
1979-80 Los Angeles Kings Statistics
Team Record: 30-36-14 - 74 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Norris Division
Postseason: 1-3
Lost NHL preliminary round
Preliminary - Lost to New York Islanders 3-1
Coach: Bob Berry (30-36-14)
Location: Los Angeles, California
1979-80 Los Angeles Kings Results
The Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League ended the 1979-80 season with a record of 30 wins and 36 losses and 14 ties for 74 points, finishing second in the NHL's Norris Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-3.
The Kings scored 290 goals and surrendered 313. Charlie Simmer netted 56 goals for Los Angeles, while Dave Taylor and Marcel Dionne tallied 30 or more as well. Marcel Dionne contributed 84 assists. Mario Lessard topped the squad with 18 wins and a team-best 3.91 goals against average, pacing regular goalies.
Bob Berry coached the team. The 1979-80 Los Angeles Kings lost in the NHL preliminary round.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marcel Dionne | C | 80 | 53 | 84 | 137 | 32 | 35 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 348 | 15.2 |
Charlie Simmer | L | 64 | 56 | 45 | 101 | 65 | 47 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 213 | 26.3 |
Dave Taylor | R | 61 | 37 | 53 | 90 | 72 | 39 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 170 | 21.8 |
Butch Goring | C | 69 | 20 | 48 | 68 | 12 | -21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 160 | 12.5 |
Doug Halward | D | 63 | 11 | 45 | 56 | 52 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 165 | 6.7 |
Mike Murphy | R | 80 | 27 | 22 | 49 | 29 | -12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 176 | 15.3 |
Robert Palmer | D | 78 | 4 | 36 | 40 | 18 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 3.6 |
Steve Jensen | L | 76 | 21 | 15 | 36 | 13 | -39 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 149 | 14.1 |
Andre St. Laurent | C | 77 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 88 | -13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 5.0 |
Glenn Goldup | R | 55 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 78 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 92 | 10.9 |
Steve Carlson | C | 52 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 23 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 20.0 |
Syl Apps | C | 51 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 12 | -17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 9.4 |
Randy Manery | D | 52 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 48 | -13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 8.2 |
Dean Hopkins | R | 60 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 39 | -16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 14.0 |
Brad Selwood | D | 63 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 82 | -14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 1.3 |
Barry Gibbs | D | 63 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 32 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 3.6 |
Bert Wilson | L | 75 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 91 | -19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 7.1 |
Billy Harris | R | 11 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 18.2 |
Don Howse | L | 33 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | -16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 4.3 |
John Paul Kelly | L | 40 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 28 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 6.5 |
Jerry Korab | D | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 34 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3.3 |
Richard Mulhern | D | 15 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
Dave Lewis | D | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 9.1 |
Mark Hardy | D | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
Randy Holt | D | 42 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 94 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
Ron Grahame | G | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jay Wells | D | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113 | -22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0.0 |
Rick Hampton | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Mike Marson | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Doug Keans | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mario Lessard | G | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1432 | 290 | 474 | 764 | 1118 | -72 | 83 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 30 | 14 | 2317 | 12.5 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mario Lessard | 50 | 2836 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 185 | 3.91 | 0 | ||
Ron Grahame | 26 | 1405 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 98 | 4.19 | 0 | ||
Doug Keans | 10 | 559 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 2.47 | 0 | ||
Totals | 86 | 4800 | 30 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 306 | 3.83 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marcel Dionne | C | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Charlie Simmer | L | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dave Taylor | R | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Doug Halward | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mike Murphy | R | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Robert Palmer | D | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Steve Jensen | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Andre St. Laurent | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Glenn Goldup | R | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Steve Carlson | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dean Hopkins | R | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Brad Selwood | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Barry Gibbs | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bert Wilson | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Billy Harris | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Don Howse | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Paul Kelly | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jerry Korab | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dave Lewis | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mark Hardy | D | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jay Wells | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Doug Keans | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mario Lessard | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 73 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 71 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mario Lessard | 4 | 207 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4.06 | 0 | ||
Doug Keans | 1 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10.50 | 0 | ||
Totals | 5 | 247 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 5.10 | 0 |