1987–88 Los Angeles Kings season

The 1987–88 Los Angeles Kings season was the franchise's 21st season in the National Hockey League. The Kings finished 4th in the Smythe Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the Calgary Flames 4 games to 1.
==Regular Season==
This was the last season that the Kings wore purple and gold uniforms with a crown logo adorning the front. After this season, they would introduce a new logo with a silver and black uniform, coinciding with the acquisition of Wayne Gretzky from the Edmonton Oilers.
===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 	L 	October 8, 1987 	1–4 	New York Islanders (1987–88) 	0–1–0
2 	W 	October 10, 1987 	4–2 	St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 	1–1–0
3 	L 	October 11, 1987 	2–9 	Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 	1–2–0
4 	L 	October 15, 1987 	2–3 	Boston Bruins (1987–88) 	1–3–0
5 	L 	October 18, 1987 	2–4 	Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 	1–4–0
6 	L 	October 21, 1987 	2–6 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 	1–5–0
7 	L 	October 23, 1987 	3–4 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) 	1–6–0
8 	W 	October 25, 1987 	2–1 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) 	2–6–0
9 	T 	October 27, 1987 	4–4 OT 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 	2–6–1
10 	W 	October 28, 1987 	4–3 	@ New York Rangers (1987–88) 	3–6–1
11 	L 	October 30, 1987 	1–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1987–88) 	3–7–1
12 	L 	November 1, 1987 	1–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	3–8–1
13 	L 	November 4, 1987 	4–5 	Buffalo Sabres (1987–88) 	3–9–1
14 	W 	November 7, 1987 	5–4 	New York Rangers (1987–88) 	4–9–1
15 	T 	November 10, 1987 	4–4 OT 	Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 	4–9–2
16 	L 	November 13, 1987 	7–10 	@ Calgary Flames (1987–88) 	4–10–2
17 	W 	November 14, 1987 	8–7 	Quebec Nordiques (1987–88) 	5–10–2
18 	L 	November 17, 1987 	3–4 	@ New York Islanders (1987–88) 	5–11–2
19 	L 	November 19, 1987 	5–7 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	5–12–2
20 	T 	November 21, 1987 	6–6 OT 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 	5–12–3
21 	W 	November 22, 1987 	8–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1987–88) 	6–12–3
22 	W 	November 25, 1987 	6–4 	Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 	7–12–3
23 	L 	November 28, 1987 	4–8 	Calgary Flames (1987–88) 	7–13–3
24 	T 	November 29, 1987 	2–2 OT 	New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	7–13–4
25 	L 	December 1, 1987 	6–7 OT 	Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) 	7–14–4
26 	L 	December 3, 1987 	4–5 OT 	Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) 	7–15–4
27 	L 	December 5, 1987 	4–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1987–88) 	7–16–4
28 	L 	December 6, 1987 	3–10 	@ Washington Capitals (1987–88) 	7–17–4
29 	L 	December 9, 1987 	1–2 	@ New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	7–18–4
30 	L 	December 10, 1987 	3–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1987–88) 	7–19–4
31 	L 	December 12, 1987 	2–3 	@ Hartford Whalers (1987–88) 	7–20–4
32 	W 	December 16, 1987 	7–5 	Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 	8–20–4
33 	L 	December 19, 1987 	1–4 	Calgary Flames (1987–88) 	8–21–4
34 	W 	December 20, 1987 	6–3 	@ Calgary Flames (1987–88) 	9–21–4
35 	L 	December 22, 1987 	2–5 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 	9–22–4
36 	L 	December 23, 1987 	1–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 	9–23–4
37 	W 	December 26, 1987 	3–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 	10–23–4
38 	L 	December 28, 1987 	2–5 	Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) 	10–24–4
39 	W 	December 30, 1987 	6–4 	Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) 	11–24–4
40 	W 	January 2, 1988 	5–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1987–88) 	12–24–4
41 	W 	January 4, 1988 	6–3 	@ New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	13–24–4
42 	T 	January 5, 1988 	4–4 OT 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 	13–24–5
43 	L 	January 8, 1988 	3–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 	13–25–5
44 	L 	January 10, 1988 	2–5 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 	13–26–5
45 	W 	January 11, 1988 	5–4 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	14–26–5
46 	L 	January 13, 1988 	3–8 	Washington Capitals (1987–88) 	14–27–5
47 	L 	January 16, 1988 	3–4 	Hartford Whalers (1987–88) 	14–28–5
48 	W 	January 19, 1988 	6–3 	New York Rangers (1987–88) 	15–28–5
49 	W 	January 21, 1988 	5–4 OT 	@ Calgary Flames (1987–88) 	16–28–5
50 	L 	January 22, 1988 	3–5 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) 	16–29–5
51 	W 	January 24, 1988 	2–1 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) 	17–29–5
52 	L 	January 26, 1988 	3–5 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1987–88) 	17–30–5
53 	L 	January 27, 1988 	2–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 	17–31–5
54 	W 	January 30, 1988 	5–0 	Minnesota North Stars (1987–88) 	18–31–5
55 	L 	February 2, 1988 	2–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 	18–32–5
56 	W 	February 3, 1988 	7–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 	19–32–5
57 	W 	February 6, 1988 	7–2 	Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 	20–32–5
58 	L 	February 7, 1988 	2–5 	Calgary Flames (1987–88) 	20–33–5
59 	W 	February 11, 1988 	5–3 	Quebec Nordiques (1987–88) 	21–33–5
