1971–72 Los Angeles Kings season

1971–72 Los Angeles Kings
Division 7th West
1971–72 record 20–49–9
Goals for 206
Goals against 305
Team information
General Manager Larry Regan
Coach Larry Regan
Captain Bob Pulford
Team leaders
<1970–71 1972–73>

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

West Division[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Chicago Black Hawks 78 46 17 15 256 166 +90 107
2 Minnesota North Stars 78 37 29 12 212 191 +21 86
3 St. Louis Blues 78 28 39 11 208 247 −39 67
4 Pittsburgh Penguins 78 26 38 14 220 258 −38 66
5 Philadelphia Flyers 78 26 38 14 200 236 −36 66
6 California Golden Seals 78 21 39 18 216 288 −72 60
7 Los Angeles Kings 78 20 49 9 206 305 −99 49

Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1TOctober 8, 19714–4 @ California Golden Seals (1971–72) 0–0–1
2WOctober 10, 19714–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) 1–0–1
3LOctober 13, 19711–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) 1–1–1
4LOctober 16, 19710–1 Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) 1–2–1
5LOctober 17, 19710–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) 1–3–1
6LOctober 20, 19711–8 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) 1–4–1
7WOctober 21, 19717–0 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) 2–4–1
8LOctober 23, 19711–3 Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) 2–5–1
9LOctober 24, 19713–6 Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) 2–6–1
10LOctober 27, 19712–3 Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) 2–7–1
11LOctober 30, 19711–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) 2–8–1
12LNovember 3, 19711–7 New York Rangers (1971–72) 2–9–1
13LNovember 6, 19712–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) 2–10–1
14LNovember 10, 19711–7 @ New York Rangers (1971–72) 2–11–1
15WNovember 11, 19714–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) 3–11–1
16LNovember 13, 19714–6 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) 3–12–1
17LNovember 14, 19712–11 @ Boston Bruins (1971–72) 3–13–1
18LNovember 17, 19711–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) 3–14–1
19LNovember 18, 19710–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) 3–15–1
20WNovember 20, 19713–1 Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) 4–15–1
21LNovember 23, 19711–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1971–72) 4–16–1
22WNovember 24, 19715–3 Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) 5–16–1
23LNovember 27, 19711–3 Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) 5–17–1
24LDecember 1, 19713–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) 5–18–1
25LDecember 2, 19710–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) 5–19–1
26LDecember 4, 19711–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) 5–20–1
27LDecember 5, 19710–7 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) 5–21–1
28LDecember 8, 19713–5 Boston Bruins (1971–72) 5–22–1
29WDecember 11, 19714–1 St. Louis Blues (1971–72) 6–22–1
30LDecember 15, 19711–3 Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) 6–23–1
31WDecember 18, 19714–2 Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) 7–23–1
32LDecember 21, 19712–3 @ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) 7–24–1
33WDecember 22, 19712–1 @ St. Louis Blues (1971–72) 8–24–1
34LDecember 25, 19711–3 California Golden Seals (1971–72) 8–25–1
35LDecember 26, 19713–6 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) 8–26–1
36WDecember 29, 19713–1 Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) 9–26–1
37LJanuary 1, 19722–3 Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) 9–27–1
38WJanuary 2, 19726–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) 10–27–1
39WJanuary 4, 19724–1 California Golden Seals (1971–72) 11–27–1
40LJanuary 5, 19722–6 @ California Golden Seals (1971–72) 11–28–1
41LJanuary 8, 19722–10 @ Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) 11–29–1
42LJanuary 9, 19720–8 @ New York Rangers (1971–72) 11–30–1
43TJanuary 12, 19721–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) 11–30–2
44TJanuary 13, 19721–1 @ Boston Bruins (1971–72) 11–30–3
45LJanuary 15, 19724–7 @ Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) 11–31–3
46TJanuary 16, 19723–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) 11–31–4
47LJanuary 19, 19721–5 New York Rangers (1971–72) 11–32–4
48WJanuary 22, 19724–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) 12–32–4
49LJanuary 23, 19723–5 @ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) 12–33–4
50WJanuary 26, 19725–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) 13–33–4
51TJanuary 29, 19724–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) 13–33–5
52TJanuary 30, 19722–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) 13–33–6
53WFebruary 1, 19727–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) 14–33–6
54TFebruary 3, 19721–1 Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) 14–33–7
55WFebruary 5, 19728–1 Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) 15–33–7
56LFebruary 9, 19721–4 @ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) 15–34–7
57LFebruary 10, 19721–6 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) 15–35–7
58LFebruary 12, 19725–6 @ Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) 15–36–7
59LFebruary 13, 19722–4 @ New York Rangers (1971–72) 15–37–7
60LFebruary 16, 19721–3 St. Louis Blues (1971–72) 15–38–7
61LFebruary 17, 19724–6 New York Rangers (1971–72) 15–39–7
62WFebruary 19, 19725–3 Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) 16–39–7
63LFebruary 23, 19720–2 St. Louis Blues (1971–72) 16–40–7
64LFebruary 26, 19724–5 Boston Bruins (1971–72) 16–41–7
65LMarch 1, 19724–6 Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) 16–42–7
66LMarch 4, 19722–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) 16–43–7
67WMarch 5, 19722–0 @ Boston Bruins (1971–72) 17–43–7
68LMarch 7, 19722–4 @ St. Louis Blues (1971–72) 17–44–7
69LMarch 9, 19723–5 Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) 17–45–7
70WMarch 11, 19725–3 Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) 18–45–7
71LMarch 15, 19722–5 @ California Golden Seals (1971–72) 18–46–7
72LMarch 16, 19723–8 Boston Bruins (1971–72) 18–47–7
73TMarch 18, 19724–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) 18–47–8
74LMarch 22, 19723–6 Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) 18–48–8
75LMarch 25, 19720–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) 18–49–8
76WMarch 29, 19724–2 Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) 19–49–8
77TMarch 31, 19724–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) 19–49–9
78WApril 1, 19729–4 California Golden Seals (1971–72) 20–49–9

