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1987–88 Los Angeles Kings season
National Hockey League team season
National Hockey League team season
| Field | Value |
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| League | NHL |
| Season | 1987–88 |
| year | 1987 |
| Team | Los Angeles Kings |
| Conference | Campbell |
| ConferenceRank | 7th |
| Division | Smythe |
| DivisionRank | 4th |
| Record | 30–42–8 |
| HomeRecord | 19–18–3 |
| RoadRecord | 11–24–5 |
| GoalsFor | 318 |
| GoalsAgainst | 359 |
| GeneralManager | Rogatien Vachon |
| Coach | Mike Murphy |
| Rogatien Vachon | |
| Robbie Ftorek | |
| Captain | Dave Taylor |
| Arena | The Forum |
| GoalsLeader | Jimmy Carson (55) |
| AssistsLeader | Luc Robitaille (58) |
| PointsLeader | Luc Robitaille (111) |
| PlusMinusLeader | Ken Baumgartner (+5) |
| Phil Sykes (+5) | |
| PIMLeader | Larry Playfair (197) |
| WinsLeader | Roland Melanson (17) |
| GAALeader | Glenn Healy (4.33) |
Rogatien Vachon Robbie Ftorek Phil Sykes (+5)
The 1987–88 Los Angeles Kings season, was the Kings' 21st season in the National Hockey League (NHL). It saw the Kings finish in fourth place in the Smythe Division with a record of 30 wins, 42 losses, and 8 ties for 68 points. The team finished last in the league in goaltending, with 359 goals allowed. They lost the Division Semifinals in five games to the Calgary Flames.
This was the last season that the Kings wore purple and gold uniforms with a crown logo adorning the front. After this season, they would introduce a new logo with a white, black, and silver uniform, coinciding with the acquisition of Wayne Gretzky from the Edmonton Oilers.
Regular season
Final standings
Record vs. opponents
Schedule and results
|- |1||L||October 8, 1987||1–4 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1987–88) ||0–1–0 |- |2||W||October 10, 1987||4–2 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1987–88) ||1–1–0 |- |3||L||October 11, 1987||2–9 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) ||1–2–0 |- |4||L||October 15, 1987||2–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1987–88) ||1–3–0 |- |5||L||October 18, 1987||2–4 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) ||1–4–0 |- |6||L||October 21, 1987||2–6 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) ||1–5–0 |- |7||L||October 23, 1987||3–4 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) ||1–6–0 |- |8||W||October 25, 1987||2–1 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) ||2–6–0 |- |9||T||October 27, 1987||4–4 OT|| align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) ||2–6–1 |- |10||W||October 28, 1987||4–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1987–88) ||3–6–1 |- |11||L||October 30, 1987||1–5 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1987–88) ||3–7–1
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Playoffs
(S1) Calgary Flames vs. (S4) Los Angeles Kings
|1-1-1 =No scoring |1-1-2 =06:00 – Lanny McDonald (1) 08:07 – Al MacInnis (1) 09:36 – Joel Otto (1) 14:42 – pp – Hakan Loob (1) |1-2-1 =Jimmy Carson (1) – 07:21 Dave Taylor (1) – pp – 14:49 |1-2-2 =02:54 – Joel Otto (2) 10:37 – Joe Mullen (1) |1-3-1 =No scoring |1-3-2 =10:07 – pp – Joe Nieuwendyk (1) 13:19 – Gary Roberts (1) 15:02 – Hakan Loob (2) |goalie1-1 =Roland Melanson 41 saves / 50 shots |goalie1-2 =Mike Vernon 15 saves / 17 shots
|2-1-1 =Dave Taylor (2) – pp – 15:13 |2-1-2 =05:06 – pp – Paul Reinhart (1) 09:49 – Joe Mullen (2) |2-2-1 =Jimmy Carson (2) – 15:34 Chris Kontos (1) – 19:17 |2-2-2 =03:24 – pp – Joel Otto (3) 04:45 – Tim Hunter (1) |2-3-1 =Paul Fenton (1) – 16:47 |2-3-2 =09:33 – pp – John Tonelli (1) 19:26 – sh – Gary Suter (1) |goalie2-1 =Glenn Healy 29 saves / 34 shots |goalie2-2 =Mike Vernon 23 saves / 27 shots
|3-1-1 =12:42 – Jimmy Carson (3) |3-1-2 =Colin Patterson (1) – sh – 13:58 |3-2-1 =04:38 – pp – Bernie Nicholls (1) 15:15 – pp – Luc Robitaille (1) |3-2-2 =No scoring |3-3-1 =00:46 – Bobby Carpenter (1) 14:08 – pp – Jimmy Carson (4) |3-3-2 =Dana Murzyn (1) – 07:31 |goalie3-1 =Glenn Healy 28 saves / 30 shots |goalie3-2 =Mike Vernon 21 saves / 26 shots
|4-1-1 =12:13 – Dave Taylor (3) 13:10 – pp – Luc Robitaille (2) |4-1-2 =Hakan Loob (3) – sh – 01:29 Brad McCrimmon (1) – pp – 04:56 Gary Roberts (2) – 10:50 |4-2-1 =08:12 – pp – Steve Duchesne (1) |4-2-2 =Tim Hunter (2) – 14:35 Hakan Loob (4) – 16:05 |4-3-1 =No scoring |4-3-2 =Lanny McDonald (2) – 00:19 Hakan Loob (5) – 08:41 |goalie4-1 =Glenn Healy 27 saves / 34 shots |goalie4-2 =Mike Vernon 22 saves / 25 shots
|5-1-1 =Jay Wells (1) – 11:06 |5-1-2 =04:01 – pp – Hakan Loob (6) 18:22 – pp – Al MacInnis (2) |5-2-1 =Bernie Nicholls (2) – 02:45 |5-2-2 =03:38 – Paul Reinhart (2) |5-3-1 =Paul Fenton (2) – pp – 16:10 Jimmy Carson (5) – 18:18 |5-3-2 =01:57 – Hakan Loob (7) 02:32 – Tim Hunter (3) 09:03 – Ric Nattress (1) |goalie5-1 =Glenn Healy 23 saves / 29 shots |goalie5-2 =Mike Vernon 26 saves / 30 shots
Player statistics
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LW | 80 | 53 | 58 | 111 | 82 | -9 | 17 | 0 | 6 | |
| C | 80 | 55 | 52 | 107 | 45 | -19 | 22 | 0 | 7 | |
| C | 65 | 32 | 46 | 78 | 114 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | |
| RW | 68 | 26 | 41 | 67 | 129 | -4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | |
