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
Goals	Juha Widing (27)
Assists	Butch Goring Ralph Backstrom (29)
Points	Juha Widing (55)
Penalty minutes	Mike Corrigan (95)
Wins	Gary Edwards (13)
Goals against average	Gary Edwards (3.60)

The 1971–72 Los Angeles Kings season was the franchise's 5th season in the National Hockey League. The Kings finished 7th in the West Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular Season

Final Standings

West Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Chicago Black Hawks	78	46	17	15	256	166	107
Minnesota North Stars	78	37	29	12	212	191	86
St. Louis Blues	78	28	39	11	208	247	67
Pittsburgh Penguins	78	26	38	14	220	258	66
Philadelphia Flyers	78	26	38	14	200	236	66
California Golden Seals	78	21	39	18	216	288	60
Los Angeles Kings	78	20	49	9	206	305	49

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	T	October 8, 1971	4–4	@ California Golden Seals (1971–72)	0–0–1
2	W	October 10, 1971	4–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72)	1–0–1
3	L	October 13, 1971	1–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72)	1–1–1
4	L	October 16, 1971	0–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72)	1–2–1
5	L	October 17, 1971	0–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72)	1–3–1
6	L	October 20, 1971	1–8	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72)	1–4–1
7	W	October 21, 1971	7–0	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72)	2–4–1
8	L	October 23, 1971	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1971–72)	2–5–1
9	L	October 24, 1971	3–6	Minnesota North Stars (1971–72)	2–6–1
10	L	October 27, 1971	2–3	Buffalo Sabres (1971–72)	2–7–1
11	L	October 30, 1971	1–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72)	2–8–1
12	L	November 3, 1971	1–7	New York Rangers (1971–72)	2–9–1
13	L	November 6, 1971	2–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72)	2–10–1
14	L	November 10, 1971	1–7	@ New York Rangers (1971–72)	2–11–1
15	W	November 11, 1971	4–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72)	3–11–1
16	L	November 13, 1971	4–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72)	3–12–1
17	L	November 14, 1971	2–11	@ Boston Bruins (1971–72)	3–13–1
18	L	November 17, 1971	1–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72)	3–14–1
19	L	November 18, 1971	0–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72)	3–15–1
20	W	November 20, 1971	3–1	Detroit Red Wings (1971–72)	4–15–1
21	L	November 23, 1971	1–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1971–72)	4–16–1
22	W	November 24, 1971	5–3	Buffalo Sabres (1971–72)	5–16–1
23	L	November 27, 1971	1–3	Minnesota North Stars (1971–72)	5–17–1
24	L	December 1, 1971	3–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1971–72)	5–18–1
25	L	December 2, 1971	0–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72)	5–19–1
26	L	December 4, 1971	1–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1971–72)	5–20–1
27	L	December 5, 1971	0–7	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72)	5–21–1
28	L	December 8, 1971	3–5	Boston Bruins (1971–72)	5–22–1
29	W	December 11, 1971	4–1	St. Louis Blues (1971–72)	6–22–1
30	L	December 15, 1971	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1971–72)	6–23–1
31	W	December 18, 1971	4–2	Detroit Red Wings (1971–72)	7–23–1
32	L	December 21, 1971	2–3	@ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72)	7–24–1
33	W	December 22, 1971	2–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1971–72)	8–24–1
34	L	December 25, 1971	1–3	California Golden Seals (1971–72)	8–25–1
35	L	December 26, 1971	3–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72)	8–26–1
36	W	December 29, 1971	3–1	Vancouver Canucks (1971–72)	9–26–1
37	L	January 1, 1972	2–3	Minnesota North Stars (1971–72)	9–27–1
38	W	January 2, 1972	6–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72)	10–27–1
39	W	January 4, 1972	4–1	California Golden Seals (1971–72)	11–27–1
40	L	January 5, 1972	2–6	@ California Golden Seals (1971–72)	11–28–1
41	L	January 8, 1972	2–10	@ Montreal Canadiens (1971–72)	11–29–1
42	L	January 9, 1972	0–8	@ New York Rangers (1971–72)	11–30–1
43	T	January 12, 1972	1–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72)	11–30–2
44	T	January 13, 1972	1–1	@ Boston Bruins (1971–72)	11–30–3
45	L	January 15, 1972	4–7	@ Detroit Red Wings (1971–72)	11–31–3
46	T	January 16, 1972	3–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72)	11–31–4
47	L	January 19, 1972	1–5	New York Rangers (1971–72)	11–32–4
48	W	January 22, 1972	4–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72)	12–32–4
49	L	January 23, 1972	3–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72)	12–33–4
50	W	January 26, 1972	5–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72)	13–33–4
51	T	January 29, 1972	4–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1971–72)	13–33–5
52	T	January 30, 1972	2–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72)	13–33–6
53	W	February 1, 1972	7–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72)	14–33–6
54	T	February 3, 1972	1–1	Montreal Canadiens (1971–72)	14–33–7
55	W	February 5, 1972	8–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72)	15–33–7
56	L	February 9, 1972	1–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72)	15–34–7
57	L	February 10, 1972	1–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72)	15–35–7
58	L	February 12, 1972	5–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1971–72)	15–36–7
59	L	February 13, 1972	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1971–72)	15–37–7
60	L	February 16, 1972	1–3	St. Louis Blues (1971–72)	15–38–7
61	L	February 17, 1972	4–6	New York Rangers (1971–72)	15–39–7
62	W	February 19, 1972	5–3	Vancouver Canucks (1971–72)	16–39–7
63	L	February 23, 1972	0–2	St. Louis Blues (1971–72)	16–40–7
64	L	February 26, 1972	4–5	Boston Bruins (1971–72)	16–41–7
65	L	March 1, 1972	4–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72)	16–42–7
66	L	March 4, 1972	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72)	16–43–7
67	W	March 5, 1972	2–0	@ Boston Bruins (1971–72)	17–43–7
68	L	March 7, 1972	2–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1971–72)	17–44–7
69	L	March 9, 1972	3–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72)	17–45–7
70	W	March 11, 1972	5–3	Buffalo Sabres (1971–72)	18–45–7
71	L	March 15, 1972	2–5	@ California Golden Seals (1971–72)	18–46–7
72	L	March 16, 1972	3–8	Boston Bruins (1971–72)	18–47–7
73	T	March 18, 1972	4–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72)	18–47–8
74	L	March 22, 1972	3–6	Detroit Red Wings (1971–72)	18–48–8
75	L	March 25, 1972	0–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72)	18–49–8
76	W	March 29, 1972	4–2	Vancouver Canucks (1971–72)	19–49–8
77	T	March 31, 1972	4–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72)	19–49–9
78	W	April 1, 1972	9–4	California Golden Seals (1971–72)	20–49–9

