1970–71 Los Angeles Kings season

The 1970–71 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' fourth season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Kings finished in fifth place in the West Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||W||October 9, 1970||3–1 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1970–71) ||1–0–0

|2||L||October 14, 1970||5–8 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1970–71) ||1–1–0

|3||W||October 17, 1970||6–1 || align="left"| California Golden Seals (1970–71) ||2–1–0

|4||W||October 21, 1970||4–2 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71) ||3–1–0

|5||W||October 24, 1970||3–1 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1970–71) ||4–1–0

|6||L||October 28, 1970||3–5 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71) ||4–2–0

|7||L||October 29, 1970||1–3 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71) ||4–3–0

|8||L||October 31, 1970||0–3 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1970–71) ||4–4–0

|9||W||November 1, 1970||4–2 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1970–71) ||5–4–0

|10||W||November 4, 1970||3–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71) ||6–4–0

|11||L||November 7, 1970||2–6 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1970–71) ||6–5–0

|12||W||November 10, 1970||5–1 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71) ||7–5–0

|13||L||November 11, 1970||1–3 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1970–71) ||7–6–0

|14||T||November 15, 1970||4–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1970–71) ||7–6–1

|15||L||November 18, 1970||3–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1970–71) ||7–7–1

|16||L||November 20, 1970||1–7 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1970–71) ||7–8–1

|17||L||November 21, 1970||1–3 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1970–71) ||7–9–1

|18||W||November 25, 1970||3–1 || align="left"| @ California Golden Seals (1970–71) ||8–9–1

|19||L||November 28, 1970||2–3 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1970–71) ||8–10–1

|20||L||November 29, 1970||3–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71) ||8–11–1

|21||L||December 2, 1970||0–7 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71) ||8–12–1

|22||T||December 3, 1970||4–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1970–71) ||8–12–2

|23||T||December 5, 1970||4–4 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71) ||8–12–3

|24||T||December 9, 1970||2–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1970–71) ||8–12–4

|25||L||December 12, 1970||1–8 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1970–71) ||8–13–4

|26||L||December 13, 1970||0–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1970–71) ||8–14–4

|27||L||December 16, 1970||4–6 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1970–71) ||8–15–4

|28||L||December 17, 1970||3–4 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1970–71) ||8–16–4

|29||T||December 19, 1970||2–2 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71) ||8–16–5

|30||W||December 20, 1970||7–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1970–71) ||9–16–5

|31||L||December 23, 1970||4–6 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71) ||9–17–5

|32||W||December 26, 1970||9–3 || align="left"| California Golden Seals (1970–71) ||10–17–5

|33||L||December 30, 1970||1–4 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1970–71) ||10–18–5

|34||T||January 2, 1971||3–3 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1970–71) ||10–18–6

|35||L||January 3, 1971||3–7 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1970–71) ||10–19–6

|36||W||January 6, 1971||4–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71) ||11–19–6

|37||T||January 7, 1971||5–5 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71) ||11–19–7

|38||L||January 9, 1971||0–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1970–71) ||11–20–7

|39||T||January 10, 1971||2–2 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1970–71) ||11–20–8

|40||L||January 13, 1971||2–4 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71) ||11–21–8

|41||L||January 14, 1971||5–9 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1970–71) ||11–22–8

|42||L||January 16, 1971||1–8 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71) ||11–23–8

|43||W||January 17, 1971||4–1 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71) ||12–23–8

|44||W||January 21, 1971||4–2 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71) ||13–23–8

|45||W||January 23, 1971||3–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71) ||14–23–8

|46||T||January 27, 1971||3–3 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1970–71) ||14–23–9

|47||T||January 30, 1971||3–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1970–71) ||14–23–10

|48||T||January 31, 1971||2–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1970–71) ||14–23–11

|49||L||February 3, 1971||3–7 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1970–71) ||14–24–11

|50||L||February 4, 1971||2–5 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1970–71) ||14–25–11

|51||W||February 6, 1971||6–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1970–71) ||15–25–11

|52||W||February 10, 1971||5–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1970–71) ||16–25–11

|53||L||February 13, 1971||1–8 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71) ||16–26–11

|54||L||February 14, 1971||0–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1970–71) ||16–27–11

|55||L||February 17, 1971||0–4 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71) ||16–28–11

|56||W||February 20, 1971||5–4 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1970–71) ||17–28–11

|57||L||February 21, 1971||5–7 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71) ||17–29–11

|58||L||February 24, 1971||1–5 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1970–71) ||17–30–11

|59||L||February 25, 1971||3–5 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1970–71) ||17–31–11

|60||L||February 27, 1971||1–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71) ||17–32–11

|61||W||February 28, 1971||8–3 || align="left"| @ California Golden Seals (1970–71) ||18–32–11

|62||T||March 3, 1971||3–3 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1970–71) ||18–32–12

|63||L||March 6, 1971||2–8 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1970–71) ||18–33–12

|64||L||March 7, 1971||2–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1970–71) ||18–34–12

|65||W||March 9, 1971||4–0 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1970–71) ||19–34–12

