1970–71 Los Angeles Kings season

	1970–71 Los Angeles Kings
Division	5th West
1970–71 record	25–40–13
Goals for	239
Goals against	303
Team information
General manager	Larry Regan
Coach	Larry Regan
Captain	Larry Cahan
Team leaders
Goals	Mike Byers (27)
Assists	Juha Widing (40)
Points	Juha Widing (65)
Penalty minutes	Gilles Marotte (96)
Wins	Denis DeJordy (18)
Goals against average	Denis DeJordy (3.80)
	← 1969–70 1971–72 →

The 1970–71 Los Angeles Kings season was the franchise's 4th season in the National Hockey League. The Kings finished 5th in the West Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Off-season[]

Regular Season[]

Final Standings[]

West Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Chicago Black Hawks	78	49	20	9	277	184	107
St. Louis Blues	78	34	25	19	223	208	87
Philadelphia Flyers	78	28	33	17	207	225	73
Minnesota North Stars	78	28	34	16	191	223	72
Los Angeles Kings	78	25	40	13	239	303	63
Pittsburgh Penguins	78	21	37	20	221	240	62
California Golden Seals	78	20	53	5	199	320	45

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Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log[]

Regular Season Results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 9, 1970	3–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)	1–0–0
2	L	October 14, 1970	5–8	Boston Bruins (1970–71)	1–1–0
3	W	October 17, 1970	6–1	California Golden Seals (1970–71)	2–1–0
5	W	October 24, 1970	3–1	St. Louis Blues (1970–71)	4–1–0
6	L	October 28, 1970	3–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)	4–2–0
7	L	October 29, 1970	1–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)	4–3–0
8	L	October 31, 1970	0–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1970–71)	4–4–0
9	W	November 1, 1970	4–2	Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)	5–4–0
10	W	November 4, 1970	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71)	6–4–0
11	L	November 7, 1970	2–6	New York Rangers (1970–71)	6–5–0
12	W	November 10, 1970	5–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)	7–5–0
13	L	November 11, 1970	1–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1970–71)	7–6–0
14	T	November 15, 1970	4–4	Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)	7–6–1
15	L	November 18, 1970	3–5	New York Rangers (1970–71)	7–7–1
16	L	November 20, 1970	1–7	@ Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)	7–8–1
17	L	November 21, 1970	1–3	Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)	7–9–1
18	W	November 25, 1970	3–1	@ California Golden Seals (1970–71)	8–9–1
19	L	November 28, 1970	2–3	Minnesota North Stars (1970–71)	8–10–1
20	L	November 29, 1970	3–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)	8–11–1
21	L	December 2, 1970	0–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71)	8–12–1
22	T	December 3, 1970	4–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)	8–12–2
23	T	December 5, 1970	4–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)	8–12–3
24	T	December 9, 1970	2–2	New York Rangers (1970–71)	8–12–4
25	L	December 12, 1970	1–8	@ Montreal Canadiens (1970–71)	8–13–4
26	L	December 13, 1970	0–4	@ New York Rangers (1970–71)	8–14–4
27	L	December 16, 1970	4–6	@ Boston Bruins (1970–71)	8–15–4
28	L	December 17, 1970	3–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)	8–16–4
29	T	December 19, 1970	2–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)	8–16–5
30	W	December 20, 1970	7–2	Montreal Canadiens (1970–71)	9–16–5
31	L	December 23, 1970	4–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)	9–17–5
32	W	December 26, 1970	9–3	California Golden Seals (1970–71)	10–17–5
33	L	December 30, 1970	1–4	Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)	10–18–5
34	T	January 2, 1971	3–3	Minnesota North Stars (1970–71)	10–18–6
35	L	January 3, 1971	3–7	St. Louis Blues (1970–71)	10–19–6
36	W	January 6, 1971	4–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)	11–19–6
37	T	January 7, 1971	5–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)	11–19–7
38	L	January 9, 1971	0–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1970–71)	11–20–7
39	T	January 10, 1971	2–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)	11–20–8
40	L	January 13, 1971	2–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)	11–21–8
41	L	January 14, 1971	5–9	@ Boston Bruins (1970–71)	11–22–8
42	L	January 16, 1971	1–8	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71)	11–23–8
43	W	January 17, 1971	4–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)	12–23–8
44	W	January 21, 1971	4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)	13–23–8
45	W	January 23, 1971	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71)	14–23–8
46	T	January 27, 1971	3–3	Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)	14–23–9
47	T	January 30, 1971	3–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)	14–23–10
48	T	January 31, 1971	2–2	@ New York Rangers (1970–71)	14–23–11
49	L	February 3, 1971	3–7	@ Boston Bruins (1970–71)	14–24–11
50	L	February 4, 1971	2–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)	14–25–11
51	W	February 6, 1971	6–3	Montreal Canadiens (1970–71)	15–25–11
52	W	February 10, 1971	5–2	Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)	16–25–11
53	L	February 13, 1971	1–8	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71)	16–26–11
54	L	February 14, 1971	0–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)	16–27–11
55	L	February 17, 1971	0–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71)	16–28–11
56	W	February 20, 1971	5–4	Boston Bruins (1970–71)	17–28–11
57	L	February 21, 1971	5–7	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)	17–29–11
58	L	February 24, 1971	1–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1970–71)	17–30–11
59	L	February 25, 1971	3–5	Montreal Canadiens (1970–71)	17–31–11
60	L	February 27, 1971	1–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)	17–32–11
61	W	February 28, 1971	8–3	@ California Golden Seals (1970–71)	18–32–11
62	T	March 3, 1971	3–3	Buffalo Sabres (1970–71)	18–32–12
63	L	March 6, 1971	2–8	@ Montreal Canadiens (1970–71)	18–33–12
64	L	March 7, 1971	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1970–71)	18–34–12
65	W	March 9, 1971	4–0	@ St. Louis Blues (1970–71)	19–34–12
66	L	March 11, 1971	2–7	Boston Bruins (1970–71)	19–35–12
67	W	March 13, 1971	5–2	Detroit Red Wings (1970–71)	20–35–12
68	L	March 16, 1971	2–7	Minnesota North Stars (1970–71)	20–36–12
69	W	March 18, 1971	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71)	21–36–12
70	W	March 20, 1971	8–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71)	22–36–12
71	L	March 21, 1971	2–5	@ California Golden Seals (1970–71)	22–37–12
72	L	March 23, 1971	1–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1970–71)	22–38–12
73	W	March 25, 1971	5–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71)	23–38–12
74	L	March 27, 1971	3–6	St. Louis Blues (1970–71)	23–39–12
75	L	March 30, 1971	3–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1970–71)	23–40–12
76	T	March 31, 1971	2–2	Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)	23–40–13
77	W	April 3, 1971	6–4	California Golden Seals (1970–71)	24–40–13
78	W	April 4, 1971	4–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1970–71)	25–40–13

