1982–83 Los Angeles Kings season

The 1982–83 Los Angeles Kings season, was the Kings' 16th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). 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.Podnieks, p. 479

Regular season One highlight came on January 18, when Laskoski and the Kings ended Wayne Gretzky's consecutive goal streak at 30. 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.

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||T||October 6, 1982||3–3 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) ||0–0–1

|2||W||October 9, 1982||3–1 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1982–83) ||1–0–1

|3||W||October 12, 1982||5–3 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) ||2–0–1

|4||T||October 14, 1982||4–4 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) ||2–0–2

|5||L||October 16, 1982||1–4 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1982–83) ||2–1–2

|6||W||October 17, 1982||5–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1982–83) ||3–1–2

|7||W||October 20, 1982||7–4 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1982–83) ||4–1–2

|8||L||October 23, 1982||3–5 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1982–83) ||4–2–2

|9||W||October 24, 1982||5–4 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1982–83) ||5–2–2

|10||L||October 27, 1982||3–7 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) ||5–3–2

|11||L||October 29, 1982||3–6 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) ||5–4–2

|12||T||October 30, 1982||5–5 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) ||5–4–3

|13||W||November 3, 1982||6–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) ||6–4–3

|14||W||November 6, 1982||6–2 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) ||7–4–3

|15||L||November 9, 1982||4–5 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1982–83) ||7–5–3

|16||L||November 10, 1982||2–4 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) ||7–6–3

|17||W||November 13, 1982||2–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1982–83) ||8–6–3

|18||L||November 16, 1982||3–8 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) ||8–7–3

|19||W||November 18, 1982||4–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) ||9–7–3

|20||L||November 20, 1982||2–5 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) ||9–8–3

|21||W||November 24, 1982||3–0 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1982–83) ||10–8–3

|22||L||November 27, 1982||0–4 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) ||10–9–3

|23||W||November 30, 1982||5–2 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) ||11–9–3

|24||W||December 1, 1982||4–1 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1982–83) ||12–9–3

|25||W||December 4, 1982||6–3 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1982–83) ||13–9–3

|26||L||December 5, 1982||3–7 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) ||13–10–3

|27||T||December 7, 1982||4–4 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1982–83) ||13–10–4

|28||T||December 9, 1982||3–3 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) ||13–10–5

|29||L||December 11, 1982||3–4 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) ||13–11–5

|30||L||December 14, 1982||2–7 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1982–83) ||13–12–5

|31||L||December 15, 1982||1–7 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1982–83) ||13–13–5

|32||L||December 18, 1982||0–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1982–83) ||13–14–5

|33||L||December 19, 1982||4–6 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) ||13–15–5

|34||L||December 21, 1982||2–4 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) ||13–16–5

|35||L||December 23, 1982||2–6 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) ||13–17–5

|36||W||December 26, 1982||4–2 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) ||14–17–5

|37||L||December 29, 1982||3–4 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) ||14–18–5

|38||L||January 6, 1983||3–11 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1982–83) ||14–19–5

|39||L||January 8, 1983||5–7 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) ||14–20–5

|40||L||January 9, 1983||2–7 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) ||14–21–5

|41||W||January 11, 1983||9–7 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1982–83) ||15–21–5

|42||T||January 13, 1983||4–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) ||15–21–6

|43||L||January 15, 1983||2–5 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1982–83) ||15–22–6

|44||L||January 16, 1983||3–5 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1982–83) ||15–23–6

|45||T||January 18, 1983||3–3 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) ||15–23–7

|46||W||January 20, 1983||4–3 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1982–83) ||16–23–7

|47||L||January 23, 1983||6–8 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) ||16–24–7

|48||L||January 25, 1983||6–8 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1982–83) ||16–25–7

|49||L||January 27, 1983||4–6 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1982–83) ||16–26–7

|50||L||January 29, 1983||2–4 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1982–83) ||16–27–7

|51||T||February 1, 1983||5–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1982–83) ||16–27–8

|52||W||February 3, 1983||7–4 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) ||17–27–8

|53||L||February 5, 1983||0–2 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) ||17–28–8

|54||W||February 10, 1983||7–2 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) ||18–28–8

|55||L||February 12, 1983||4–6 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) ||18–29–8

|56||W||February 13, 1983||5–4 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) ||19–29–8

|57||W||February 15, 1983||5–2 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1982–83) ||20–29–8

|58||T||February 17, 1983||5–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) ||20–29–9

|59||T||February 19, 1983||3–3 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1982–83) ||20–29–10

|60||L||February 20, 1983||2–5 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) ||20–30–10

