1984–85 Los Angeles Kings season

LA Kings 18th NHL season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1984–85 1984 Los Angeles Kings Campbell 6th Smythe 4th 34–32–14 20–14–6 14–18–8 339 326 Rogie Vachon Pat Quinn Terry Ruskowski None The Forum 486,624 Marcel Dionne and Bernie Nicholls (46) Marcel Dionne (80) Marcel Dionne (126) Dave Taylor (+13) Jay Wells (185) Bob Janecyk (22) Bob Janecyk (3.66) The 1984–85 Los Angeles Kings season, was the Kings' 18th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). Following a fifth-place finish the previous season under three different coaches, Pat Quinn was hired as the new head coach of the Kings. In his first season, he returned them to the playoffs after a three-year absence with a 23-point improvement in the standings. But despite the goal scoring brilliance of Marcel Dionne and Bernie Nicholls, the Kings could not duplicate their Miracle on Manchester performance this time, losing to the Edmonton Oilers in three straight games in the Smythe Division semi-finals. 2 Offseason Transactions June 9, 1984 – Acquired Bob Janecyk, a first-round choice in the 1984 NHL entry draft (Craig Redmond), a third-round choice in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft (John English) and a fourth-round choice in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft (Tom Glavine) from Chicago for a first-round choice in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft and a fourth-round choice in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft. NHL draft 1984 NHL Entry Draft This draft would the first for Rogie Vachon as the team's general manager. It would be memorable in Kings history for hits as well as misses. On the down side, the team's first round selection, Craig Redmond, didn't amount to much, and they used their fourth round draft pick on Tom Glavine, who opted instead to play professional baseball with the Atlanta Braves.https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/glavito02.shtml Tom Glavine Stats But on the plus side, Vachon struck gold in the 9th round with the 171st pick overall by choosing future Hockey Hall of Fame member Luc Robitaille. Regular season Season standings LAK Record vs. opponents LAK Schedule and results background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#552583 5px solid; border-bottom:#FDB927 5px solid 1984–85 regular season1984–85 Los Angeles Kings Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/LAK/1985_games.html Hockey-Reference.com March 27, 2025 y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#552583 2px solid; border-bottom:#FDB927 2px solid October Game Date Opponent Score Location/attendance Record |- | 1 || 11 || Edmonton Oilers || 2–2 || Los Angeles || 0–0–1 |- | 2 || 13 || Vancouver Canucks || 5–6 (OT) || Los Angeles || 0–1–1 |- | 3 || 14 || St. Louis Blues || 2–5 || Los Angeles || 0–2–1 |- | 4 || 16 || Washington Capitals || 3–5 || Washington || 0–3–1 |- | 5 || 18 || Montreal Canadiens || 3–3 || Montreal || 0–3–2 |- | 6 || 20 || New York Islanders || 3–8 || Uniondale || 0–4–2 |- | 7 || 21 || Chicago Black Hawks || 2–5 || Chicago || 0–5–2 |- | 8 || 26 || Edmonton Oilers || 2–8 || Edmonton || 0–6–2 |- | 9 || 27 || Winnipeg Jets || 2–2 || Winnipeg || 0–6–3 |- | 10 || 29 || Winnipeg Jets || 5–3 || Winnipeg || 1–6–3 |- | 11 || 31 || Vancouver Canucks || 10–3 || Vancouver || 2–6–3 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#552583 2px solid; border-bottom:#FDB927 2px solid November Game Date Opponent Score Location/attendance Record |- | 12 || 3 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 7–0 || Los Angeles || 3–6–3 |- | 13 || 5 || Chicago Black Hawks || 2–3 || Los Angeles || 3–7–3 |- | 14 || 9 || Buffalo Sabres || 3–2 || Los Angeles || 4–7–3 |- | 15 || 11 || New York Rangers || 4–2 || New York || 5–7–3 |- | 16 || 13 || Quebec Nordiques || 5–4 (OT) || Quebec City || 6–7–3 |- | 17 || 14 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 4–3 || Toronto || 7–7–3 |- | 18 || 17 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 5–3 || Los Angeles || 8–7–3 |- | 19 || 19 || Calgary Flames || 5–4 || Los Angeles || 9–7–3 |- | 20 || 21 || New Jersey Devils || 8–1 || Los Angeles || 10-7–3 |- | 21 || 24 || Winnipeg Jets || 5–9 || Los Angeles || 10–8–3 |- | 22 || 27 || Winnipeg Jets || 3–5 || Los Angeles || 10–9–3 |- | 23 || 29 || Vancouver Canucks || 12–1 || Los Angeles || 11–9–3 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#552583 2px solid; border-bottom:#FDB927 2px solid December Game Date Opponent Score Location/attendance Record |- | 24 || 1 || Vancouver Canucks || 6–3 || Los Angeles || 12–9–3 |- | 25 || 4 || Minnesota North Stars || 2–2 || Minnesota || 12–9–4 |- | 26 || 5 || Chicago Black Hawks || 5–5 || Chicago || 12–9–5 |- | 27 || 8 || Montreal Canadiens || 7–9 || Montreal || 12–10-5 |- | 28 || 10 || New York Rangers || 2–4 || New York || 12–11–5 |- | 29 || 13 || Edmonton Oilers || 7–2 || Los Angeles || 13–11–5 |- | 30 || 15 || Calgary Flames || 6–5 || Los Angeles || 14–11–5 |- | 31 || 18 || Calgary Flames || 6–3 || Calgary || 15–11–5 |- | 32 || 19 || Edmonton Oilers || 3–7 || Edmonton || 15–12–5 |- | 33 || 22 || Winnipeg Jets || 2–6 || Winnipeg || 15–13–5 |- | 34 || 23 || Winnipeg Jets || 4–4 || Winnipeg || 15–13–6 |- | 35 || 26 || Vancouver Canucks || 3–3 || Vancouver || 15–13–7 |- | 36 || 27 || Boston Bruins || 6–6 || Los Angeles || 15–13–8 |- | 37 || 30 || Philadelphia Flyers || 2–3 || Los Angeles || 15–14–8 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#552583 2px solid; border-bottom:#FDB927 2px solid January Game Date Opponent Score Location/attendance Record |- | 38 || 3 || Minnesota North Stars || 3–8 || Los Angeles || 15–15–8 |- | 39 || 5 || Detroit Red Wings || 5–3 || Detroit || 16–15–8 |- | 40 || 7 || Boston Bruins || 4–5 (OT) || Boston || 16–16–8 |- | 41 || 9 || Calgary Flames || 4–4 || Calgary || 16–16–9 |- | 42 || 12 || Winnipeg Jets || 6–4 || Los Angeles || 17–16–9 |- | 43 || 13 || Winnipeg Jets || 5–6 || Los Angeles || 17–17–9 |- | 44 || 16 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–4 || Los Angeles || 17–18–9 |- | 45 || 19 || New York Islanders || 6–5 (OT) || Los Angeles || 18–18–9 |- | 46 || 21 || Edmonton Oilers || 7–8 || Edmonton || 18–19–9 |- | 47 || 23 || Philadelphia Flyers || 6–3 || Los Angeles || 19–19–9 |- | 48 || 25 || St. Louis Blues || 3–6 || St. Louis || 19–20-9 |- | 49 || 26 || St. Louis Blues || 7–3 || St. Louis || 20-20–9 |- | 50 || 29 || New Jersey Devils || 6–3 || Los Angeles || 21–20–9 |- | 51 || 31 || Hartford Whalers || 5–3 || Los Angeles || 22–20–9 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#552583 2px solid; border-bottom:#FDB927 2px solid February Game Date Opponent Score Location/attendance Record |- | 52 || 2 || Montreal Canadiens || 1–5 || Los Angeles || 22–21–9 |- | 53 || 5 || New York Rangers || 7–5 || Los Angeles || 23–21–9 |- | 54 || 7 || Philadelphia Flyers || 4–4 || Philadelphia || 23–21–10 |- | 55 || 8 || Washington Capitals || 1–6 || Washington || 23–22–10 |- | 56 || 10 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 4–3 || Pittsburgh || 24–22–10 |- | 57 || 14 || Boston Bruins || 3–3 || Los Angeles || 24–22–11 |- | 58 || 16 || Washington Capitals || 5–2 || Los Angeles || 25–22–11 |- | 59 || 19 || Quebec Nordiques || 6–7 || Quebec City || 25–23–11 |- | 60 || 21 || New Jersey Devils || 5–3 || New Jersey || 26–23–11 |- | 61 || 23 || Hartford Whalers || 2–1 (OT) || Hartford || 27–23–11 |- | 62 || 24 || Buffalo Sabres || 4–2 || Buffalo || 28–23–11 |- | 63 || 27 || Quebec Nordiques || 2–5 || Los Angeles || 28–24–11 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#552583 2px solid; border-bottom:#FDB927 2px solid March Game Date Opponent Score Location/attendance Record |- | 64 || 1 || Edmonton Oilers || 5–4 || Edmonton || 29–24–11 |- | 65 || 3 || Calgary Flames || 0–7 || Calgary || 29–25–11 |- | 66 || 5 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 6–0 || Los Angeles || 30-25–11 |- | 67 || 8 || Vancouver Canucks || 3–4 || Vancouver || 30–26–11 |- | 68 || 10 || Buffalo Sabres || 4–4 || Los Angeles || 30–26–12 |- | 69 || 13 || Hartford Whalers || 3–3 || Los Angeles || 30–26–13 |- | 70 || 16 || Detroit Red Wings || 8–3 || Los Angeles || 31–26–13 |- | 71 || 17 || Edmonton Oilers || 5–4 || Los Angeles || 32–26–13 |- | 72 || 19 || New York Islanders || 2–3 || Uniondale || 32–27–13 |- | 73 || 20 || Detroit Red Wings || 6–8 || Detroit || 32–28–13 |- | 74 || 23 || Calgary Flames || 3–4 || Los Angeles || 32–29–13 |- | 75 || 27 || Calgary Flames || 2–4 || Los Angeles || 32–30-13 |- | 76 || 29 || Calgary Flames || 0–3 || Calgary || 32–31–13 |- | 77 || 30 || Minnesota North Stars || 3–2 || Los Angeles || 33–31–13 |- y background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#552583 2px solid; border-bottom:#FDB927 2px solid April Game Date Opponent Score Location/attendance Record |- | 78 || 2 || Edmonton Oilers || 4–6 || Los Angeles || 33–32–13 |- | 79 || 5 || Vancouver Canucks || 4–3 || Vancouver || 34–32–13 |- | 80 || 6 || Vancouver Canucks || 4–4 || Los Angeles || 34–32–14 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs 1985 Smythe Division Semi-finals Edmonton Oilers vs. Los Angeles Kings Date Away Score Home Score NotesApril 10 Los Angeles 2 Edmonton 3 (OT)April 11 Los Angeles 2 Edmonton 4 April 13 Edmonton 4 Los Angeles 3 (OT) Edmonton wins best-of-five series 3–0. Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Marcel Dionne C 80 46 80 126 46111612 Bernie Nicholls C 80 46 54 100 76-41506 Dave Taylor Dave Taylor (ice hockey) RW 79 41 51 92 132131126 Brian MacLellan LW 80 31 54 85 5321403 Jim Fox Jim Fox (ice hockey) RW 79 30 53 83 104602 Mark Hardy Mark Lea Hardy D 78 14 39 53 97-20812 Terry Ruskowski C 78 16 33 49 1442202 Doug Smith Doug Smith (ice hockey) C 62 21 20 41 58-15311 Steve Shutt LW 59 16 25 41 10-16501 Craig Redmond D 79 6 33 39 57-8100 Garry Galley D 78 8 30 38 823112 Phil Sykes Phil Sykes (ice hockey) LW 79 17 15 32 38-18122 Anders Hakansson LW 73 12 12 24 28-4111 Brian Engblom D 79 4 19 23 70-2300 Bob Miller Bob Miller (ice hockey) C 63 4 16 20 35-17000 John Paul Kelly John-Paul Kelly (ice hockey) LW 73 8 10 18 55-9002 Rick Lapointe D 73 4 13 17 46-10001 Carl Mokosak LW 30 4 8 12 43-8000 Jay Wells D 77 2 9 11 1854000 Tiger Williams LW 12 4 3 7 430000 Russ Anderson D 14 1 1 2 20-2000 Bob Janecyk G 51 0 2 2 270000 Daryl Evans LW 7 1 0 1 22000 Ken Hammond Ken Hammond (ice hockey) D 3 1 0 1 02001 Bill O'Dwyer C 13 1 0 1 150000 Charlie Simmer LW 5 1 0 1 4-4000 Darren Eliot G 33 0 0 0 00000 Steve Seguin W 5 0 0 0 9-5000 Brian Wilks C 2 0 0 0 0-1000Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Bob Janecyk 3002 51 22 21 8 183 3.66 2 Darren Eliot 1882 33 12 11 6 137 4.37 0 Team: 4884 80 34 32 14 320 3.93 2 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Dave Taylor Dave Taylor (ice hockey) RW 3 2 2 4 80000 Marcel Dionne C 3 1 2 3 2-1100 Bernie Nicholls C 3 1 1 2 9-2000 Terry Ruskowski C 3 0 2 2 0-1000 Garry Galley D 3 1 0 1 20000 Craig Redmond D 3 1 0 1 2-4000 Doug Smith Doug Smith (ice hockey) C 3 1 0 1 4-2000 Jim Fox Jim Fox (ice hockey) RW 3 0 1 1 03000 Mark Hardy Mark Lea Hardy D 3 0 1 1 2-2000 Brian MacLellan LW 