1980–81 Los Angeles Kings season

The 1980–81 Los Angeles Kings season, was the Kings' 14th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). It saw the Kings make it to the playoffs, losing in the preliminary round to the New York Rangers.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||W||October 11, 1980||8–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) ||1–0–0

|2||L||October 14, 1980||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Calgary Flames (1980–81) ||1–1–0

|3||W||October 16, 1980||6–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) ||2–1–0

|4||W||October 18, 1980||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Colorado Rockies (1980–81) ||3–1–0

|5||W||October 22, 1980||4–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1980–81) ||4–1–0

|6||W||October 25, 1980||5–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) ||5–1–0

|7||T||October 26, 1980||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) ||5–1–1

|8||W||October 28, 1980||8–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Colorado Rockies (1980–81) ||6–1–1

|9||W||October 29, 1980||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals (1980–81) ||7–1–1

|10||W||November 1, 1980||7–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Islanders (1980–81) ||8–1–1

|11||W||November 2, 1980||6–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1980–81) ||9–1–1

|12||W||November 5, 1980||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Washington Capitals (1980–81) ||10–1–1

|13||L||November 6, 1980||2–8 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) ||10–2–1

|14||L||November 8, 1980||0–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) ||10–3–1

|15||W||November 10, 1980||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1980–81) ||11–3–1

|16||L||November 12, 1980||4–8 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) ||11–4–1

|17||L||November 15, 1980||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (1980–81) ||11–5–1

|18||W||November 16, 1980||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) ||12–5–1

|19||W||November 19, 1980||7–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) ||13–5–1

|20||W||November 22, 1980||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) ||14–5–1

|21||W||November 24, 1980||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) ||15–5–1

|22||L||November 26, 1980||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) ||15–6–1

|23||W||November 29, 1980||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) ||16–6–1

|24||W||December 2, 1980||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Hartford Whalers (1980–81) ||17–6–1

|25||W||December 4, 1980||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) ||18–6–1

|26||W||December 6, 1980||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders (1980–81) ||19–6–1

|27||L||December 8, 1980||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Calgary Flames (1980–81) ||19–7–1

|28||W||December 10, 1980||7–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) ||20–7–1

|29||W||December 11, 1980||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) ||21–7–1

|30||T||December 13, 1980||5–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers (1980–81) ||21–7–2

|31||L||December 14, 1980||1–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1980–81) ||21–8–2

|32||T||December 17, 1980||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) ||21–8–3

|33||L||December 20, 1980||4–7 || style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) ||21–9–3

|34||W||December 23, 1980||7–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) ||22–9–3

|35||W||December 26, 1980||6–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) ||23–9–3

|36||T||December 27, 1980||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (1980–81) ||23–9–4

|37||L||December 30, 1980||0–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) ||23–10–4

|38||W||December 31, 1980||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) ||24–10–4

|39||L||January 2, 1981||6–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Calgary Flames (1980–81) ||24–11–4

|40||W||January 5, 1981||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Calgary Flames (1980–81) ||25–11–4

|41||W||January 7, 1981||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Hartford Whalers (1980–81) ||26–11–4

|42||T||January 10, 1981||6–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (1980–81) ||26–11–5

|43||T||January 11, 1981||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) ||26–11–6

|44||W||January 14, 1981||5–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers (1980–81) ||27–11–6

|45||L||January 15, 1981||0–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Washington Capitals (1980–81) ||27–12–6

|46||L||January 17, 1981||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) ||27–13–6

|47||L||January 18, 1981||2–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) ||27–14–6

|48||W||January 20, 1981||11–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) ||28–14–6

|49||T||January 22, 1981||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) ||28–14–7

|50||W||January 24, 1981||6–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1980–81) ||29–14–7

|51||W||January 26, 1981||7–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) ||30–14–7

|52||L||January 28, 1981||2–6 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1980–81) ||30–15–7

|53||W||January 31, 1981||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1980–81) ||31–15–7

|54||W||February 2, 1981||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1980–81) ||32–15–7

|55||L||February 3, 1981||1–8 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Islanders (1980–81) ||32–16–7

|56||L||February 5, 1981||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) ||32–17–7

|57||T||February 7, 1981||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals (1980–81) ||32–17–8

|58||T||February 12, 1981||5–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) ||32–17–9

|59||L||February 14, 1981||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1980–81) ||32–18–9

|60||L||February 18, 1981||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) ||32–19–9

|61||L||February 21, 1981||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81) ||32–20–9

|62||W||February 24, 1981||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) ||33–20–9

|63||W||February 26, 1981||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (1980–81) ||34–20–9

|64||L||February 28, 1981||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders (1980–81) ||34–21–9

|65||W||March 2, 1981||1–0 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) ||35–21–9

|66||L||March 4, 1981||5–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) ||35–22–9

|67||W||March 6, 1981||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Colorado Rockies (1980–81) ||36–22–9

|68||W||March 8, 1981||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) ||37–22–9

|69||T||March 11, 1981||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) ||37–22–10

|70||W||March 14, 1981||10–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) ||38–22–10

|71||L||March 17, 1981||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres (1980–81) ||38–23–10

|72||T||March 19, 1981||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81) ||38–23–11

|73||T||March 21, 1981||6–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) ||38–23–12

|74||W||March 22, 1981||7–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) ||39–23–12

|75||W||March 24, 1981||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) ||40–23–12

|76||W||March 25, 1981||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81) ||41–23–12

|77||W||March 28, 1981||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota North Stars (1980–81) ||42–23–12

|78||W||March 31, 1981||7–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Winnipeg Jets (1980–81) ||43–23–12

|79||L||April 2, 1981||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (1980–81) ||43–24–12

|80||T||April 4, 1981||5–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Colorado Rockies (1980–81) ||43–24–13