|61||W||February 22, 1983||5–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1982–83) ||21–30–10

|62||W||February 24, 1983||8–0 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) ||22–30–10

|63||W||February 26, 1983||6–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) ||23–30–10

|64||L||March 1, 1983||2–7 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1982–83) ||23–31–10

|65||L||March 2, 1983||3–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) ||23–32–10

|66||T||March 5, 1983||4–4 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1982–83) ||23–32–11

|67||L||March 6, 1983||3–8 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) ||23–33–11

|68||W||March 8, 1983||6–4 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1982–83) ||24–33–11

|69||L||March 13, 1983||5–6 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) ||24–34–11

|70||W||March 15, 1983||4–3 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) ||25–34–11

|71||W||March 17, 1983||4–3 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) ||26–34–11

|72||L||March 19, 1983||4–7 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) ||26–35–11

|73||L||March 22, 1983||5–6 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1982–83) ||26–36–11

|74||L||March 24, 1983||3–7 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) ||26–37–11

|75||L||March 26, 1983||3–9 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) ||26–38–11

|76||L||March 27, 1983||4–8 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) ||26–39–11

|77||L||March 29, 1983||3–5 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1982–83) ||26–40–11

|78||L||March 30, 1983||5–10 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) ||26–41–11

|79||W||April 2, 1983||8–5 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) ||27–41–11

|80||T||April 3, 1983||2–2 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) ||27–41–12

Legend:

Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG C 80 56 51 107 22101717 LW 80 29 51 80 5101111 RW 77 28 40 68 8-11701 D 77 14 48 62 812902 RW 46 21 37 58 764601 C 71 28 22 50 124-231203 C 71 14 30 44 127-16412 LW 80 18 22 40 21-18110 D 74 5 34 39 101-30301 LW 65 16 15 31 52-14412 D 72 3 26 29 90-6100 RW 74 16 11 27 52-11052 LW 53 13 13 26 14-18301 C 39 8 16 24 7-8200 C 42 11 11 22 12-14101 LW 50 7 15 22 101001 RW 49 5 12 17 43-5000 D 69 3 12 15 16711001 D 79 2 10 12 53-22000 D 55 0 12 12 97-17000 D/RW 31 3 5 8 31-14000 RW 24 3 3 6 4-7001 D 4 0 4 4 9-4000 LW 8 0 3 3 7-5000 LW 7 2 0 2 21000 C 20 1 1 2 40-7000 LW 7 0 2 2 4-5000 G 19 0 2 2 20000 C 6 1 0 1 17-1000 C 3 1 0 1 01000 D 3 0 1 1 5-2000 D 7 0 1 1 0-2000 G 6 0 1 1 00000 G 46 0 1 1 60000 G 19 0 1 1 20000 RW 1 0 0 0 00000 G 9 0 0 0 20000 RW 2 0 0 0 2-3000 C 3 0 0 0 0-1000 D 1 0 0 0 2-2000 D 1 0 0 0 00000 D 3 0 0 0 40000Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA 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

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.

Trades June 22, 1982To Los Angeles KingsBlair BarnesTo Edmonton OilersPaul Mulvey September 9, 1982To Los Angeles KingsDean TurnerTo Buffalo SabresCash October 19, 1982To Los Angeles Kings4th round pick in 1983 – Dave KorolTo Toronto Maple LeafsGreg Terrion October 24, 1982To Los Angeles KingsTerry RuskowskiTo Chicago Black HawksLarry Goodenough 3rd round pick in 1984 – Trent Yawney December 7, 1982To Los Angeles KingsRick BlightTo Edmonton OilersAlan Hangsleben February 1, 1983To Los Angeles KingsMarkus MattssonTo Minnesota North Stars3rd round pick in 1985 – Stéphane Roy

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

Free agents lost September 13, 1982To Detroit Red WingsJim Rutherford October 4, 1982To Pittsburgh PenguinsIan Turnbull

Waivers January 13, 1983To New York RangersRick 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)227Mike HeidtCalgary Wranglers (WHL)348Steve SeguinKingston Canadians (OHL)464Dave GansOshawa Generals (OHL)482Dave RossSeattle Breakers (WHL)590Darcy RoyOttawa 67's (OHL)595Ulf IsakssonSolna (Sweden)7132Victor NechayevSKA Leningrad (USSR)8153Peter HelanderSkelleftea AIK (Sweden)9174Dave ChartierSaskatoon Blades (WHL)10195John FranzosaBrown University (ECAC)11216Ray SheroSt. Lawrence University (ECAC)12237Mats UlanderSolna (Sweden)

See also 1982–83 NHL season

References