1981–82 Los Angeles Kings season explained

Attendance:	10,742
League:	NHL
Season:	1981–82
Year:	1981
Team:	Los Angeles Kings
Record:	24–41–15
Divisionrank:	4th
Altcaptain:	None
Goalsfor:	314
Goalsagainst:	369
Goalsleader:	Marcel Dionne (51)
Assistsleader:	Marcel Dionne (67)
Pointsleader:	Marcel Dionne (117)
Plusminusleader:	John Gibson (4)
Pimleader:	Jay Wells (145)
Winsleader:	Mario Lessard (13)
Gaaleader:	Mario Lessard (4.39)

The 1981–82 Los Angeles Kings season, was the Kings' 15th season in the National Hockey League. It saw the Kings make the playoffs, winning the first round before falling in the second round to the Vancouver Canucks. The first round upset of the heavily favored Edmonton Oilers is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in NHL history.

Offseason

The Kings were moved to the Smythe Division. The Kings now were in a division with western teams.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 7, 1981	1–4	New York Islanders (1981–82)	0–1–0
2	L	October 10, 1981	4–7	Edmonton Oilers (1981–82)	0–2–0
3	W	October 13, 1981	4–3	Calgary Flames (1981–82)	1–2–0
4	W	October 15, 1981	10–2	Colorado Rockies (1981–82)	2–2–0
5	L	October 17, 1981	4–5	Boston Bruins (1981–82)	2–3–0
6	W	October 20, 1981	9–6	@ New York Islanders (1981–82)	3–3–0
7	W	October 21, 1981	5–2	@ New York Rangers (1981–82)	4–3–0
8	L	October 24, 1981	3–6	@ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	4–4–0
9	L	October 25, 1981	4–9	@ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82)	4–5–0
10	W	October 27, 1981	8–7	Quebec Nordiques (1981–82)	5–5–0
11	W	October 29, 1981	4–3	Washington Capitals (1981–82)	6–5–0
12	L	October 31, 1981	4–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1981–82)	6–6–0
13	L	November 4, 1981	4–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82)	6–7–0
14	L	November 5, 1981	2–10	@ Detroit Red Wings (1981–82)	6–8–0
15	L	November 7, 1981	4–9	Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82)	6–9–0
16	W	November 10, 1981	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1981–82)	7–9–0
17	W	November 12, 1981	5–2	St. Louis Blues (1981–82)	8–9–0
18	L	November 14, 1981	2–3	Winnipeg Jets (1981–82)	8–10–0
19	W	November 18, 1981	8–1	Detroit Red Wings (1981–82)	9–10–0
20	L	November 19, 1981	3–6	@ Calgary Flames (1981–82)	9–11–0
21	L	November 21, 1981	1–7	Buffalo Sabres (1981–82)	9–12–0
22	L	November 25, 1981	4–11	@ Edmonton Oilers (1981–82)	9–13–0
23	L	November 26, 1981	1–7	@ Calgary Flames (1981–82)	9–14–0
24	W	November 28, 1981	3–2	Vancouver Canucks (1981–82)	10–14–0
25	L	December 2, 1981	3–4	New York Rangers (1981–82)	10–15–0
26	L	December 5, 1981	2–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82)	10–16–0
27	T	December 9, 1981	5–5	Edmonton Oilers (1981–82)	10–16–1
28	W	December 12, 1981	7–5	Vancouver Canucks (1981–82)	11–16–1
29	W	December 15, 1981	4–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1981–82)	12–16–1
30	L	December 16, 1981	6–7	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82)	12–17–1
31	T	December 19, 1981	5–5	@ Hartford Whalers (1981–82)	12–17–2
32	L	December 20, 1981	4–6	@ Boston Bruins (1981–82)	12–18–2
33	L	December 22, 1981	2–4	@ Colorado Rockies (1981–82)	12–19–2
34	W	December 23, 1981	8–4	Colorado Rockies (1981–82)	13–19–2
35	T	December 26, 1981	2–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1981–82)	13–19–3