| D | 71 | 16 | 39 | 55 | 109 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| C | 71 | 19 | 33 | 52 | 84 | -21 | 10 | 0 | 2 | |
| RW | 68 | 16 | 35 | 51 | 18 | -7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| LW | 71 | 20 | 23 | 43 | 46 | -14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | |
| LW | 37 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 57 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | |
| D | 61 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 99 | -27 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| D | 58 | 2 | 23 | 25 | 159 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 40 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 82 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| RW | 42 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 20 | -14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 72 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 28 | -31 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| D | 46 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 69 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| D | 57 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 19 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 | -8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW/C | 6 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 58 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 158 | -22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 28 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 33 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 40 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C/RW | 15 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| D | 23 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 52 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 20 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 54 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 197 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 30 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | -14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 30 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 189 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 32 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 113 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 34 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | -14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2676 | 47 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 195 | 4.37 | 2 | 1399 | 1204 | .861 | |
| 1869 | 34 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 135 | 4.33 | 1 | 1005 | 870 | .866 | |
| 303 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 4.55 | 0 | 165 | 142 | .861 | |
| **Team:** | 4848 | 80 | 30 | 42 | 8 | 353 | 4.37 | 3 | 2569 | 2216 | .863 |
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| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| RW | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW/C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C/RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 240 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 5.00 | 0 | 128 | 108 | .844 | |
| 60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.00 | 0 | 50 | 41 | .820 | |
| **Team:** | 300 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 5.80 | 0 | 178 | 149 | .837 |
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Awards and records
- Luc Robitaille, Left Wing, NHL First All-Star Team
Transactions
The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1987–88 season.
Trades
| February 22, 1988 | To Los Angeles KingsRon Duguay | To New York RangersMark Hardy |
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Free agent signings
| March 18, 1988 | From New Haven Nighthawks (AHL)Hubie McDonough |
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Free agents lost
| December 14, 1987 | To Pittsburgh PenguinsScott Gruhl |
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Waivers
| October 5, 1987 | From Philadelphia FlyersTim Tookey |
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Draft picks
Los Angeles's draft picks at the 1987 NHL entry draft held at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Wayne McBean | Canada | Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) |
| 2 | 27 | Mark Fitzpatrick | Canada | Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) |
| 3 | 43 | Ross Wilson | Canada | Peterborough Petes (OHL) |
| 5 | 90 | Mike Vukonich | United States | Denfeld High School (USHS-MN) |
| 6 | 111 | Greg Batters | Canada | Victoria Cougars (WHL) |
| 7 | 132 | Kyosti Karjalainen | Sweden | Brynäs IF (Sweden) |
| 9 | 174 | Jeff Gawlicki | United States | Northern Michigan University (WCHA) |
| 10 | 195 | John Preston | Canada | Boston University (Hockey East) |
| 11 | 216 | Rostislav Vlach | TJ Gottwaldov (Czechoslovakia) | |
| 12 | 237 | Mikael Lindholm | Sweden | Brynäs IF (Sweden) |
| [S2](1987-nhl-supplemental-draft) | 10 | Chris Panek | United States | SUNY Plattsburgh (SUNYAC) |
References
References
- "1987-88 NHL Summary".
- "1987-88 Los Angeles Kings Schedule".
- "1987-88 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.
- "Hockey Transactions Search Results".
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