1978–79 Los Angeles Kings season

The 1978–79 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' 12th season in the National Hockey League.

1978–79 Los Angeles Kings
Division3rd Norris
ConferenceWales
1978–79 record34–34–12
Goals for292
Goals against286
Team information
General managerGeorge Maguire
CoachBob Berry
CaptainMike Murphy
Alternate captainsNone

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings
Norris Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Montreal Canadiens80521711337204115
Pittsburgh Penguins8036311328127985
Los Angeles Kings8034341229228680
Washington Capitals8024411527333863
Detroit Red Wings8023411625229562

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Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1LOctober 11, 19782–4Washington Capitals (1978–79)0–1–0
2WOctober 14, 19786–2St. Louis Blues (1978–79)1–1–0
3LOctober 18, 19782–3Boston Bruins (1978–79)1–2–0
4WOctober 20, 19786–4@ Washington Capitals (1978–79)2–2–0
5LOctober 22, 19784–8@ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79)2–3–0
6LOctober 24, 19782–7@ Atlanta Flames (1978–79)2–4–0
7WOctober 26, 19786–0Buffalo Sabres (1978–79)3–4–0
8WOctober 28, 19785–1Washington Capitals (1978–79)4–4–0
9LNovember 1, 19782–4Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79)4–5–0
10LNovember 4, 19783–7New York Rangers (1978–79)4–6–0
11LNovember 8, 19783–5Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79)4–7–0
12WNovember 11, 19788–1Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)5–7–0
13WNovember 12, 19784–1@ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79)6–7–0
14WNovember 14, 19784–2@ St. Louis Blues (1978–79)7–7–0
15WNovember 16, 19786–3Montreal Canadiens (1978–79)8–7–0
16LNovember 18, 19781–3Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79)8–8–0
17WNovember 20, 19784–3Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79)9–8–0
18TNovember 22, 19783–3Detroit Red Wings (1978–79)9–8–1
19WNovember 25, 19784–1@ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)10–8–1
20LNovember 26, 19782–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79)10–9–1
21TNovember 29, 19785–5New York Islanders (1978–79)10–9–2
22WDecember 2, 19785–2Detroit Red Wings (1978–79)11–9–2
23WDecember 4, 197810–2Washington Capitals (1978–79)12–9–2
24LDecember 6, 19780–4@ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)12–10–2
25TDecember 7, 19783–3@ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79)12–10–3
26WDecember 9, 19785–1Atlanta Flames (1978–79)13–10–3
27TDecember 12, 19785–5@ New York Islanders (1978–79)13–10–4
28LDecember 13, 19787–8@ New York Rangers (1978–79)13–11–4
29LDecember 16, 19782–5Montreal Canadiens (1978–79)13–12–4
30TDecember 19, 19782–2@ Colorado Rockies (1978–79)13–12–5
31LDecember 21, 19781–4Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79)13–13–5
32LDecember 23, 19780–2@ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79)13–14–5
33LDecember 27, 19782–5@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79)13–15–5
34TDecember 28, 19783–3@ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79)13–15–6
35WDecember 30, 19784–0Vancouver Canucks (1978–79)14–15–6
36WJanuary 1, 19795–3Colorado Rockies (1978–79)15–15–6
37LJanuary 3, 19793–8@ Washington Capitals (1978–79)15–16–6
38WJanuary 4, 19795–4@ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79)16–16–6
39WJanuary 6, 19794–3@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79)17–16–6
40LJanuary 7, 19790–3@ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79)17–17–6
41LJanuary 9, 19791–7@ New York Islanders (1978–79)17–18–6
42LJanuary 10, 19790–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79)17–19–6
43WJanuary 13, 19797–3@ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79)18–19–6
44WJanuary 14, 19796–3@ Boston Bruins (1978–79)19–19–6
45LJanuary 17, 19793–7Montreal Canadiens (1978–79)19–20–6
46LJanuary 20, 19792–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79)19–21–6
47WJanuary 24, 19794–1Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79)20–21–6
48TJanuary 25, 19796–6Detroit Red Wings (1978–79)20–21–7
49LJanuary 27, 19793–5@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79)20–22–7
50WJanuary 28, 19795–3@ Boston Bruins (1978–79)21–22–7
51LJanuary 30, 19791–7@ St. Louis Blues (1978–79)21–23–7
52LJanuary 31, 19793–5@ Washington Capitals (1978–79)21–24–7
53WFebruary 3, 19794–2New York Rangers (1978–79)22–24–7
54WFebruary 4, 19794–1@ Colorado Rockies (1978–79)23–24–7
55WFebruary 14, 19793–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79)24–24–7
56TFebruary 15, 19792–2@ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79)24–24–8
57LFebruary 17, 19792–5@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79)24–25–8
58LFebruary 19, 19793–8New York Islanders (1978–79)24–26–8
59WFebruary 21, 19793–1Boston Bruins (1978–79)25–26–8
60LFebruary 24, 19793–4Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79)25–27–8
61WFebruary 26, 19792–0Vancouver Canucks (1978–79)26–27–8
62TFebruary 28, 19793–3Washington Capitals (1978–79)26–27–9
63WMarch 3, 19798–5Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79)27–27–9
64WMarch 4, 19793–2@ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79)28–27–9
65WMarch 7, 19794–0@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79)29–27–9
66LMarch 8, 19794–6@ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79)29–28–9
67LMarch 10, 19794–9@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79)29–29–9
68LMarch 11, 19793–6@ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79)29–30–9
69TMarch 14, 19793–3Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79)29–30–10
70WMarch 17, 19793–1Montreal Canadiens (1978–79)30–30–10
71WMarch 20, 19794–3Atlanta Flames (1978–79)31–30–10
72TMarch 22, 19793–3St. Louis Blues (1978–79)31–30–11
73LMarch 24, 19792–3Buffalo Sabres (1978–79)31–31–11
74WMarch 28, 19798–1Detroit Red Wings (1978–79)32–31–11
75LMarch 30, 19793–5@ Atlanta Flames (1978–79)32–32–11
76WMarch 31, 19795–4@ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79)33–32–11
77LApril 2, 19794–5@ New York Rangers (1978–79)33–33–11
78LApril 3, 19792–6@ Washington Capitals (1978–79)33–34–11
79TApril 5, 19794–4Colorado Rockies (1978–79)33–34–12
80WApril 7, 19797–1Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)34–34–12

