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1987–88 Los Angeles Kings season

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1987–88 Los Angeles Kings
Division4th Smythe
Conference7th Campbell
1987–88 record30-42-8
Goals for318
Goals against359
Team information
General managerRogatien Vachon
CoachMike Murphy, Rogatien Vachon, Robbie Ftorek
CaptainDave Taylor
ArenaThe Forum
Team leaders
GoalsJimmy Carson (55)
AssistsLuc Robitaille (58)
PointsLuc Robitaille (111)
Penalty minutesLarry Playfair (197)
Plus/minusKen Baumgartner (+5)
Phil Sykes (+5)
WinsRoland Melanson (17)
Goals against averageGlenn Healy (4.33)

The 1987–88 Los Angeles Kings season, was the Kings' 21st season in the National Hockey League. 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.[1] They lost the Division Semi-finals 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

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Final standings

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Smythe Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Calgary Flames 80 48 23 9 397 305 105
Edmonton Oilers 80 44 25 11 363 288 99
Winnipeg Jets 80 33 36 11 292 310 77
Los Angeles Kings 80 30 42 8 318 359 68
Vancouver Canucks 80 25 46 9 272 320 59

[2]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents

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Smythe Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Campbell Conference

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Vs. Wales Conference


Schedule and results

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No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 L October 8, 1987 1–4 New York Islanders (1987–88) 0–1–0
2 W October 10, 1987 4–2 St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 1–1–0
3 L October 11, 1987 2–9 Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 1–2–0
4 L October 15, 1987 2–3 Boston Bruins (1987–88) 1–3–0
5 L October 18, 1987 2–4 Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 1–4–0
6 L October 21, 1987 2–6 @ Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 1–5–0
7 L October 23, 1987 3–4 @ Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) 1–6–0
8 W October 25, 1987 2–1 @ Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) 2–6–0
9 T October 27, 1987 4–4 OT @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 2–6–1
10 W October 28, 1987 4–3 @ New York Rangers (1987–88) 3–6–1
11 L October 30, 1987 1–5 @ Buffalo Sabres (1987–88) 3–7–1
12 L November 1, 1987 1–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 3–8–1
13 L November 4, 1987 4–5 Buffalo Sabres (1987–88) 3–9–1
14 W November 7, 1987 5–4 New York Rangers (1987–88) 4–9–1
15 T November 10, 1987 4–4 OT Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 4–9–2
16 L November 13, 1987 7–10 @ Calgary Flames (1987–88) 4–10–2
17 W November 14, 1987 8–7 Quebec Nordiques (1987–88) 5–10–2
18 L November 17, 1987 3–4 @ New York Islanders (1987–88) 5–11–2
19 L November 19, 1987 5–7 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 5–12–2
20 T November 21, 1987 6–6 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 5–12–3
21 W November 22, 1987 8–5 @ Buffalo Sabres (1987–88) 6–12–3
22 W November 25, 1987 6–4 Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 7–12–3
23 L November 28, 1987 4–8 Calgary Flames (1987–88) 7–13–3
24 T November 29, 1987 2–2 OT New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 7–13–4
25 L December 1, 1987 6–7 OT Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) 7–14–4
26 L December 3, 1987 4–5 OT Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) 7–15–4
27 L December 5, 1987 4–6 @ Montreal Canadiens (1987–88) 7–16–4
28 L December 6, 1987 3–10 @ Washington Capitals (1987–88) 7–17–4
29 L December 9, 1987 1–2 @ New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 7–18–4
30 L December 10, 1987 3–4 @ Boston Bruins (1987–88) 7–19–4
31 L December 12, 1987 2–3 @ Hartford Whalers (1987–88) 7–20–4
32 W December 16, 1987 7–5 Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 8–20–4
33 L December 19, 1987 1–4 Calgary Flames (1987–88) 8–21–4
34 W December 20, 1987 6–3 @ Calgary Flames (1987–88) 9–21–4
35 L December 22, 1987 2–5 @ Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 9–22–4
36 L December 23, 1987 1–5 @ Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 9–23–4
37 W December 26, 1987 3–2 Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 10–23–4
38 L December 28, 1987 2–5 Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) 10–24–4
39 W December 30, 1987 6–4 Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) 11–24–4
40 W January 2, 1988 5–2 Montreal Canadiens (1987–88) 12–24–4
41 W January 4, 1988 6–3 @ New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 13–24–4
42 T January 5, 1988 4–4 OT @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 13–24–5
43 L January 8, 1988 3–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 13–25–5
44 L January 10, 1988 2–5 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 13–26–5
45 W January 11, 1988 5–4 @ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88) 14–26–5
46 L January 13, 1988 3–8 Washington Capitals (1987–88) 14–27–5
47 L January 16, 1988 3–4 Hartford Whalers (1987–88) 14–28–5
48 W January 19, 1988 6–3 New York Rangers (1987–88) 15–28–5
49 W January 21, 1988 5–4 OT @ Calgary Flames (1987–88) 16–28–5
50 L January 22, 1988 3–5 @ Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) 16–29–5
51 W January 24, 1988 2–1 @ Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) 17–29–5
52 L January 26, 1988 3–5 @ Quebec Nordiques (1987–88) 17–30–5
53 L January 27, 1988 2–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 17–31–5
54 W January 30, 1988 5–0 Minnesota North Stars (1987–88) 18–31–5
55 L February 2, 1988 2–5 @ Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 18–32–5
56 W February 3, 1988 7–2 Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 19–32–5
57 W February 6, 1988 7–2 Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 20–32–5
58 L February 7, 1988 2–5 Calgary Flames (1987–88) 20–33–5
59 W February 11, 1988 5–3 Quebec Nordiques (1987–88) 21–33–5
60 L February 13, 1988 5–7 Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 21–34–5
61 L February 15, 1988 1–6 Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 21–35–5
62 W February 17, 1988 5–4 @ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88) 22–35–5
63 L February 18, 1988 4–7 @ St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 22–36–5
64 W February 20, 1988 3–0 Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 23–36–5
65 W February 24, 1988 4–3 Washington Capitals (1987–88) 24–36–5
66 L February 27, 1988 6–8 Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 24–37–5
67 W February 28, 1988 2–0 @ Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 25–37–5
68 L March 1, 1988 3–5 @ Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 25–38–5
69 L March 5, 1988 6–7 OT Montreal Canadiens (1987–88) 25–39–5
70 L March 9, 1988 4–5 @ Hartford Whalers (1987–88) 25–40–5
71 T March 10, 1988 3–3 OT @ Boston Bruins (1987–88) 25–40–6
72 W March 13, 1988 7–6 St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 26–40–6
73 T March 16, 1988 3–3 OT Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 26–40–7
74 L March 18, 1988 3–5 @ Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 26–41–7
75 W March 19, 1988 7–4 Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 27–41–7
76 L March 23, 1988 2–6 New York Islanders (1987–88) 27–42–7
77 W March 26, 1988 9–5 Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 28–42–7
78 W March 30, 1988 9–7 Calgary Flames (1987–88) 29–42–7
79 W April 1, 1988 6–3 @ Calgary Flames (1987–88) 30–42–7
80 T April 3, 1988 5–5 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 30–42–8

