1978-79 Los Angeles Kings Roster and Statistics

Record: 34-34-12 (80 points), Finished 3rd in NHL Norris Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Bob Berry (34-34-12)

Goals For: 292 (6th of 17), Goals Against: 286 (10th of 17)
SRS: 0.09 (9th of 17), SOS: 0.01 (8th of 17)

Playoffs:
Lost Preliminary Round (2-0) to New York Rangers

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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	34	34	12	80	.500	292	286	0.09	0.02	3.65	3.58	76	318	23.90	55	245	77.55	6	8	2420	12.1	2355	.879		4
League Average	80	33	33	13	80	.500	280	280					61	271	22.70	61	271	77.30	7	7	2351	11.9	2351	.881		3

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	Summary
14	Syl Apps	ca	C	31	6-0	185	R/-	8	August 1, 1947	7 G, 30 A, 37 P
23	Nick Beverley	ca	D	31	6-2	185	R/-	9	April 21, 1947	0 G, 3 A, 3 P
16	Marcel Dionne	ca	C	27	5-9	190	R/-	7	August 3, 1951	59 G, 71 A, 130 P
25	Darryl Edestrand	ca	D	33	5-11	180	L/-	9	November 6, 1945	1 G, 4 A, 5 P
20	Scott Garland	ca	D	26	6-1	185	R/-	2	May 16, 1952	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
4-24	Brian Glennie	ca	D	32	6-1	197	L/-	9	August 29, 1946	2 G, 2 A, 4 P
21	Glenn Goldup	ca	RW	25	6-0	190	L/-	5	April 26, 1953	15 G, 22 A, 37 P
19	Butch Goring	ca	C	29	5-9	170	L/-	9	October 22, 1949	36 G, 51 A, 87 P
30	Ron Grahame	ca	G	28	5-11	175	-/L	1	June 7, 1950	11-19-2, 4.22 GAA
15	Danny Grant	ca	C	32	5-10	188	L/-	12	February 21, 1946	10 G, 11 A, 21 P
3	Doug Halward	ca	D	23	6-1	200	L/-	3	November 1, 1955	1 G, 5 A, 6 P
27	Rick Hampton	ca	D	22	6-0	190	L/-	4	June 14, 1956	3 G, 17 A, 20 P
26	Mark Heaslip	us	RW	27	5-10	190	R/-	2	December 26, 1951	4 G, 9 A, 13 P
4-23	Randy Holt	ca	D	26	5-11	185	R/-	4	January 15, 1953	0 G, 6 A, 6 P
22	Steve Jensen	us	LW	23	6-2	190	L/-	3	April 14, 1955	23 G, 8 A, 31 P
1	Mario Lessard	ca	G	24	5-9	190	-/L	R	June 25, 1954	23-15-10, 3.11 GAA
2	Randy Manery	ca	D	30	6-0	185	R/-	8	January 10, 1949	8 G, 27 A, 35 P
5	Richard Mulhern	ca	D	23	6-1	188	L/-	3	March 1, 1955	2 G, 9 A, 11 P
5	Bob Murdoch	ca	D	32	6-0	200	R/-	8	November 20, 1946	3 G, 12 A, 15 P
7	Mike Murphy (C)	ca	RW	28	6-0	190	R/-	7	September 12, 1950	16 G, 29 A, 45 P
6	Robert Palmer	ca	D	22	5-11	190	R/-	1	September 10, 1956	4 G, 41 A, 45 P
11	Charlie Simmer	ca	LW	24	6-3	210	L/-	4	March 20, 1954	21 G, 27 A, 48 P
18	Dave Taylor	ca	RW	23	6-0	190	R/-	1	December 4, 1955	43 G, 48 A, 91 P
10	Vic Venasky	ca	C	27	5-11	185	R/-	6	March 6, 1951	4 G, 13 A, 17 P
17	Tom Williams	ca	LW	27	5-11	187	R/-	7	February 7, 1951	10 G, 15 A, 25 P
8	Bert Wilson	ca	LW	29	6-0	178	L/-	5	October 17, 1949	9 G, 10 A, 19 P
9	Murray Wilson	ca	C	27	6-1	185	L/-	6	November 7, 1951	11 G, 15 A, 26 P

