1982–83 Los Angeles Kings season explained

Attendance:	11,546
League:	NHL
Season:	1982–83
Year:	1982
Team:	Los Angeles Kings
Record:	27–41–12
Divisionrank:	5th
Altcaptain:	None
Goalsfor:	308
Goalsagainst:	365
Goalsleader:	Marcel Dionne (56)
Pointsleader:	Marcel Dionne (107)
Plusminusleader:	Jay Wells (11)
Pimleader:	Jay Wells (167)
Gaaleader:	Gary Laskoski (4.56)
Winsleader:	Gary Laskoski (15)

The 1982–83 Los Angeles Kings season, was the Kings' 16th season in the National Hockey League. It saw the Kings miss the playoffs, finishing last in the Smythe Division.

Offseason

Goaltender Gary Laskoski attended the camp on a tryout basis. He had played four years at St. Lawrence University, but had never been drafted. Based on his performance at camp, Laskoski was named the number one goalie for the team. Laskoski was not signed to a contract until after several regular season games, earning $200 per game.^[1]

Regular season

One highlight came on January 18, when Laskoski and the Kings ended Wayne Gretzky's consecutive goal streak at 30.^[1] However, it was one of the few highlights as the Kings finished last in the division. The Kings finished with the fewest goals scored in the Division and the highest goals against in the division. Laskoski played in 46 games as the number one goalie, but the team played four other goalies in the backup role.

