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1980–81 Los Angeles Kings season

National Hockey League team season

Field	Value
Attendance	11,219
League	NHL
Season	1980–81
year	1980
Team	Los Angeles Kings
Record	43–24–13
HomeRecord	22–11–7
RoadRecord	21–13–6
Conference	Wales
ConferenceRank	2nd
Division	Norris
DivisionRank	2nd
GoalsFor	337
GoalsAgainst	290
GeneralManager	George Maguire
Coach	Bob Berry
Captain	Mike Murphy
AltCaptain	None
Arena	The Forum
GoalsLeader	Marcel Dionne (58)
AssistsLeader	Marcel Dionne (77)
PointsLeader	Marcel Dionne (135)
PlusMinusLeader	Marcel Dionne (54)
PIMLeader	Jay Wells (155)
WinsLeader	Mario Lessard (35)
GAALeader	Mario Lessard (3.26)

The 1980–81 Los Angeles Kings season, was the Kings' 14th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). It saw the Kings make it to the playoffs, losing in the preliminary round to the New York Rangers.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- |1||W||October 11, 1980||8–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1980–81) ||1–0–0 |- |2||L||October 14, 1980||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Calgary Flames (1980–81) ||1–1–0 |- |3||W||October 16, 1980||6–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Quebec Nordiques (1980–81) ||2–1–0 |- |4||W||October 18, 1980||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Colorado Rockies (1980–81) ||3–1–0 |- |5||W||October 22, 1980||4–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1980–81) ||4–1–0 |- |6||W||October 25, 1980||5–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1980–81) ||5–1–0 |- |7||T||October 26, 1980||4–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1980–81) ||5–1–1 |- |8||W||October 28, 1980||8–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Colorado Rockies (1980–81) ||6–1–1 |- |9||W||October 29, 1980||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals (1980–81) ||7–1–1

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Playoffs

Player statistics

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
C	80	58	77	135	70	55	23	4	9
RW	72	47	65	112	130	47	13	0	3
LW	65	56	49	105	62	31	23	0	9
D	80	16	60	76	79	17	5	1	1
D	78	9	43	52	139	10	3	0	2
RW	80	20	29	49	36	-1	1	4	1
RW	71	18	25	43	8	0	2	0	2
RW	68	16	23	39	54	-7	2	1	1
LW	74	19	19	38	88	-6	5	1	4
LW	73	12	25	37	99	-1	2	0	2
C	71	11	15	26	57	0	3	1	3
RW	67	8	18	26	118	6	2	0	1
D	77	5	20	25	77	14	3	0	1
C	58	10	10	20	40	-17	1	0	0
D	51	4	15	19	96	-2	1	0	0
D	72	5	13	18	155	9	0	0	1
C	22	10	6	16	63	8	0	0	2
RW	49	6	9	15	35	-2	0	0	0
D	67	1	12	13	98	25	0	0	0
LW	19	3	6	9	8	4	0	0	0
D/RW	21	1	6	7	28	1	0	0	1
D	13	0	4	4	13	5	0	0	0
LW	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0
C	10	1	0	1	2	-4	0	0	0
G	64	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	0
G	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
D	4	0	0	0	21	-5	0	0	0
G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
G	9	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0
RW	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RW	5	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0
D	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0

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Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	3746	64	35	18	11	203	3.25	2
	360	6	3	2	1	28	4.67	0
	180	3	3	0	0	10	3.33	0
	454	9	2	3	1	37	4.89	0
	60	1	0	1	0	8	8.00	0
Team:	4800	80	43	24	13	286	3.57	2

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
RW	4	2	2	4	10	1	0	0
C	4	1	3	4	7	1	0	0
D	4	3	0	3	2	1	0	0
RW	4	2	1	3	0	0	0	0
D	4	1	2	3	4	1	0	0
C	4	1	1	2	11	0	1	0
LW	4	0	2	2	7	0	0	0
D	4	0	2	2	4	0	0	0
C	4	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
RW	4	1	0	1	9	0	0	1
LW	3	1	0	1	4	1	0	0
D/RW	4	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
RW	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
LW	4	0	1	1	25	0	0	0
RW	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
C	3	0	1	1	9	0	0	0
D	4	0	0	0	33	0	0	0
G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	4	0	0	0	27	0	0	0

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Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA
	220	4	1	3	20	5.45
	20	1	0	0	2	6.00
Team:	240	4	1	3	22	5.50

Awards and records

Transactions

The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1980–81 season.

Trades

March 10, 1981	To Los Angeles KingsRick Martin	To Buffalo Sabres3rd round pick in [1981](1981-nhl-entry-draft) – Colin Chisholm
1st round pick in [1983](1983-nhl-entry-draft) – Tom Barrasso

Free agent signings

October 18, 1980	From Detroit Red WingsKevin Schamehorn

Draft picks

Los Angeles's draft picks at the 1980 NHL entry draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	4	Larry Murphy	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHA)
1	10	Jim Fox	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHA)
2	33	Greg Terrion	Canada	Brantford Alexanders (OHA)
2	34	Dave Morrison	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHA)
3	52	Steve Bozek	Canada	Northern Michigan University (NCAA)
4	73	Bernie Nicholls	Canada	Kingston Canadians (OMJHL)
5	94	Alan Graves	Canada	Seattle Breakers (WHL)
6	115	Darren Eliot	Canada	Cornell University (ECAC)
7	136	Mike O'Connor	Canada	Michigan Tech University (WCHA)
8	157	Billy O'Dwyer	United States	Boston College (ECAC)
9	178	Daryl Evans	Canada	Niagara Falls Flyers (OMJHL)
10	199	Kim Collins	Canada	Bowling Green University (CCHA)

References

"1980-81 Los Angeles Kings Schedule".
"1980-81 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.
"Hockey Transactions Search Results".

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