1971–72 Los Angeles Kings season

The 1971–72 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' fifth season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Kings finished in last place in the West Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||T||October 8, 1971||4–4 || align="left"| @ California Golden Seals (1971–72) ||0–0–1

|2||W||October 10, 1971||4–3 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) ||1–0–1

|3||L||October 13, 1971||1–4 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) ||1–1–1

|4||L||October 16, 1971||0–1 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) ||1–2–1

|5||L||October 17, 1971||0–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) ||1–3–1

|6||L||October 20, 1971||1–8 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) ||1–4–1

|7||W||October 21, 1971||7–0 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) ||2–4–1

|8||L||October 23, 1971||1–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) ||2–5–1

|9||L||October 24, 1971||3–6 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) ||2–6–1

|10||L||October 27, 1971||2–3 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) ||2–7–1

|11||L||October 30, 1971||1–5 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) ||2–8–1

|12||L||November 3, 1971||1–7 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1971–72) ||2–9–1

|13||L||November 6, 1971||2–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) ||2–10–1

|14||L||November 10, 1971||1–7 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1971–72) ||2–11–1

|15||W||November 11, 1971||4–2 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) ||3–11–1

|16||L||November 13, 1971||4–6 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) ||3–12–1

|17||L||November 14, 1971||2–11 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1971–72) ||3–13–1

|18||L||November 17, 1971||1–5 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) ||3–14–1

|19||L||November 18, 1971||0–2 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) ||3–15–1

|20||W||November 20, 1971||3–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) ||4–15–1

|21||L||November 23, 1971||1–3 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1971–72) ||4–16–1

|22||W||November 24, 1971||5–3 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) ||5–16–1

|23||L||November 27, 1971||1–3 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) ||5–17–1

|24||L||December 1, 1971||3–5 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) ||5–18–1

|25||L||December 2, 1971||0–2 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) ||5–19–1

|26||L||December 4, 1971||1–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) ||5–20–1

|27||L||December 5, 1971||0–7 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) ||5–21–1

|28||L||December 8, 1971||3–5 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1971–72) ||5–22–1

|29||W||December 11, 1971||4–1 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1971–72) ||6–22–1

|30||L||December 15, 1971||1–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) ||6–23–1

|31||W||December 18, 1971||4–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) ||7–23–1

|32||L||December 21, 1971||2–3 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) ||7–24–1

|33||W||December 22, 1971||2–1 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1971–72) ||8–24–1

|34||L||December 25, 1971||1–3 || align="left"| California Golden Seals (1971–72) ||8–25–1

|35||L||December 26, 1971||3–6 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) ||8–26–1

|36||W||December 29, 1971||3–1 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) ||9–26–1

|37||L||January 1, 1972||2–3 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) ||9–27–1

|38||W||January 2, 1972||6–3 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) ||10–27–1

|39||W||January 4, 1972||4–1 || align="left"| California Golden Seals (1971–72) ||11–27–1

|40||L||January 5, 1972||2–6 || align="left"| @ California Golden Seals (1971–72) ||11–28–1

|41||L||January 8, 1972||2–10 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) ||11–29–1

|42||L||January 9, 1972||0–8 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1971–72) ||11–30–1

|43||T||January 12, 1972||1–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) ||11–30–2

|44||T||January 13, 1972||1–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1971–72) ||11–30–3

|45||L||January 15, 1972||4–7 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) ||11–31–3

|46||T||January 16, 1972||3–3 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) ||11–31–4

|47||L||January 19, 1972||1–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1971–72) ||11–32–4

|48||W||January 22, 1972||4–2 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) ||12–32–4

|49||L||January 23, 1972||3–5 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) ||12–33–4

|50||W||January 26, 1972||5–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) ||13–33–4

|51||T||January 29, 1972||4–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) ||13–33–5

|52||T||January 30, 1972||2–2 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) ||13–33–6

|53||W||February 1, 1972||7–4 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) ||14–33–6

|54||T||February 3, 1972||1–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) ||14–33–7

|55||W||February 5, 1972||8–1 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) ||15–33–7

|56||L||February 9, 1972||1–4 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) ||15–34–7

|57||L||February 10, 1972||1–6 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) ||15–35–7

|58||L||February 12, 1972||5–6 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) ||15–36–7

|59||L||February 13, 1972||2–4 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1971–72) ||15–37–7

|60||L||February 16, 1972||1–3 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1971–72) ||15–38–7

|61||L||February 17, 1972||4–6 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1971–72) ||15–39–7

|62||W||February 19, 1972||5–3 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) ||16–39–7

|63||L||February 23, 1972||0–2 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1971–72) ||16–40–7

|64||L||February 26, 1972||4–5 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1971–72) ||16–41–7

