1991–92 Los Angeles Kings season

The 1991–92 Los Angeles Kings season saw the Kings finishing second in the Smythe Division with a record of 35-31-14. However, they were eliminated in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs by the Edmonton Oilers. The Kings were coached by Tom Webster and captained by Wayne Gretzky.

Offseason

In the Entry Draft, the Kings first pick, in the second round, was used to choose Guy Leveque from the Cornwall Royals of the Ontario Hockey League. Their first-round pick had been dealt to the Edmonton Oilers in the Wayne Gretzky trade.

Pre-Season

On September 27, 1991 the Kings played the New York Rangers in the first ever outdoor NHL game in Las Vegas, Nevada at Caesars Palace. This was also the first NHL game in Las Vegas since 1968. The crowd on hand was 13,000 with the Kings beating the Rangers 5 to 2.

Regular season

Season standings

Smythe Division[1] GP W L T GF GA Pts 1 Vancouver Canucks 80 42 26 12 285 250 96 2 Los Angeles Kings 80 35 31 14 287 250 84 3 Edmonton Oilers 80 36 34 10 295 297 82 4 Winnipeg Jets 80 33 32 15 251 244 81 5 Calgary Flames 80 31 37 12 296 305 74 6 San Jose Sharks 80 17 58 5 219 359 39 Schedule and results No. R Date Score Opponent Record 1 W October 4, 1991 6–3 @ Winnipeg Jets (1991–92) 1–0–0 2 T October 6, 1991 2–2 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (1991–92) 1–0–1 3 W October 8, 1991 6–3 Edmonton Oilers (1991–92) 2–0–1 4 L October 10, 1991 1–7 Calgary Flames (1991–92) 2–1–1 5 T October 12, 1991 3–3 OT Winnipeg Jets (1991–92) 2–1–2 6 W October 16, 1991 8–5 San Jose Sharks (1991–92) 3–1–2 7 W October 19, 1991 5–2 Minnesota North Stars (1991–92) 4–1–2 8 L October 22, 1991 2–5 @ New Jersey Devils (1991–92) 4–2–2 9 L October 23, 1991 2–7 @ New York Rangers (1991–92) 4–3–2 10 W October 26, 1991 4–2 @ New York Islanders (1991–92) 5–3–2 11 W October 28, 1991 4–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1991–92) 6–3–2 12 T October 30, 1991 4–4 OT @ Hartford Whalers (1991–92) 6–3–3 13 W October 31, 1991 4–2 @ Boston Bruins (1991–92) 7–3–3 14 W November 2, 1991 5–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92) 8–3–3 15 L November 7, 1991 3–4 Vancouver Canucks (1991–92) 8–4–3 16 T November 9, 1991 4–4 OT Edmonton Oilers (1991–92) 8–4–4 17 L November 11, 1991 2–6 @ Winnipeg Jets (1991–92) 8–5–4 18 L November 12, 1991 2–8 @ Vancouver Canucks (1991–92) 8–6–4 19 T November 14, 1991 2–2 OT Buffalo Sabres (1991–92) 8–6–5 20 L November 16, 1991 3–5 Detroit Red Wings (1991–92) 8–7–5 21 W November 19, 1991 3–2 OT @ San Jose Sharks (1991–92) 9–7–5 22 W November 21, 1991 6–1 New York Rangers (1991–92) 10–7–5 23 W November 23, 1991 6–4 San Jose Sharks (1991–92) 11–7–5 24 T November 26, 1991 4–4 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92) 11–7–6 25 L November 28, 1991 3–5 @ Calgary Flames (1991–92) 11–8–6 26 L November 30, 1991 1–4 New Jersey Devils (1991–92) 11–9–6 27 L December 3, 1991 2–3 OT @ San Jose Sharks (1991–92) 11–10–6 28 L December 5, 1991 2–6 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92) 11–11–6 29 L December 7, 1991 5–7 @ Quebec Nordiques (1991–92) 11–12–6 30 W December 12, 1991 2–1 Winnipeg Jets (1991–92) 12–12–6 31 T December 14, 1991 4–4 OT Vancouver Canucks (1991–92) 12–12–7 32 L December 17, 1991 1–2 Minnesota North Stars (1991–92) 12–13–7 33 L December 21, 1991 2–5 Detroit Red Wings (1991–92) 12–14–7 34 W December 26, 1991 5–3 San Jose Sharks (1991–92) 13–14–7 35 W December 28, 1991 9–4 @ Edmonton Oilers (1991–92) 14–14–7 36 L December 29, 1991 2–6 @ Calgary Flames (1991–92) 14–15–7 37 L December 31, 1991 3–5 Vancouver Canucks (1991–92) 14–16–7 38 W January 2, 1992 5–3 Edmonton Oilers (1991–92) 15–16–7 39 W January 4, 1992 7–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92) 16–16–7 40 W January 7, 1992 5–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92) 17–16–7 41 L January 9, 1992 2–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92) 17–17–7 42 L January 10, 1992 4–7 @ Washington Capitals (1991–92) 17–18–7 43 L January 12, 1992 2–5 @ New Jersey Devils (1991–92) 17–19–7 44 T January 14, 1992 3–3 OT San Jose Sharks (1991–92) 17–19–8 45 T January 16, 1992 2–2 OT Washington Capitals (1991–92) 17–19–9 46 T January 22, 1992 3–3 OT @ Minnesota North Stars (1991–92) 17–19–10 47 W January 23, 1992 6–5 @ St. Louis Blues (1991–92) 18–19–10 48 W January 25, 1992 4–3 Calgary Flames (1991–92) 19–19–10 49 T January 28, 1992 3–3 OT St. Louis Blues (1991–92) 19–19–11 50 L January 30, 1992 1–4 New York Rangers (1991–92) 19–20–11 51 W February 1, 1992 2–0 Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92) 20–20–11 52 L February 4, 1992 1–2 New York Islanders (1991–92) 20–21–11 53 T February 6, 1992 5–5 OT Hartford Whalers (1991–92) 20–21–12 54 W February 8, 1992 4–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92) 21–21–12 55 W February 9, 1992 5–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (1991–92) 22–21–12 56 L February 11, 1992 2–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1991–92) 22–22–12 57 T February 13, 1992 2–2 OT @ Chicago Blackhawks (1991–92) 22–22–13 58 W February 15, 1992 6–3 Washington Capitals (1991–92) 23–22–13 59 W February 17, 1992 6–3 Boston Bruins (1991–92) 24–22–13 60 L February 19, 1992 3–4 @ Edmonton Oilers (1991–92) 24–23–13 61 L February 21, 1992 7–9 @ Calgary Flames (1991–92) 24–24–13 62 W February 23, 1992 4–2 @ Winnipeg Jets (1991–92) 25–24–13 63 W February 25, 1992 4–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (1991–92) 26–24–13 64 W February 27, 1992 4–2 Quebec Nordiques (1991–92) 27–24–13 65 W February 29, 1992 5–3 Montreal Canadiens (1991–92) 28–24–13 66 W March 3, 1992 4–1 Philadelphia Flyers (1991–92) 29–24–13 67 W March 4, 1992 4–3 @ San Jose Sharks (1991–92) 30–24–13 68 W March 7, 1992 5–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1991–92) 31–24–13 69 W March 9, 1992 4–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1991–92) 32–24–13 70 L March 11, 1992 0–4 @ Hartford Whalers (1991–92) 32–25–13 71 L March 14, 1992 2–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1991–92) 32–26–13 72 L March 15, 1992 1–5 @ Boston Bruins (1991–92) 32–27–13 73 W March 17, 1992 5–4 Winnipeg Jets (1991–92) 33–27–13 74 L March 19, 1992 2–8 Buffalo Sabres (1991–92) 33–28–13 75 W March 21, 1992 5–2 Calgary Flames (1991–92) 34–28–13 76 L March 26, 1992 2–7 @ Calgary Flames (1991–92) 34–29–13 77 L March 27, 1992 4–6 @ Winnipeg Jets (1991–92) 34–30–13 78 T March 29, 1992 2–2 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (1991–92) 34–30–14 79 W April 12, 1992 6–1 @ Vancouver Canucks (1991–92) 35–30–14 80 L April 14, 1992 2–3 Vancouver Canucks (1991–92) 35–31–14 Playoffs The Kings lost in the Division Semi-finals to the Edmonton Oilers, four games to two. Player stats Forwards Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes Player GP G A Pts PIM Wayne Gretzky 74 31 90 121 34 Luc Robitaille 80 44 63 107 95 Tony Granato 80 39 29 68 187 Jari Kurri 73 23 37 60 24 Mike Donnelly 80 29 16 45 20 Bob Kudelski 80 22 21 43 42 Corey Millen 46 20 21 41 44 Tomas Sandstrom 49 17 22 39 70 Dave Taylor 77 10 19 29 63 John McIntyre 73 5 19 24 100 Jay Miller 67 4 7 11 249 Kyosti Karjalainen 28 1 8 9 12 Randy Gilhen 33 3 6 9 14 Scott Bjugstad 22 2 4 6 10 Sylvain Couturier 14 3 1 4 2 Jim Thomson 45 1 2 3 162 Francois Breault 6 1 0 1 30 Ilkka Sinisalo 3 0 1 1 2 Shawn McCosh 4 0 0 0 4 Sean Whyte 3 0 0 0 0 Defencemen Note: GP = Games played; G= Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes Player GP G A Pts PIM Brian Benning 53 2 30 32 99 Marty McSorley 71 7 22 29 268 Charlie Huddy 56 4 19 23 43 Rob Blake 57 7 13 20 102 Peter Ahola 71 7 12 19 101 Larry Robinson 56 3 10 13 37 Tim Watters 37 0 7 7 92 Darryl Sydor 18 1 5 6 22 Paul Coffey 10 1 4 5 25 Brent Thompson 27 0 5 5 89 Jeff Chychrun 26 0 3 3 76 Rene Chapdelaine 16 0 1 1 10 Rod Buskas 5 0 0 0 11 Goaltending Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average Player GP W L T SO GAA Kelly Hrudey 60 26 17 13 1 3.37 Daniel Berthiaume 19 7 10 1 0 4.04 Steve Weeks 7 1 3 0 0 4.05 David Goverde 2 1 1 0 0 4.50 Awards and records This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. Transactions This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. Draft picks This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. See also 1991–92 NHL season References Kings on Hockey Database ^ "1991-1992 Division Standings". National Hockey League. http://www.nhl.com/ice/standings.htm?season=19911992&type=DIV. 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