|66||L||March 11, 1971||2–7 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1970–71) ||19–35–12

|67||W||March 13, 1971||5–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1970–71) ||20–35–12

|68||L||March 16, 1971||2–7 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1970–71) ||20–36–12

|69||W||March 18, 1971||3–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71) ||21–36–12

|70||W||March 20, 1971||8–4 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71) ||22–36–12

|71||L||March 21, 1971||2–5 || align="left"| @ California Golden Seals (1970–71) ||22–37–12

|72||L||March 23, 1971||1–3 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1970–71) ||22–38–12

|73||W||March 25, 1971||5–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71) ||23–38–12

|74||L||March 27, 1971||3–6 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1970–71) ||23–39–12

|75||L||March 30, 1971||3–4 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1970–71) ||23–40–12

|76||T||March 31, 1971||2–2 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1970–71) ||23–40–13

|77||W||April 3, 1971||6–4 || align="left"| California Golden Seals (1970–71) ||24–40–13

|78||W||April 4, 1971||4–2 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1970–71) ||25–40–13

Legend:

Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG C 78 25 40 65 24−11504 LW 77 25 38 63 52−5402 LW 76 25 28 53 80−35520 RW 72 27 18 45 14−5405 LW 59 17 26 43 53−15612 C 69 20 21 41 14−10301 RW 64 13 24 37 57−30500 D 78 6 27 33 96−9000 LW 61 15 13 28 8−8303 C 33 14 13 27 8−7211 C 45 11 10 21 16−22100 D 62 1 19 20 29−15000 D 66 3 16 19 41−14001 RW 65 6 12 18 46−15012 RW 68 9 7 16 12−1111 D 70 4 10 14 52−16000 D 67 3 11 14 45−29100 D 64 1 13 14 82−18000 D 18 3 8 11 41100 LW 43 3 6 9 22−7001 C 19 2 5 7 24000 LW 11 2 2 4 8−3001 D 4 1 3 4 25000 RW 6 2 1 3 02001 LW 7 1 0 1 0−2000 G 60 0 0 0 00000 G 25 0 0 0 00000 C/RW 2 0 0 0 01000Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO 3375 60 18 29 11 214 3.80 1 1305 25 7 11 2 85 3.91 0 Team: 4680 78 25 40 13 299 3.83 1

Transactions The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1970–71 season.

Trades May 11, 1970To Los Angeles KingsRay FortinTo St. Louis BluesBob Wall May 20, 1970To Los Angeles KingsMike ByersTo Philadelphia FlyersBrent Hughes May 22, 1970To Los Angeles KingsLarry Mickey Lucien Grenier Jack NorrisTo Montreal CanadiensGregg Boddy Leon Rochefort Wayne Thomas September 3, 1970To Los Angeles KingsBob PulfordTo Toronto Maple LeafsGarry Monahan Brian Murphy October 8, 1970To Los Angeles KingsBob BerryTo Montreal CanadiensCash November 1, 1970To Los Angeles KingsCashTo Denver Spurs (WHL)Loan of Howie Hughes November 24, 1970To Los Angeles KingsMike McMahon Jr. 7th round pick in 1971 – Pete Harasym 8th round pick in 1971 – Lorne StamlerTo Buffalo SabresDick Duff Eddie Shack December 1, 1970To Los Angeles KingsEd HoekstraTo Denver Spurs (WHLJimmy Peters Jr. January 26, 1971To Los Angeles KingsRalph BackstromTo Montreal CanadiensGord Labossiere Ray Fortin 2nd round pick in 1973 – Peter Marrin February 1, 1971To Los Angeles KingsRed ArmstrongTo Toronto Maple LeafsDon Westbrooke February 5, 1971To Los Angeles KingsHarry HowellTo California Golden Seals8th round pick in 1971 – Rod Lyons Cash March 3, 1971To Los Angeles KingsWayne Schultz Steve SutherlandTo Minnesota North StarsTerry Holbrook

Free agent signings May 22, 1970From Omaha Knights (CHL)Gord Smith September 1, 1970From Winnipeg Jets (WHL)Bill Mikkelson

Intra-league Draft June 9, 1970From Montreal CanadiensPaul Curtis June 9, 1970To Montreal CanadiensBill Inglis June 9, 1970To Pittsburgh PenguinsLowell MacDonald June 9, 1970From Pittsburgh PenguinsCraig Cameron

Reverse Draft June 9, 1970To Baltimore Clippers (AHL)Marc Dufour June 9, 1970To Oakland SealsBob Sneddon June 10, 1970From Minnesota North StarsGary Dineen

Expansion Draft June 10, 1970To Buffalo SabresCraig Cameron Skip Krake June 10, 1970To Vancouver CanucksMike Corrigan

Draft picks Los Angeles's draft picks at the 1970 NHL amateur draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)224 Al McDonough St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)338 Terry Holbrook London Knights (OHA)559 Billy Smith Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)673 Gerry Bradbury London Knights (OHA)786 Brian Carlin Calgary Centennials (WCHL)898 Brian Chinnick Peterborough Petes (OHA)

See also 1970–71 NHL season

References