1979–80 Los Angeles Kings season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1979–80
Year:	1979
Team:	Los Angeles Kings
Record:	30–36–14
Divisionrank:	2nd
Generalmanager:	George Maguire
Altcaptain:	None
Attendance:	10,453 (65.3%)
Goalsfor:	290
Goalsagainst:	313

The 1979–80 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' 13th season in the National Hockey League. It saw the Kings qualify for the playoffs, placing second in the Norris Division, but they lost in the first round to the New York Islanders. Just prior to the end of the season, the Kings sent Butch Goring to the Islanders for Billy Harris and Dave Lewis. Goring would help the Islanders defeat the Kings on their way to their first of 4 Stanley Cup wins. They also had the worst penalty kill percentage in a season in the history of the NHL at 67.70%.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 10, 1979	4–4	Detroit Red Wings (1979–80)	0–0–1
2	W	October 13, 1979	5–3	St. Louis Blues (1979–80)	1–0–1
3	L	October 16, 1979	6–8	@ Washington Capitals (1979–80)	1–1–1
4	W	October 17, 1979	5–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80)	2–1–1
5	L	October 19, 1979	3–6	@ Hartford Whalers (1979–80)	2–2–1
6	L	October 20, 1979	4–5	@ Boston Bruins (1979–80)	2–3–1
7	W	October 23, 1979	7–4	@ Colorado Rockies (1979–80)	3–3–1
8	W	October 24, 1979	5–3	Washington Capitals (1979–80)	4–3–1
9	W	October 27, 1979	7–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80)	5–3–1
10	T	October 30, 1979	4–4	Boston Bruins (1979–80)	5–3–2
11	W	November 1, 1979	4–2	New York Rangers (1979–80)	6–3–2
12	L	November 3, 1979	1–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1979–80)	6–4–2
13	W	November 4, 1979	5–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80)	7–4–2
14	L	November 6, 1979	1–4	@ New York Islanders (1979–80)	7–5–2
15	L	November 7, 1979	4–8	@ New York Rangers (1979–80)	7–6–2
16	T	November 10, 1979	6–6	Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	7–6–3
17	W	November 13, 1979	4–1	Colorado Rockies (1979–80)	8–6–3
18	T	November 15, 1979	3–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80)	8–6–4
19	L	November 17, 1979	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1979–80)	8–7–4
20	W	November 20, 1979	5–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1979–80)	9–7–4
21	L	November 21, 1979	4–6	Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80)	9–8–4
22	T	November 24, 1979	4–4	New York Islanders (1979–80)	9–8–5
23	W	November 27, 1979	5–3	Winnipeg Jets (1979–80)	10–8–5
24	W	December 1, 1979	7–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80)	11–8–5
25	W	December 4, 1979	6–2	@ Atlanta Flames (1979–80)	12–8–5
26	L	December 6, 1979	4–9	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80)	12–9–5
27	L	December 7, 1979	2–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1979–80)	12–10–5
28	L	December 9, 1979	2–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1979–80)	12–11–5
29	W	December 12, 1979	7–4	Hartford Whalers (1979–80)	13–11–5
30	W	December 15, 1979	4–3	Vancouver Canucks (1979–80)	14–11–5
31	T	December 19, 1979	4–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80)	14–11–6
32	L	December 20, 1979	3–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1979–80)	14–12–6
33	W	December 22, 1979	9–3	Edmonton Oilers (1979–80)	15–12–6
34	W	December 27, 1979	3–0	Quebec Nordiques (1979–80)	16–12–6
35	W	December 29, 1979	4–3	Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	17–12–6
36	W	January 2, 1980	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1979–80)	18–12–6
37	T	January 5, 1980	3–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1979–80)	18–12–7
38	T	January 6, 1980	4–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1979–80)	18–12–8
39	L	January 8, 1980	3–6	@ St. Louis Blues (1979–80)	18–13–8
40	W	January 9, 1980	6–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80)	19–13–8
41	W	January 12, 1980	6–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	20–13–8
42	L	January 13, 1980	3–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1979–80)	20–14–8
43	L	January 16, 1980	2–4	Buffalo Sabres (1979–80)	20–15–8
44	L	January 19, 1980	2–4	Atlanta Flames (1979–80)	20–16–8
45	L	January 22, 1980	4–5	New York Rangers (1979–80)	20–17–8
46	W	January 24, 1980	5–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80)	21–17–8
47	T	January 26, 1980	4–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	21–17–9
48	L	January 27, 1980	1–9	@ Buffalo Sabres (1979–80)	21–18–9
49	L	January 29, 1980	3–7	Winnipeg Jets (1979–80)	21–19–9
50	L	January 30, 1980	1–8	Edmonton Oilers (1979–80)	21–20–9
51	L	February 2, 1980	4–5	Montreal Canadiens (1979–80)	21–21–9
52	L	February 3, 1980	3–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1979–80)	21–22–9
53	L	February 6, 1980	3–7	@ Hartford Whalers (1979–80)	21–23–9
54	L	February 7, 1980	1–4	@ New York Islanders (1979–80)	21–24–9
55	W	February 9, 1980	7–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80)	22–24–9
56	L	February 10, 1980	2–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80)	22–25–9
57	L	February 12, 1980	2–5	Washington Capitals (1979–80)	22–26–9
58	L	February 14, 1980	4–6	St. Louis Blues (1979–80)	22–27–9
59	W	February 16, 1980	3–2	New York Islanders (1979–80)	23–27–9
60	W	February 18, 1980	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1979–80)	24–27–9
61	W	February 20, 1980	3–0	Boston Bruins (1979–80)	25–27–9
62	L	February 23, 1980	1–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80)	25–28–9
63	L	February 26, 1980	3–5	@ Washington Capitals (1979–80)	25–29–9
64	L	February 27, 1980	4–5	@ New York Rangers (1979–80)	25–30–9
65	L	March 1, 1980	0–4	@ Boston Bruins (1979–80)	25–31–9
66	W	March 2, 1980	4–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1979–80)	26–31–9
67	L	March 5, 1980	1–3	Atlanta Flames (1979–80)	26–32–9
68	T	March 8, 1980	3–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80)	26–32–10
69	L	March 10, 1980	3–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1979–80)	26–33–10
70	L	March 12, 1980	2–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80)	26–34–10
71	T	March 13, 1980	2–2	@ Atlanta Flames (1979–80)	26–34–11
72	T	March 15, 1980	2–2	Buffalo Sabres (1979–80)	26–34–12
73	W	March 19, 1980	4–3	Detroit Red Wings (1979–80)	27–34–12
74	W	March 22, 1980	4–1	Quebec Nordiques (1979–80)	28–34–12
75	W	March 25, 1980	5–2	@ Colorado Rockies (1979–80)	29–34–12
76	T	March 27, 1980	2–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80)	29–34–13
77	T	March 29, 1980	2–2	Hartford Whalers (1979–80)	29–34–14
78	W	April 1, 1980	4–3	Colorado Rockies (1979–80)	30–34–14
79	L	April 3, 1980	2–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1979–80)	30–35–14
80	L	April 5, 1980	3–5	Vancouver Canucks (1979–80)	30–36–14

