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Los Angeles Kings, 1977-78

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Norris Division, Prince of Wales Conference Made the playoffs

1977-78 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
10 80 31-34-15 77 0.481 243 245 -2 18-16-6 13-18-9

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Preliminary Round Toronto Maple Leafs Lost 0-2

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Marcel Dionne C 70 36 43 79 -7 37 294 0
Butch Goring C 80 37 36 73 -4 2 245 0
Mike Murphy R 72 20 36 56 -1 48 204 0
Syl Apps C 70 19 26 45 -11 18 131 0
Dave Taylor R 64 22 21 43 14 47 128 0
Gary Sargent D 72 7 34 41 18 52 182 0
Tom Williams L 58 15 22 37 -14 9 144 0
Randy Manery D 79 6 27 33 -12 61 169 0
Glenn Goldup R 66 14 18 32 -8 66 108 0
Pete Stemkowski C 80 13 18 31 1 33 134 0
Danny Grant L 41 10 19 29 -2 2 97 0
Ernie Hicke L 41 9 15 24 7 18 60 0
Bert Wilson L 79 7 16 23 0 127 80 0
Bob Murdoch D 76 2 17 19 2 68 144 0
Hartland Monahan R 64 10 9 19 -14 45 97 0
Don Kozak R 43 8 5 13 4 45 54 0
Vic Venasky C 73 3 10 13 1 6 53 0
Dave Hutchison D 44 0 10 10 11 71 61 0
Larry Brown D 57 1 8 9 -13 23 27 0
Neil Komadoski D 26 0 6 6 9 24 14 0
Rob Palmer D 52 0 3 3 -8 27 38 0
Darryl Edestrand D 13 0 2 2 -8 15 29 0
Dave Schultz L 8 2 0 2 1 27 10 0
Gene Carr C 5 2 0 2 0 4 8 0
Charlie Simmer L 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 0
Larry Carriere D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lorne Stamler L 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Russell Walker R 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
Steven Short L 5 0 0 0 -5 2 1 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Rogie Vachon 70 29271304 1810 1614 196 2.87 0.892
Gary Simmons 14 27200 336 292 44 3.83 0.869

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 8, 1978 vs VAN W 5-3 39 18
Apr 7, 1978 @ VAN T 5-5 28 20
Apr 5, 1978 vs STL L 2-3 28 15
Apr 1, 1978 vs PHI L 2-4 33 30
Mar 30, 1978 @ DET W 4-0 26 13
Mar 29, 1978 @ CHI L 1-5 48 25
Mar 27, 1978 @ TOR L 0-3 25 23
Mar 24, 1978 @ CLE W 4-3 36 36
Mar 23, 1978 @ MNS W 3-1 35 24
Mar 21, 1978 vs BUF L 2-6 27 32
Mar 18, 1978 vs MTL L 3-6 26 34
Mar 16, 1978 vs DET T 3-3 35 29
Mar 14, 1978 vs PIT W 4-2 36 18
Mar 12, 1978 @ BOS L 3-9 24 34
Mar 11, 1978 @ MTL L 3-5 35 36
Mar 9, 1978 @ BUF T 3-3 19 37
Mar 8, 1978 @ TOR W 5-1 39 39
Mar 4, 1978 vs CHI L 3-6 40 26
Mar 2, 1978 vs CLR W 5-2 41 22
Feb 28, 1978 vs CLE W 4-2 27 28
Feb 25, 1978 vs BOS L 2-4 18 29
Feb 22, 1978 @ MNS L 1-4 26 35
Feb 21, 1978 @ WSH W 4-1 26 31
Feb 19, 1978 @ DET L 1-5 32 29
Feb 18, 1978 @ PIT T 1-1 43 30
Feb 16, 1978 @ BUF L 0-5 29 30
Feb 14, 1978 @ NYI L 2-3 27 23
Feb 11, 1978 vs PIT T 3-3 47 27
Feb 9, 1978 vs AFM L 2-4 33 24
Feb 7, 1978 vs DET L 1-2 30 28
Feb 4, 1978 vs MTL T 5-5 35 32
Feb 1, 1978 vs WSH W 8-3 38 23
Jan 29, 1978 @ NYR W 4-1 29 20
Jan 28, 1978 @ MTL L 3-6 32 32
Jan 26, 1978 vs STL W 5-1 22 20
Jan 21, 1978 vs TOR W 2-1 19 28
Jan 20, 1978 @ CLR L 2-5 24 34
Jan 18, 1978 vs NYR L 0-3 33 30
Jan 14, 1978 @ AFM W 8-4 26 22
Jan 12, 1978 @ BOS L 1-6 18 35
Jan 11, 1978 @ BUF T 3-3 34 20
Jan 8, 1978 @ DET L 3-4 21 29
Jan 7, 1978 @ PIT T 3-3 32 29
Jan 5, 1978 @ PHI T 4-4 44 33
Jan 4, 1978 @ WSH L 0-4 34 17
Jan 1, 1978 vs CLR W 5-1 58 17
Dec 29, 1977 @ CLR T 2-2 34 26
Dec 28, 1977 vs NYI L 3-4 32 32
Dec 22, 1977 @ CHI W 4-0 25 21
Dec 21, 1977 vs MNS W 8-1 45 26
Dec 19, 1977 vs VAN W 3-2 41 22
Dec 17, 1977 vs WSH L 1-2 39 15
Dec 15, 1977 vs BUF L 3-7 38 30
Dec 10, 1977 vs TOR L 0-3 27 20
Dec 8, 1977 @ PIT W 5-3 30 27
Dec 6, 1977 @ STL W 6-1 28 31
Dec 3, 1977 vs AFM W 4-1 31 18
Dec 1, 1977 vs PHI L 2-4 34 30
Nov 29, 1977 vs WSH W 4-2 24 34
Nov 27, 1977 @ PHI L 0-2 17 28
Nov 26, 1977 @ AFM T 4-4 23 27
Nov 24, 1977 vs PIT W 5-3 48 18
Nov 23, 1977 vs CHI W 8-3 38 23
Nov 19, 1977 vs MTL L 2-4 25 27
Nov 16, 1977 vs CLE T 1-1 48 20
Nov 12, 1977 vs MNS T 2-2 32 18
Nov 10, 1977 @ BOS L 2-5 19 24
Nov 8, 1977 @ WSH W 5-1 34 24
Nov 5, 1977 vs NYR W 3-1 35 34
Nov 3, 1977 vs TOR W 4-2 27 20
Nov 1, 1977 @ STL L 2-7 24 38
Oct 30, 1977 @ NYR W 5-3 39 38
Oct 29, 1977 @ MTL W 5-3 27 32
Oct 26, 1977 vs NYI T 2-2 34 36
Oct 25, 1977 @ VAN L 1-3 29 19
Oct 22, 1977 vs BOS L 3-4 21 27
Oct 19, 1977 @ CLE L 1-3 28 32
Oct 18, 1977 @ NYI T 0-0 28 41
Oct 15, 1977 vs DET W 4-2 28 23
Oct 12, 1977 vs CLE W 2-0 28 24