1992–93 Los Angeles Kings season

1992–93 Los Angeles Kings
Division	3rd Smythe
Conference	6th Campbell
1992–93 record	39–35–10
Home record	22–15–5
Road record	17–20–5
Goals for	338
Goals against	340
Team information
Coach	Barry Melrose
Captain	Wayne Gretzky Luc Robitaille (Oct-Jan)
Alternate captains	Tony Granato Marty McSorley (Oct-Jan) Luc Robitaille
Arena	Great Western Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Luc Robitaille (63)
Assists	Luc Robitaille (62)
Points	Luc Robitaille (125)
Penalty minutes	Marty McSorley (399)
Plus/minus	Jari Kurri (+19)
Wins	Kelly Hrudey (18)
Goals against average	Robb Stauber (3.84)

The 1992–93 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' 25th season. The season involved appearing in the Stanley Cup. During their playoff run, the Los Angeles Kings played against Canadian teams all throughout the playoffs (Calgary Flames, Vancouver Canucks, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens).

Off-season

In the 1992 NHL Entry Draft, the Kings chose Justin Hocking with their first pick, 39th overall, in the second round.

Regular Season

Final Standings

Smythe Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Vancouver Canucks	84	46	29	9	101	346	278
Calgary Flames	84	43	30	11	97	322	282
Los Angeles Kings	84	39	35	10	88	338	340
Winnipeg Jets	84	40	37	7	87	322	320
Edmonton Oilers	84	26	50	8	60	242	337
San Jose Sharks	84	11	71	2	24	218	414

