1991–92 Los Angeles Kings season

1991–92 Los Angeles Kings
Division	2nd Smythe
Conference	4th Campbell
1991–92 record	35–31–14
Home record	20–11–9
Road record	15–20–5
Goals for	287
Goals against	296
Team information
Coach	Tom Webster
Captain	Wayne Gretzky
Alternate captains	Larry Robinson Dave Taylor
Arena	Great Western Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Luc Robitaille (44)
Assists	Wayne Gretzky (90)
Points	Wayne Gretzky (121)
Penalty minutes	Marty McSorley (268)
Plus/minus	Jari Kurri (+24)
Wins	Kelly Hrudey (26)
Goals against average	Kelly Hrudey (3.37)

The 1991–92 Los Angeles Kings season was the franchise's 25th season in the National Hockey League. The Kings finished 2nd in the Smythe Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the Edmonton Oilers 4 games to 2.

Off-season

In the Entry Draft, the Kings first pick, in the second round, was used to choose Guy Leveque from the Cornwall Royals of the Ontario Hockey League. Their first-round pick had been dealt to the Edmonton Oilers in the Wayne Gretzky trade.

Regular Season

The Kings were coached by Tom Webster and captained by Wayne Gretzky.

Final Standings

Smythe Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Vancouver Canucks	80	42	26	12	285	250	96
Los Angeles Kings	80	35	31	14	287	296	84
Edmonton Oilers	80	36	34	10	295	297	82
Winnipeg Jets	80	33	32	15	251	244	81
Calgary Flames	80	31	37	12	296	305	74
San Jose Sharks	80	17	58	5	219	359	39

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 4, 1991	6–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1991–92)	1–0–0
2	T	October 6, 1991	2–2 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1991–92)	1–0–1
3	W	October 8, 1991	6–3	Edmonton Oilers (1991–92)	2–0–1
4	L	October 10, 1991	1–7	Calgary Flames (1991–92)	2–1–1
5	T	October 12, 1991	3–3 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1991–92)	2–1–2
6	W	October 16, 1991	8–5	San Jose Sharks (1991–92)	3–1–2
7	W	October 19, 1991	5–2	Minnesota North Stars (1991–92)	4–1–2
8	L	October 22, 1991	2–5	@ New Jersey Devils (1991–92)	4–2–2
9	L	October 23, 1991	2–7	@ New York Rangers (1991–92)	4–3–2
10	W	October 26, 1991	4–2	@ New York Islanders (1991–92)	5–3–2
11	W	October 28, 1991	4–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1991–92)	6–3–2
12	T	October 30, 1991	4–4 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1991–92)	6–3–3
13	W	October 31, 1991	4–2	@ Boston Bruins (1991–92)	7–3–3
14	W	November 2, 1991	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92)	8–3–3
15	L	November 7, 1991	3–4	Vancouver Canucks (1991–92)	8–4–3
16	T	November 9, 1991	4–4 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1991–92)	8–4–4
17	L	November 11, 1991	2–6	@ Winnipeg Jets (1991–92)	8–5–4
18	L	November 12, 1991	2–8	@ Vancouver Canucks (1991–92)	8–6–4
19	T	November 14, 1991	2–2 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1991–92)	8–6–5
20	L	November 16, 1991	3–5	Detroit Red Wings (1991–92)	8–7–5
21	W	November 19, 1991	3–2 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (1991–92)	9–7–5
22	W	November 21, 1991	6–1	New York Rangers (1991–92)	10–7–5
23	W	November 23, 1991	6–4	San Jose Sharks (1991–92)	11–7–5
24	T	November 26, 1991	4–4 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92)	11–7–6
25	L	November 28, 1991	3–5	@ Calgary Flames (1991–92)	11–8–6
26	L	November 30, 1991	1–4	New Jersey Devils (1991–92)	11–9–6
27	L	December 3, 1991	2–3 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (1991–92)	11–10–6
28	L	December 5, 1991	2–6	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92)	11–11–6
29	L	December 7, 1991	5–7	@ Quebec Nordiques (1991–92)	11–12–6
30	W	December 12, 1991	2–1	Winnipeg Jets (1991–92)	12–12–6
31	T	December 14, 1991	4–4 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1991–92)	12–12–7
32	L	December 17, 1991	1–2	Minnesota North Stars (1991–92)	12–13–7
33	L	December 21, 1991	2–5	Detroit Red Wings (1991–92)	12–14–7
34	W	December 26, 1991	5–3	San Jose Sharks (1991–92)	13–14–7
35	W	December 28, 1991	9–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1991–92)	14–14–7
36	L	December 29, 1991	2–6	@ Calgary Flames (1991–92)	14–15–7
37	L	December 31, 1991	3–5	Vancouver Canucks (1991–92)	14–16–7
38	W	January 2, 1992	5–3	Edmonton Oilers (1991–92)	15–16–7
39	W	January 4, 1992	7–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92)	16–16–7
40	W	January 7, 1992	5–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92)	17–16–7
41	L	January 9, 1992	2–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92)	17–17–7
42	L	January 10, 1992	4–7	@ Washington Capitals (1991–92)	17–18–7
43	L	January 12, 1992	2–5	@ New Jersey Devils (1991–92)	17–19–7
44	T	January 14, 1992	3–3 OT	San Jose Sharks (1991–92)	17–19–8
45	T	January 16, 1992	2–2 OT	Washington Capitals (1991–92)	17–19–9
46	T	January 22, 1992	3–3 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1991–92)	17–19–10
47	W	January 23, 1992	6–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1991–92)	18–19–10
48	W	January 25, 1992	4–3	Calgary Flames (1991–92)	19–19–10
49	T	January 28, 1992	3–3 OT	[[St. Louis Blues (1991–92)	19–19–11
50	L	January 30, 1992	1–4	New York Rangers (1991–92)	19–20–11
51	W	February 1, 1992	2–0	Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92)	20–20–11
52	L	February 4, 1992	1–2	New York Islanders (1991–92)	20–21–11
53	T	February 6, 1992	5–5 OT	Hartford Whalers (1991–92)	20–21–12
54	W	February 8, 1992	4–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92)	21–21–12
55	W	February 9, 1992	5–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1991–92)	22–21–12
56	L	February 11, 1992	2–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1991–92)	22–22–12
57	T	February 13, 1992	2–2 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92)	22–22–13
58	W	February 15, 1992	6–3	Washington Capitals (1991–92)	23–22–13
59	W	February 17, 1992	6–3	Boston Bruins (1991–92)	24–22–13
60	L	February 19, 1992	3–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1991–92)	24–23–13
61	L	February 21, 1992	7–9	@ Calgary Flames (1991–92)	24–24–13
62	W	February 23, 1992	4–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1991–92)	25–24–13
63	W	February 25, 1992	4–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1991–92)	26–24–13
64	W	February 27, 1992	4–2	Quebec Nordiques (1991–92)	27–24–13
65	W	February 29, 1992	5–3	Montreal Canadiens (1991–92)	28–24–13
66	W	March 3, 1992	4–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92)	29–24–13
67	W	March 4, 1992	4–3	@ San Jose Sharks (1991–92)	30–24–13
68	W	March 7, 1992	5–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92)	31–24–13
69	W	March 9, 1992	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92)	32–24–13
70	L	March 11, 1992	0–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1991–92)	32–25–13
71	L	March 14, 1992	2–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1991–92)	32–26–13
72	L	March 15, 1992	1–5	@ Boston Bruins (1991–92)	32–27–13
73	W	March 17, 1992	5–4	Winnipeg Jets (1991–92)	33–27–13
74	L	March 19, 1992	2–8	Buffalo Sabres (1991–92)	33–28–13
75	W	March 21, 1992	5–2	Calgary Flames (1991–92)	34–28–13
76	L	March 26, 1992	2–7	@ Calgary Flames (1991–92)	34–29–13
77	L	March 27, 1992	4–6	@ Winnipeg Jets (1991–92)	34–30–13
78	T	March 29, 1992	2–2 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1991–92)	34–30–14
79	W	April 12, 1992	6–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1991–92)	35–30–14
80	L	April 14, 1992	2–3	Vancouver Canucks (1991–92)	35–31–14

