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1971–72 Los Angeles Kings season

National Hockey League team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1971–72
year	1971
Team	Los Angeles Kings
Record	20–49–9
HomeRecord	14–23–2
RoadRecord	6–26–7
Division	West
DivisionRank	7th
GoalsFor	206
GoalsAgainst	305
GeneralManager	Larry Regan
Coach	Larry Regan
Captain	Bob Pulford
Arena	Los Angeles Forum
GoalsLeader	Juha Widing (27)
AssistsLeader	Ralph Backstrom (29)
Butch Goring (29)
PointsLeader	Juha Widing (55)
PIMLeader	Mike Corrigan (95)
WinsLeader	Gary Edwards (13)
GAALeader	Gary Edwards (3.60)

Butch Goring (29) The 1971–72 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' fifth season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Kings finished in last place in the West Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- |1||T||October 8, 1971||4–4 || align="left"| @ California Golden Seals (1971–72) ||0–0–1 |- |2||W||October 10, 1971||4–3 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) ||1–0–1 |- |3||L||October 13, 1971||1–4 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) ||1–1–1 |- |4||L||October 16, 1971||0–1 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) ||1–2–1 |- |5||L||October 17, 1971||0–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) ||1–3–1 |- |6||L||October 20, 1971||1–8 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) ||1–4–1 |- |7||W||October 21, 1971||7–0 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) ||2–4–1 |- |8||L||October 23, 1971||1–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1971–72) ||2–5–1 |- |9||L||October 24, 1971||3–6 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) ||2–6–1 |- |10||L||October 27, 1971||2–3 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) ||2–7–1 |- |11||L||October 30, 1971||1–5 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) ||2–8–1

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Player statistics

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/−	PPG	SHG	GWG
C	78	27	28	55	26	−36	3	0	3
C	76	23	29	52	22	−22	7	1	4
C	74	21	29	50	2	−10	3	0	2
LW	78	17	22	39	44	−23	3	0	3
LW	78	13	25	38	28	−40	2	0	0
LW	73	13	24	37	48	−25	2	1	0
LW	56	12	22	34	95	−7	3	0	1
D	72	10	24	34	83	−33	4	0	1
LW	50	9	14	23	39	−18	1	0	0
RW	26	11	11	22	12	3	1	0	1
RW	45	7	12	19	18	−30	1	0	0
D	77	1	17	18	53	−34	0	0	0
C	28	8	9	17	6	−1	3	2	0
D	48	3	13	16	47	−10	1	0	0
C	44	11	3	14	17	−30	1	0	2
LW	27	4	10	14	14	2	1	0	1
D	64	1	12	13	57	−32	0	0	0
RW	28	4	5	9	11	−13	0	0	1
RW	60	3	4	7	4	−6	1	0	0
RW	31	3	2	5	8	−8	1	0	0
D	39	2	3	5	35	−39	0	0	1
D	36	0	4	4	6	−8	0	0	0
D	22	1	2	3	11	−7	0	0	0
D	10	1	2	3	14	−2	0	0	0
LW	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
D	15	0	1	1	6	−11	0	0	0
C/RW	4	0	1	1	0	−1	0	0	0
G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
G	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
G	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
G	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2503	44	13	23	5	150	3.60	2
	1586	28	6	18	3	107	4.05	0
	300	5	1	3	1	23	4.60	0
	291	5	0	5	0	23	4.74	0
Team:	4680	78	20	49	9	303	3.88	2

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Transactions

The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1971–72 season.

Trades

January 28, 1972	To Los Angeles KingsJim Johnson
Bill Lesuk
Serge Bernier
Larry Brown	To Philadelphia FlyersBill Flett
Eddie Joyal
Jean Potvin
Ross Lonsberry

Free agent signings

June 1, 1971	From University of Minnesota Duluth (NCAA)Phil Hoene

Waivers

November 22, 1971	From Vancouver CanucksMike Corrigan

Intra-league Draft

June 8, 1971	From Buffalo SabresGary Edwards

Reverse Draft

June 8, 1971	To Salt Lake Golden Eagles (WHL)Wayne Rutledge

Draft picks

Los Angeles's draft picks at the 1971 NHL amateur draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
3	34	Vic Venasky	Canada	University of Denver (WCHA)
4	48	Neil Komadoski	Canada	Winnipeg Jets (WCHL)
5	62	Gary Crosby	Canada	Michigan Tech University (WCHA)
6	76	Camille LaPierre	Canada	Montreal Junior Canadiens (OHA)
7	89	Peter Harasym	Canada	Clarkson University (ECAC)
7	90	Norm Dube	Canada	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
8	103	Lorne Stamler	Canada	Michigan Tech University (WCHA)

References

"1971-72 Los Angeles Kings Schedule".
"1971-72 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.
"Hockey Transactions Search Results".

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