36	L	December 27, 1981	3–10	@ Edmonton Oilers (1981–82)	13–20–3
37	L	December 30, 1981	2–3	@ Colorado Rockies (1981–82)	13–21–3
38	T	January 2, 1982	5–5	Calgary Flames (1981–82)	13–21–4
39	L	January 5, 1982	3–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82)	13–22–4
40	T	January 7, 1982	3–3	@ Washington Capitals (1981–82)	13–22–5
41	L	January 9, 1982	3–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82)	13–23–5
42	L	January 10, 1982	4–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1981–82)	13–24–5
43	L	January 12, 1982	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1981–82)	13–25–5
44	L	January 14, 1982	2–5	@ Calgary Flames (1981–82)	13–26–5
45	T	January 15, 1982	3–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1981–82)	13–26–6
46	T	January 19, 1982	4–4	Colorado Rockies (1981–82)	13–26–7
47	T	January 21, 1982	3–3	Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	13–26–8
48	T	January 23, 1982	3–3	@ Colorado Rockies (1981–82)	13–26–9
49	T	January 24, 1982	5–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1981–82)	13–26–10
50	T	January 27, 1982	4–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82)	13–26–11
51	W	January 30, 1982	7–4	St. Louis Blues (1981–82)	14–26–11
52	L	January 31, 1982	3–6	New York Rangers (1981–82)	14–27–11
53	L	February 2, 1982	3–5	Hartford Whalers (1981–82)	14–28–11
54	W	February 6, 1982	5–4	Vancouver Canucks (1981–82)	15–28–11
55	L	February 7, 1982	2–7	Montreal Canadiens (1981–82)	15–29–11
56	T	February 11, 1982	4–4	Quebec Nordiques (1981–82)	15–29–12
57	T	February 13, 1982	3–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82)	15–29–13
58	L	February 14, 1982	4–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82)	15–30–13
59	L	February 17, 1982	2–5	Washington Capitals (1981–82)	15–31–13
60	W	February 20, 1982	6–2	Calgary Flames (1981–82)	16–31–13
61	W	February 24, 1982	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (1981–82)	17–31–13
62	L	February 27, 1982	3–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82)	17–32–13
63	T	March 1, 1982	5–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1981–82)	17–32–14
64	W	March 3, 1982	4–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82)	18–32–14
65	L	March 6, 1982	0–4	@ Boston Bruins (1981–82)	18–33–14
66	L	March 7, 1982	6–7	@ Hartford Whalers (1981–82)	18–34–14
67	W	March 9, 1982	2–0	@ Colorado Rockies (1981–82)	19–34–14
68	W	March 10, 1982	3–2	Edmonton Oilers (1981–82)	20–34–14
69	W	March 13, 1982	3–0	New York Islanders (1981–82)	21–34–14
70	T	March 15, 1982	3–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1981–82)	21–34–15
71	W	March 17, 1982	9–4	Calgary Flames (1981–82)	22–34–15
72	W	March 20, 1982	7–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82)	23–34–15
73	L	March 22, 1982	2–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	23–35–15
74	L	March 24, 1982	3–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82)	23–36–15
75	W	March 27, 1982	9–4	Colorado Rockies (1981–82)	24–36–15
76	L	March 28, 1982	2–6	Edmonton Oilers (1981–82)	24–37–15
77	L	March 30, 1982	5–7	@ Calgary Flames (1981–82)	24–38–15
78	L	March 31, 1982	3–7	@ Edmonton Oilers (1981–82)	24–39–15
79	L	April 3, 1982	0–6	Vancouver Canucks (1981–82)	24–40–15
80	L	April 4, 1982	4–7	@ Vancouver Canucks (1981–82)	24–41–15