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

See also 1992–93 Los Angeles Kings: Head-to-Head Results

Regular Season Results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 6, 1992	5–4 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1992–93)	1–0–0
2	L	October 8, 1992	3–5	Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)	1–1–0
3	W	October 10, 1992	6–3	Winnipeg Jets (1992–93)	2–1–0
4	W	October 13, 1992	2–1	San Jose Sharks (1992–93)	3–1–0
5	W	October 15, 1992	4–0	Calgary Flames (1992–93)	4–1–0
6	W	October 17, 1992	8–6	Boston Bruins (1992–93)	5–1–0
7	L	October 20, 1992	2–6	@ Calgary Flames (1992–93)	5–2–0
8	L	October 23, 1992	2–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1992–93)	5–3–0
9	T	October 24, 1992	5–5 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1992–93)	5–3–1
10	W	October 27, 1992	4–3	@ New York Islanders (1992–93)	6–3–1
11	L	October 29, 1992	3–8	@ Boston Bruins (1992–93)	6–4–1
12	W	October 31, 1992	7–1	@ Hartford Whalers (1992–93)	7–4–1
13	W	November 5, 1992	5–2	New Jersey Devils (1992–93)	8–4–1
14	W	November 7, 1992	5–2	Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)	9–4–1
15	W	November 8, 1992	11–4	@ San Jose Sharks (1992–93)	10–4–1
16	T	November 10, 1992	4–4 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1992–93)	10–4–2
17	W	November 12, 1992	7–4	Vancouver Canucks (1992–93)	11–4–2
18	W	November 14, 1992	6–2	Edmonton Oilers (1992–93)	12–4–2
19	L	November 16, 1992	3–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (1992–93)	12–5–2
20	L	November 17, 1992	0–6	@ San Jose Sharks (1992–93)	12–6–2
21	W	November 19, 1992	4–1	Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93)	13–6–2
22	W	November 21, 1992	6–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)	14–6–2
23	W	November 25, 1992	3–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1992–93)	15–6–2
24	W	November 27, 1992	5–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)	16–6–2
25	L	November 28, 1992	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)	16–7–2
26	W	December 1, 1992	6–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93)	17–7–2
27	W	December 3, 1992	5–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93)	18–7–2
28	W	December 5, 1992	7–3	Hartford Whalers (1992–93)	19–7–2
29	T	December 8, 1992	5–5 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)	19–7–3
30	L	December 10, 1992	4–5	Quebec Nordiques (1992–93)	19–8–3
31	W	December 12, 1992	6–3	St. Louis Blues (1992–93)	20–8–3
32	L	December 15, 1992	2–3	Tampa Bay Lightning (1992–93)	20–9–3
33	T	December 18, 1992	5–5 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1992–93)	20–9–4
34	L	December 19, 1992	3–5	@ Calgary Flames (1992–93)	20–10–4
35	L	December 22, 1992	2–6	Vancouver Canucks (1992–93)	20–11–4
36	L	December 26, 1992	2–7	@ San Jose Sharks (1992–93)	20–12–4
37	L	December 29, 1992	2–10	Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93)	20–13–4
38	L	December 31, 1992	0–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1992–93)	20–14–4
39	T	January 2, 1993	5–5 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)	20–14–5
40	L	January 6, 1993	3–6	Tampa Bay Lightning (1992–93)	20–15–5
41	L	January 8, 1993	3–6	@ Winnipeg Jets (1992–93)	20–16–5
42	W	January 10, 1993	5–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93)	21–16–5
43	W	January 12, 1993	3–2	@ Ottawa Senators (1992–93)	22–16–5
44	L	January 14, 1993	1–7	@ New Jersey Devils (1992–93)	22–17–5
45	L	January 16, 1993	2–5	Winnipeg Jets (1992–93)	22–18–5
46	W	January 19, 1993	5–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1992–93)	23–18–5
47	L	January 21, 1993	4–5	Vancouver Canucks (1992–93)	23–19–5
48	L	January 23, 1993	3–8	New York Rangers (1992–93)	23–20–5
49	W	January 26, 1993	7–1	San Jose Sharks (1992–93)	24–20–5
50	L	January 28, 1993	1–2	Calgary Flames (1992–93)	24–21–5
51	T	January 30, 1993	2–2 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93)	24–21–6
52	L	February 2, 1993	2–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1992–93)	24–22–6
53	L	February 3, 1993	2–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)	24–23–6
54	L	February 9, 1993	3–6	Edmonton Oilers (1992–93)	24–24–6
55	T	February 11, 1993	6–6 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)	24–24–7
56	L	February 13, 1993	3–10	Washington Capitals (1992–93)	24–25–7
57	W	February 15, 1993	3–0	Vancouver Canucks (1992–93)	25–25–7
58	W	February 17, 1993	10–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1992–93)	26–25–7
59	L	February 18, 1993	2–7	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93)	26–26–7
60	L	February 20, 1993	3–7	@ Washington Capitals (1992–93)	26–27–7
61	W	February 22, 1993	5–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1992–93)	27–27–7
62	L	February 25, 1993	0–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1992–93)	27–28–7
63	L	February 27, 1993	2–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)	27–29–7
64	W	March 2, 1993	6–2	Calgary Flames (1992–93)	28–29–7
65	W	March 4, 1993	8–6	Ottawa Senators (1992–93)	29–29–7
66	W	March 6, 1993	6–1	Edmonton Oilers (1992–93)	30–29–7
67	L	March 9, 1993	3–4	@ New York Rangers (1992–93)	30–30–7
68	L	March 11, 1993	3–4 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93)	30–31–7
69	W	March 15, 1993	4–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)	31–31–7
70	W	March 16, 1993	8–4	Winnipeg Jets (1992–93)	32–31–7
71	W	March 18, 1993	7–4	New York Islanders (1992–93)	33–31–7
72	W	March 20, 1993	3–2	St. Louis Blues (1992–93)	34–31–7
73	L	March 24, 1993	2–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (1992–93)	34–32–7
74	W	March 26, 1993	4–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1992–93)	35–32–7
75	T	March 28, 1993	3–3 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1992–93)	35–32–8
76	W	March 29, 1993	9–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)	36–32–8
77	T	March 31, 1993	5–5 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)	36–32–9
78	W	April 1, 1993	3–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93)	37–32–9
79	L	April 3, 1993	0–3	Minnesota North Stars (1992–93)	37–33–9
80	T	April 6, 1993	3–3 OT	Calgary Flames (1992–93)	37–33–10
81	W	April 8, 1993	2–1	San Jose Sharks (1992–93)	38–33–10
82	W	April 10, 1993	3–2 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (1992–93)	39–33–10
83	L	April 13, 1993	4–7	@ Vancouver Canucks (1992–93)	39–34–10
84	L	April 15, 1993	6–8	Vancouver Canucks (1992–93)	39–35–10

Playoffs

Western Conference Division Semifinals: Los Angeles Kings 4, Calgary Flames 2

The Kings began their playoff run against the Calgary Flames. This was the sixth playoff series between these two teams. Los Angeles won three of the previous five meetings, including their most recent meeting in six games three years ago in the Smythe Division Finals. After trailing 2 games to 1, the Kings rebounded by winning three straight games enroute to a 4-2 series victory.

Western Conference Division Finals: Los Angeles Kings 4, Vancouver Canucks 2

In the Western Conference Division Finals, the Kings faced Pavel Bure and the Canucks. This was the third playoff series between these two teams. Both teams split their first two playoff meetings. Their most recent meeting occurred two years ago, which the Kings won in six games. This was the first Smythe Division Final since 1982 not to have either the Calgary Flames or the Edmonton Oilers. The Vancouver Canucks, who easily won the regular season Smythe Division title, were strong favorites over the Kings. However, the Kings dominated once again, winning the series in six games.

