1987–88 Los Angeles Kings season

The 1987–88 Los Angeles Kings season 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 silver and black uniform, coinciding with the acquisition of Wayne Gretzky from the Edmonton Oilers.

Regular season

Final standings

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.

Schedule and results

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

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Robitaille, LucLuc Robitaille	LW	80	53	58	111	82	-9	17	0	6
Carson, JimmyJimmy Carson	C	80	55	52	107	45	-19	22	0	7
Nicholls, BernieBernie Nicholls	C	65	32	46	78	114	2	8	7	1
Taylor, DaveDave Taylor	RW	68	26	41	67	129	-4	9	0	2
Duchesne, SteveSteve Duchesne	D	71	16	39	55	109	0	5	0	4
Carpenter, BobbyBobby Carpenter	C	71	19	33	52	84	-21	10	0	2
Fox, JimJim Fox	RW	68	16	35	51	18	-7	2	0	1
Fenton, PaulPaul Fenton	LW	71	20	23	43	46	-14	8	1	1
Allison, MikeMike Allison	LW	37	16	12	28	57	3	5	1	2
Hardy, MarkMark Hardy	D	61	6	22	28	99	-27	4	1	1
Wells, JayJay Wells	D	58	2	23	25	159	-3	1	0	0
Sykes, PhilPhil Sykes	LW	40	9	12	21	82	5	3	1	0
Erickson, BryanBryan Erickson	RW	42	6	15	21	20	-14	2	0	0
Bourne, BobBob Bourne	C	72	7	11	18	28	-31	1	0	1
Hammond, KenKen Hammond	D	46	7	9	16	69	-1	1	0	1
Laidlaw, TomTom Laidlaw	D	57	1	12	13	47	3	0	0	0
Laughlin, CraigCraig Laughlin	RW	19	4	8	12	6	-8	2	0	0
Kontos, ChrisChris Kontos	LW/C	6	2	10	12	2	1	1	0	0
Kennedy, DeanDean Kennedy	D	58	1	11	12	158	-22	0	0	0
Phair, LyleLyle Phair	LW	28	4	6	10	8	-5	0	0	0
Guay, PaulPaul Guay	RW	33	4	4	8	40	-7	0	0	0
Duguay, RonRon Duguay	C/RW	15	2	6	8	17	-5	0	0	1
Ledyard, GrantGrant Ledyard	D	23	1	7	8	52	-7	1	0	0
Tookey, TimTim Tookey	C	20	1	6	7	8	-2	0	0	0
Playfair, LarryLarry Playfair	D	54	0	7	7	197	-13	0	0	0
McKenna, SeanSean McKenna	RW	30	3	2	5	12	-14	0	0	0
Baumgartner, KenKen Baumgartner	LW	30	2	3	5	189	5	0	0	0
English, JohnJohn English	D	3	1	3	4	4	2	1	0	0
Paterson, JoeJoe Paterson	LW	32	1	3	4	113	-10	0	0	0
Healy, GlennGlenn Healy	G	34	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	0
Gratton, DanDan Gratton	C	7	1	0	1	5	1	0	0	0
Germain, EricEric Germain	D	4	0	1	1	13	-2	0	0	0
Kudelski, BobBob Kudelski	RW	26	0	1	1	8	-10	0	0	0
Larocque, DenisDenis Larocque	D	8	0	1	1	18	-4	0	0	0
McBean, WayneWayne McBean	D	27	0	1	1	26	-14	0	0	0
Currie, GlenGlen Currie	C	7	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Duncanson, CraigCraig Duncanson	LW	9	0	0	0	12	-5	0	0	0
Janecyk, BobBob Janecyk	G	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Melanson, RolandRoland Melanson	G	47	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0
Prajsler, PetrPetr Prajsler	D	7	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0
Redmond, CraigCraig Redmond	D	2	0	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0
Williams, TigerTiger Williams	LW	2	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Melanson, RolandRoland Melanson	2676	47	17	20	7	195	4.37	2	1399	1204	.861
Healy, GlennGlenn Healy	1869	34	12	18	1	135	4.33	1	1005	870	.866
Janecyk, BobBob 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	GWG
Carson, JimmyJimmy Carson	C	5	5	3	8	4	-2	1	0
Nicholls, BernieBernie Nicholls	C	5	2	6	8	11	-3	1	0
Robitaille, LucLuc Robitaille	LW	5	2	5	7	18	-8	2	1
Taylor, DaveDave Taylor	RW	5	3	3	6	6	-3	2	0
Duchesne, SteveSteve Duchesne	D	5	1	3	4	14	-5	1	0
Fenton, PaulPaul Fenton	LW	5	2	1	3	2	-3	1	0
Wells, JayJay Wells	D	5	1	2	3	21	0	0	0
Carpenter, BobbyBobby Carpenter	C	5	1	1	2	0	-7	0	0
Laidlaw, TomTom Laidlaw	D	5	0	2	2	4	-8	0	0
Kontos, ChrisChris Kontos	LW/C	4	1	0	1	4	-3	0	0
Baumgartner, KenKen Baumgartner	LW	5	0	1	1	28	-6	0	0
Bourne, BobBob Bourne	C	5	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0
Guay, PaulPaul Guay	RW	4	0	1	1	8	-1	0	0
Kennedy, DeanDean Kennedy	D	4	0	1	1	10	4	0	0
Laughlin, CraigCraig Laughlin	RW	3	0	1	1	2	-1	0	0
Allison, MikeMike Allison	LW	5	0	0	0	16	-3	0	0
Duguay, RonRon Duguay	C/RW	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0
English, JohnJohn English	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fox, JimJim Fox	RW	1	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0
Germain, EricEric Germain	D	1	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0
Hammond, KenKen Hammond	D	2	0	0	0	4	-5	0	0
Healy, GlennGlenn Healy	G	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Melanson, RolandRoland Melanson	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phair, LyleLyle Phair	LW	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Playfair, LarryLarry Playfair	D	3	0	0	0	14	-1	0	0
Sykes, PhilPhil Sykes	LW	4	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%
Healy, GlennGlenn Healy	240	4	1	3	20	5.00	128	108	.844
Melanson, RolandRoland Melanson	60	1	0	1	9	9.00	50	41	.820
Team:	300	5	1	4	29	5.80	178	149	.837