60 	L 	February 13, 1988 	5–7 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 	21–34–5
61 	L 	February 15, 1988 	1–6 	Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 	21–35–5
62 	W 	February 17, 1988 	5–4 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	22–35–5
63 	L 	February 18, 1988 	4–7 	@ St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 	22–36–5
64 	W 	February 20, 1988 	3–0 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 	23–36–5
65 	W 	February 24, 1988 	4–3 	Washington Capitals (1987–88) 	24–36–5
66 	L 	February 27, 1988 	6–8 	Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	24–37–5
67 	W 	February 28, 1988 	2–0 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 	25–37–5
68 	L 	March 1, 1988 	3–5 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 	25–38–5
69 	L 	March 5, 1988 	6–7 OT 	Montreal Canadiens (1987–88) 	25–39–5
70 	L 	March 9, 1988 	4–5 	@ Hartford Whalers (1987–88) 	25–40–5
71 	T 	March 10, 1988 	3–3 OT 	@ Boston Bruins (1987–88) 	25–40–6
72 	W 	March 13, 1988 	7–6 	St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 	26–40–6
73 	T 	March 16, 1988 	3–3 OT 	Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 	26–40–7
74 	L 	March 18, 1988 	3–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 	26–41–7
75 	W 	March 19, 1988 	7–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 	27–41–7
76 	L 	March 23, 1988 	2–6 	New York Islanders (1987–88) 	27–42–7
77 	W 	March 26, 1988 	9–5 	Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 	28–42–7
78 	W 	March 30, 1988 	9–7 	Calgary Flames (1987–88) 	29–42–7
79 	W 	April 1, 1988 	6–3 	@ Calgary Flames (1987–88) 	30–42–7
80 	T 	April 3, 1988 	5–5 OT 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 	30–42–8
==Playoffs==
===Calgary Flames 4, Los Angeles Kings 1===
==Player Stats==
Regular Season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	80	53	58	111	82 	-9 	17 	0 	6
 	C 	80	55	52	107	45 	-19	22 	0 	7
 	C 	65	32	46	78 	114	2 	8 	7 	1
 	RW 	68	26	41	67 	129	-4 	9 	0 	2
 	D 	71	16	39	55 	109	0 	5 	0 	4
 	C 	71	19	33	52 	84 	-21	10 	0 	2
 	RW 	68	16	35	51 	18 	-7 	2 	0 	1
 	LW 	71	20	23	43 	46 	-14	8 	1 	1
 	LW 	37	16	12	28 	57 	3 	5 	1 	2
 	D 	61	6 	22	28 	99 	-27	4 	1 	1
 	D 	58	2 	23	25 	159	-3 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	40	9 	12	21 	82 	5 	3 	1 	0
 	RW 	42	6 	15	21 	20 	-14	2 	0 	0
 	C 	72	7 	11	18 	28 	-31	1 	0 	1
 	D 	46	7 	9 	16 	69 	-1 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	57	1 	12	13 	47 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	19	4 	8 	12 	6 	-8 	2 	0 	0
 	LW/C	6 	2 	10	12 	2 	1 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	58	1 	11	12 	158	-22	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	28	4 	6 	10 	8 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	33	4 	4 	8 	40 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	C/RW	15	2 	6 	8 	17 	-5 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	23	1 	7 	8 	52 	-7 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	20	1 	6 	7 	8 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	54	0 	7 	7 	197	-13	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	30	3 	2 	5 	12 	-14	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	30	2 	3 	5 	189	5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	1 	3 	4 	4 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	32	1 	3 	4 	113	-10	0 	0 	0
 	G 	34	0 	2 	2 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	1 	0 	1 	5 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	1 	1 	13 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	0 	1 	1 	18 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	26	0 	1 	1 	8 	-10	0 	0 	0
 	D 	27	0 	1 	1 	26 	-14	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	6 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0 	0 	0 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	9 	0 	0 	0 	12 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	47	0 	0 	0 	16 	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
 	C 	5 	5	3	8 	4 	-2 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	2	6	8 	11 	-3 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	2	5	7 	18 	-8 	2 	0 	1
 	RW 	5 	3	3	6 	6 	-3 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	1	3	4 	14 	-5 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	2	1	3 	2 	-3 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	1	2	3 	21 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	1	1	2 	0 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	2	2 	4 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	LW/C	4 	1	0	1 	4 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0	1	1 	28 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0	1	1 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0	1	1 	8 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	1	1 	10 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0	1	1 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	4 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	C/RW	2 	0	0	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	14 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0	0	0 	16 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0	0	0 	4 	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==
*Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy: Bob Bourne
*Luc Robitaille, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1987-88 NHL season
==References==
Category:Los Angeles Kings seasons
Los Angeles Kings season, 1987-88
Los Angeles Kings season, 1987-88