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 6, 1982	3–3	Vancouver Canucks (1982–83)	0–0–1
2	W	October 9, 1982	3–1	Calgary Flames (1982–83)	1–0–1
3	W	October 12, 1982	5–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1982–83)	2–0–1
4	T	October 14, 1982	4–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83)	2–0–2
5	L	October 16, 1982	1–4	@ New York Islanders (1982–83)	2–1–2
6	W	October 17, 1982	5–3	@ New York Rangers (1982–83)	3–1–2
7	W	October 20, 1982	7–4	New Jersey Devils (1982–83)	4–1–2
8	L	October 23, 1982	3–5	Hartford Whalers (1982–83)	4–2–2
9	W	October 24, 1982	5–4	Boston Bruins (1982–83)	5–2–2
10	L	October 27, 1982	3–7	@ Winnipeg Jets (1982–83)	5–3–2
11	L	October 29, 1982	3–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83)	5–4–2
12	T	October 30, 1982	5–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83)	5–4–3
13	W	November 3, 1982	6–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83)	6–4–3
14	W	November 6, 1982	6–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83)	7–4–3
15	L	November 9, 1982	4–5	@ Calgary Flames (1982–83)	7–5–3
16	L	November 10, 1982	2–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83)	7–6–3
17	W	November 13, 1982	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1982–83)	8–6–3
18	L	November 16, 1982	3–8	Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	8–7–3
19	W	November 18, 1982	4–1	Detroit Red Wings (1982–83)	9–7–3
20	L	November 20, 1982	2–5	Buffalo Sabres (1982–83)	9–8–3
21	W	November 24, 1982	3–0	New Jersey Devils (1982–83)	10–8–3
22	L	November 27, 1982	0–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83)	10–9–3
23	W	November 30, 1982	5–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83)	11–9–3
24	W	December 1, 1982	4–1	Calgary Flames (1982–83)	12–9–3
25	W	December 4, 1982	6–3	St. Louis Blues (1982–83)	13–9–3
26	L	December 5, 1982	3–7	@ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83)	13–10–3
27	T	December 7, 1982	4–4	@ Calgary Flames (1982–83)	13–10–4
28	T	December 9, 1982	3–3	Edmonton Oilers (1982–83)	13–10–5
29	L	December 11, 1982	3–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1982–83)	13–11–5
30	L	December 14, 1982	2–7	@ Washington Capitals (1982–83)	13–12–5
31	L	December 15, 1982	1–7	@ New York Rangers (1982–83)	13–13–5
32	L	December 18, 1982	0–4	@ Boston Bruins (1982–83)	13–14–5
33	L	December 19, 1982	4–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83)	13–15–5
34	L	December 21, 1982	2–4	Winnipeg Jets (1982–83)	13–16–5
35	L	December 23, 1982	2–6	Edmonton Oilers (1982–83)	13–17–5
36	W	December 26, 1982	4–2	Vancouver Canucks (1982–83)	14–17–5
37	L	December 29, 1982	3–4	Winnipeg Jets (1982–83)	14–18–5
38	L	January 6, 1983	3–11	@ Montreal Canadiens (1982–83)	14–19–5
39	L	January 8, 1983	5–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83)	14–20–5
40	L	January 9, 1983	2–7	@ Buffalo Sabres (1982–83)	14–21–5
41	W	January 11, 1983	9–7	@ Washington Capitals (1982–83)	15–21–5
42	T	January 13, 1983	4–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83)	15–21–6
43	L	January 15, 1983	2–5	@ New York Islanders (1982–83)	15–22–6
44	L	January 16, 1983	3–5	@ New Jersey Devils (1982–83)	15–23–6
45	T	January 18, 1983	3–3	Edmonton Oilers (1982–83)	15–23–7
46	W	January 20, 1983	4–3	Hartford Whalers (1982–83)	16–23–7
47	L	January 23, 1983	6–8	@ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83)	16–24–7
48	L	January 25, 1983	6–8	Calgary Flames (1982–83)	16–25–7
49	L	January 27, 1983	4–6	New York Islanders (1982–83)	16–26–7
50	L	January 29, 1983	2–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1982–83)	16–27–7
51	T	February 1, 1983	5–5	New York Rangers (1982–83)	16–27–8
52	W	February 3, 1983	7–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83)	17–27–8
53	L	February 5, 1983	0–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83)	17–28–8
54	W	February 10, 1983	7–2	Buffalo Sabres (1982–83)	18–28–8
55	L	February 12, 1983	4–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83)	18–29–8
56	W	February 13, 1983	5–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83)	19–29–8
57	W	February 15, 1983	5–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1982–83)	20–29–8
58	T	February 17, 1983	5–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83)	20–29–9
59	T	February 19, 1983	3–3	Washington Capitals (1982–83)	20–29–10
60	L	February 20, 1983	2–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83)	20–30–10
61	W	February 22, 1983	5–3	Boston Bruins (1982–83)	21–30–10
62	W	February 24, 1983	8–0	Vancouver Canucks (1982–83)	22–30–10
63	W	February 26, 1983	6–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83)	23–30–10
64	L	March 1, 1983	2–7	@ St. Louis Blues (1982–83)	23–31–10
65	L	March 2, 1983	3–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83)	23–32–10
66	T	March 5, 1983	4–4	@ Calgary Flames (1982–83)	23–32–11
67	L	March 6, 1983	3–8	@ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	23–33–11
68	W	March 8, 1983	6–4	Calgary Flames (1982–83)	24–33–11
69	L	March 13, 1983	5–6	Winnipeg Jets (1982–83)	24–34–11
70	W	March 15, 1983	4–3	Winnipeg Jets (1982–83)	25–34–11
71	W	March 17, 1983	4–3	Quebec Nordiques (1982–83)	26–34–11
72	L	March 19, 1983	4–7	Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83)	26–35–11
73	L	March 22, 1983	5–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1982–83)	26–36–11
74	L	March 24, 1983	3–7	@ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83)	26–37–11
75	L	March 26, 1983	3–9	Edmonton Oilers (1982–83)	26–38–11
76	L	March 27, 1983	4–8	@ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83)	26–39–11
77	L	March 29, 1983	3–5	@ Calgary Flames (1982–83)	26–40–11
78	L	March 30, 1983	5–10	@ Winnipeg Jets (1982–83)	26–41–11
79	W	April 2, 1983	8–5	Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	27–41–11
80	T	April 3, 1983	2–2	Vancouver Canucks (1982–83)	27–41–12

