1977-78 Los Angeles Kings Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 31-34-15 - 77 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Norris Division
Postseason: 0-2
Lost NHL preliminary round
Preliminary - Lost to Toronto Maple Leafs 2-0
Coach: Ron Stewart (31-34-15)
Location: Los Angeles, California

1977-78 Los Angeles Kings Roster
1977-78 Los Angeles Kings Results

The Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 31 wins and 34 losses and 15 ties for 77 points, finishing third in the NHL's Norris Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-2.

The Kings scored 243 goals and yielded 245. Butch Goring netted 37 goals for Los Angeles, and Marcel Dionne tallied 30 or more, too. Marcel Dionne contributed 43 assists. Rogie Vachon earned 29 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.86 goals against average, topping regular goalies.

Ron Stewart coached the team. The 1977-78 Los Angeles Kings lost in the NHL preliminary round.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Marcel Dionne	C	70	36	43	79	37	-8	9	0	4	0	294	12.2
Butch Goring	C	80	37	36	73	2	-4	9	3	5	2	248	14.9
Mike Murphy	R	72	20	36	56	48	-1	7	0	6	2	207	9.7
Syl Apps	C	70	19	26	45	18	-11	4	0	1	2	131	14.5
Dave Taylor	R	64	22	21	43	47	14	4	0	3	3	122	18.0
Gary Sargent	D	72	7	34	41	52	18	3	0	1	0	182	3.8
Tom Williams	L	58	15	22	37	9	-14	6	0	2	1	147	10.2
Randy Manery	D	79	6	27	33	61	-12	3	0	0	1	173	3.5
Glenn Goldup	R	66	14	18	32	66	-8	0	0	0	0	108	13.0
Pete Stemkowski	C	80	13	18	31	33	1	0	0	2	1	134	9.7
Danny Grant	L	41	10	19	29	2	-2	4	0	0	0	97	10.3
Ernie Hicke	L	41	9	15	24	18	7	1	0	2	0	60	15.0
Bert Wilson	L	79	7	16	23	127	0	0	0	0	1	78	9.0
Hartland Monahan	R	64	10	9	19	45	-13	0	0	1	1	97	10.3
Bob Murdoch	D	76	2	17	19	68	2	0	0	0	0	144	1.4
Don Kozak	R	43	8	5	13	45	4	0	0	1	0	54	14.8
Vic Venasky	C	71	3	10	13	6	1	0	0	3	0	53	5.7
Dave Hutchison	D	44	0	10	10	71	11	0	0	0	0	60	0.0
Larry Brown	D	57	1	8	9	23	-13	0	0	0	0	24	4.2
Neil Komadoski	D	25	0	6	6	24	9	0	0	0	0	14	0.0
Robert Palmer	D	48	0	3	3	27	-8	0	0	0	0	38	0.0
Gene Carr	C	5	2	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	8	25.0
Dave Schultz	L	8	2	0	2	27	1	0	0	0	0	10	20.0
Darryl Edestrand	D	13	0	2	2	15	-8	0	0	0	0	29	0.0
Charlie Simmer	L	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Gary Simmons	G	14	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lorne Stamler	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Larry Carriere	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rogie Vachon	G	70	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Russ Walker	R	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Short	D	5	0	0	0	2	-5	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Totals		1423	243	401	644	893	-39	50	3	31	14	2518	9.7

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Rogie Vachon	70	4107	29	27	13	4	4	196	2.86	0
Gary Simmons	14	693	2	7	2	1	0	44	3.81	0
Totals	84	4800	31	34	15	5	4	240	3.00		0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Marcel Dionne	C	2	0	0	0	0
Butch Goring	C	2	0	0	0	2
Mike Murphy	R	2	0	0	0	0
Syl Apps	C	2	0	1	1	0
Dave Taylor	R	2	0	0	0	5
Gary Sargent	D	2	0	0	0	0
Tom Williams	L	2	0	0	0	0
Randy Manery	D	2	0	0	0	2
Glenn Goldup	R	2	1	0	1	11
Pete Stemkowski	C	2	1	0	1	2
Danny Grant	L	2	0	2	2	2
Bert Wilson	L	2	0	0	0	2
Hartland Monahan	R	2	0	0	0	0
Bob Murdoch	D	2	0	1	1	5
Vic Venasky	C	1	0	0	0	0
Larry Brown	D	1	0	0	0	2
Robert Palmer	D	2	0	0	0	0
Darryl Edestrand	D	2	1	1	2	4
Rogie Vachon	G	2	0	0	0	2
Totals		36	3	5	8	39

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Rogie Vachon	2	120	0	2	0	0	0	11	5.50	0
Totals	2	120	0	2	0	0	0	11	5.50		0