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.

1970–71 Los Angeles Kings
Division	5th West
1970–71 record	25–40–13
Goals for	239
Goals against	303
Team information
General Manager	Larry Regan
Coach	Larry Regan
Captain	Bob Pulford
Alternate captains	Gilles Marotte Larry Mickey Noel Price
Team leaders
Goals	Mike Byers (27)
Assists	Juha Widing (40)
Points	Juha Widing (65)
Penalty minutes	Gilles Marotte (96)
Wins	Denis DeJordy (18)
Goals against average	Denis DeJordy (3.80)

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

West Division[1]

		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIFF	Pts
1	Chicago Black Hawks	78	49	20	9	277	184	+93	107
2	St. Louis Blues	78	34	25	19	223	208	+15	87
3	Philadelphia Flyers	78	28	33	17	207	225	−18	73
4	Minnesota North Stars	78	28	34	16	191	223	−32	72
5	Los Angeles Kings	78	25	40	13	239	303	−64	63
6	Pittsburgh Penguins	78	21	37	20	221	240	−19	62
7	California Golden Seals	78	20	53	5	199	320	−121	45

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 9, 1970	3–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)	1–0–0
2	L	October 14, 1970	5–8	Boston Bruins (1970–71)	1–1–0
3	W	October 17, 1970	6–1	California Golden Seals (1970–71)	2–1–0
4	W	October 21, 1970	4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)	3–1–0
5	W	October 24, 1970	3–1	St. Louis Blues (1970–71)	4–1–0
6	L	October 28, 1970	3–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)	4–2–0
7	L	October 29, 1970	1–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)	4–3–0
8	L	October 31, 1970	0–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1970–71)	4–4–0
9	W	November 1, 1970	4–2	Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)	5–4–0
10	W	November 4, 1970	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71)	6–4–0
11	L	November 7, 1970	2–6	New York Rangers (1970–71)	6–5–0
12	W	November 10, 1970	5–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)	7–5–0
13	L	November 11, 1970	1–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1970–71)	7–6–0
14	T	November 15, 1970	4–4	Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)	7–6–1
15	L	November 18, 1970	3–5	New York Rangers (1970–71)	7–7–1
16	L	November 20, 1970	1–7	@ Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)	7–8–1
17	L	November 21, 1970	1–3	Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)	7–9–1
18	W	November 25, 1970	3–1	@ California Golden Seals (1970–71)	8–9–1
19	L	November 28, 1970	2–3	Minnesota North Stars (1970–71)	8–10–1
20	L	November 29, 1970	3–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)	8–11–1
21	L	December 2, 1970	0–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71)	8–12–1
22	T	December 3, 1970	4–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)	8–12–2
23	T	December 5, 1970	4–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)	8–12–3
24	T	December 9, 1970	2–2	New York Rangers (1970–71)	8–12–4
25	L	December 12, 1970	1–8	@ Montreal Canadiens (1970–71)	8–13–4
26	L	December 13, 1970	0–4	@ New York Rangers (1970–71)	8–14–4
27	L	December 16, 1970	4–6	@ Boston Bruins (1970–71)	8–15–4
28	L	December 17, 1970	3–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)	8–16–4
29	T	December 19, 1970	2–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)	8–16–5
30	W	December 20, 1970	7–2	Montreal Canadiens (1970–71)	9–16–5
31	L	December 23, 1970	4–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)	9–17–5
32	W	December 26, 1970	9–3	California Golden Seals (1970–71)	10–17–5
33	L	December 30, 1970	1–4	Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)	10–18–5
34	T	January 2, 1971	3–3	Minnesota North Stars (1970–71)	10–18–6
35	L	January 3, 1971	3–7	St. Louis Blues (1970–71)	10–19–6
36	W	January 6, 1971	4–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)	11–19–6
37	T	January 7, 1971	5–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)	11–19–7
38	L	January 9, 1971	0–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1970–71)	11–20–7
39	T	January 10, 1971	2–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)	11–20–8
40	L	January 13, 1971	2–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)	11–21–8
41	L	January 14, 1971	5–9	@ Boston Bruins (1970–71)	11–22–8
42	L	January 16, 1971	1–8	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71)	11–23–8
43	W	January 17, 1971	4–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)	12–23–8
44	W	January 21, 1971	4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)	13–23–8
45	W	January 23, 1971	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71)	14–23–8
46	T	January 27, 1971	3–3	Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)	14–23–9
47	T	January 30, 1971	3–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)	14–23–10
48	T	January 31, 1971	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1970–71)	14–23–11
49	L	February 3, 1971	3–7	@ Boston Bruins (1970–71)	14–24–11
50	L	February 4, 1971	2–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)	14–25–11
51	W	February 6, 1971	6–3	Montreal Canadiens (1970–71)	15–25–11
52	W	February 10, 1971	5–2	Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)	16–25–11
53	L	February 13, 1971	1–8	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71)	16–26–11
54	L	February 14, 1971	0–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)	16–27–11
55	L	February 17, 1971	0–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)	16–28–11
56	W	February 20, 1971	5–4	Boston Bruins (1970–71)	17–28–11
57	L	February 21, 1971	5–7	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)	17–29–11
58	L	February 24, 1971	1–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1970–71)	17–30–11
59	L	February 25, 1971	3–5	Montreal Canadiens (1970–71)	17–31–11
60	L	February 27, 1971	1–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)	17–32–11
61	W	February 28, 1971	8–3	@ California Golden Seals (1970–71)	18–32–11
62	T	March 3, 1971	3–3	Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)	18–32–12
63	L	March 6, 1971	2–8	@ Montreal Canadiens (1970–71)	18–33–12
64	L	March 7, 1971	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1970–71)	18–34–12
65	W	March 9, 1971	4–0	@ St. Louis Blues (1970–71)	19–34–12
66	L	March 11, 1971	2–7	Boston Bruins (1970–71)	19–35–12
67	W	March 13, 1971	5–2	Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)	20–35–12
68	L	March 16, 1971	2–7	Minnesota North Stars (1970–71)	20–36–12
69	W	March 18, 1971	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)	21–36–12
70	W	March 20, 1971	8–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)	22–36–12
71	L	March 21, 1971	2–5	@ California Golden Seals (1970–71)	22–37–12
72	L	March 23, 1971	1–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1970–71)	22–38–12
73	W	March 25, 1971	5–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71)	23–38–12
74	L	March 27, 1971	3–6	St. Louis Blues (1970–71)	23–39–12
75	L	March 30, 1971	3–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1970–71)	23–40–12
76	T	March 31, 1971	2–2	Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)	23–40–13
77	W	April 3, 1971	6–4	California Golden Seals (1970–71)	24–40–13
78	W	April 4, 1971	4–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)	25–40–13

