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1977-78 Los Angeles Kings Roster and Statistics

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Record: 31-34-15 (77 points), Finished 3rd in NHL Norris Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Ron Stewart (31-34-15)

Captain: Mike Murphy

Primary Arena: The Forum

Goals For: 243 (12th of 18), Goals Against: 245 (8th of 18)
SRS: -0.01 (10th of 18), SOS: 0.01 (8th of 18)

Playoffs:
Lost Preliminary Round (2-0) to Toronto Maple Leafs

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Recent Game Results

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
Los Angeles Kings	80	31	34	15	77	.481	243	245	-0.01	0.01	3.04	3.06	50	254	19.69	46	236	80.51	3	6	2517	9.7	2151	.886		4
League Average	80	33	33	15	80	.500	264	264					54	255	21.12	54	255	78.88	6	6	2343	11.3	2343	.887		4

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
Los Angeles Kings
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Flag	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
14	Syl Apps	ca	C	30	6-0	185	R/-	7	August 1, 1947
3	Larry Brown	ca	D	30	6-2	210	L/-	8	April 14, 1947
12	Gene Carr	ca	C	26	5-11	185	L/-	6	September 17, 1951
25	Larry Carriere	ca	D	26	6-1	190	L/-	5	January 30, 1952
16	Marcel Dionne	ca	C	26	5-9	190	R/-	6	August 3, 1951
25	Darryl Edestrand	ca	D	32	5-11	180	L/-	8	November 6, 1945
21	Glenn Goldup	ca	RW	24	6-0	190	L/-	4	April 26, 1953
19	Butch Goring	ca	C	28	5-9	170	L/-	8	October 22, 1949
15	Danny Grant	ca	C	31	5-10	188	L/-	11	February 21, 1946
9	Ernie Hicke	ca	LW	30	5-11	185	L/-	7	November 7, 1947
4	Dave Hutchison	ca	D	25	6-3	205	L/-	3	May 2, 1952
23	Neil Komadoski	ca	D	26	6-2	200	L/-	5	November 5, 1951
24	Don Kozak	ca	RW	25	5-11	190	R/-	5	February 2, 1952
2	Randy Manery	ca	D	29	6-0	185	R/-	7	January 10, 1949
12	Hartland Monahan	ca	RW	26	5-11	197	R/-	4	March 29, 1951
5	Bob Murdoch	ca	D	31	6-0	200	R/-	7	November 20, 1946
7	Mike Murphy (C)	ca	RW	27	6-0	190	R/-	6	September 12, 1950
6	Robert Palmer	ca	D	21	5-11	190	R/-	R	September 10, 1956
22	Gary Sargent	us	D	23	5-10	210	L/-	2	February 8, 1954
14	Dave Schultz	ca	LW	28	6-1	190	L/-	6	October 14, 1949
26	Steve Short	us	D	23	6-2	210	L/-	R	April 6, 1954
26	Charlie Simmer	ca	LW	23	6-3	210	L/-	3	March 20, 1954
1-31	Gary Simmons	ca	G	33	6-2	200	-/L	3	July 19, 1944
27	Lorne Stamler	ca	LW	26	6-0	190	L/-	1	August 9, 1951
11	Pete Stemkowski	ca	C	34	6-1	196	L/-	14	August 25, 1943
18	Dave Taylor	ca	RW	22	6-0	190	R/-	R	December 4, 1955
30	Rogie Vachon	ca	G	32	5-7	170	-/L	11	September 8, 1945
10	Vic Venasky	ca	C	26	5-11	185	R/-	5	March 6, 1951
26	Russ Walker	ca	RW	24	6-2	185	R/-	1	May 24, 1953
17	Tom Williams	ca	LW	26	5-11	187	R/-	6	February 7, 1951
8	Bert Wilson	ca	LW	28	6-0	178	L/-	4	October 17, 1949

