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1979–80 Los Angeles Kings season

National Hockey League team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1979–80
year	1979
Team	Los Angeles Kings
Record	30–36–14
HomeRecord	18–13–9
RoadRecord	12–23–5
Conference	Wales
ConferenceRank	6th
Division	Norris
DivisionRank	2nd
GoalsFor	290
GoalsAgainst	313
GeneralManager	George Maguire
Coach	Bob Berry
Captain	Mike Murphy
AltCaptain	None
Arena	Los Angeles Forum
Attendance	10,453 (65.3%)
GoalsLeader	Charlie Simmer (56)
AssistsLeader	Marcel Dionne (84)
PointsLeader	Marcel Dionne (137)
PIMLeader	Jay Wells (113)
WinsLeader	Mario Lessard (18)
GAALeader	Doug Keans (2.48)

The 1979–80 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' 13th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). It saw the Kings qualify for the playoffs, placing second in the Norris Division, but they lost in the first round to the New York Islanders. Just prior to the end of the season, the Kings sent Butch Goring to the Islanders for Billy Harris and Dave Lewis. Goring would help the Islanders defeat the Kings on their way to their first of 4 Stanley Cup wins. They also had the worst penalty kill percentage in a season in the history of the NHL at 67.70%.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- |1||T||October 10, 1979||4–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1979–80) ||0–0–1 |- |2||W||October 13, 1979||5–3 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1979–80) ||1–0–1 |- |3||L||October 16, 1979||6–8 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1979–80) ||1–1–1 |- |4||W||October 17, 1979||5–4 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80) ||2–1–1 |- |5||L||October 19, 1979||3–6 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1979–80) ||2–2–1 |- |6||L||October 20, 1979||4–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1979–80) ||2–3–1 |- |7||W||October 23, 1979||7–4 || align="left"| @ Colorado Rockies (1979–80) ||3–3–1 |- |8||W||October 24, 1979||5–3 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1979–80) ||4–3–1 |- |9||W||October 27, 1979||7–5 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80) ||5–3–1 |- |10||T||October 30, 1979||4–4 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1979–80) ||5–3–2

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Playoffs

Player statistics

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
C	80	53	84	137	32	35	17	0	6
LW	64	56	45	101	65	47	21	0	8
RW	61	37	53	90	72	39	12	0	7
C	69	20	48	68	12	-21	2	1	1
D	63	11	45	56	52	14	8	0	0
RW	80	27	22	49	29	-12	7	3	1
D	78	4	36	40	18	29	1	0	0
LW	76	21	15	36	13	-39	4	2	2
C	77	6	24	30	88	-13	1	0	0
RW	55	10	11	21	78	-4	1	0	1
C	52	9	12	21	23	-7	1	0	1
C	51	5	16	21	12	-17	1	0	0
D	52	6	10	16	48	-13	3	0	0
RW	60	8	6	14	39	-16	1	0	2
D	63	1	13	14	82	-14	1	0	0
D	63	2	9	11	32	-13	0	0	0
RW	11	4	3	7	6	4	1	0	1
LW	75	4	3	7	91	-19	1	1	0
LW	33	2	5	7	6	-16	0	0	0
LW	40	2	5	7	28	-6	0	0	0
D	11	1	2	3	34	-3	0	0	0
D	15	0	3	3	16	1	0	0	0
D	11	1	1	2	12	3	0	0	0
G	26	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
D	15	0	1	1	10	-7	0	0	0
D	42	0	1	1	94	-3	0	0	0
LW/D	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
G	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
G	50	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
LW	3	0	0	0	5	-2	0	0	0
D	43	0	0	0	113	-22	0	0	0