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 27 28 55 26 -36 3 0 3 Backstrom, RalphRalph Backstrom C 76 23 29 52 22 -22 7 1 4 Goring, ButchButch Goring C 74 21 29 50 2 -10 3 0 2 Berry, BobBob Berry LW 78 17 22 39 44 -23 3 0 3 Lemieux, RealReal Lemieux LW 78 13 25 38 28 -40 2 0 0 Pulford, BobBob Pulford LW 73 13 24 37 48 -25 2 1 0 Corrigan, MikeMike Corrigan LW 56 12 22 34 95 -7 3 0 1 Marotte, GillesGilles Marotte D 72 10 24 34 83 -33 4 0 1 Lonsberry, RossRoss Lonsberry LW 50 9 14 23 39 -18 1 0 0 Bernier, SergeSerge Bernier RW 26 11 11 22 12 3 1 0 1 Flett, BillBill Flett RW 45 7 12 19 18 -30 1 0 0 Howell, HarryHarry Howell D 77 1 17 18 53 -34 0 0 0 Johnson, JimJim Johnson C 28 8 9 17 6 -1 3 2 0 Barrie, DougDoug Barrie D 48 3 13 16 47 -10 1 0 0 Joyal, EddieEddie Joyal C 44 11 3 14 17 -30 1 0 2 Lesuk, BillBill Lesuk LW 27 4 10 14 14 2 1 0 1 Curtis, PaulPaul Curtis D 64 1 12 13 57 -32 0 0 0 Byers, MikeMike Byers RW 28 4 5 9 11 -13 0 0 1 Grenier, LucienLucien Grenier RW 60 3 4 7 4 -6 1 0 0 McDonough, AlAl McDonough RW 31 3 2 5 8 -8 1 0 0 Potvin, JeanJean Potvin D 39 2 3 5 35 -39 0 0 1 Woytowich, BobBob Woytowich D 36 0 4 4 6 -8 0 0 0 Hillman, LarryLarry Hillman D 22 1 2 3 11 -7 0 0 0 Hoganson, DaleDale Hoganson D 10 1 2 3 14 -2 0 0 0 Carlin, BrianBrian Carlin LW 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Stanfield, JimJim Stanfield C/RW 4 0 1 1 0 -1 0 0 0 Mikkelson, BillBill Mikkelson D 15 0 1 1 6 -11 0 0 0 DeJordy, DenisDenis DeJordy G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Smith, BillyBilly Smith G 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 Vachon, RogieRogie Vachon G 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Edwards, GaryGary Edwards G 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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

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.

Gallery

Phil Esposito from John Bucyk, November 14, 1971.

Gerry Cheevers makes a rush to center ice, February 26, 1972.

See Also

• 1971–72 NHL season

External Links

• 1971–72 Los Angeles Kings Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-07.