^[3]

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

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

Luc Robitaille, Left Wing, NHL First All-Star Team

References

↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1988.html
↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1987-88 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-25.

Los Angeles Kings

Founded in 1967 Based in Los Angeles, California

Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	History Awards Records

Personnel	Owners Philip Anschutz Edward P. Roski General manager Dean Lombardi Head coach Darryl Sutter Team captain Anze Kopitar Current roster

Arenas	Long Beach Arena Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Great Western Forum Staples Center

Rivalries	Anaheim Ducks San Jose Sharks

Affiliates	AHL Ontario Reign ECHL Manchester Monarchs

General managers	Regan Milford Maguire Vachon Beverley McMaster Taylor Lombardi

Head coaches	Kelly Laycoe Wilson Regan Glover Pulford Stewart Berry MacDonald Perry Vachon Neilson Quinn Murphy Ftorek Webster Melrose Robinson A. Murray Torchetti Crawford T. Murray Stevens D. Sutter

Media	Broadcasters TV: FSN West/Prime Ticket Radio: KABC (790 AM)

Retired numbers	4 16 18 20 30 99

Stanley Cup Finals	1993 2012 2014

Culture/lore	1967 NHL expansion 1967 NHL Expansion Draft I Love L.A. Bailey Frozen Fury Miracle on Manchester 1991 Las Vegas outdoor game Garnet Bailey and Mark Bavis 2011 NHL Premiere 2014 NHL Stadium Series 2015 NHL Stadium Series

Los Angeles Kings seasons

1960s	1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1979–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1987–88 NHL season

Patrick	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington

Adams	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Quebec

Norris	Chicago Detroit Minnesota St. Louis Toronto

Smythe	Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles Vancouver Winnipeg

See also	Entry Draft Supplemental Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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