1971-72 Los Angeles Kings Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 20-49-9 - 49 points
Finishing 7th in the NHL's West Division
Coach: Larry Regan (2-7-1)
Coach: Fred Glover (18-42-8)
Location: Los Angeles, California

1971-72 Los Angeles Kings Roster
1971-72 Los Angeles Kings Results

The Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League ended the 1971-72 season with a record of 20 wins and 49 losses and 9 ties for 49 points, finishing seventh in the NHL's West Division.

The Kings netted 206 goals and yielded 305, most in the circuit. Juha Widing scored 27 goals for Los Angeles, and Ralph Backstrom and Butch Goring each contributed 29 assists. Gary Edwards topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.60 goals against average, pacing regularly-used goaltenders.

Larry Regan and Fred Glover coached the team.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Juha Widing	C	78	27	28	55	26	-36	3	0	3	2	192	14.1
Ralph Backstrom	C	76	23	29	52	22	-22	7	1	4	1	181	12.7
Butch Goring	C	74	21	29	50	2	-10	3	0	2	2	137	15.3
Bob Berry	L	78	17	22	39	44	-23	3	0	3	0	102	16.7
Real Lemieux	L	78	13	25	38	28	-40	2	0	0	0	102	12.7
Bob Pulford	L	73	13	24	37	48	-25	2	1	0	1	170	7.6
Mike Corrigan	R	56	12	22	34	93	-7	3	0	1	0	102	11.8
Gilles Marotte	D	72	10	24	34	83	-33	4	0	1	0	203	4.9
Ross Lonsberry	L	50	9	14	23	39	-18	1	0	1	1	112	8.0
Serge Bernier	C	26	11	11	22	12	3	1	0	1	0	97	11.3
Bill Flett	R	45	7	12	19	18	-30	1	0	0	0	113	6.2
Harry Howell	D	77	1	17	18	53	-34	0	0	0	1	138	0.7
Jim Johnson	C	28	8	9	17	6	-1	3	2	0	0	53	15.1
Doug Barrie	D	48	3	13	16	47	-10	1	0	0	0	69	4.3
Eddie Joyal	C	44	11	3	14	17	-30	1	0	2	0	70	15.7
Bill Lesuk	L	27	4	10	14	14	2	1	0	1	0	47	8.5
Paul Curtis	D	64	1	12	13	57	-32	0	0	0	0	66	1.5
Mike Byers	R	28	4	5	9	11	-13	0	0	1	1	48	8.3
Lucien Grenier	R	60	3	4	7	4	-6	1	0	0	0	22	13.6
Al McDonough	R	31	3	2	5	8	-8	1	0	0	0	28	10.7
Jean Potvin	D	39	2	3	5	35	-39	0	0	0	0	55	3.6
Bob Woytowich	D	36	0	4	4	6	-8	0	0	0	0	19	0.0
Larry Hillman	D	22	1	2	3	11	-7	0	0	0	0	13	7.7
Dale Hoganson	D	10	1	2	3	14	-2	0	0	0	0	17	5.9
Brian Carlin	L	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Bill Mikkelson	D	15	0	1	1	6	-11	0	0	0	0	8	0.0
Jim Stanfield	C	4	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0	0	7	0.0
Gary Edwards	G	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Smith	G	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rogie Vachon	G	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Denis DeJordy	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		1326	206	328	534	709	-441	38	4	20	9	2174	9.5

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Gary Edwards	44	2503	13	23	5	2	2	150	3.60	0
Rogie Vachon	28	1586	6	18	3	0	0	107	4.05	0
Billy Smith	5	300	1	3	1	0	0	23	4.60	0
Denis DeJordy	5	291	0	5	0	0	0	23	4.74	0
Totals	82	4680	20	49	9	2	2	303	3.88		0