1980–81 Los Angeles Kings season

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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
Team leaders
<1979–80 1981–82>

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.

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Offseason

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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

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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

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Transactions

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Roster

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Draft picks

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Farm teams

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See also

References

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