Playoffs[]

The Kings did not qualify for the post season.

Player Stats[]

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Widing, JuhaJuha Widing	C	78	25	40	65	24	-11	5	0	4
Berry, BobBob Berry	LW	77	25	38	63	52	-5	4	0	2
Lonsberry, RossRoss Lonsberry	LW	76	25	28	53	80	-35	5	2	0
Byers, MikeMike Byers	RW	72	27	18	45	14	-5	4	0	5
Pulford, BobBob Pulford	LW	59	17	26	43	53	-15	6	1	2
Joyal, EddieEddie Joyal	C	69	20	21	41	14	-10	3	0	1
Flett, BillBill Flett	RW	64	13	24	37	57	-30	5	0	0
Marotte, GillesGilles Marotte	D	78	6	27	33	96	-9	0	0	0
Robinson, DougDoug Robinson	LW	61	15	13	28	8	-8	3	0	3
Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom	C	33	14	13	27	8	-7	2	1	1
Labossiere, GordGord Labossiere	C	45	11	10	21	16	-22	1	0	0
Price, NoelNoel Price	D	62	1	19	20	29	-15	0	0	0
Ravlich, MattMatt Ravlich	D	66	3	16	19	41	-14	0	0	1
Mickey, LarryLarry Mickey	RW	65	6	12	18	46	-15	0	1	2
Grenier, LucienLucien Grenier	RW	68	9	7	16	12	-1	1	1	1
Hoganson, DaleDale Hoganson	D	70	4	10	14	52	-16	0	0	0
Cahan, LarryLarry Cahan	D	67	3	11	14	45	-29	1	0	0
Curtis, PaulPaul Curtis	D	64	1	13	14	82	-18	0	0	0
Howell, HarryHarry Howell	D	18	3	8	11	4	1	1	0	0
Lemieux, RealReal Lemieux	LW	43	3	6	9	22	-7	0	0	1
Goring, ButchButch Goring	C	19	2	5	7	2	4	0	0	0
Shack, EddieEddie Shack	LW	11	2	2	4	8	-3	0	0	1
Potvin, JeanJean Potvin	D	4	1	3	4	2	5	0	0	0
McDonough, AlAl McDonough	RW	6	2	1	3	0	2	0	0	1
Duff, DickDick Duff	LW	7	1	0	1	0	-2	0	0	0
Stanfield, JimJim Stanfield	C/RW	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Norris, JackJack Norris	G	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DeJordy, DenisDenis DeJordy	G	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
DeJordy, DenisDenis DeJordy	3375	60	18	29	11	214	3.80	1
Norris, JackJack Norris	1305	25	7	11	2	85	3.91	0
Team:	4680	78	25	40	13	299	3.83	1

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Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts

Awards and Records[]

The Kings did not win any awards this season.

Transactions[]

Draft Picks[]

Gallery[]

References[]

↑ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). in Dave McCarthy et al: THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League, 150. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
↑ 1970-71 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-07-14.

External Links[]

1970–71 Los Angeles Kings Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-07.

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[1] Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). in Dave McCarthy et al: THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League, 150. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.

[2] 1970-71 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-07-14.

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Los Angeles Kings
Franchise	Team • 1967 Expansion • Expansion Draft
History	Players • Coaches • Draft Picks
Personnel	General Manager: Rob Blake • Head Coach: Todd McLellan • Team Captain: Anže Kopitar • Current Roster
Arenas	Long Beach Arena • Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena • Great Western Forum • Staples Center
Retired Numbers	4 • 16 • 18 • 20 • 30 • 99
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Affiliates	AHL: Ontario Reign - ECHL :Greenville Swamp Rabbits

1970–71 NHL season by team
East	Boston • Buffalo • Detroit • Montreal • New York • Toronto • Vancouver
West	California • Chicago • Los Angeles • Minnesota • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis
See also	1970 NHL Amateur Draft • All-Star Game • 1971 Stanley Cup Finals