Playoffs

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(S1) Calgary Flames vs. (S4) Los Angeles Kings

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April 6 Los Angeles Kings 2–9 Calgary Flames Olympic Saddledome Recap  
No scoring First period 06:00 – Lanny McDonald (1)
08:07 – Al MacInnis (1)
09:36 – Joel Otto (1)
14:42 – ppHakan Loob (1)
Jimmy Carson (1) – 07:21
Dave Taylor (1) – pp – 14:49
Second period 02:54 – Joel Otto (2)
10:37 – Joe Mullen (1)
No scoring Third period 10:07 – ppJoe Nieuwendyk (1)
13:19 – Gary Roberts (1)
15:02 – Hakan Loob (2)
Roland Melanson 41 saves / 50 shots Goalie stats Mike Vernon 15 saves / 17 shots
April 7 Los Angeles Kings 4–6 Calgary Flames Olympic Saddledome Recap  
Dave Taylor (2) – pp – 15:13 First period 05:06 – ppPaul Reinhart (1)
09:49 – Joe Mullen (2)
Jimmy Carson (2) – 15:34
Chris Kontos (1) – 19:17
Second period 03:24 – ppJoel Otto (3)
04:45 – Tim Hunter (1)
Paul Fenton (1) – 16:47 Third period 09:33 – ppJohn Tonelli (1)
19:26 – shGary Suter (1)
Glenn Healy 29 saves / 34 shots Goalie stats Mike Vernon 23 saves / 27 shots
April 9 Calgary Flames 2–5 Los Angeles Kings The Forum Recap  
Colin Patterson (1) – sh – 13:58 First period 12:42 – Jimmy Carson (3)
No scoring Second period 04:38 – ppBernie Nicholls (1)
15:15 – ppLuc Robitaille (1)
Dana Murzyn (1) – 07:31 Third period 00:46 – Bobby Carpenter (1)
14:08 – pp – Jimmy Carson (4)
Mike Vernon 21 saves / 26 shots Goalie stats Glenn Healy 28 saves / 30 shots
April 10 Calgary Flames 7–3 Los Angeles Kings The Forum Recap  
Hakan Loob (3) – sh – 01:29
Brad McCrimmon (1) – pp – 04:56
Gary Roberts (2) – 10:50
First period 12:13 – Dave Taylor (3)
13:10 – ppLuc Robitaille (2)
Tim Hunter (2) – 14:35
Hakan Loob (4) – 16:05
Second period 08:12 – ppSteve Duchesne (1)
Lanny McDonald (2) – 00:19
Hakan Loob (5) – 08:41
Third period No scoring
Mike Vernon 22 saves / 25 shots Goalie stats Glenn Healy 27 saves / 34 shots
April 12 Los Angeles Kings 4–6 Calgary Flames Olympic Saddledome Recap  
Jay Wells (1) – 11:06 First period 04:01 – ppHakan Loob (6)
18:22 – ppAl MacInnis (2)
Bernie Nicholls (2) – 02:45 Second period 03:38 – Paul Reinhart (2)
Paul Fenton (2) – pp – 16:10
Jimmy Carson (5) – 18:18
Third period 01:57 – Hakan Loob (7)
02:32 – Tim Hunter (3)
09:03 – Ric Nattress (1)
Glenn Healy 23 saves / 29 shots Goalie stats Mike Vernon 26 saves / 30 shots
Calgary won series 4–1


Player statistics

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Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Luc Robitaille LW 80 53 58 111 82 -9 17 0 6
Jimmy Carson C 80 55 52 107 45 -19 22 0 7
Bernie Nicholls C 65 32 46 78 114 2 8 7 1
Dave Taylor RW 68 26 41 67 129 -4 9 0 2
Steve Duchesne D 71 16 39 55 109 0 5 0 4
Bobby Carpenter C 71 19 33 52 84 -21 10 0 2
Jim Fox RW 68 16 35 51 18 -7 2 0 1
Paul Fenton LW 71 20 23 43 46 -14 8 1 1
Mike Allison LW 37 16 12 28 57 3 5 1 2
Mark Hardy D 61 6 22 28 99 -27 4 1 1
Jay Wells D 58 2 23 25 159 -3 1 0 0