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG C 80 53 84 137 32 35 17 0 6 LW 64 56 45 101 65 47 21 0 8 RW 61 37 53 90 72 39 12 0 7 C 69 20 48 68 12 -21 2 1 1 D 63 11 45 56 52 14 8 0 0 RW 80 27 22 49 29 -12 7 3 1 D 78 4 36 40 18 29 1 0 0 LW 76 21 15 36 13 -39 4 2 2 C 77 6 24 30 88 -13 1 0 0 RW 55 10 11 21 78 -4 1 0 1 C 52 9 12 21 23 -7 1 0 1 C 51 5 16 21 12 -17 1 0 0 D 52 6 10 16 48 -13 3 0 0 RW 60 8 6 14 39 -16 1 0 2 D 63 1 13 14 82 -14 1 0 0 D 63 2 9 11 32 -13 0 0 0 RW 11 4 3 7 6 4 1 0 1 LW 75 4 3 7 91 -19 1 1 0 LW 33 2 5 7 6 -16 0 0 0 LW 40 2 5 7 28 -6 0 0 0 D 11 1 2 3 34 -3 0 0 0 D 15 0 3 3 16 1 0 0 0 D 11 1 1 2 12 3 0 0 0 G 26 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 D 15 0 1 1 10 -7 0 0 0 D 42 0 1 1 94 -3 0 0 0 LW/D 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 G 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G 50 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 LW 3 0 0 0 5 -2 0 0 0 D 43 0 0 0 113 -22 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO 2836 50 18 22 7 185 3.91 0 1405 26 9 11 4 98 4.19 2 559 10 3 3 3 23 2.47 0 Team: 4800 80 30 36 14 306 3.83 2

