1980–81 Los Angeles Kings season

The 1980–81 Los Angeles Kings season saw the Kings make it to the playoffs, losing in the preliminary round to the New York Rangers.

1980–81 Los Angeles Kings
Division	2nd Norris
1980–81 record	43–24–13
Goals for	337
Goals against	290
Team information
General Manager	George Maguire
Coach	Bob Berry
Captain	Mike Murphy
Alternate captains	None
Arena	The Forum

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Norris Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Montreal Canadiens	80	45	22	13	332	232	103
Los Angeles Kings	80	43	24	13	337	290	99
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	30	37	13	302	345	73
Hartford Whalers	80	21	41	18	292	372	60
Detroit Red Wings	80	19	43	18	252	339	56

[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 11, 1980	8–1	Detroit Red Wings (1980–81)	1–0–0
2	L	October 14, 1980	2–4	@ Calgary Flames (1980–81)	1–1–0
3	W	October 16, 1980	6–4	Quebec Nordiques (1980–81)	2–1–0
4	W	October 18, 1980	4–3	Colorado Rockies (1980–81)	3–1–0
5	W	October 22, 1980	4–0	Boston Bruins (1980–81)	4–1–0
6	W	October 25, 1980	5–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81)	5–1–0
7	T	October 26, 1980	4–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81)	5–1–1
8	W	October 28, 1980	8–4	@ Colorado Rockies (1980–81)	6–1–1
9	W	October 29, 1980	4–2	Washington Capitals (1980–81)	7–1–1
10	W	November 1, 1980	7–3	@ New York Islanders (1980–81)	8–1–1
11	W	November 2, 1980	6–3	@ New York Rangers (1980–81)	9–1–1
12	W	November 5, 1980	5–3	@ Washington Capitals (1980–81)	10–1–1
13	L	November 6, 1980	2–8	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81)	10–2–1
14	L	November 8, 1980	0–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81)	10–3–1
15	W	November 10, 1980	4–1	New York Rangers (1980–81)	11–3–1
16	L	November 12, 1980	4–8	Montreal Canadiens (1980–81)	11–4–1
17	L	November 15, 1980	3–5	St. Louis Blues (1980–81)	11–5–1
18	W	November 16, 1980	3–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81)	12–5–1
19	W	November 19, 1980	7–2	Winnipeg Jets (1980–81)	13–5–1
20	W	November 22, 1980	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81)	14–5–1
21	W	November 24, 1980	4–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81)	15–5–1
22	L	November 26, 1980	2–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81)	15–6–1
23	W	November 29, 1980	5–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81)	16–6–1
24	W	December 2, 1980	5–2	Hartford Whalers (1980–81)	17–6–1
25	W	December 4, 1980	3–1	Vancouver Canucks (1980–81)	18–6–1
26	W	December 6, 1980	5–3	New York Islanders (1980–81)	19–6–1
27	L	December 8, 1980	2–4	Calgary Flames (1980–81)	19–7–1
28	W	December 10, 1980	7–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	20–7–1
29	W	December 11, 1980	2–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81)	21–7–1
30	T	December 13, 1980	5–5	@ Hartford Whalers (1980–81)	21–7–2
31	L	December 14, 1980	1–7	@ Boston Bruins (1980–81)	21–8–2
32	T	December 17, 1980	3–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81)	21–8–3
33	L	December 20, 1980	4–7	Buffalo Sabres (1980–81)	21–9–3
34	W	December 23, 1980	7–4	Edmonton Oilers (1980–81)	22–9–3
35	W	December 26, 1980	6–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1980–81)	23–9–3
36	T	December 27, 1980	4–4	St. Louis Blues (1980–81)	23–9–4
37	L	December 30, 1980	0–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1980–81)	23–10–4
38	W	December 31, 1980	5–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81)	24–10–4
39	L	January 2, 1981	6–7	@ Calgary Flames (1980–81)	24–11–4
40	W	January 5, 1981	5–2	Calgary Flames (1980–81)	25–11–4
41	W	January 7, 1981	5–3	Hartford Whalers (1980–81)	26–11–4
42	T	January 10, 1981	6–6	@ St. Louis Blues (1980–81)	26–11–5
43	T	January 11, 1981	4–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1980–81)	26–11–6
44	W	January 14, 1981	5–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1980–81)	27–11–6
45	L	January 15, 1981	0–3	@ Washington Capitals (1980–81)	27–12–6
46	L	January 17, 1981	4–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81)	27–13–6
47	L	January 18, 1981	2–7	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81)	27–14–6
48	W	January 20, 1981	11–4	Detroit Red Wings (1980–81)	28–14–6
49	T	January 22, 1981	3–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81)	28–14–7
50	W	January 24, 1981	6–4	@ Boston Bruins (1980–81)	29–14–7
51	W	January 26, 1981	7–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1980–81)	30–14–7
52	L	January 28, 1981	2–6	New York Rangers (1980–81)	30–15–7
53	W	January 31, 1981	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (1980–81)	31–15–7
54	W	February 2, 1981	3–2	@ New York Rangers (1980–81)	32–15–7
55	L	February 3, 1981	1–8	@ New York Islanders (1980–81)	32–16–7
56	L	February 5, 1981	4–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1980–81)	32–17–7
57	T	February 7, 1981	4–4	Washington Capitals (1980–81)	32–17–8
58	T	February 12, 1981	5–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81)	32–17–9
59	L	February 14, 1981	4–5	Boston Bruins (1980–81)	32–18–9
60	L	February 18, 1981	2–4	Quebec Nordiques (1980–81)	32–19–9
61	L	February 21, 1981	1–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1980–81)	32–20–9
62	W	February 24, 1981	5–2	Edmonton Oilers (1980–81)	33–20–9
63	W	February 26, 1981	4–3	Vancouver Canucks (1980–81)	34–20–9
64	L	February 28, 1981	1–2	New York Islanders (1980–81)	34–21–9
65	W	March 2, 1981	1–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81)	35–21–9
66	L	March 4, 1981	5–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81)	35–22–9
67	W	March 6, 1981	3–1	@ Colorado Rockies (1980–81)	36–22–9
68	W	March 8, 1981	4–1	@ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81)	37–22–9
69	T	March 11, 1981	4–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81)	37–22–10
70	W	March 14, 1981	10–4	Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	38–22–10
71	L	March 17, 1981	1–3	Buffalo Sabres (1980–81)	38–23–10
72	T	March 19, 1981	4–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1980–81)	38–23–11
73	T	March 21, 1981	6–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81)	38–23–12
74	W	March 22, 1981	7–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1980–81)	39–23–12
75	W	March 24, 1981	4–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	40–23–12
76	W	March 25, 1981	4–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1980–81)	41–23–12
77	W	March 28, 1981	3–2	Minnesota North Stars (1980–81)	42–23–12
78	W	March 31, 1981	7–3	Winnipeg Jets (1980–81)	43–23–12
79	L	April 2, 1981	4–6	@ St. Louis Blues (1980–81)	43–24–12
80	T	April 4, 1981	5–5	Colorado Rockies (1980–81)	43–24–13