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*	27	C	80	59	71	130	22	30	40	19	0	7	40	30	1	362	16.3			11.4	1.8	13.3
2	Dave Taylor	23	RW	78	43	48	91	27	124	30	13	0	4	34	14	0	238	18.1			7.2	2.0	9.2
3	Butch Goring	29	C	80	36	51	87	-20	16	19	13	4	2	25	25	1	217	16.6			6.3	0.6	6.9
4	Charlie Simmer	24	LW	38	21	27	48	10	16	13	8	0	0	15	12	0	112	18.8			3.8	0.9	4.7
5	Mike Murphy	28	RW	64	16	29	45	-13	38	11	4	1	2	20	7	2	150	10.7			2.1	0.6	2.7
6	Robert Palmer	22	D	78	4	41	45	-14	26	1	2	1	0	32	8	1	130	3.1			2.1	3.5	5.7
7	Glenn Goldup	25	RW	73	15	22	37	-8	89	12	3	0	1	20	2	0	117	12.8			1.0	0.9	1.9
8	Syl Apps	31	C	80	7	30	37	-26	29	7	0	0	1	23	7	0	128	5.5			0.1	0.4	0.6
9	Randy Manery	30	D	71	8	27	35	5	64	6	2	0	2	15	11	1	116	6.9			1.8	4.3	6.1
10	Steve Jensen	23	LW	72	23	8	31	-28	57	21	2	0	4	7	1	0	114	20.2			1.2	0.3	1.5
11	Murray Wilson	27	C	58	11	15	26	-7	14	10	1	0	2	11	4	0	107	10.3			0.5	0.7	1.2
12	Tom Williams	27	LW	44	10	15	25	-7	8	7	3	0	2	9	6	0	84	11.9			0.9	0.5	1.4
13	Danny Grant	32	C	35	10	11	21	5	8	6	4	0	1	7	4	0	47	21.3			1.0	0.7	1.6
14	Rick Hampton	22	D	49	3	17	20	0	22	3	0	0	0	14	3	0	70	4.3			0.7	2.7	3.5
15	Bert Wilson	29	LW	73	9	10	19	-5	138	9	0	0	2	9	1	0	72	12.5			-0.8	0.9	0.1
16	Vic Venasky	27	C	73	4	13	17	0	8	4	0	0	1	12	1	0	47	8.5			-1.4	1.1	-0.3
17	Bob Murdoch	32	D	32	3	12	15	0	46	3	0	0	1	9	3	0	63	4.8			0.7	1.8	2.5
18	Mark Heaslip	27	RW	69	4	9	13	-9	45	4	0	0	1	9	0	0	53	7.5			-1.5	0.8	-0.7
19	Richard Mulhern	23	D	36	2	9	11	-2	23	1	1	0	0	8	1	0	57	3.5			0.2	1.9	2.1
20	Doug Halward	23	D	27	1	5	6	-4	13	0	1	0	0	2	3	0	39	2.6			0.0	1.3	1.2
21	Randy Holt	26	D	36	0	6	6	-1	202	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	21	0.0			-0.3	2.0	1.6
22	Darryl Edestrand	33	D	55	1	4	5	-8	46	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	62	1.6			-0.7	2.6	1.9
23	Brian Glennie	32	D	18	2	2	4	2	22	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	11	18.2			0.1	1.1	1.2
24	Nick Beverley	31	D	7	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0.0			0.1	0.5	0.6
25	Mario Lessard	24	G	49	0	2	2	0	8				0	2			0		2857	58:18	0.0	0.0	9.2
26	Scott Garland	26	D	6	0	1	1	-4	24	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.0			-0.1	0.1	0.0
27	Ron Grahame	28	G	34	0	1	1	0	6				0	1			0		1935	56:55	0.0	0.0	3.3
	Team Total			80	292	489	781	-83	1122	210	76	6	34	338	145	6	2420	12.1			36.6	33.8	82.8

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	Mario Lessard	24	49		23	15	10	148	1368	1220	.892	3.11	4	2857				92	12.7	2.69	9.2
2	Ron Grahame	28	34		11	19	2	136	985	849	.862	4.22	0	1935				118	-20.3	3.69	3.3
	Team Total				34	34	12	284	2353	2069	.879	3.56	4	4792				103	-7.7	3.09	12.5