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG RW 4 2 1 3 4 0 0 0 D 4 1 2 3 4 0 0 0 C 4 0 3 3 4 0 0 0 LW 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 C 4 1 1 2 7 0 0 0 D 4 1 1 2 9 0 0 0 RW 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 RW 4 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 C 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 RW 4 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 D 3 0 1 1 11 0 0 0 D 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 RW 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 LW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LW 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LW 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 G 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D 4 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 LW 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO 207 4 1 2 14 4.06 0 40 1 0 1 7 10.50 0 Team: 247 4 1 3 21 5.10 0

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Transactions

The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1979–80 season.^[2]

Trades

June 9, 1979	To Los Angeles Kings Barry Gibbs	To New York Islanders Tom Williams
June 11, 1979	To Los Angeles Kings Mike Marson	To Washington Capitals Steve Clippingdale
August 16, 1979	To Los Angeles Kings Cash	To St. Louis Blues Tom Williams
September 14, 1979	To Los Angeles Kings Brad Selwood 4th round pick in 1982 – Dave Ross	To Montreal Canadiens 4th round pick in 1982 – John DeVoe
March 10, 1980	To Los Angeles Kings Billy Harris Dave Lewis	To New York Islanders Butch Goring
March 10, 1980	To Los Angeles Kings Jerry Korab	To Buffalo Sabres 1st round pick in 1982 – Phil Housley

Free agent signings

October 1, 1979	From Montreal Canadiens Don Howse
October 11, 1979	From Saginaw Gears (IHL) Scott Gruhl

Free agents lost

January 21, 1980

To Philadelphia Flyers Dave Gardner

Free agent compensation

August 22, 1979

To Los Angeles Kings Andre St. Laurent 1st round pick in 1980 – Larry Murphy 1st round pick in 1981 – Doug Smith

To Detroit Red Wings Dale McCourt Rogie Vachon

Waivers

February 10, 1980

To Toronto Maple Leafs Richard Mulhern

Expansion draft

June 13, 1979	To Edmonton Oilers Larry Brown
June 13, 1979	To Quebec Nordiques Hartland Monahan
June 13, 1979	To Winnipeg Jets Dennis Abgrall
June 13, 1979	To Winnipeg Jets Mark Heaslip

Draft picks

Los Angeles's draft picks at the 1979 NHL Entry Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

Round		Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	16	Jay Wells		Kingston Canadians (OHL)
2	29	Dean Hopkins		London Knights (OMJHL)
2	30	Mark Hardy		Montreal Juniors (QMJHL)
3	50	John-Paul Kelly		New Westminster Bruins (WHL)
4	71	John Gibson		Niagara Falls Flyers (OMJHL)
5	92	Jim Brown		University of Notre Dame (WCHA)
6	113	Jay McFarlane		University of Wisconsin (WCHA)

See also

• 1979–80 NHL season

References

• Web site: 1979–80 Los Angeles Kings Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-06 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-25 . 1979-80 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.
2. Web site: Hockey Transactions Search Results.