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Marcel Dionne C 80 58 77 135 70 55 23 4 9 Dave Taylor RW 72 47 65 112 130 47 13 0 3 Charlie Simmer LW 65 56 49 105 62 31 23 0 9 Larry Murphy D 80 16 60 76 79 17 5 1 1 Jerry Korab D 78 9 43 52 139 10 3 0 2 Billy Harris RW 80 20 29 49 36 -1 1 4 1 Jim Fox RW 71 18 25 43 8 0 2 0 2 Mike Murphy RW 68 16 23 39 54 -7 2 1 1 Steve Jensen LW 74 19 19 38 88 -6 5 1 4 Greg Terrion LW 73 12 25 37 99 -1 2 0 2 Dan Bonar C 71 11 15 26 57 0 3 1 3 Dean Hopkins RW 67 8 18 26 118 6 2 0 1 Mark Hardy D 77 5 20 25 77 14 3 0 1 Garry Unger C 58 10 10 20 40 -17 1 0 0 Doug Halward D 51 4 15 19 96 -2 1 0 0 Jay Wells D 72 5 13 18 155 9 0 0 1 Andre St. Laurent C 22 10 6 16 63 8 0 0 2 Glenn Goldup RW 49 6 9 15 35 -2 0 0 0 Dave Lewis D 67 1 12 13 98 25 0 0 0 John Paul Kelly LW 19 3 6 9 8 4 0 0 0 Rick Chartraw D/RW 21 1 6 7 28 1 0 0 1 Robert Palmer D 13 0 4 4 13 5 0 0 0 Rick Martin LW 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 Don Luce C 10 1 0 1 2 -4 0 0 0 Mario Lessard G 64 0 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 Jim Rutherford G 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 John Gibson D 4 0 0 0 21 -5 0 0 0 Ron Grahame G 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Doug Keans G 9 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 Dave Morrison RW 3 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 Paul Pageau G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kevin Schamehorn RW 5 0 0 0 4 -1 0 0 0 Don Waddell D 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO Mario Lessard 3746 64 35 18 11 203 3.25 2 Ron Grahame 360 6 3 2 1 28 4.67 0 Jim Rutherford 180 3 3 0 0 10 3.33 0 Doug Keans 454 9 2 3 1 37 4.89 0 Paul Pageau 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 Dave Taylor RW 4 2 2 4 10 1 0 0 Marcel Dionne C 4 1 3 4 7 1 0 0 Larry Murphy D 4 3 0 3 2 1 0 0 Billy Harris RW 4 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 Mark Hardy D 4 1 2 3 4 1 0 0 Dan Bonar C 4 1 1 2 11 0 1 0 Steve Jensen LW 4 0 2 2 7 0 0 0 Dave Lewis D 4 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 Don Luce C 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 Dean Hopkins RW 4 1 0 1 9 0 0 1 Greg Terrion LW 3 1 0 1 4 1 0 0 Rick Chartraw D/RW 4 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 Jim Fox RW 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 John Paul Kelly LW 4 0 1 1 25 0 0 0 Mike Murphy RW 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Andre St. Laurent C 3 0 1 1 9 0 0 0 Jerry Korab D 4 0 0 0 33 0 0 0 Mario Lessard G 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rick Martin LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Rutherford G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jay Wells D 4 0 0 0 27 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO Mario Lessard 220 4 1 3 20 5.45 0 Jim Rutherford 20 1 0 0 2 6.00 0 Team: 240 4 1 3 22 5.50 0

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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

Draft picks

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

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	4	Larry Murphy	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHA)
1	10	Jim Fox	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
2	33	Greg Terrion	Canada	Brantford Alexanders (OHA)
2	34	Dave Morrison	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHA)
3	52	Steve Bozek	Canada	Northern Michigan University (NCAA)
4	73	Bernie Nicholls	Canada	Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
5	94	Alan Graves	Canada	Seattle Breakers (WHL)
6	115	Darren Eliot	Canada	Cornell University (ECAC)
7	136	Mike O'Connor	Canada	Michigan Tech University (WCHA)
8	157	Billy O'Dwyer	United States	Boston College (ECAC)
9	178	Daryl Evans	Canada	Niagara Falls Flyers (OMJHL)
10	199	Kim Collins	Canada	Bowling Green University (CCHA)

Farm teams

See also

• 1980–81 NHL season

References

1. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
2. "1980-81 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-25.

• "1980–81 Los Angeles Kings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links