Western Conference Finals: Los Angeles Kings 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 3

This exciting and very heated seven-game series has long been remembered by hockey fans. The Toronto Maple Leafs iced a highly competitive team for the first time in years and were hoping to break their 26—year Stanley Cup drought; they had not even been to the Final since their last Cup win in 1967. The Los Angeles Kings, led by captain Wayne Gretzky, also had high ambitions. During Game 1 (a dominating victory for the Leafs) Los Angeles blue-liner Marty McSorley delivered a serious open ice hit on Toronto's Doug Gilmour. Leafs captain Wendel Clark took exception to the hit and went after McSorley for striking their star player. Toronto coach Pat Burns tried scaling the bench to get at Los Angeles coach Barry Melrose because he thought he ordered the hit on Gilmour (McSorley later remarked in interviews that he received dozens of death threat messages on his hotel phone from angry fans). Toronto would take a 3–2 series lead after five games. Game 6 went back west to the Great Western Forum in Los Angeles; it too was not without controversy and was also decided on an overtime goal. During the 1992–93 season, there was a league-wide crackdown on high-sticking infractions, whether they were accidental or not. In Game 6, Gilmour was part of controversy once again. With the game tied at 4 in overtime, Wayne Gretzky accidentally clipped him in the face with the blade of his stick, while shooting a slap shot from the right face-off circle. Many thought that referee Kerry Fraser should have called a penalty on the play, but Gretzky was not penalized, and he went on to score the overtime goal moments later, evening the series at 3–3. He would score three goals in the deciding game to give Los Angeles a berth in the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in franchise history and also the first time the Kings win a playoff series against an Original Six team. Gretzky has been quoted as saying that his performance in Game 7 was the best NHL game of his career. [1]

• May 17 - Los Angeles 1 Toronto 4
• May 19 - Los Angeles 3 Toronto 2
• May 21 - Toronto 2 Los Angeles 4
• May 23 - Toronto 4 Los Angeles 2
• May 25 - Los Angeles 2 Toronto 3 (OT)
• May 27 - Toronto 4 Los Angeles 5 (OT)
• May 29 - Los Angeles 5 Toronto 4

Los Angeles wins best-of-seven series 4–3

Stanley Cup Finals: Montreal Canadiens 4, Los Angeles Kings 1

The Kings faced the Montreal Canadiens in the Stanley Cup Finals. Montreal had defeated the Quebec Nordiques, Buffalo Sabres, and New York Islanders to reach the finals. They had won seven overtime games throughout their playoff run. In game one, the Kings romped over the Canadiens by a score of 4-1, with Luc Robitaille scoring twice on the powerplay. However, game two was a much different story. With Los Angeles leading 2-1 in the game, Marty McSorley was penalized for having an illegal stick, prompting Montreal to storm back and win 3-2 in overtime. Following this, the Kings never recovered as Montreal would go on to win the next three games; two in overtime and one in regulation to capture their record-breaking 24th Stanley Cup championship.

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
June 1	Los Angeles	4	Montreal	1
June 3	Los Angeles	2	Montreal	3	(OT)
June 5	Montreal	4	Los Angeles	3	(OT)
June 7	Montreal	3	Los Angeles	2	(OT)
June 9	Los Angeles	1	Montreal	4

Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4–1.