Phil Sykes LW 40 9 12 21 82 5 3 1 0
Bryan Erickson RW 42 6 15 21 20 -14 2 0 0
Bob Bourne C 72 7 11 18 28 -31 1 0 1
Ken Hammond D 46 7 9 16 69 -1 1 0 1
Tom Laidlaw D 57 1 12 13 47 3 0 0 0
Craig Laughlin RW 19 4 8 12 6 -8 2 0 0
Chris Kontos LW/C 6 2 10 12 2 1 1 0 0
Dean Kennedy D 58 1 11 12 158 -22 0 0 0
Lyle Phair LW 28 4 6 10 8 -5 0 0 0
Paul Guay RW 33 4 4 8 40 -7 0 0 0
Ron Duguay C/RW 15 2 6 8 17 -5 0 0 1
Grant Ledyard D 23 1 7 8 52 -7 1 0 0
Tim Tookey C 20 1 6 7 8 -2 0 0 0
Larry Playfair D 54 0 7 7 197 -13 0 0 0
Sean McKenna RW 30 3 2 5 12 -14 0 0 0
Ken Baumgartner LW 30 2 3 5 189 5 0 0 0
John English D 3 1 3 4 4 2 1 0 0
Joe Paterson LW 32 1 3 4 113 -10 0 0 0
Glenn Healy G 34 0 2 2 6 0 0 0 0
Dan Gratton C 7 1 0 1 5 1 0 0 0
Eric Germain D 4 0 1 1 13 -2 0 0 0
Bob Kudelski RW 26 0 1 1 8 -10 0 0 0
Denis Larocque D 8 0 1 1 18 -4 0 0 0
Wayne McBean D 27 0 1 1 26 -14 0 0 0
Glen Currie C 7 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0
Craig Duncanson LW 9 0 0 0 12 -5 0 0 0
Bob Janecyk G 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Roland Melanson G 47 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0
Petr Prajsler D 7 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0
Craig Redmond D 2 0 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0
Tiger Williams LW 2 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Roland Melanson 2676 47 17 20 7 195 4.37 2 1399 1204 .861
Glenn Healy 1869 34 12 18 1 135 4.33 1 1005 870 .866
Bob Janecyk 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
Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Jimmy Carson C 5 5 3 8 4 -2 1 0 0
Bernie Nicholls C 5 2 6 8 11 -3 1 0 0
Luc Robitaille LW 5 2 5 7 18 -8 2 0 1
Dave Taylor RW 5 3 3 6 6 -3 2 0 0
Steve Duchesne D 5 1 3 4 14 -5 1 0 0
Paul Fenton LW 5 2 1 3 2 -3 1 0 0
Jay Wells D 5 1 2 3 21 0 0 0 0
Bobby Carpenter C 5 1 1 2 0 -7 0 0 0
Tom Laidlaw D 5 0 2 2 4 -8 0 0 0
Chris Kontos LW/C 4 1 0 1 4 -3 0 0 0
Ken Baumgartner LW 5 0 1 1 28 -6 0 0 0
Bob Bourne C 5 0 1 1 0 -1 0 0 0
Paul Guay RW 4 0 1 1 8 -1 0 0 0
Dean Kennedy D 4 0 1 1 10 4 0 0 0
Craig Laughlin RW 3 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 0
Mike Allison LW 5 0 0 0 16 -3 0 0 0
Ron Duguay C/RW 2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
John English D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Fox RW 1 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0
Eric Germain D 1 0 0 0 4 -1 0 0 0
Ken Hammond D 2 0 0 0 4 -5 0 0 0
Glenn Healy G 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Roland Melanson G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lyle Phair LW 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Larry Playfair D 3 0 0 0 14 -1 0 0 0
Phil Sykes LW 4 0 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Glenn Healy 240 4 1 3 20 5.00 0 128 108 .844
Roland Melanson 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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Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Defencemen