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Juha Widing C 78 25 40 65 24 −11 5 0 4 Bob Berry LW 77 25 38 63 52 −5 4 0 2 Ross Lonsberry LW 76 25 28 53 80 −35 5 2 0 Mike Byers RW 72 27 18 45 14 −5 4 0 5 Bob Pulford LW 59 17 26 43 53 −15 6 1 2 Eddie Joyal C 69 20 21 41 14 −10 3 0 1 Bill Flett RW 64 13 24 37 57 −30 5 0 0 Gilles Marotte D 78 6 27 33 96 −9 0 0 0 Doug Robinson LW 61 15 13 28 8 −8 3 0 3 Ralph Backstrom C 33 14 13 27 8 −7 2 1 1 Gord Labossiere C 45 11 10 21 16 −22 1 0 0 Noel Price D 62 1 19 20 29 −15 0 0 0 Matt Ravlich D 66 3 16 19 41 −14 0 0 1 Larry Mickey RW 65 6 12 18 46 −15 0 1 2 Lucien Grenier RW 68 9 7 16 12 −1 1 1 1 Dale Hoganson D 70 4 10 14 52 −16 0 0 0 Larry Cahan D 67 3 11 14 45 −29 1 0 0 Paul Curtis D 64 1 13 14 82 −18 0 0 0 Harry Howell D 18 3 8 11 4 1 1 0 0 Real Lemieux LW 43 3 6 9 22 −7 0 0 1 Butch Goring C 19 2 5 7 2 4 0 0 0 Eddie Shack LW 11 2 2 4 8 −3 0 0 1 Jean Potvin D 4 1 3 4 2 5 0 0 0 Al McDonough RW 6 2 1 3 0 2 0 0 1 Dick Duff LW 7 1 0 1 0 −2 0 0 0 Denis DeJordy G 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jack Norris G 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Stanfield C/RW 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO Denis DeJordy 3375 60 18 29 11 214 3.80 1 Jack Norris 1305 25 7 11 2 85 3.91 0 Team: 4680 78 25 40 13 299 3.83 1

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Transactions

Roster

Los Angeles Kings 1970–1971 Roster
Goaltenders 1 – Jack Norris  30 – Denis DeJordy		Defensemen 2 – Dale Hoganson  3 – Larry Cahan –C 4 – Gilles Marotte  5 – Harry Howell  5 – Noel Price  6 – Paul Curtis  21 – Matt Ravlich  23 – Jean Potvin		Wingers 7 – Dick Duff  7 – Réal Lemieux  8 – Ross Lonsberry  11 – Doug Robinson  12 – Larry Mickey  14 – Lucien Grenier  17 – Bill Flett  18 – Bob Berry  20 – Bob Pulford  22 – Al McDonough  23 – Eddie Shack  24 – Mike Byers		Centers 9 – Ralph Backstrom  9 – Gord Labossiere  15 – Juha Widing  16 – Eddie Joyal  19 – Butch Goring  23 – Jim Stanfield  GM/Coach: Larry Regan

Draft picks

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

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2	24	Al McDonough	Canada	St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
3	38	Terry Holbrook	Canada	London Knights (OHA)
5	59	Billy Smith	Canada	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
6	73	Gerry Bradbury	Canada	London Knights (OHA)
7	86	Brian Carlin	Canada	Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
8	98	Brian Chinnick	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHA)

Farm teams

See also

• 1970–71 NHL season

References

1. "1970–1971 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
2. "1970-71 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-14.

External links

• "1970–71 Los Angeles Kings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-07.