1987-88 Los Angeles Kings Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 30-42-8 - 68 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Smythe Division
Postseason: 1-4
Lost NHL division semi-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to Calgary Flames 4-1
Coach: Mike Murphy (7-16-4)
Coach: Rogie Vachon (0-1)
Coach: Robbie Ftorek (23-25-4)
Location: Los Angeles, California

1987-88 Los Angeles Kings Roster
1987-88 Los Angeles Kings Results

The Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League ended the 1987-88 season with a record of 30 wins and 42 losses and 8 ties for 68 points, finishing fourth in the NHL's Smythe Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-4.

The Kings netted 318 goals and gave up 359, most in the league. Jimmy Carson scored 55 goals for Los Angeles, while Luc Robitaille and Bernie Nicholls tallied 30 or more also. Luc Robitaille accounted for 58 assists. Roland Melanson topped the squad with 17 wins, and Glenn Healy recorded a 4.33 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.

Mike Murphy, Rogie Vachon and Robbie Ftorek coached the team. The 1987-88 Los Angeles Kings lost in the NHL division semi-finals.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Luc Robitaille	L	80	53	58	111	82	-9	17	25	0	0	6	1	220	24.1
Jimmy Carson	C	80	55	52	107	45	-19	22	26	0	0	7	2	264	20.8
Bernie Nicholls	C	65	32	46	78	114	2	8	22	7	0	1	1	236	13.6
Dave Taylor	R	68	26	41	67	129	-4	9	17	0	0	2	1	149	17.4
Steve Duchesne	D	71	16	39	55	109	0	5	13	0	0	4	0	190	8.4
Bob Carpenter	C	71	19	33	52	84	-21	10	11	0	2	2	0	176	10.8
Jim Fox	R	68	16	35	51	18	-7	2	11	0	0	1	0	120	13.3
Paul Fenton	L	71	20	23	43	46	-14	8	4	1	1	1	0	166	12.0
Mike Allison	L	37	16	12	28	57	3	5	5	1	0	2	0	54	29.6
Mark Hardy	D	61	6	22	28	99	-27	4	14	1	0	1	0	107	5.6
Jay Wells	D	58	2	23	25	159	-3	1	9	0	2	0	0	76	2.6
Phil Sykes	L	40	9	12	21	82	5	3	0	1	1	0	0	61	14.8
Bryan Erickson	R	42	6	15	21	20	-14	2	6	0	0	0	0	68	8.8
Bob Bourne	C	72	7	11	18	28	-31	1	3	0	2	1	0	75	9.3
Ken Hammond	D	46	7	9	16	69	-1	1	4	0	0	1	0	52	13.5
Tom Laidlaw	D	57	1	12	13	47	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	30	3.3
Craig Laughlin	R	19	4	8	12	6	-8	2	3	0	0	0	0	29	13.8
Chris Kontos	L	6	2	10	12	2	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	19	10.5
Dean Kennedy	D	58	1	11	12	158	-22	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	2.5
Lyle Phair	L	28	4	6	10	8	-5	0	2	0	1	0	0	35	11.4
Paul Guay	R	33	4	4	8	40	-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	9.5
Ron Duguay	C	15	2	6	8	17	-5	0	1	0	0	1	0	21	9.5
Grant Ledyard	D	23	1	7	8	52	-7	1	4	0	0	0	0	40	2.5
Tim Tookey	C	20	1	6	7	8	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	3.6
Larry Playfair	D	54	0	7	7	197	-13	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	0.0
Sean McKenna	R	30	3	2	5	12	-14	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	8.8
Ken Baumgartner	L	30	2	3	5	189	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	11.8
John English	D	3	1	3	4	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	20.0
Joe Paterson	L	32	1	3	4	113	-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	5.0
Glenn Healy	G	34	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Gratton	C	7	1	0	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Eric Germain	D	4	0	1	1	13	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Denis Larocque	D	8	0	1	1	18	-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Wayne McBean	D	27	0	1	1	26	-14	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	0.0
Bob Kudelski	R	26	0	1	1	8	-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0.0
Petr Prajsler	D	7	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Craig Redmond	D	2	0	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Glen Currie	C	7	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Roland Melanson	G	47	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Craig Duncanson	L	9	0	0	0	12	-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0
Bob Janecyk	G	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tiger Williams	L	2	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Totals		1523	318	525	843	2108	-259	103	189	11	10	30	5	2460	12.9

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Roland Melanson	47	2676	17	20	7	2	2	195	4.37	1399	1204	.861
Glenn Healy	34	1869	12	18	1	4	1	135	4.33	1005	870	.866
Bob Janecyk	5	303	1	4	0	0	0	23	4.55	165	142	.861
Totals	86	4848	30	42	8	6	3	353	4.37	2922	2569	.879

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	PPA	GWG	SOG	SG%
Luc Robitaille	L	5	2	5	7	18	-8	2	2	1	6	33.3
Jimmy Carson	C	5	5	3	8	4	-2	1	1	0	16	31.3
Bernie Nicholls	C	5	2	6	8	11	-3	1	4	0	22	9.1
Dave Taylor	R	5	3	3	6	6	-3	2	1	0	16	18.8
Steve Duchesne	D	5	1	3	4	14	-5	1	3	0	11	9.1
Bob Carpenter	C	5	1	1	2	0	-7	0	0	0	13	7.7
Jim Fox	R	1	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0
Paul Fenton	L	5	2	1	3	2	-3	1	1	0	11	18.2
Mike Allison	L	5	0	0	0	16	-3	0	0	0	0
Jay Wells	D	5	1	2	3	21	0	0	1	0	3	33.3
Phil Sykes	L	4	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	5	0.0
Bob Bourne	C	5	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Ken Hammond	D	2	0	0	0	4	-5	0	0	0	2	0.0
Tom Laidlaw	D	5	0	2	2	4	-8	0	1	0	1	0.0
Craig Laughlin	R	3	0	1	1	2	-1	0	0	0	6	0.0
Chris Kontos	L	4	1	0	1	4	-3	0	0	0	1	100.0
Dean Kennedy	D	4	0	1	1	10	4	0	0	0	2	0.0
Lyle Phair	L	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Paul Guay	R	4	0	1	1	8	-1	0	1	0	2	0.0
Ron Duguay	C	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Larry Playfair	D	3	0	0	0	14	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ken Baumgartner	L	5	0	1	1	28	-6	0	0	0	4	0.0
John English	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Glenn Healy	G	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Germain	D	1	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0	0
Roland Melanson	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		95	18	31	49	174	-64	8	15	1	124	14.5

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	ENG	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Roland Melanson	1	60	0	1	0	9	9.00	50	41	.820
Glenn Healy	4	240	1	3	1	20	5.00	128	108	.844
Totals	5	300	1	4	1	29	5.80	207	178	.860