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1990–91 Los Angeles Kings season
National Hockey League team season
National Hockey League team season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| League | NHL |
| Season | 1990–91 |
| year | 1990 |
| Team | Los Angeles Kings |
| Conference | Campbell |
| ConferenceRank | 3rd |
| Division | Smythe |
| DivisionRank | 1st |
| Record | 46–24–10 |
| HomeRecord | 26–9–5 |
| RoadRecord | 20–15–5 |
| GoalsFor | 340 |
| GoalsAgainst | 254 |
| GeneralManager | Rogatien Vachon |
| Coach | Tom Webster |
| Captain | Wayne Gretzky |
| AltCaptain | Larry Robinson |
| Dave Taylor | |
| Arena | Great Western Forum |
| GoalsLeader | Luc Robitaille and Tomas Sandstrom (45) |
| AssistsLeader | Wayne Gretzky (122) |
| PointsLeader | Wayne Gretzky (163) |
| PlusMinusLeader | Marty McSorley (+48) |
| PIMLeader | Jay Miller (259) |
| WinsLeader | Kelly Hrudey (26) |
| GAALeader | Kelly Hrudey (2.90) |
| DivisionWin | Yes |
Dave Taylor
The 1990–91 Los Angeles Kings season, was the Kings' 24th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). It saw the Kings finish first in the Smythe Division with a 46–24–10 record for 102 points. This was the first (and as of 2025, only) regular season division title in Kings history. It also served as the second-best regular-season finish in franchise history. The team defeated the Vancouver Canucks in the Smythe Division Semifinals in six games before falling to the Edmonton Oilers in the Division Finals in six games.
Offseason
NHL draft
Los Angeles's draft picks at the 1990 NHL entry draft held at the BC Place in Vancouver, British Columbia.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Darryl Sydor | Kamloops Blazers (WHL) | |
| 2 | 28 | Brandy Semchuk | Canadian National Team | |
| 3 | 49 | Bob Berg | Belleville Bulls (OHL) | |
| 5 | 91 | David Goverde | Sudbury Wolves (OHL) | |
| 6 | 112 | Erik Andersson | Danderyds HC (Sweden) | |
| 7 | 133 | Robert Lang | HC CHZ Litvinov (Czechoslovakia) | |
| 8 | 154 | Dean Hulett | Lake Superior State University (CCHA) | |
| 9 | 175 | Denis LeBlanc | Saint-Hyacinthe Laser (QMJHL) | |
| 10 | 196 | Patrik Ross | HV71 (Sweden) | |
| 11 | 217 | Kevin White | Windsor Spitfires (OHL) | |
| 12 | 238 | Troy Mohns | Colgate University (ECAC) | |
| [S](1990-nhl-supplemental-draft) | 12 | Peter Sentner | University of Massachusetts Lowell (Hockey East) |
Regular season
Final standings
Schedule and results
|- |1||W||October 4, 1990||4–1 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1990–91) ||1–0–0 |- |2||L||October 6, 1990||3–6 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) ||1–1–0 |- |3||W||October 9, 1990||6–2 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1990–91) ||2–1–0 |- |4||T||October 11, 1990||5–5 OT|| align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1990–91) ||2–1–1 |- |5||W||October 13, 1990||7–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1990–91) ||3–1–1 |- |6||W||October 14, 1990||4–1 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1990–91) ||4–1–1 |- |7||W||October 17, 1990||5–2 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1990–91) ||5–1–1 |- |8||W||October 19, 1990||5–2 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1990–91) ||6–1–1 |- |9||W||October 23, 1990||6–4 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1990–91) ||7–1–1 |- |10||L||October 26, 1990||2–6 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) ||7–2–1 |- |11||W||October 28, 1990||6–2 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1990–91) ||8–2–1 |- |12||W||October 30, 1990||4–1 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1990–91) ||9–2–1 |- |13||L||October 31, 1990||4–9 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1990–91) ||9–3–1
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Playoffs
Round 1: (S1) Los Angeles Kings vs. (S4) Vancouver Canucks
|1-1-1 = |1-1-2 = |1-2-1 = |1-2-2 = |1-3-1 = |1-3-2 = |goalie1-1 = |goalie1-2 =
|2-1-1 = |2-1-2 = |2-2-1 = |2-2-2 = |2-3-1 = |2-3-2 = |2-4-1 = |2-4-2 = |goalie2-1 = |goalie2-2 =
|3-1-1 = |3-1-2 = |3-2-1 = |3-2-2 = |3-3-1 = |3-3-2 = |3-4-1 = |3-4-2 = |goalie3-1 = |goalie3-2 =
|4-1-1 = |4-1-2 = |4-2-1 = |4-2-2 = |4-3-1 = |4-3-2 = |goalie4-1 = |goalie4-2 =
|5-1-1 = |5-1-2 = |5-2-1 = |5-2-2 = |5-3-1 = |5-3-2 = |goalie5-1 = |goalie5-2 =
|6-1-1 = |6-1-2 = |6-2-1 = |6-2-2 = |6-3-1 = |6-3-2 = |goalie6-1 = |goalie6-2 =
Round 2: (S1) Los Angeles Kings vs. (S3) Edmonton Oilers
|1-1-1 = |1-1-2 = |1-2-1 = |1-2-2 = |1-3-1 = |1-3-2 = |1-4-1 = |1-4-2 = |goalie1-1 = |goalie1-2 =
|2-1-1 = |2-1-2 = |2-2-1 = |2-2-2 = |2-3-1 = |2-3-2 = |2-4-1 = |2-4-2 = |goalie2-1 = |goalie2-2 =
|3-1-1 = |3-1-2 = |3-2-1 = |3-2-2 = |3-3-1 = |3-3-2 = |3-4-1 = |3-4-2 = |goalie3-1 = |goalie3-2 =
|4-1-1 = |4-1-2 = |4-2-1 = |4-2-2 = |4-3-1 = |4-3-2 = |goalie4-1 = |goalie4-2 =
|5-1-1 = |5-1-2 = |5-2-1 = |5-2-2 = |5-3-1 = |5-3-2 = |goalie5-1 = |goalie5-2 =
|6-1-1 = |6-1-2 = |6-2-1 = |6-2-2 = |6-3-1 = |6-3-2 = |6-4-1 = |6-4-2 = |goalie6-1 = |goalie6-2 =
