1990–91 Los Angeles Kings season

The 1990–91 Los Angeles Kings season was the franchise's 24th season in the National Hockey League. The Kings finished 1st in the Smythe Division and lost in the Division Finals to the Edmonton Oilers 4 games to 2.
==Off-season==
===Draft Picks===
==Regular Season==
This was the only regular-season division title in Kings history, and the second-best regular-season finish in franchise history.
===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, 1990 	4–1 	New York Islanders (1990–91) 	1–0–0
2 	L 	October 6, 1990 	3–6 	Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) 	1–1–0
3 	W 	October 9, 1990 	6–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) 	2–1–0
4 	T 	October 11, 1990 	5–5 OT 	Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) 	2–1–1
5 	W 	October 13, 1990 	7–1 	Boston Bruins (1990–91) 	3–1–1
6 	W 	October 14, 1990 	4–1 	St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 	4–1–1
7 	W 	October 17, 1990 	5–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) 	5–1–1
8 	W 	October 19, 1990 	5–2 	Hartford Whalers (1990–91) 	6–1–1
9 	W 	October 23, 1990 	6–4 	Calgary Flames (1990–91) 	7–1–1
10 	L 	October 26, 1990 	2–6 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) 	7–2–1
11 	W 	October 28, 1990 	6–2 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) 	8–2–1
12 	W 	October 30, 1990 	4–1 	@ New York Islanders (1990–91) 	9–2–1
13 	L 	October 31, 1990 	4–9 	@ New York Rangers (1990–91) 	9–3–1
14 	L 	November 2, 1990 	3–4 	@ Washington Capitals (1990–91) 	9–4–1
15 	W 	November 4, 1990 	2–0 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 	10–4–1
16 	W 	November 8, 1990 	5–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) 	11–4–1
17 	W 	November 10, 1990 	7–4 	Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) 	12–4–1
18 	W 	November 14, 1990 	4–2 	Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) 	13–4–1
19 	W 	November 17, 1990 	2–1 OT 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 	14–4–1
20 	W 	November 20, 1990 	5–4 	New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 	15–4–1
21 	L 	November 22, 1990 	3–6 	@ Calgary Flames (1990–91) 	15–5–1
22 	W 	November 24, 1990 	4–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) 	16–5–1
23 	T 	November 25, 1990 	4–4 OT 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) 	16–5–2
24 	L 	November 27, 1990 	3–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) 	16–6–2
25 	T 	November 29, 1990 	4–4 OT 	@ St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 	16–6–3
26 	L 	December 1, 1990 	3–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 	16–7–3
27 	T 	December 5, 1990 	3–3 OT 	Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) 	16–7–4
28 	T 	December 8, 1990 	4–4 OT 	Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) 	16–7–5
29 	L 	December 11, 1990 	4–6 	New York Rangers (1990–91) 	16–8–5
30 	L 	December 13, 1990 	1–4 	Calgary Flames (1990–91) 	16–9–5
31 	W 	December 15, 1990 	8–3 	Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) 	17–9–5
32 	L 	December 18, 1990 	3–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) 	17–10–5
33 	W 	December 20, 1990 	4–3 OT 	@ Calgary Flames (1990–91) 	18–10–5
34 	L 	December 22, 1990 	3–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) 	18–11–5
35 	L 	December 27, 1990 	5–7 	Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 	18–12–5
36 	L 	December 29, 1990 	2–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) 	18–13–5
37 	W 	December 31, 1990 	4–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1990–91)	19–13–5
38 	L 	January 2, 1991 	1–4 	@ New York Rangers (1990–91) 	19–14–5
39 	W 	January 3, 1991 	6–3 	@ New York Islanders (1990–91) 	20–14–5
40 	W 	January 5, 1991 	4–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 	21–14–5
41 	W 	January 6, 1991 	3–1 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 	22–14–5
42 	W 	January 8, 1991 	4–3 OT 	Hartford Whalers (1990–91) 	23–14–5
43 	W 	January 10, 1991 	5–2 	Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) 	24–14–5
44 	W 	January 12, 1991 	6–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) 	25–14–5
45 	W 	January 14, 1991 	6–1 	@ New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 	26–14–5
46 	L 	January 16, 1991 	3–4 	@ Hartford Whalers (1990–91) 	26–15–5
47 	L 	January 17, 1991 	3–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1990–91) 	26–16–5
48 	L 	January 22, 1991 	2–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) 	26–17–5
49 	W 	January 25, 1991 	5–1 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) 	27–17–5
50 	W 	January 26, 1991 	5–4 	Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) 	28–17–5
51 	L 	January 30, 1991 	2–4 	New Jersey Devils (1990–91) 	28–18–5
52 	W 	February 2, 1991 	9–1 	Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) 	29–18–5
53 	W 	February 4, 1991 	6–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1990–91) 	30–18–5
54 	W 	February 5, 1991 	3–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 	31–18–5
55 	T 	February 8, 1991 	4–4 OT 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1990–91) 	31–18–6
56 	L 	February 9, 1991 	4–5 	@ St. Louis Blues (1990–91) 	31–19–6
57 	T 	February 12, 1991 	4–4 OT 	Calgary Flames (1990–91) 	31–19–7
58 	W 	February 14, 1991 	4–2 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) 	32–19–7
59 	L 	February 16, 1991 	4–5 OT 	Boston Bruins (1990–91) 	32–20–7
60 	W 	February 18, 1991 	5–2 	Washington Capitals (1990–91) 	33–20–7