Playoffs

Miracle on Manchester

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG C 78 50 67 117 50 -10 17 1 5 RW 78 39 67 106 130 -4 13 0 3 RW 77 30 38 68 23 -15 5 1 0 D 79 22 44 66 95 -13 8 1 2 LW 71 33 23 56 68 -6 10 0 5 D 77 6 39 45 130 -12 1 0 0 LW 50 15 24 39 42 -7 3 0 2 LW 61 15 22 37 23 -12 1 0 3 C 79 13 23 36 111 -4 1 0 0 C 22 14 18 32 27 2 8 1 1 C 80 16 14 30 64 -13 1 0 1 LW 45 8 19 27 19 -14 1 0 1 D 42 11 15 26 81 0 1 0 1 LW 70 12 11 23 100 -21 0 0 0 D 50 5 13 18 91 -19 3 0 0 RW 28 5 10 15 20 0 0 2 0 RW 41 2 13 15 102 -20 0 0 0 D 64 1 13 14 75 -19 0 0 0 D 46 3 7 10 69 -14 0 0 0 D/RW 33 2 8 10 56 -11 1 0 0 D 60 1 8 9 145 2 0 0 0 LW 14 2 6 8 2 2 0 0 0 D 18 2 6 8 65 3 0 0 0 LW 11 0 7 7 50 0 0 0 0 C 16 2 4 6 28 2 0 1 0 RW 16 1 3 4 6 -9 0 0 0 LW 3 1 3 4 2 1 1 0 0 LW 7 2 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 D 8 1 1 2 16 -3 0 0 0 C 3 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 G 52 0 2 2 6 0 0 0 0 D 5 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D 6 0 0 0 18 4 0 0 0 RW 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 G 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RW 4 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 G 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C 4 0 0 0 2 -2 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO 2933 52 13 28 8 213 4.36 2 1436 31 8 10 7 103 4.30 0 380 7 3 3 0 43 6.79 0 51 2 0 0 0 2 2.35 0 Team: 4800 80 24 41 15 361 4.51 2

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG LW 10 5 8 13 12 1 0 1 C 10 7 4 11 0 4 0 0 LW 10 4 7 11 22 1 0 1 RW 10 4 6 10 20 3 0 0 D 10 2 8 10 12 1 0 0 LW 10 4 1 5 6 2 0 1 C 10 3 2 5 11 1 0 0 C 10 2 3 5 11 0 0 0 RW 9 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 C 10 4 0 4 23 0 0 1 D 10 1 3 4 41 0 0 0 RW 10 0 4 4 15 0 0 0 D 10 0 4 4 36 0 0 0 RW 10 2 1 3 32 0 0 0 D 10 1 2 3 9 0 0 0 D/RW 10 0 2 2 17 0 0 0 D 10 0 2 2 26 0 0 0 G 10 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 LW 10 1 0 1 14 1 0 0 G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO 583 10 4 5 41 4.22 0 32 2 0 1 1 1.88 0 Team: 615 10 4 6 42 4.10 0

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Transactions

The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1981–82 season.^[2]

Trades

August 10, 1981	To Los Angeles Kings 5th round pick in 1983 – Garry Galley	To Edmonton Oilers Jay McFarlane
August 10, 1981	To Los Angeles Kings Bob Gladney 6th round pick in 1983 – Kevin Stevens	To Toronto Maple Leafs Don Luce
November 11, 1981	To Los Angeles Kings Ian Turnbull	To Toronto Maple Leafs John Gibson Billy Harris

Free agent signings

May 11, 1981	From Cornell University (ECAC) Brock Tredway
July 8, 1981	From Colorado Rockies Bobby Sheehan
August 5, 1981	From Kingston Canadians (OHL) Howard Scruton
January 4, 1982	From Washington Capitals Alan Hangsleben
January 5, 1982	From Ohio State University (NCAA) Mike Blake
April 5, 1982	From University of North Dakota (WCHA) Phil Sykes

Waivers

October 5, 1981	From Hartford Whalers Al Sims
October 5, 1981	From Colorado Rockies Trevor Johansen
December 30, 1981	From Pittsburgh Penguins Paul Mulvey
February 19, 1982	To Toronto Maple Leafs Trevor Johansen
February 23, 1982	To Pittsburgh Penguins André St. Laurent

Draft picks

Los Angeles's draft picks at the 1981 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal.

Round		Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	2	Doug Smith		Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)
2	39	Dean Kennedy		Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
4	81	Marty Dallman		Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (ECAC)
6	123	Brad Thompson		London Knights (OMJHL)
7	134	Craig Hurley		Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
7	144	Peter Sawkins		St. Paul Academy (USHS-MN)
8	165	Dan Brennan		University of North Dakota (WCHA)
9	186	Al Tuer		Regina Pats (WHL)
10	207	Jeff Baikie		Cornell University (ECAC)

See also

• 1981–82 NHL season

References

• Web site: 1981–82 Los Angeles Kings Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-06 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-25 . 1981-82 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.
2. Web site: Hockey Transactions Search Results.