32–4
49 	L 	January 23, 1972 	3–5 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) 	12–33–4
50 	W 	January 26, 1972 	5–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) 	13–33–4
51 	T 	January 29, 1972 	4–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) 	13–33–5
52 	T 	January 30, 1972 	2–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) 	13–33–6
53 	W 	February 1, 1972 	7–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) 	14–33–6
54 	T 	February 3, 1972 	1–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) 	14–33–7
55 	W 	February 5, 1972 	8–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) 	15–33–7
56 	L 	February 9, 1972 	1–4 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) 	15–34–7
57 	L 	February 10, 1972 	1–6 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) 	15–35–7
58 	L 	February 12, 1972 	5–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) 	15–36–7
59 	L 	February 13, 1972 	2–4 	@ New York Rangers (1971–72) 	15–37–7
60 	L 	February 16, 1972 	1–3 	St. Louis Blues (1971–72) 	15–38–7
61 	L 	February 17, 1972 	4–6 	New York Rangers (1971–72) 	15–39–7
62 	W 	February 19, 1972 	5–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) 	16–39–7
63 	L 	February 23, 1972 	0–2 	St. Louis Blues (1971–72) 	16–40–7
64 	L 	February 26, 1972 	4–5 	Boston Bruins (1971–72) 	16–41–7
65 	L 	March 1, 1972 	4–6 	Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) 	16–42–7
66 	L 	March 4, 1972 	2–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) 	16–43–7
67 	W 	March 5, 1972 	2–0 	@ Boston Bruins (1971–72) 	17–43–7
68 	L 	March 7, 1972 	2–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (1971–72) 	17–44–7
69 	L 	March 9, 1972 	3–5 	Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) 	17–45–7
70 	W 	March 11, 1972 	5–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) 	18–45–7
71 	L 	March 15, 1972 	2–5 	@ California Golden Seals (1971–72)	18–46–7
72 	L 	March 16, 1972 	3–8 	Boston Bruins (1971–72) 	18–47–7
73 	T 	March 18, 1972 	4–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) 	18–47–8
74 	L 	March 22, 1972 	3–6 	Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) 	18–48–8
75 	L 	March 25, 1972 	0–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) 	18–49–8
76 	W 	March 29, 1972 	4–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) 	19–49–8
77 	T 	March 31, 1972 	4–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) 	19–49–9
78 	W 	April 1, 1972 	9–4 	California Golden Seals (1971–72) 	20–49–9
==Playoffs==
The Kings did not qualify for the post season.
==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	27	28	55 	26 	-36	3 	0 	3
 	C 	76	23	29	52 	22 	-22	7 	1 	4
 	C 	74	21	29	50 	2 	-10	3 	0 	2
 	LW 	78	17	22	39 	44 	-23	3 	0 	3
 	LW 	78	13	25	38 	28 	-40	2 	0 	0
 	LW 	73	13	24	37 	48 	-25	2 	1 	0
 	LW 	56	12	22	34 	95 	-7 	3 	0 	1
 	D 	72	10	24	34 	83 	-33	4 	0 	1
 	LW 	50	9 	14	23 	39 	-18	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	26	11	11	22 	12 	3 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	45	7 	12	19 	18 	-30	1 	0 	0
 	D 	77	1 	17	18 	53 	-34	0 	0 	0
 	C 	28	8 	9 	17 	6 	-1 	3 	2 	0
 	D 	48	3 	13	16 	47 	-10	1 	0 	0
 	C 	44	11	3 	14 	17 	-30	1 	0 	2
 	LW 	27	4 	10	14 	14 	2 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	64	1 	12	13 	57 	-32	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	28	4 	5 	9 	11 	-13	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	60	3 	4 	7 	4 	-6 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	31	3 	2 	5 	8 	-8 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	39	2 	3 	5 	35 	-39	0 	0 	1
 	D 	36	0 	4 	4 	6 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	22	1 	2 	3 	11 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	1 	2 	3 	14 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C/RW	4 	0 	1 	1 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	15	0 	1 	1 	6 	-11	0 	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0 	0 	0 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	28	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	44	0 	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==
==Gallery==
Espo-14Nov71.gif|Phil Esposito from John Bucyk, November 14, 1971.
Cheevers_skates-26Feb1972.gif|Gerry Cheevers makes a rush to center ice, February 26, 1972.
==See Also==
*1971–72 NHL season
==References==
==External Links==
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