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1978–79 Los Angeles Kings season

National Hockey League team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1978–79
year	1978
Team	Los Angeles Kings
Record	34–34–12
HomeRecord	20–13–7
RoadRecord	14–21–5
Conference	Wales
ConferenceRank	6th
Division	Norris
DivisionRank	3rd
GoalsFor	292
GoalsAgainst	286
GeneralManager	George Maguire
Coach	Bob Berry
Captain	Mike Murphy
AltCaptain	None
Arena	Los Angeles Forum
GoalsLeader	Marcel Dionne (59)
AssistsLeader	Marcel Dionne (71)
PointsLeader	Marcel Dionne (130)
PIMLeader	Randy Holt (202)
WinsLeader	Mario Lessard (23)
GAALeader	Mario Lessard (3.11)

The 1978–79 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' 12th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- |1||L||October 11, 1978||2–4 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1978–79) ||0–1–0 |- |2||W||October 14, 1978||6–2 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1978–79) ||1–1–0 |- |3||L||October 18, 1978||2–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1978–79) ||1–2–0 |- |4||W||October 20, 1978||6–4 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1978–79) ||2–2–0 |- |5||L||October 22, 1978||4–8 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) ||2–3–0 |- |6||L||October 24, 1978||2–7 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Flames (1978–79) ||2–4–0 |- |7||W||October 26, 1978||6–0 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) ||3–4–0 |- |8||W||October 28, 1978||5–1 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1978–79) ||4–4–0

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Transactions

The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1978–79 season.

Trades

January 16, 1979	To Los Angeles KingsRichard Mulhern
2nd round pick in [1980](1980-nhl-entry-draft) – Dave Morrison	To Atlanta FlamesBob Murdoch
2nd round pick in [1980](1980-nhl-entry-draft) – Tony Curtale

Free agent signings

August 7, 1978	From Fort Wayne Komets (IHL)Dan Bonar

Free agents lost

August 8, 1978	To Detroit Red WingsRogie Vachon (5 years, $1.9 million)

Free agent compensation

Dale McCourt refused to report to Los Angeles and sued the NHL. He played the 1978–79 season with the Red Wings.

August 22, 1978	To Los Angeles KingsDale McCourt	To Detroit Red WingsRogie Vachon

Waivers

September 5, 1978	From Minnesota North StarsNick Beverley

Draft picks

Los Angeles's draft picks at the 1978 NHL amateur draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
5	77	Paul Mancini	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OMJHL)
6	94	Doug Keans	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OMJHL)
7	111	Don Waddell	United States	Northern Michigan University (CCHA)
8	128	Rob Mierkalns	Canada	Hamilton Fincups (OMJHL)
9	145	Rick Scully	Canada	Brown University (ECAC)
10	162	Brad Thiessen	Canada	Toronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
11	177	Jim Armstrong	United States	Clarkson University (ECAC)
12	193	Claude Larochelle	Canada	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)

References

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