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Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG C 80 56 51 107 22 10 17 1 7 LW 80 29 51 80 51 0 11 1 1 RW 77 28 40 68 8 -11 7 0 1 D 77 14 48 62 81 2 9 0 2 RW 46 21 37 58 76 4 6 0 1 C 71 28 22 50 124 -23 12 0 3 C 71 14 30 44 127 -16 4 1 2 LW 80 18 22 40 21 -18 1 1 0 D 74 5 34 39 101 -30 3 0 1 LW 65 16 15 31 52 -14 4 1 2 D 72 3 26 29 90 -6 1 0 0 RW 74 16 11 27 52 -11 0 5 2 LW 53 13 13 26 14 -18 3 0 1 C 39 8 16 24 7 -8 2 0 0 C 42 11 11 22 12 -14 1 0 1 LW 50 7 15 22 10 1 0 0 1 RW 49 5 12 17 43 -5 0 0 0 D 69 3 12 15 167 11 0 0 1 D 79 2 10 12 53 -22 0 0 0 D 55 0 12 12 97 -17 0 0 0 D/RW 31 3 5 8 31 -14 0 0 0 RW 24 3 3 6 4 -7 0 0 1 D 4 0 4 4 9 -4 0 0 0 LW 8 0 3 3 7 -5 0 0 0 LW 7 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 C 20 1 1 2 40 -7 0 0 0 LW 7 0 2 2 4 -5 0 0 0 G 19 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 C 6 1 0 1 17 -1 0 0 0 C 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 D 3 0 1 1 5 -2 0 0 0 D 7 0 1 1 0 -2 0 0 0 G 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 G 46 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 G 19 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 RW 2 0 0 0 2 -3 0 0 0 C 3 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 D 1 0 0 0 2 -2 0 0 0 D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO 2277 46 15 20 4 173 4.56 0 899 19 5 5 4 65 4.34 1 432 9 4 4 0 30 4.17 0 888 19 3 10 2 68 4.59 1 304 6 0 2 2 24 4.74 0 Team: 4800 80 27 41 12 360 4.50 2

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Awards and records

• Marcel Dionne – Kings' representative at the NHL All-Star Game.

Transactions

The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1982–83 season.^[4]

Trades

June 22, 1982	To Los Angeles Kings Blair Barnes	To Edmonton Oilers Paul Mulvey
September 9, 1982	To Los Angeles Kings Dean Turner	To Buffalo Sabres Cash
October 19, 1982	To Los Angeles Kings 4th round pick in 1983 – Dave Korol	To Toronto Maple Leafs Greg Terrion
October 24, 1982	To Los Angeles Kings Terry Ruskowski	To Chicago Black Hawks Larry Goodenough 3rd round pick in 1984 – Trent Yawney
December 7, 1982	To Los Angeles Kings Rick Blight	To Edmonton Oilers Alan Hangsleben
February 1, 1983	To Los Angeles Kings Markus Mattsson	To Minnesota North Stars 3rd round pick in 1985 – Stéphane Roy

Free agent signings

May 12, 1982	From Bowling Green State University (WCHA) Brian MacLellan
August 5, 1982	From New Haven Nighthawks (AHL) Pierre Giroux
October 22, 1982	From St. Lawrence University (ECAC) Gary Laskoski

Free agents lost

September 13, 1982	To Detroit Red Wings Jim Rutherford
October 4, 1982	To Pittsburgh Penguins Ian Turnbull

Waivers

January 13, 1983

To New York Rangers Rick Chartraw

Draft picks

Los Angeles's draft picks at the 1982 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal.

Round		Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
2	27	Mike Heidt		Calgary Wranglers (WHL)
3	48	Steve Seguin		Kingston Canadians (OHL)
4	64	Dave Gans		Oshawa Generals (OHL)
4	82	Dave Ross		Seattle Breakers (WHL)
5	90	Darcy Roy		Ottawa 67's (OHL)
5	95	Ulf Isaksson		Solna (Sweden)
7	132	Victor Nechayev		SKA Leningrad (USSR)
8	153	Peter Helander		Skelleftea AIK (Sweden)
9	174	Dave Chartier		Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
10	195	John Franzosa		Brown University (ECAC)
11	216	Ray Shero		St. Lawrence University (ECAC)
12	237	Mats Ulander		Solna (Sweden)

See also

• 1982–83 NHL season

References

• Book: Podnieks, Andrew . Players: the ultimate A–Z guide of everyone who has ever played in the NHL . Doubleday Canada . 2003 . 0-385-25999-9.

Notes and References

1. Podnieks, p. 479
2. Web site: 1982–83 Los Angeles Kings Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-06 .
3. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-25 . 1982-83 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.
4. Web site: Hockey Transactions Search Results.