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1981–82 Los Angeles Kings season

National Hockey League team season

Field	Value
Attendance	10,742
League	NHL
Season	1981–82
year	1981
Team	Los Angeles Kings
Record	24–41–15
HomeRecord	19–15–6
RoadRecord	5–26–9
Conference	Campbell
ConferenceRank	8th
Division	Smythe
DivisionRank	4th
GoalsFor	314
GoalsAgainst	369
GeneralManager	George Maguire
Captain	Dave Lewis
AltCaptain	None
Coach	Parker MacDonald
Don Perry
Arena	The Forum
GoalsLeader	Marcel Dionne (51)
AssistsLeader	Marcel Dionne (67)
PointsLeader	Marcel Dionne (117)
PlusMinusLeader	John Gibson (4)
PIMLeader	Jay Wells (145)
WinsLeader	Mario Lessard (13)
GAALeader	Mario Lessard (4.39)

Don Perry The 1981–82 Los Angeles Kings season, was the Kings' 15th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). It saw the Kings make the playoffs, winning the first round before falling in the second round to the Vancouver Canucks. The first round upset of the heavily favored Edmonton Oilers is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in NHL history.

Offseason

The Kings were moved to the Smythe Division. The Kings now were in a division with western teams.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- |1||L||October 7, 1981||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders (1981–82) ||0–1–0 |- |2||L||October 10, 1981||4–7 || style="text-align:left;"| Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) ||0–2–0 |- |3||W||October 13, 1981||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Calgary Flames (1981–82) ||1–2–0 |- |4||W||October 15, 1981||10–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Colorado Rockies (1981–82) ||2–2–0 |- |5||L||October 17, 1981||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1981–82) ||2–3–0 |- |6||W||October 20, 1981||9–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Islanders (1981–82) ||3–3–0 |- |7||W||October 21, 1981||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1981–82) ||4–3–0 |- |8||L||October 24, 1981||3–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82) ||4–4–0 |- |9||L||October 25, 1981||4–9 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) ||4–5–0 |- |10||W||October 27, 1981||8–7 || style="text-align:left;"| Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) ||5–5–0 |- |11||W||October 29, 1981||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals (1981–82) ||6–5–0 |- |12||L||October 31, 1981||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (1981–82) ||6–6–0

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Playoffs

Miracle on Manchester

Player statistics

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
C	78	50	67	117	50	-10	17	1	5
RW	78	39	67	106	130	-4	13	0	3
RW	77	30	38	68	23	-15	5	1	0
D	79	22	44	66	95	-13	8	1	2
LW	71	33	23	56	68	-6	10	0	5
D	77	6	39	45	130	-12	1	0	0
LW	50	15	24	39	42	-7	3	0	2
LW	61	15	22	37	23	-12	1	0	3
C	79	13	23	36	111	-4	1	0	0
C	22	14	18	32	27	2	8	1	1
C	80	16	14	30	64	-13	1	0	1
LW	45	8	19	27	19	-14	1	0	1
D	42	11	15	26	81	0	1	0	1
LW	70	12	11	23	100	-21	0	0	0
D	50	5	13	18	91	-19	3	0	0
RW	28	5	10	15	20	0	0	2	0
RW	41	2	13	15	102	-20	0	0	0
D	64	1	13	14	75	-19	0	0	0
D	46	3	7	10	69	-14	0	0	0
D/RW	33	2	8	10	56	-11	1	0	0
D	60	1	8	9	145	2	0	0	0
LW	14	2	6	8	2	2	0	0	0
D	18	2	6	8	65	3	0	0	0
LW	11	0	7	7	50	0	0	0	0
C	16	2	4	6	28	2	0	1	0
RW	16	1	3	4	6	-9	0	0	0
LW	3	1	3	4	2	1	1	0	0
LW	7	2	1	3	2	1	0	0	0
D	8	1	1	2	16	-3	0	0	0
C	3	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0
G	52	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	0
D	5	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0
G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	6	0	0	0	18	4	0	0	0
RW	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
G	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RW	4	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
G	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
C	4	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0

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Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2933	52	13	28	8	213	4.36	2
	1436	31	8	10	7	103	4.30	0
	380	7	3	3	0	43	6.79	0
	51	2	0	0	0	2	2.35	0
Team:	4800	80	24	41	15	361	4.51	2

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	GWG
LW	10	5	8	13	12	1	1
C	10	7	4	11	0	4	0
LW	10	4	7	11	22	1	1
RW	10	4	6	10	20	3	0
D	10	2	8	10	12	1	0
LW	10	4	1	5	6	2	1
C	10	3	2	5	11	1	0
C	10	2	3	5	11	0	0
RW	9	1	4	5	0	0	0
C	10	4	0	4	23	0	1
D	10	1	3	4	41	0	0
RW	10	0	4	4	15	0	0
D	10	0	4	4	36	0	0
RW	10	2	1	3	32	0	0
D	10	1	2	3	9	0	0
D/RW	10	0	2	2	17	0	0
D	10	0	2	2	26	0	0
G	10	0	2	2	2	0	0
LW	10	1	0	1	14	1	0
G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA
	583	10	4	5	41	4.22
	32	2	0	1	1	1.88
Team:	615	10	4	6	42	4.10

Transactions

The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1981–82 season.

Trades

November 11, 1981	To Los Angeles KingsIan Turnbull	To Toronto Maple LeafsJohn Gibson
Billy Harris

Free agent signings

April 5, 1982	From University of North Dakota (WCHA)Phil Sykes

Waivers

February 23, 1982	To Pittsburgh PenguinsAndré St. Laurent

Draft picks

Los Angeles's draft picks at the 1981 NHL entry draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	2	Doug Smith	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)
2	39	Dean Kennedy	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
4	81	Marty Dallman	Canada	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (ECAC)
6	123	Brad Thompson	Canada	London Knights (OMJHL)
7	134	Craig Hurley	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
7	144	Peter Sawkins	United States	St. Paul Academy (USHS-MN)
8	165	Dan Brennan	Canada	University of North Dakota (WCHA)
9	186	Al Tuer	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
10	207	Jeff Baikie	Canada	Cornell University (ECAC)

References

"1981-82 Los Angeles Kings Schedule".
"1981-82 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.
"Hockey Transactions Search Results".

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