1981–82 Los Angeles Kings season

National Hockey League team season March 2026 August 2023 10,742 NHL 1981–82 1981 Los Angeles Kings 24–41–15 19–15–6 5–26–9 Campbell 8th Smythe 4th 314 369 George Maguire Dave Lewis None Parker MacDonaldDon Perry The Forum Marcel Dionne (51) Marcel Dionne (67) Marcel Dionne (117) John Gibson (4) Jay Wells (145) Mario Lessard (13) Mario Lessard (4.39) The 1981–82 Los Angeles Kings season, was the Kings' 15th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). It saw the Kings make the playoffs, winning the first round before falling in the second round to the Vancouver Canucks. The first round upset of the heavily favored Edmonton Oilers is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in NHL history. 2 Offseason The Kings were moved to the Smythe Division. The Kings now were in a division with western teams. Regular season Final standings LAK Record vs. opponents LAK Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#552583 5px solid; border-bottom:#FDB927 5px solid; 1981–82 regular season1981-82 Los Angeles Kings Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/LAK/1982_games.html Hockey-Reference.com March 27, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#552583 2px solid; border-bottom:#FDB927 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||L||October 7, 1981||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders (1981–82) ||0–1–0 |- |2||L||October 10, 1981||4–7 || style="text-align:left;"| Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) ||0–2–0 |- |3||W||October 13, 1981||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Calgary Flames (1981–82) ||1–2–0 |- |4||W||October 15, 1981||10–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Colorado Rockies (1981–82) ||2–2–0 |- |5||L||October 17, 1981||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1981–82) ||2–3–0 |- |6||W||October 20, 1981||9–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Islanders (1981–82) ||3–3–0 |- |7||W||October 21, 1981||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1981–82) ||4–3–0 |- |8||L||October 24, 1981||3–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82) ||4–4–0 |- |9||L||October 25, 1981||4–9 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) ||4–5–0 |- |10||W||October 27, 1981||8–7 || style="text-align:left;"| Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) ||5–5–0 |- |11||W||October 29, 1981||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals (1981–82) ||6–5–0 |- |12||L||October 31, 1981||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (1981–82) ||6–6–0 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#552583 2px solid; border-bottom:#FDB927 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |13||L||November 4, 1981||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82) ||6–7–0 |- |14||L||November 5, 1981||2–10 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) ||6–8–0 |- |15||L||November 7, 1981||4–9 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82) ||6–9–0 |- |16||W||November 10, 1981||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1981–82) ||7–9–0 |- |17||W||November 12, 1981||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (1981–82) ||8–9–0 |- |18||L||November 14, 1981||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) ||8–10–0 |- |19||W||November 18, 1981||8–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) ||9–10–0 |- |20||L||November 19, 1981||3–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Calgary Flames (1981–82) ||9–11–0 |- |21||L||November 21, 1981||1–7 || style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) ||9–12–0 |- |22||L||November 25, 1981||4–11 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) ||9–13–0 |- |23||L||November 26, 1981||1–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Calgary Flames (1981–82) ||9–14–0 |- |24||W||November 28, 1981||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) ||10–14–0 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#552583 2px solid; border-bottom:#FDB927 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |25||L||December 2, 1981||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1981–82) ||10–15–0 |- |26||L||December 5, 1981||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82) ||10–16–0 |- |27||T||December 9, 1981||5–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) ||10–16–1 |- |28||W||December 12, 1981||7–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) ||11–16–1 |- |29||W||December 15, 1981||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) ||12–16–1 |- |30||L||December 16, 1981||6–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82) ||12–17–1 |- |31||T||December 19, 1981||5–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers (1981–82) ||12–17–2 |- |32||L||December 20, 1981||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1981–82) ||12–18–2 |- |33||L||December 22, 1981||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Colorado Rockies (1981–82) ||12–19–2 |- |34||W||December 23, 1981||8–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Colorado Rockies (1981–82) ||13–19–2 |- |35||T||December 26, 1981||2–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) ||13–19–3 |- |36||L||December 27, 1981||3–10 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) ||13–20–3 |- |37||L||December 30, 1981||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Colorado Rockies (1981–82) ||13–21–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#552583 2px solid; border-bottom:#FDB927 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |38||T||January 2, 1982||5–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Calgary Flames (1981–82) ||13–21–4 |- |39||L||January 5, 1982||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) ||13–22–4 |- |40||T||January 7, 1982||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Washington Capitals (1981–82) ||13–22–5 |- |41||L||January 9, 1982||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82) ||13–23–5 |- |42||L||January 10, 1982||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) ||13–24–5 |- |43||L||January 12, 1982||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1981–82) ||13–25–5 |- |44||L||January 14, 1982||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Calgary Flames (1981–82) ||13–26–5 |- |45||T||January 15, 1982||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) ||13–26–6 |- |46||T||January 19, 1982||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Colorado Rockies (1981–82) ||13–26–7 |- |47||T||January 21, 1982||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota North Stars (1981–82) ||13–26–8 |- |48||T||January 23, 1982||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Colorado Rockies (1981–82) ||13–26–9 |- |49||T||January 24, 1982||5–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) ||13–26–10 |- |50||T||January 27, 1982||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) ||13–26–11 |- |51||W||January 30, 1982||7–4 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (1981–82) ||14–26–11 |- |52||L||January 31, 1982||3–6 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1981–82) ||14–27–11 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#552583 2px solid; border-bottom:#FDB927 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |53||L||February 2, 1982||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Hartford Whalers (1981–82) ||14–28–11 |- |54||W||February 6, 1982||5–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) ||15–28–11 |- |55||L||February 7, 1982||2–7 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1981–82) ||15–29–11 |- |56||T||February 11, 1982||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) ||15–29–12 |- |57||T||February 13, 1982||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82) ||15–29–13 |- |58||L||February 14, 1982||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) ||15–30–13 |- |59||L||February 17, 1982||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals (1981–82) ||15–31–13 |- |60||W||February 20, 1982||6–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Calgary Flames (1981–82) ||16–31–13 |- |61||W||February 24, 1982||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) ||17–31–13 |- |62||L||February 27, 1982||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82) ||17–32–13 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#552583 2px solid; border-bottom:#FDB927 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |63||T||March 1, 1982||5–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) ||17–32–14 |- |64||W||March 3, 1982||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82) ||18–32–14 |- |65||L||March 6, 1982||0–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1981–82) ||18–33–14 |- |66||L||March 7, 1982||6–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers (1981–82) ||18–34–14 |- |67||W||March 9, 1982||2–0 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Colorado Rockies (1981–82) ||19–34–14 |- |68||W||March 10, 1982||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) ||20–34–14 |- |69||W||March 13, 1982||3–0 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders (1981–82) ||21–34–14 |- |70||T||March 15, 1982||3–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) ||21–34–15 |- |71||W||March 17, 1982||9–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Calgary Flames (1981–82) ||22–34–15 |- |72||W||March 20, 1982||7–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82) ||23–34–15 |- |73||L||March 22, 1982||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82) ||23–35–15 |- |74||L||March 24, 1982||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) ||23–36–15 |- |75||W||March 27, 1982||9–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Colorado Rockies (1981–82) ||24–36–15 |- |76||L||March 28, 1982||2–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) ||24–37–15 |- |77||L||March 30, 1982||5–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Calgary Flames (1981–82) ||24–38–15 |- |78||L||March 31, 1982||3–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) ||24–39–15 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#552583 2px solid; border-bottom:#FDB927 2px solid; April Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |79||L||April 3, 1982||0–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) ||24–40–15 |- |80||L||April 4, 