3 0 1 1 00000 Bob Miller Bob Miller (ice hockey) C 2 0 1 1 01000 Phil Sykes Phil Sykes (ice hockey) LW 3 0 1 1 4-2000 Jay Wells D 3 0 1 1 00000 Brian Engblom D 3 0 0 0 2-4000 Anders Hakansson LW 3 0 0 0 00000 Ken Hammond Ken Hammond (ice hockey) D 3 0 0 0 41000 Bob Janecyk G 3 0 0 0 00000 John Paul Kelly John-Paul Kelly (ice hockey) LW 1 0 0 0 00000 Steve Shutt LW 3 0 0 0 4-4000 Tiger Williams LW 3 0 0 0 41000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO Bob Janecyk 184 3 0 3 10 3.26 0 Team: 184 3 0 3 10 3.26 0 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-25 1984-85 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/LAK/1985.html Awards and records Records Individual Most goals in a game, 4 (tied with many others): Bernie Nicholls, November 13, 1984, at Quebec Team Most 30+ goal scorers in one season, 5: Marcel Dionne, Bernie Nicholls, Dave Taylor, Brian MacLellan, and Jim Fox Most 40+ goal scorers in one season, 3 (tied with 1980–81 Kings): Marcel Dionne (46), Bernie Nicholls (46), and Dave Taylor (41) Greatest margin of victory at home: 11: November 29, 1984, vs. Vancouver, 12–1 Greatest margin of victory on the road: 7: October 21, 1984, at Vancouver, 10–3 Transactions The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1984–85 season.https://www.prosportstransactions.com/hockey/Search/SearchResults.php?Player=&Team=Kings&BeginDate=1984-05-01&EndDate=1985-09-01&PlayerMovementChkBx=yes&submit=Search&start=0 Hockey Transactions Search Results Trades June 9, 1984To Los Angeles KingsBob Janecyk 1st round pick in 1984 – Craig Redmond 3rd round pick in 1984 – John English 4th round pick in 1984 – Tom GlavineTo Chicago Black Hawks1st round pick in 1984 – Ed Olczyk 4th round pick in 1984 – Tommy Eriksson October 20, 1984To Los Angeles Kings1st round pick in 1985 – Dan GrattonTo Boston BruinsCharlie Simmer November 18, 1984To Los Angeles KingsSteve ShuttTo Montreal Canadiens10th round pick in 1985 – Maurice Mansi November 27, 1984To Los Angeles KingsCashTo Edmonton OilersDean Hopkins March 12, 1985To Los Angeles KingsTiger WilliamsTo Detroit Red WingsFuture considerations Free agent signings October 1, 1984From Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)Steve Duchesne October 9, 1984From Kärpät (SM-liiga)Bob Miller October 10, 1984From Quebec NordiquesRick Lapointe November 8, 1984From Hartford WhalersStuart Smith April 1, 1985From RPI (NCAA)Ken Hammond Free agents lost July 11, 1984To Washington CapitalsMarc Chorney August 24, 1984To St. Louis BluesKevin LaVallee October 4, 1984To Philadelphia FlyersDon Nachbaur October 10, 1984To Boston BruinsDean Jenkins February 21, 1985To Edmonton OilersMarco Baron Draft picks Round # Pick # Player PositionNationality College/junior/club team 1 6 Craig Redmond Defence Canada University of Denver (WCHA) 2 24 Brian Wilks Centre Canada Kitchener Rangers (OHL) 3 48 John English Defence Canada Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) 4 69 Tom Glavine Centre United States Billerica High School (Massachusetts) 5 87 David Grannis Left wing United States South St. Paul High School (Minnesota) 6 108 Greg Strome Goaltender Canada University of North Dakota (WCHA) 7 129 Timothy Hanley Centre United States Deerfield Academy (Massachusetts) 8 150 Shannon Deegan Centre Canada University of Vermont (ECAC) 9 171 Luc Robitaille Left wing Canada Hull Olympiques (QMJHL) 10 191 Jeff Crossman Centre Canada Western Michigan University (CCHA) 11 212 Paul Kenny Goaltender Canada Cornwall Royals (OHL) 12 232 Brian Martin Left wing Canada Belleville Bulls (OHL) References Kings on Hockey Database Category:Los Angeles Kings seasons Los Angeles Kings Los Angeles Los Angeles Category:1980s in Los Angeles County, California