|65||L||March 1, 1972||4–6 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) ||16–42–7

|66||L||March 4, 1972||2–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) ||16–43–7

|67||W||March 5, 1972||2–0 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1971–72) ||17–43–7

|68||L||March 7, 1972||2–4 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1971–72) ||17–44–7

|69||L||March 9, 1972||3–5 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) ||17–45–7

|70||W||March 11, 1972||5–3 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) ||18–45–7

|71||L||March 15, 1972||2–5 || align="left"| @ California Golden Seals (1971–72) ||18–46–7

|72||L||March 16, 1972||3–8 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1971–72) ||18–47–7

|73||T||March 18, 1972||4–4 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) ||18–47–8

|74||L||March 22, 1972||3–6 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) ||18–48–8

|75||L||March 25, 1972||0–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) ||18–49–8

|76||W||March 29, 1972||4–2 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) ||19–49–8

|77||T||March 31, 1972||4–4 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) ||19–49–9

|78||W||April 1, 1972||9–4 || align="left"| California Golden Seals (1971–72) ||20–49–9

Legend:

Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/− PPG SHG GWG C 78 27 28 55 26−36303 C 76 23 29 52 22−22714 C 74 21 29 50 2−10302 LW 78 17 22 39 44−23303 LW 78 13 25 38 28−40200 LW 73 13 24 37 48−25210 LW 56 12 22 34 95−7301 D 72 10 24 34 83−33401 LW 50 9 14 23 39−18100 RW 26 11 11 22 123101 RW 45 7 12 19 18−30100 D 77 1 17 18 53−34000 C 28 8 9 17 6−1320 D 48 3 13 16 47−10100 C 44 11 3 14 17−30102 LW 27 4 10 14 142101 D 64 1 12 13 57−32000 RW 28 4 5 9 11−13001 RW 60 3 4 7 4−6100 RW 31 3 2 5 8−8100 D 39 2 3 5 35−39001 D 36 0 4 4 6−8000 D 22 1 2 3 11−7000 D 10 1 2 3 14−2000 LW 5 1 0 1 00000 D 15 0 1 1 6−11000 C/RW 4 0 1 1 0−1000 G 5 0 0 0 00000 G 44 0 0 0 00000 G 5 0 0 0 50000 G 28 0 0 0 00000Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO 2503 44 13 23 5 150 3.60 2 1586 28 6 18 3 107 4.05 0 300 5 1 3 1 23 4.60 0 291 5 0 5 0 23 4.74 0 Team: 4680 78 20 49 9 303 3.88 2

Transactions The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1971–72 season.

Trades May 1, 1971To Los Angeles KingsWayne RiversTo New York RangersMike McMahon Jr. June 8, 1971To Los Angeles KingsClaude ProvostTo Montreal CanadiensCash June 13, 1971To Los Angeles KingsLarry HillmanTo Philadelphia FlyersLarry Mickey November 4, 1971To Los Angeles KingsRogie Vachon 1st round pick in 1975 – Tim YoungTo Montreal CanadiensDenis DeJordy Dale Hoganson Noel Price Doug Robinson 1st round pick in 1975 – Pierre Mondou December 16, 1971To Los Angeles KingsDoug Barrie Mike KeelerTo Buffalo SabresMike Byers Larry Hillman January 11, 1972To Los Angeles KingsBob WoytowichTo Pittsburgh PenguinsAl McDonough January 28, 1972To Los Angeles KingsJim Johnson Bill Lesuk Serge Bernier Larry BrownTo Philadelphia FlyersBill Flett Eddie Joyal Jean Potvin Ross Lonsberry

Free agent signings June 1, 1971From University of Minnesota Duluth (NCAA)Phil Hoene

Waivers November 3, 1971To Boston BruinsMatt Ravlich November 22, 1971From Vancouver CanucksMike Corrigan

Intra-league Draft June 8, 1971From Buffalo SabresGary Edwards

Reverse Draft June 8, 1971To Seattle Totems (WHL)Jack Norris June 8, 1971To Baltimore Clippers (AHL)Norm Armstrong June 8, 1971To Salt Lake Golden Eagles (WHL)Wayne Rutledge

Draft picks Los Angeles's draft picks at the 1971 NHL amateur draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)334 Vic Venasky University of Denver (WCHA)448 Neil Komadoski Winnipeg Jets (WCHL)562 Gary Crosby Michigan Tech University (WCHA)676 Camille LaPierre Montreal Junior Canadiens (OHA)789 Peter Harasym Clarkson University (ECAC)790 Norm Dube Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)8103 Lorne Stamler Michigan Tech University (WCHA)

See also 1971–72 NHL season

References