1982||4–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) ||24–41–15 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs Miracle on Manchester Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Marcel Dionne C 78 50 67 117 50-101715 Dave Taylor Dave Taylor (ice hockey) RW 78 39 67 106 130-41303 Jim Fox Jim Fox (ice hockey) RW 77 30 38 68 23-15510 Larry Murphy Larry Murphy (ice hockey) D 79 22 44 66 95-13812 Steve Bozek LW 71 33 23 56 68-61005 Mark Hardy Mark Lea Hardy D 77 6 39 45 130-12100 Charlie Simmer LW 50 15 24 39 42-7302 Greg Terrion LW 61 15 22 37 23-12103 Dan Bonar C 79 13 23 36 111-4100 Bernie Nicholls C 22 14 18 32 272811 Doug Smith Doug Smith (ice hockey) C 80 16 14 30 64-13101 Steve Jensen LW 45 8 19 27 19-14101 Ian Turnbull Ian Turnbull (ice hockey) D 42 11 15 26 810101 John Paul Kelly John-Paul Kelly (ice hockey) LW 70 12 11 23 100-21000 Jerry Korab D 50 5 13 18 91-19300 Mike Murphy Mike Murphy (ice hockey b. 1950) RW 28 5 10 15 200020 Dean Hopkins RW 41 2 13 15 102-20000 Dave Lewis Dave Lewis (ice hockey) D 64 1 13 14 75-19000 Trevor Johansen D 46 3 7 10 69-14000 Rick Chartraw D/RW 33 2 8 10 56-11100 Jay Wells D 60 1 8 9 1452000 Daryl Evans LW 14 2 6 8 22000 Al Hangsleben D 18 2 6 8 653000 Paul Mulvey LW 11 0 7 7 500000 Andre St. Laurent C 16 2 4 6 282010 Billy Harris Billy Harris (ice hockey b. 1952) RW 16 1 3 4 6-9000 Rick Martin LW 3 1 3 4 21100 Scott Gruhl LW 7 2 1 3 21000 Al Sims D 8 1 1 2 16-3000 Warren Holmes C 3 0 2 2 01000 Mario Lessard G 52 0 2 2 60000 Robert Palmer Rob Palmer (ice hockey b. 1956) D 5 0 2 2 01000 Mike Blake G 2 0 0 0 00000 John Gibson John Gibson (ice hockey b. 1959) D 6 0 0 0 184000 Glenn Goldup RW 2 0 0 0 20000 Doug Keans G 31 0 0 0 00000 Dave Morrison Dave Morrison (ice hockey) RW 4 0 0 0 0-1000 Jim Rutherford G 7 0 0 0 00000 Bobby Sheehan Bobby Sheehan (ice hockey) C 4 0 0 0 2-2000Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Mario Lessard 2933 52 13 28 8 213 4.36 2 Doug Keans 1436 31 8 10 7 103 4.30 0 Jim Rutherford 380 7 3 3 0 43 6.79 0 Mike Blake 51 2 0 0 0 2 2.35 0 Team: 4800 80 24 41 15 361 4.51 2 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Daryl Evans LW 10 5 8 13 12101 Marcel Dionne C 10 7 4 11 0400 Charlie Simmer LW 10 4 7 11 22101 Dave Taylor Dave Taylor (ice hockey) RW 10 4 6 10 20300 Larry Murphy Larry Murphy (ice hockey) D 10 2 8 10 12100 Steve Bozek LW 10 4 1 5 6201 Doug Smith Doug Smith (ice hockey) C 10 3 2 5 11100 Dan Bonar C 10 2 3 5 11000 Jim Fox Jim Fox (ice hockey) RW 9 1 4 5 0000 Bernie Nicholls C 10 4 0 4 23001 Jay Wells D 10 1 3 4 41000 Dean Hopkins RW 10 0 4 4 15000 Dave Lewis Dave Lewis (ice hockey) D 10 0 4 4 36000 Mike Murphy Mike Murphy (ice hockey b. 1950) RW 10 2 1 3 32000 Mark Hardy Mark Lea Hardy D 10 1 2 3 9000 Rick Chartraw D/RW 10 0 2 2 17000 Jerry Korab D 10 0 2 2 26000 Mario Lessard G 10 0 2 2 2000 John Paul Kelly John-Paul Kelly (ice hockey) LW 10 1 0 1 14100 Doug Keans G 2 0 0 0 0000 Brock Tredway RW 1 0 0 0 0000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO Mario Lessard 583 10 4 5 41 4.22 0 Doug Keans 32 2 0 1 1 1.88 0 Team: 615 10 4 6 42 4.10 0 hockey-reference.com 2009-06-25 1981-82 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/LAK/1982.html Transactions The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1981–82 season.https://www.prosportstransactions.com/hockey/Search/SearchResults.php?Player=&Team=Kings&BeginDate=1981-05-01&EndDate=1982-09-01&PlayerMovementChkBx=yes&submit=Search&start=0 Hockey Transactions Search Results Trades August 10, 1981To Los Angeles Kings5th round pick in 1983 – Garry GalleyTo Edmonton OilersJay McFarlane August 10, 1981To Los Angeles KingsBob Gladney 6th round pick in 1983 – Kevin StevensTo Toronto Maple LeafsDon Luce November 11, 1981To Los Angeles KingsIan TurnbullTo Toronto Maple LeafsJohn Gibson Billy Harris Free agent signings May 11, 1981From Cornell University (ECAC)Brock Tredway July 8, 1981From Colorado RockiesBobby Sheehan August 5, 1981From Kingston Canadians (OHL)Howard Scruton January 4, 1982From Washington CapitalsAlan Hangsleben January 5, 1982From Ohio State University (NCAA)Mike Blake April 5, 1982From University of North Dakota (WCHA)Phil Sykes Waivers October 5, 1981From Hartford WhalersAl Sims October 5, 1981From Colorado RockiesTrevor Johansen December 30, 1981From Pittsburgh PenguinsPaul Mulvey February 19, 1982To Toronto Maple LeafsTrevor Johansen February 23, 1982To Pittsburgh PenguinsAndré St. Laurent Draft picks Los Angeles's draft picks at the 1981 NHL entry draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal. Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)12Doug SmithCanadaOttawa 67's (OMJHL)239Dean KennedyCanadaBrandon Wheat Kings (WHL)481Marty DallmanCanadaRensselaer Polytechnic Institute (ECAC)6123Brad ThompsonCanadaLondon Knights (OMJHL)7134Craig HurleyCanadaSaskatoon Blades (WHL)7144Peter SawkinsUnited StatesSt. Paul Academy (USHS-MN)8165Dan BrennanCanadaUniversity of North Dakota (WCHA)9186Al TuerCanadaRegina Pats (WHL)10207Jeff BaikieCanadaCornell University (ECAC) See also 1981–82 NHL season References Category:Los Angeles Kings seasons Los Angeles Kings Los Angeles Los Angeles Category:1980s in Los Angeles County, California