Legend:

Playoffs

Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG C 80 58 77 135 70552349 RW 72 47 65 112 130471303 LW 65 56 49 105 62312309 D 80 16 60 76 7917511 D 78 9 43 52 13910302 RW 80 20 29 49 36-1141 RW 71 18 25 43 80202 RW 68 16 23 39 54-7211 LW 74 19 19 38 88-6514 LW 73 12 25 37 99-1202 C 71 11 15 26 570313 RW 67 8 18 26 1186201 D 77 5 20 25 7714301 C 58 10 10 20 40-17100 D 51 4 15 19 96-2100 D 72 5 13 18 1559001 C 22 10 6 16 638002 RW 49 6 9 15 35-2000 D 67 1 12 13 9825000 LW 19 3 6 9 84000 D/RW 21 1 6 7 281001 D 13 0 4 4 135000 LW 1 1 1 2 01000 C 10 1 0 1 2-4000 G 64 0 1 1 80000 G 3 0 1 1 00000 D 4 0 0 0 21-5000 G 6 0 0 0 00000 G 9 0 0 0 70000 RW 3 0 0 0 0-1000 G 1 0 0 0 00000 RW 5 0 0 0 4-1000 D 1 0 0 0 0-1000Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO 3746 64 35 18 11 203 3.25 2 360 6 3 2 1 28 4.67 0 180 3 3 0 0 10 3.33 0 454 9 2 3 1 37 4.89 0 60 1 0 1 0 8 8.00 0 Team: 4800 80 43 24 13 286 3.57 2 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG RW 4 2 2 4 10100 C 4 1 3 4 7100 D 4 3 0 3 2100 RW 4 2 1 3 0000 D 4 1 2 3 4100 C 4 1 1 2 11010 LW 4 0 2 2 7000 D 4 0 2 2 4000 C 4 0 2 2 2000 RW 4 1 0 1 9001 LW 3 1 0 1 4100 D/RW 4 0 1 1 4000 RW 4 0 1 1 0000 LW 4 0 1 1 25000 RW 1 0 1 1 0000 C 3 0 1 1 9000 D 4 0 0 0 33000 G 4 0 0 0 0000 LW 1 0 0 0 0000 G 1 0 0 0 0000 D 4 0 0 0 27000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO 220 4 1 3 20 5.45 0 20 1 0 0 2 6.00 0 Team: 240 4 1 3 22 5.50 0

Awards and records

Transactions The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1980–81 season.

Trades June 6, 1980To Los Angeles KingsGarry UngerTo Calgary FlamesBert Wilson Randy Holt December 12, 1980To Los Angeles KingsCashTo Quebec NordiquesRon Grahame February 17, 1981To Los Angeles KingsRick ChartrawTo Montreal Canadiens3rd round pick in 1983 – Claude Lemieux March 8, 1981To Los Angeles Kings5th round pick in 1982 – Ulf Isaksson Future considerationsTo Vancouver CanucksDoug Halward March 10, 1981To Los Angeles Kings7th round pick in 1981 – Craig HurleyTo Edmonton OilersGarry Unger March 10, 1981To Los Angeles KingsDon LuceTo Buffalo Sabres6th round pick in 1982 – Jeff Parker March 10, 1981To Los Angeles KingsJim RutherfordTo Toronto Maple Leafs5th round pick in 1981 – Barry Brigley March 10, 1981To Los Angeles KingsRick MartinTo Buffalo Sabres3rd round pick in 1981 – Colin Chisholm 1st round pick in 1983 – Tom Barrasso

Free agent signings May 6, 1980From Team CanadaPaul Pageau August 1, 1980From Edmonton OilersAlec Tidey August 1, 1980From Vancouver CanucksLarry Goodenough September 15, 1980From Oklahoma City Stars (CHL)Cal Sandbeck September 15, 1980From Colorado RockiesNelson Pyatt October 18, 1980From Detroit Red WingsKevin Schamehorn

Draft picks Los Angeles's draft picks at the 1980 NHL entry draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)14Larry MurphyPeterborough Petes (OHA)110Jim FoxOttawa 67's (OHA)233Greg TerrionBrantford Alexanders (OHA)234Dave MorrisonPeterborough Petes (OHA)352Steve BozekNorthern Michigan University (NCAA)473Bernie NichollsKingston Canadians (OMJHL)594Alan GravesSeattle Breakers (WHL)6115Darren EliotCornell University (ECAC)7136Mike O'ConnorMichigan Tech University (WCHA)8157Billy O'DwyerBoston College (ECAC)9178Daryl EvansNiagara Falls Flyers (OMJHL)10199Kim CollinsBowling Green University (CCHA)

See also 1980–81 NHL season

References