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Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2836	50	18	22	7	185	3.91	0
	1405	26	9	11	4	98	4.19	2
	559	10	3	3	3	23	2.47	0
Team:	4800	80	30	36	14	306	3.83	2

|- |}

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
RW	4	2	1	3	4	0	0	0
D	4	1	2	3	4	0	0	0
C	4	0	3	3	4	0	0	0
LW	3	2	0	2	0	1	0	0
C	4	1	1	2	7	0	0	0
D	4	1	1	2	9	0	0	0
RW	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
RW	4	1	0	1	2	0	1	0
C	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	1
RW	4	0	1	1	5	0	0	0
D	3	0	1	1	11	0	0	0
D	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
RW	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LW	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LW	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	4	0	0	0	11	0	0	0
LW	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0

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Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA
	207	4	1	2	14	4.06
	40	1	0	1	7	10.50
Team:	247	4	1	3	21	5.10

|- |}

Transactions

The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1979–80 season.

Trades

March 10, 1980	To Los Angeles KingsJerry Korab	To Buffalo Sabres1st round pick in [1982](1982-nhl-entry-draft) – Phil Housley

Free agent signings

October 11, 1979	From Saginaw Gears (IHL)Scott Gruhl

Free agents lost

January 21, 1980	To Philadelphia FlyersDave Gardner

Free agent compensation

August 22, 1979	To Los Angeles KingsAndre St. Laurent
1st round pick in [1980](1980-nhl-entry-draft) – Larry Murphy
1st round pick in [1981](1981-nhl-entry-draft) – Doug Smith	To Detroit Red WingsDale McCourt
Rogie Vachon

Waivers

February 10, 1980	To Toronto Maple LeafsRichard Mulhern

Expansion draft

June 13, 1979	To Winnipeg JetsMark Heaslip

Draft picks

Los Angeles's draft picks at the 1979 NHL entry draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	16	Jay Wells	Canada	Kingston Canadians (OHL)
2	29	Dean Hopkins	Canada	London Knights (OMJHL)
2	30	Mark Hardy	Canada	Montreal Juniors (QMJHL)
3	50	John-Paul Kelly	Canada	New Westminster Bruins (WHL)
4	71	John Gibson	Canada	Niagara Falls Flyers (OMJHL)
5	92	Jim Brown	United States	University of Notre Dame (WCHA)
6	113	Jay McFarlane	Canada	University of Wisconsin (WCHA)

References

"1979-80 Los Angeles Kings Schedule".
"1979-80 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.
"Hockey Transactions Search Results".

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Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
RW	4	2	1	3	4	0	0	0
D	4	1	2	3	4	0	0	0
C	4	0	3	3	4	0	0	0
LW	3	2	0	2	0	1	0	0
C	4	1	1	2	7	0	0	0
D	4	1	1	2	9	0	0	0
RW	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
RW	4	1	0	1	2	0	1	0
C	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	1
RW	4	0	1	1	5	0	0	0
D	3	0	1	1	11	0	0	0
D	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
RW	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LW	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LW	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	4	0	0	0	11	0	0	0
LW	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
RW	4	2	1	3	4	0	0	0
D	4	1	2	3	4	0	0	0
C	4	0	3	3	4	0	0	0
LW	3	2	0	2	0	1	0	0
C	4	1	1	2	7	0	0	0
D	4	1	1	2	9	0	0	0
RW	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
RW	4	1	0	1	2	0	1	0
C	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	1
RW	4	0	1	1	5	0	0	0
D	3	0	1	1	11	0	0	0
D	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
RW	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LW	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LW	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	4	0	0	0	11	0	0	0
LW	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
RW	4	2	1	3	4	0	0	0
D	4	1	2	3	4	0	0	0
C	4	0	3	3	4	0	0	0
LW	3	2	0	2	0	1	0	0
C	4	1	1	2	7	0	0	0
D	4	1	1	2	9	0	0	0
RW	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
RW	4	1	0	1	2	0	1	0
C	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	1
RW	4	0	1	1	5	0	0	0
D	3	0	1	1	11	0	0	0
D	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
RW	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LW	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LW	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	4	0	0	0	11	0	0	0
LW	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0