Playoffs

Edmonton Oilers 4, Los Angeles Kings 2

The Kings lost in the Division Semi-finals to the Edmonton Oilers, four games to two.

Player Stats

Forwards

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Wayne Gretzky	74	31	90	121	34
Luc Robitaille	80	44	63	107	95
Tony Granato	80	39	29	68	187
Jari Kurri	73	23	37	60	24
Mike Donnelly	80	29	16	45	20
Bob Kudelski	80	22	21	43	42
Corey Millen	46	20	21	41	44
Tomas Sandström	49	17	22	39	70
Dave Taylor	77	10	19	29	63
John McIntyre	73	5	19	24	100
Jay Miller	67	4	7	11	249
Kyösti Karjalainen	28	1	8	9	12
Randy Gilhen	33	3	6	9	14
Scott Bjugstad	22	2	4	6	10
Sylvain Couturier	14	3	1	4	2
Jim Thomson	45	1	2	3	162
Francois Breault	6	1	0	1	30
Ilkka Sinisalo	3	0	1	1	2
Sean Whyte	3	0	0	0	0
Shawn McCosh	4	0	0	0	4

Defencemen

Note: GP = Games played; G= Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Brian Benning	53	2	30	32	99
Marty McSorley	71	7	22	29	268
Charlie Huddy	56	4	19	23	43
Rob Blake	57	7	13	20	102
Peter Ahola	71	7	12	19	101
Larry Robinson	56	3	10	13	37
Tim Watters	37	0	7	7	92
Darryl Sydor	18	1	5	6	22
Paul Coffey	10	1	4	5	25
Brent Thompson	27	0	5	5	89
Jeff Chychrun	26	0	3	3	76
Rene Chapdelaine	16	0	1	1	10
Rod Buskas	5	0	0	0	11

Goaltending

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

Player	GP	W	L	T	SO	GAA
Kelly Hrudey	60	26	17	13	1	3.37
Daniel Berthiaume	19	7	10	1	0	4.04
Steve Weeks	7	1	3	0	0	4.05
David Goverde	2	1	1	0	0	4.50

Awards and Records

• Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: Wayne Gretzky
• Luc Robitaille, Left Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star

See Also

• 1991–92 NHL season

References

• Kings on Hockey Database

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