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Los Angeles Kings, 1978-79

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Norris Division, Prince of Wales Conference Made the playoffs

1978-79 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
10 80 34-34-12 80 0.500 292 286 +6 20-13-7 14-21-5

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Preliminary Round New York Rangers 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 80 59 71 130 22 30 362 0
Dave Taylor R 78 43 48 91 27 124 238 0
Butch Goring C 80 36 51 87 -20 16 217 0
Charlie Simmer L 38 21 27 48 10 16 112 0
Mike Murphy R 64 16 29 45 -13 38 150 0
Rob Palmer D 79 4 41 45 -14 26 130 0
Glenn Goldup R 75 15 22 37 -8 89 117 0
Syl Apps C 80 7 30 37 -26 29 128 0
Randy Manery D 72 8 27 35 5 64 116 0
Steve Jensen L 73 23 8 31 -28 57 114 0
Murray Wilson L 61 11 15 26 -7 14 107 0
Tom Williams L 45 10 15 25 -7 8 84 0
Danny Grant L 39 10 11 21 5 8 47 0
Rick Hampton D 51 3 17 20 0 22 70 0
Bert Wilson L 76 9 10 19 -5 138 72 0
Vic Venasky C 78 4 13 17 0 8 47 0
Bob Murdoch D 32 3 12 15 0 46 63 0
Mark Heaslip R 69 4 9 13 -9 45 53 0
Richard Mulhern D 36 2 9 11 -2 23 57 0
Doug Halward D 27 1 5 6 -4 13 39 0
Randy Holt D 37 0 6 6 -1 202 21 0
Darryl Edestrand D 56 1 4 5 -8 46 62 0
Brian Glennie D 18 2 2 4 2 22 11 0
Nick Beverley D 7 0 3 3 2 0 2 0
Scott Garland C 6 0 1 1 -4 24 1 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Mario Lessard 49 23151004 1368 1220 148 3.11 0.892
Ron Grahame 34 1119200 985 849 136 4.22 0.862

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 7, 1979 vs MNS W 7-1 34 29
Apr 5, 1979 vs CLR T 4-4 28 30
Apr 3, 1979 @ WSH L 2-6 26 34
Apr 2, 1979 @ NYR L 4-5 28 27
Mar 31, 1979 @ DET W 5-4 28 27
Mar 30, 1979 @ AFM L 3-5 26 26
Mar 28, 1979 vs DET W 8-1 32 15
Mar 24, 1979 vs BUF L 2-3 37 27
Mar 22, 1979 vs STL T 3-3 36 19
Mar 20, 1979 vs AFM W 4-3 32 30
Mar 17, 1979 vs MTL W 3-1 32 28
Mar 14, 1979 vs PIT T 3-3 31 19
Mar 11, 1979 @ PHI L 3-6 37 33
Mar 10, 1979 @ TOR L 4-9 43 40
Mar 8, 1979 @ BUF L 4-6 36 44
Mar 7, 1979 @ PIT W 4-0 29 26
Mar 4, 1979 @ VAN W 3-2 33 18
Mar 3, 1979 vs CHI W 8-5 47 35
Feb 28, 1979 vs WSH T 3-3 40 21
Feb 26, 1979 vs VAN W 2-0 39 24
Feb 24, 1979 vs PHI L 3-4 29 25
Feb 21, 1979 vs BOS W 3-1 36 30
Feb 19, 1979 vs NYI L 3-8 16 31
Feb 17, 1979 @ TOR L 2-5 32 27
Feb 15, 1979 @ MTL T 2-2 30 24
Feb 14, 1979 @ DET W 3-2 23 26
Feb 4, 1979 @ CLR W 4-1 37 31
Feb 3, 1979 vs NYR W 4-2 33 34
Jan 31, 1979 @ WSH L 3-5 28 32
Jan 30, 1979 @ STL L 1-7 29 30
Jan 28, 1979 @ BOS W 5-3 27 30
Jan 27, 1979 @ PIT L 3-5 31 35
Jan 25, 1979 vs DET T 6-6 32 26
Jan 24, 1979 vs PIT W 4-1 35 23
Jan 20, 1979 vs TOR L 2-3 36 23
Jan 17, 1979 vs MTL L 3-7 26 44
Jan 14, 1979 @ BOS W 6-3 20 26
Jan 13, 1979 @ DET W 7-3 33 32
Jan 10, 1979 @ CHI L 0-3 32 28
Jan 9, 1979 @ NYI L 1-7 30 42
Jan 7, 1979 @ PHI L 0-3 19 45
Jan 6, 1979 @ PIT W 4-3 24 46
Jan 4, 1979 @ MTL W 5-4 26 30
Jan 3, 1979 @ WSH L 3-8 43 38
Jan 1, 1979 vs CLR W 5-3 30 20
Dec 30, 1978 vs VAN W 4-0 39 13
Dec 28, 1978 @ MTL T 3-3 26 31
Dec 27, 1978 @ PIT L 2-5 33 34
Dec 23, 1978 @ VAN L 0-2 24 23
Dec 21, 1978 vs PIT L 1-4 29 37
Dec 19, 1978 @ CLR T 2-2 28 27
Dec 16, 1978 vs MTL L 2-5 28 25
Dec 13, 1978 @ NYR L 7-8 27 37
Dec 12, 1978 @ NYI T 5-5 25 32
Dec 9, 1978 vs AFM W 5-1 42 27
Dec 7, 1978 @ BUF T 3-3 32 26
Dec 6, 1978 @ MNS L 0-4 33 28
Dec 4, 1978 vs WSH W 10-2 38 23
Dec 2, 1978 vs DET W 5-2 28 26
Nov 29, 1978 vs NYI T 5-5 32 38
Nov 26, 1978 @ DET L 2-4 17 30
Nov 25, 1978 @ MNS W 4-1 36 28
Nov 22, 1978 vs DET T 3-3 23 25
Nov 20, 1978 vs CHI W 4-3 39 23
Nov 18, 1978 vs PIT L 1-3 23 41
Nov 16, 1978 vs MTL W 6-3 22 34
Nov 14, 1978 @ STL W 4-2 22 20
Nov 12, 1978 @ CHI W 4-1 29 22
Nov 11, 1978 vs MNS W 8-1 30 34
Nov 8, 1978 vs PHI L 3-5 25 39
Nov 4, 1978 vs NYR L 3-7 24 37
Nov 1, 1978 vs TOR L 2-4 34 30
Oct 28, 1978 vs WSH W 5-1 33 31
Oct 26, 1978 vs BUF W 6-0 24 18
Oct 24, 1978 @ AFM L 2-7 21 34
Oct 22, 1978 @ MTL L 4-8 20 42
Oct 20, 1978 @ WSH W 6-4 22 33
Oct 18, 1978 vs BOS L 2-3 28 26
Oct 14, 1978 vs STL W 6-2 42 22
Oct 11, 1978 vs WSH L 2-4 31 29