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Marcel Dionne*	26	C	70	36	43	79	-7	37	27	9	0	4	25	18	0	294	12.2			6.7	0.9	7.6
2	Butch Goring	28	C	80	37	36	73	-4	2	25	9	3	5	23	13	0	245	15.1			5.8	1.2	7.0
3	Mike Murphy	27	RW	72	20	36	56	-1	48	13	7	0	6	24	10	2	204	9.8			3.3	1.1	4.5
4	Syl Apps	30	C	70	19	26	45	-11	18	15	4	0	1	22	4	0	131	14.5			2.4	0.8	3.2
5	Dave Taylor	22	RW	64	22	21	43	14	47	18	4	0	3	18	3	0	128	17.2			2.8	1.5	4.2
6	Gary Sargent	23	D	72	7	34	41	18	52	4	3	0	1	17	17	0	182	3.8			2.4	5.5	8.0
7	Tom Williams	26	LW	58	15	22	37	-14	9	9	6	0	2	18	4	0	144	10.4			1.9	0.5	2.4
8	Randy Manery	29	D	79	6	27	33	-12	61	3	3	0	0	18	8	1	169	3.6			1.5	4.1	5.7
9	Glenn Goldup	24	RW	66	14	18	32	-8	66	14	0	0	0	15	3	0	108	13.0			1.1	0.8	1.9
10	Pete Stemkowski	34	C	80	13	18	31	1	33	13	0	0	2	18	0	0	134	9.7			0.3	1.3	1.7
11	Danny Grant	31	C	41	10	19	29	-2	2	6	4	0	0	14	5	0	97	10.3			1.5	0.6	2.1
12	Ernie Hicke	30	LW	41	9	15	24	7	18	8	1	0	2	14	1	0	60	15.0			1.0	0.9	1.9
13	Bert Wilson	28	LW	79	7	16	23	0	127	7	0	0	0	16	0	0	80	8.8			-0.8	1.3	0.5
14	Hartland Monahan	26	RW	64	10	9	19	-14	45	10	0	0	1	9	0	0	97	10.3			-0.2	0.6	0.4
15	Bob Murdoch	31	D	76	2	17	19	2	68	2	0	0	0	15	1	1	144	1.4			0.1	4.8	4.9
16	Don Kozak	25	RW	43	8	5	13	4	45	8	0	0	1	4	1	0	54	14.8			0.0	0.8	0.8
17	Vic Venasky	26	C	71	3	10	13	1	6	3	0	0	3	10	0	0	53	5.7			-1.6	1.2	-0.4
18	Dave Hutchison	25	D	44	0	10	10	11	71	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	61	0.0			-0.1	3.4	3.3
19	Larry Brown	30	D	57	1	8	9	-13	23	1	0	0	0	7	1	0	27	3.7			-0.4	2.7	2.3
20	Neil Komadoski	26	D	25	0	6	6	9	24	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	14	0.0			0.0	2.1	2.1
21	Robert Palmer	21	D	48	0	3	3	-8	27	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	38	0.0			-0.8	2.5	1.7
22	Gene Carr	26	C	5	2	0	2	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	25.0			0.1	0.1	0.2
23	Dave Schultz	28	LW	8	2	0	2	1	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	20.0			0.0	0.2	0.2
24	Darryl Edestrand	32	D	13	0	2	2	-8	15	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	29	0.0			-0.1	0.3	0.2
25	Larry Carriere	26	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.1	0.1
26	Steve Short	23	D	5	0	0	0	-5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0			-0.1	0.0	-0.1
27	Charlie Simmer	23	LW	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0			-0.1	0.0	-0.1
28	Gary Simmons	33	G	14	0	0	0	0	8				0	0			0		689	49:14	0.0	0.0	1.3
29	Lorne Stamler	26	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0			-0.1	0.0	-0.1
30	Rogie Vachon*	32	G	70	0	0	0	0	2				0	0			0		4098	58:33	0.0	0.0	13.5
31	Russ Walker	24	RW	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0.0
	Team Total			80	243	401	644	-39	895	190	50	3	31	305	91	5	2517	9.7			26.7	39.5	81.0

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
1	Rogie Vachon*	32	70		29	27	13	196	1810	1614	.892	2.87	4	4098				97	5.2	2.64	13.5
2	Gary Simmons	33	14		2	7	2	44	336	292	.869	3.83	0	689				118	-6.7	3.57	1.3
	Team Total				31	34	15	240	2146	1906	.888	3.01	4	4787				101	-1.5	2.77	14.8