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player GP G A Pts PIM
Steve Duchesne 71 16 39 55 109
Mark Hardy 61 6 22 28 99
Jay Wells 58 2 23 25 159

Awards and records

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Transactions

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The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1987–88 season.[5]

Trades

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June 13, 1987 To Los Angeles Kings
1st round pick in 1987Wayne McBean
To Minnesota North Stars
1st round pick in 1987Dave Archibald
3rd round pick in 1987 NHL Entry DraftKevin Kaminski
October 15, 1987 To Los Angeles Kings
Cash
To Hartford Whalers
Tiger Williams
December 14, 1987 To Los Angeles Kings
Mike Allison
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Sean McKenna
January 21, 1988 To Los Angeles Kings
Gordie Walker
Mike Siltala
To New York Rangers
Joe Paterson
February 4, 1988 To Los Angeles Kings
Chris Kontos
6th round pick in 1988Micah Aivazoff
To Pittsburgh Penguins
Bryan Erickson
February 9, 1988 To Los Angeles Kings
Grant Ledyard
To Washington Capitals
Craig Laughlin
February 22, 1988 To Los Angeles Kings
Ron Duguay
To New York Rangers
Mark Hardy

Free agent signings

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March 18, 1988 From New Haven Nighthawks (AHL)
Hubie McDonough

Free agents lost

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August 15, 1987 To Philadelphia Flyers
Mark Lofthouse
December 14, 1987 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Scott Gruhl

Waivers

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October 5, 1987 To Minnesota North Stars
Al Tuer
October 5, 1987 From New York Rangers
Paul Fenton
October 5, 1987 From Philadelphia Flyers
Tim Tookey

Draft picks

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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  Czechoslovakia TJ Gottwaldov (Czechoslovakia)
12 237 Mikael Lindholm  Sweden Brynäs IF (Sweden)
S2 10 Chris Panek  United States SUNY Plattsburgh (SUNYAC)

Farm teams

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References

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  1. ^ "1987-88 NHL Summary".
  2. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
  3. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  4. ^ "1987-88 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 25, 2009.
  5. ^ "Hockey Transactions Search Results".