Transactions

The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1978–79 season.[3]

Trades
June 14, 1978 To Los Angeles Kings
Brian Glennie
Kurt Walker
Scott Garland
2nd round pick in 1979 - Mark Hardy		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Dave Hutchison
Lorne Stamler
June 15, 1978 To Los Angeles Kings
Cash		 To St. Louis Blues
13th round pick in 1978 - Terry Kitching
14th round pick in 1978 - Jim Farrell
September 18, 1978 To Los Angeles Kings
Doug Halward		 To Boston Bruins
Future considerations
October 5, 1978 To Los Angeles Kings
Murray Wilson
1st round pick in 1979 - Jay Wells		 To Montreal Canadiens
1st round pick in 1981 - Gilbert Delorme
October 9, 1978 To Los Angeles Kings
Ron Grahame		 To Boston Bruins
1st round pick in 1979 - Ray Bourque
November 18, 1978 To Los Angeles Kings
4th round pick in 1982 - Dave Gans		 To Colorado Rockies
Nick Beverley
December 6, 1978 To Los Angeles Kings
Steve Carlson		 To Detroit Red Wings
Steve Short
December 31, 1978 To Los Angeles Kings
Randy Holt		 To Vancouver Canucks
Don Kozak
January 16, 1979 To Los Angeles Kings
Richard Mulhern
2nd round pick in 1980 - Dave Morrison		 To Atlanta Flames
Bob Murdoch
2nd round pick in 1980 - Tony Curtale

Free agent signings
June 14, 1978 From New York Rangers
Mark Heaslip
August 7, 1978 From Fort Wayne Komets (IHL)
Dan Bonar

Free agents lost
June 30, 1978 To Minnesota North Stars
Gary Sargent
August 8, 1978 To Detroit Red Wings
Rogie Vachon (5 years, $1.9 million)

Free agent compensation

Dale McCourt refused to report to Los Angeles and sued the NHL. He played the 1978-79 season with the Red Wings.

July 15, 1978 To Los Angeles Kings
Dave Gardner
Rick Hampton
Steve Jensen		 To Minnesota North Stars
Gary Sargent
August 22, 1978 To Los Angeles Kings
Dale McCourt		 To Detroit Red Wings
Rogie Vachon

Waivers
September 5, 1978 From Minnesota North Stars
Nick Beverley

Draft picks

Los Angeles's draft picks at the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
577Paul Mancini CanadaSault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OMJHL)
694Doug Keans CanadaOshawa Generals (OMJHL)
7111Don Waddell United StatesNorthern Michigan University (CCHA)
8128Rob Mierkalns CanadaHamilton Fincups (OMJHL)
9145Rick Scully CanadaBrown University (ECAC)
10162Brad Thiessen CanadaToronto Marlboros (OMJHL)
11177Jim Armstrong United StatesClarkson University (ECAC)
12193Claude Larochelle CanadaHull Olympiques (QMJHL)

See also

References
  1. National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 163, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
  2. "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. "Hockey Transactions Search Results".
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