Player Stats

Regular Season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Robitaille, LucLuc Robitaille LW 84 63 62 125 100 18 24 2 8 Kurri, JariJari Kurri RW 82 27 60 87 38 19 12 2 3 Granato, TonyTony Granato RW 81 37 45 82 171 -1 14 2 6 Donnelly, MikeMike Donnelly LW 84 29 40 69 45 17 8 1 2 Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky C 45 16 49 65 6 6 0 2 1 Blake, RobRob Blake D 76 16 43 59 152 18 10 0 4 Coffey, PaulPaul Coffey D 50 8 49 57 50 9 2 0 0 Sandstrom, TomasTomas Sandstrom RW 39 25 27 52 57 12 8 0 3 Zhitnik, AlexeiAlexei Zhitnik D 78 12 36 48 80 -3 5 0 2 McSorley, MartyMarty McSorley D 81 15 26 41 399 1 3 3 0 Millen, CoreyCorey Millen C 42 23 16 39 42 16 9 2 1 Sydor, DarrylDarryl Sydor D 80 6 23 29 63 -2 0 0 1 Huddy, CharlieCharlie Huddy D 82 2 25 27 64 16 0 0 1 Loach, LonnieLonnie Loach LW 50 10 13 23 27 3 1 0 0 Carson, JimmyJimmy Carson C 34 12 10 22 14 -2 4 0 1 Conacher, PatPat Conacher LW 81 9 8 17 20 -16 0 2 1 Taylor, DaveDave Taylor RW 48 6 9 15 49 1 1 0 1 Rychel, WarrenWarren Rychel LW 70 6 7 13 314 -15 0 0 1 Hiller, JimJim Hiller RW 40 6 6 12 90 0 1 0 2 McIntyre, JohnJohn McIntyre C 49 2 5 7 80 -13 0 0 0 Kudelski, BobBob Kudelski RW 15 3 3 6 8 -3 0 0 1 Shuchuk, GaryGary Shuchuk RW 25 2 4 6 16 0 0 0 0 Lang, RobertRobert Lang C 11 0 5 5 2 -3 0 0 0 Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey G 50 0 4 4 10 0 0 0 0 Thompson, BrentBrent Thompson D 30 0 4 4 76 -4 0 0 0 Leveque, GuyGuy Leveque C 12 2 1 3 19 -4 0 0 0 Hardy, MarkMark Hardy D 11 0 3 3 4 -4 0 0 0 Ahola, PeterPeter Ahola D 8 1 1 2 6 -2 0 0 0 Stauber, RobbRobb Stauber G 31 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 Watters, TimTim Watters D 22 0 2 2 18 -3 0 0 0 Whyte, SeanSean Whyte RW 18 0 2 2 12 1 0 0 0 Chychrun, JeffJeff Chychrun D 17 0 1 1 23 -3 0 0 0 Potvin, MarcMarc Potvin RW 20 0 1 1 61 -10 0 0 0 Breault, FrancoisFrancois Breault RW 4 0 0 0 6 -1 0 0 0 Chapdelaine, ReneRene Chapdelaine D 13 0 0 0 12 -6 0 0 0 Fortier, MarcMarc Fortier C 6 0 0 0 5 -2 0 0 0 Goverde, DavidDavid Goverde G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knickle, RickRick Knickle G 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Semchuk, BrandyBrandy Semchuk RW 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Thomson, JimJim Thomson RW 9 0 0 0 56 -1 0 0 0 Williams, DarrylDarryl Williams LW 2 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey 2718 50 18 21 6 175 3.86 2 1552 1377 .887 Stauber, RobbRobb Stauber 1735 31 15 8 4 111 3.84 0 987 876 .888 Knickle, RickRick Knickle 532 10 6 4 0 35 3.95 0 292 257 .880 Goverde, DavidDavid Goverde 98 2 0 2 0 13 7.96 0 51 38 .745 Team: 5083 84 39 35 10 334 3.94 2 2882 2548 .884

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky C 24 15 25 40 4 6 4 1 3 Sandstrom, TomasTomas Sandstrom RW 24 8 17 25 12 -2 2 0 2 Robitaille, LucLuc Robitaille LW 24 9 13 22 28 -13 4 0 2 Kurri, JariJari Kurri RW 24 9 8 17 12 2 2 2 0 Granato, TonyTony Granato RW 24 6 11 17 50 3 1 0 1 Donnelly, MikeMike Donnelly LW 24 6 7 13 14 3 0 0 0 Rychel, WarrenWarren Rychel LW 23 6 7 13 39 4 0 0 2 Zhitnik, AlexeiAlexei Zhitnik D 24 3 9 12 26 -4 2 0 1 Sydor, DarrylDarryl Sydor D 24 3 8 11 16 4 2 0 0 Conacher, PatPat Conacher LW 24 6 4 10 6 8 0 0 0 Blake, RobRob Blake D 23 4 6 10 46 3 1 1 0 McSorley, MartyMarty McSorley D 24 4 6 10 60 -2 2 0 1 Carson, JimmyJimmy Carson C 18 5 4 9 2 1 2 0 0 Taylor, DaveDave Taylor RW 22 3 5 8 31 7 0 2 0 Millen, CoreyCorey Millen C 23 2 4 6 12 1 0 0 0 Huddy, CharlieCharlie Huddy D 23 1 4 5 12 9 0 0 0 Shuchuk, GaryGary Shuchuk RW 17 2 2 4 12 -6 0 0 1 Hardy, MarkMark Hardy D 15 1 2 3 30 7 0 0 0 Watters, TimTim Watters D 22 0 2 2 30 -3 0 0 0 Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey G 20 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Loach, LonnieLonnie Loach LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Potvin, MarcMarc Potvin RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Stauber, RobbRobb Stauber G 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Thomson, JimJim Thomson RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey 1261 20 10 10 74 3.52 0 656 582 .887 Stauber, RobbRobb Stauber 240 4 3 1 16 4.00 0 157 141 .898 Team: 1501 24 13 11 90 3.60 0 813 723 .889

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; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage

Awards and Records

• Clarence S. Campbell Bowl: Los Angeles Kings
• Luc Robitaille, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
• Luc Robitaille, Most Goals by a Left Wing in One Season (63)

Draft Picks

See also: 1992 NHL Entry Draft

Round	#	Player	Nationality
2	39	Justin Hocking	Canada

See Also

• 1992–93 NHL season

References

• Kings on Hockey Database

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