Player statistics
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 78 | 41 | 122 | 163 | 16 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 5 | |
| LW | 76 | 45 | 46 | 91 | 68 | 28 | 11 | 0 | 5 | |
| RW | 68 | 45 | 44 | 89 | 106 | 27 | 16 | 0 | 6 | |
| RW | 68 | 30 | 34 | 64 | 154 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 3 | |
| D | 78 | 21 | 41 | 62 | 66 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 3 | |
| C | 74 | 21 | 37 | 58 | 58 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| RW | 73 | 23 | 30 | 53 | 148 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 2 | |
| D | 75 | 12 | 34 | 46 | 125 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | |
| D | 61 | 7 | 32 | 39 | 221 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| RW | 72 | 23 | 13 | 36 | 46 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
| D | 61 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 127 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| LW | 71 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 49 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| C | 67 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| D | 62 | 1 | 22 | 23 | 16 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 53 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 57 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| LW | 66 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 259 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 56 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 115 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| LW | 53 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| D | 57 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 182 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 31 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| LW/C | 15 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 17 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 34 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 133 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 45 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 92 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2730 | 47 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 132 | 2.90 | 3 | 1321 | 1189 | .900 | |
| 2119 | 37 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 117 | 3.31 | 1 | 1086 | 969 | .892 | |
| **Team:** | 4849 | 80 | 46 | 24 | 10 | 249 | 3.08 | 4 | 2407 | 2158 | .897 |
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| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LW | 12 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 22 | -2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |
| C | 12 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| D | 12 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 10 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| LW | 12 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 12 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 26 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 12 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| LW | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| D | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 798 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 2.78 | 0 | 382 | 345 | .903 | |
| **Team:** | 798 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 2.78 | 0 | 382 | 345 | .903 |
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Awards and records
- Wayne Gretzky, Art Ross Trophy
- Wayne Gretzky, Longest Consecutive Games Assist Streak, 23 games (48 assists during the streak)
- Marty McSorley, NHL Plus-Minus Award
- Dave Taylor, Masterton Trophy Winner
- Tom Webster, runner-up for the Jack Adams Trophy
Transactions
The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1990–91 season.
Trades
| March 5, 1991 | To Los Angeles KingsIlkka Sinisalo | To Minnesota North Stars8th round pick in [1991](1991-nhl-entry-draft) - Michael Burkett |
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Free agent signings
| April 5, 1991 | From Boston University (HE)Peter Ahola |
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Free agents lost
| July 11, 1990 | To New York RangersEric Germain |
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Waivers
| October 1, 1990 | From Pittsburgh PenguinsRod Buskas |
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References
References
- "1990-91 Los Angeles Kings Schedule".
- "1990-91 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.
- National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 187, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, {{ISBN. 0-920445-98-5
- National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.220, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, {{ISBN. 0-920445-98-5
- "Hockey Transactions Search Results".
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