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Widing, JuhaJuha Widing C 78 27 28 55 26-36303
Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom C 76 23 29 52 22-22714
Goring, ButchButch Goring C 74 21 29 50 2-10302
Berry, BobBob Berry LW 78 17 22 39 44-23303
Lemieux, RealReal Lemieux LW 78 13 25 38 28-40200
Pulford, BobBob Pulford LW 73 13 24 37 48-25210
Corrigan, MikeMike Corrigan LW 56 12 22 34 95-7301
Marotte, GillesGilles Marotte D 72 10 24 34 83-33401
Lonsberry, RossRoss Lonsberry LW 50 9 14 23 39-18100
Bernier, SergeSerge Bernier RW 26 11 11 22 123101
Flett, BillBill Flett RW 45 7 12 19 18-30100
Howell, HarryHarry Howell D 77 1 17 18 53-34000
Johnson, JimJim Johnson C 28 8 9 17 6-1320
Barrie, DougDoug Barrie D 48 3 13 16 47-10100
Joyal, EddieEddie Joyal C 44 11 3 14 17-30102
Lesuk, BillBill Lesuk LW 27 4 10 14 142101
Curtis, PaulPaul Curtis D 64 1 12 13 57-32000
Byers, MikeMike Byers RW 28 4 5 9 11-13001
Grenier, LucienLucien Grenier RW 60 3 4 7 4-6100
McDonough, AlAl McDonough RW 31 3 2 5 8-8100
Potvin, JeanJean Potvin D 39 2 3 5 35-39001
Woytowich, BobBob Woytowich D 36 0 4 4 6-8000
Hillman, LarryLarry Hillman D 22 1 2 3 11-7000
Hoganson, DaleDale Hoganson D 10 1 2 3 14-2000
Carlin, BrianBrian Carlin LW 5 1 0 1 00000
Mikkelson, BillBill Mikkelson D 15 0 1 1 6-11000
Stanfield, JimJim Stanfield C/RW 4 0 1 1 0-1000
DeJordy, DenisDenis DeJordy G 5 0 0 0 00000
Edwards, GaryGary Edwards G 44 0 0 0 00000
Smith, BillyBilly Smith G 5 0 0 0 50000
Vachon, RogieRogie Vachon G 28 0 0 0 00000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Edwards, GaryGary Edwards 2503 44 13 23 5 150 3.60 2
Vachon, RogieRogie Vachon 1586 28 6 18 3 107 4.05 0
Smith, BillyBilly Smith 300 5 1 3 1 23 4.60 0
DeJordy, DenisDenis DeJordy 291 5 0 5 0 23 4.74 0
Team: 4680 78 20 49 9 303 3.88 2

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Roster

Los Angeles Kings 1971–1972 Roster
Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

Centers

See also

References

External links

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