61 	W 	February 20, 1991 	6–1 	Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) 	34–20–7
62 	W 	February 22, 1991 	6–4 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) 	35–20–7
63 	W 	February 24, 1991 	5–3 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) 	36–20–7
64 	W 	February 26, 1991 	8–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 	37–20–7
65 	W 	February 28, 1991 	4–2 	Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) 	38–20–7
66 	W 	March 2, 1991 	6–3 	Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) 	39–20–7
67 	T 	March 5, 1991 	3–3 OT 	@ Washington Capitals (1990–91) 	39–20–8
68 	L 	March 7, 1991 	2–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1990–91) 	39–21–8
69 	W 	March 9, 1991 	3–0 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1990–91) 	40–21–8
70 	T 	March 10, 1991 	4–4 OT 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1990–91) 	40–21–9
71 	W 	March 12, 1991 	6–0 	Philadelphia Flyers (1990–91) 	41–21–9
72 	L 	March 14, 1991 	3–6 	Chicago Blackhawks (1990–91) 	41–22–9
73 	W 	March 16, 1991 	4–3 	@ Calgary Flames (1990–91) 	42–22–9
74 	L 	March 17, 1991 	4–5 OT 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) 	42–23–9
75 	T 	March 20, 1991 	4–4 OT 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1990–91) 	42–23–10
76 	W 	March 23, 1991 	8–4 	Calgary Flames (1990–91) 	43–23–10
77 	W 	March 24, 1991 	4–3 OT 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) 	44–23–10
78 	W 	March 26, 1991 	2–0 	Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) 	45–23–10
79 	W 	March 28, 1991 	6–5 	Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) 	46–23–10
80 	L 	March 31, 1991 	3–5 	@ Calgary Flames (1990–91) 	46–24–10
==Playoffs==
===Los Angeles Kings 4, Vancouver Canucks 2===
===Edmonton Oilers 4, Los Angeles Kings 2===
==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	41	122	163	16 	30 	8 	0 	5
 	LW 	76	45	46 	91 	68 	28 	11 	0 	5
 	RW 	68	45	44 	89 	106	27 	16 	0 	6
 	RW 	68	30	34 	64 	154	22 	11 	1 	3
 	D 	78	21	41 	62 	66 	19 	8 	0 	3
 	C 	74	21	37 	58 	58 	20 	2 	0 	4
 	RW 	73	23	30 	53 	148	27 	6 	0 	2
 	D 	75	12	34 	46 	125	3 	9 	0 	2
 	D 	61	7 	32 	39 	221	48 	1 	1 	1
 	RW 	72	23	13 	36 	46 	9 	2 	3 	3
 	D 	61	7 	24 	31 	127	12 	2 	0 	1
 	LW 	71	14	16 	30 	49 	3 	2 	0 	5
 	C 	67	9 	19 	28 	33 	3 	0 	1 	1
 	D 	62	1 	22 	23 	16 	22 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	53	9 	11 	20 	57 	11 	0 	1 	1
 	LW 	66	8 	12 	20 	259	9 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	56	8 	5 	13 	115	6 	0 	1 	0
 	LW 	53	7 	5 	12 	41 	3 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	57	3 	8 	11 	182	14 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	31	2 	4 	6 	12 	-5 	0 	0 	1
 	LW/C	15	1 	5 	6 	10 	7 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	17	1 	4 	5 	6 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	34	1 	3 	4 	133	8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	45	0 	4 	4 	92 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	8 	1 	0 	1 	19 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	3 	0 	1 	1 	10 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	0 	0 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	0 	0 	4 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	0 	0 	0 	2 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	37	0 	0 	0 	10 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	47	0 	0 	0 	14 	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
 	LW 	12	12	4 	16 	22 	-2 	5 	0 	2
 	C 	12	4 	11	15 	2 	0 	1 	0 	2
 	D 	12	4 	8 	12 	8 	7 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	10	4 	6 	10 	8 	4 	0 	1 	0
 	LW 	12	5 	4 	9 	6 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	12	2 	7 	9 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	10	4 	4 	8 	14 	1 	3 	0 	0
 	LW 	12	2 	4 	6 	12 	1 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	8 	3 	2 	5 	2 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	12	1 	4 	5 	26 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	12	1 	4 	5 	28 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	12	1 	4 	5 	15 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	12	0 	5 	5 	6 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	12	2 	1 	3 	12 	-3 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	8 	1 	1 	2 	2 	2 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	2 	0 	2 	2 	22 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0 	1 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	12	0 	1 	1 	24 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0 	0 	0 	12 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	8 	0 	0 	0 	17 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	12	0 	0 	0 	58 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	12	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; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage 
==Awards and Records==
*Art Ross Trophy: Wayne Gretzky
*NHL Plus-Minus Award: Marty McSorley
*Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy: Dave Taylor National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.220, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
*Jack Adams Award: Tom Webster
*Wayne Gretzky, Longest Consecutive Games Assist Streak, 23 games (48 assists during the streak)National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 187, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
==References==
* Kings on Hockey Database
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