1983–84 Los Angeles Kings season

The 1983–84 Los Angeles Kings season saw the Kings miss the playoffs, finishing fifth in the Smythe Division. It was the last season of the Triple Crown line of Marcel Dionne, Charlie Simmer and Dave Taylor as Simmer would be traded before the next season. All three would be named to the NHL All-Star game.

Regular season

Final standings

Smythe Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Edmonton Oilers	80	57	18	5	446	314	119
Calgary Flames	80	34	32	14	311	314	82
Vancouver Canucks	80	32	39	9	306	328	73
Winnipeg Jets	80	31	38	11	340	374	73
Los Angeles Kings	80	23	44	13	309	376	59

^[1]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	T	October 5, 1983	3–3 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	0–0–1
2	L	October 8, 1983	3–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	0–1–1
3	L	October 10, 1983	1–2	@ New York Rangers (1983–84)	0–2–1
4	L	October 11, 1983	2–5	@ New York Islanders (1983–84)	0–3–1
5	L	October 13, 1983	4–7	@ St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	0–4–1
6	T	October 15, 1983	3–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	0–4–2
7	W	October 20, 1983	7–2	Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	1–4–2
8	W	October 22, 1983	8–3	New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	2–4–2
9	L	October 25, 1983	5–8	Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	2–5–2
10	T	October 28, 1983	3–3 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	2–5–3
11	T	October 29, 1983	5–5 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	2–5–4
12	L	November 1, 1983	4–8	@ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	2–6–4
13	W	November 3, 1983	6–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	3–6–4
14	L	November 5, 1983	1–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	3–7–4
15	L	November 6, 1983	3–7	@ Boston Bruins (1983–84)	3–8–4
16	T	November 8, 1983	5–5 OT	St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	3–8–5
17	W	November 10, 1983	6–2	St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	4–8–5
18	W	November 12, 1983	6–4	Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	5–8–5
19	W	November 16, 1983	5–2	Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	6–8–5
20	W	November 18, 1983	5–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	7–8–5
21	L	November 20, 1983	3–8	@ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	7–9–5
22	L	November 21, 1983	4–7	@ Calgary Flames (1983–84)	7–10–5
23	L	November 23, 1983	3–7	Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	7–11–5
24	L	November 26, 1983	1–4	Calgary Flames (1983–84)	7–12–5
25	L	November 29, 1983	5–6	Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	7–13–5
26	L	December 1, 1983	5–6 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	7–14–5
27	L	December 3, 1983	3–7	@ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	7–15–5
28	L	December 4, 1983	5–7	@ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	7–16–5
29	T	December 7, 1983	4–4 OT	New York Islanders (1983–84)	7–16–6
30	L	December 10, 1983	4–6	Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	7–17–6
31	W	December 13, 1983	7–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	8–17–6
32	W	December 14, 1983	6–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	9–17–6
33	W	December 17, 1983	6–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	10–17–6
34	L	December 18, 1983	0–5	@ Washington Capitals (1983–84)	10–18–6
35	W	December 21, 1983	7–4	Calgary Flames (1983–84)	11–18–6
36	W	December 26, 1983	5–4 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	12–18–6
37	L	December 28, 1983	5–6 OT	New York Islanders (1983–84)	12–19–6
38	W	December 30, 1983	9–3	@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	13–19–6
39	L	December 31, 1983	3–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	13–20–6
40	L	January 3, 1984	3–4	Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	13–21–6
41	T	January 4, 1984	3–3 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	13–21–7
42	W	January 7, 1984	7–1	Calgary Flames (1983–84)	14–21–7
43	L	January 11, 1984	2–4	Washington Capitals (1983–84)	14–22–7
44	T	January 13, 1984	7–7 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	14–22–8
45	T	January 15, 1984	4–4 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	14–22–9
46	L	January 16, 1984	3–9	@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	14–23–9
47	L	January 18, 1984	0–4	Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	14–24–9
48	L	January 20, 1984	5–7	@ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	14–25–9
49	L	January 21, 1984	3–6	Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	14–26–9
50	L	January 25, 1984	2–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	14–27–9
51	T	January 27, 1984	2–2 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1983–84)	14–27–10
52	W	January 28, 1984	4–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	15–27–10
53	W	February 2, 1984	4–2	Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	16–27–10
54	T	February 5, 1984	3–3 OT	New York Rangers (1983–84)	16–27–11
55	W	February 8, 1984	1–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	17–27–11
56	T	February 11, 1984	6–6 OT	New York Rangers (1983–84)	17–27–12
57	L	February 13, 1984	3–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	17–28–12
58	L	February 14, 1984	4–6	@ New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	17–29–12
59	L	February 16, 1984	2–4	Washington Capitals (1983–84)	17–30–12
60	W	February 18, 1984	5–3	Montreal Canadiens (1983–84)	18–30–12
61	W	February 20, 1984	3–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	19–30–12
62	L	February 22, 1984	3–6	Boston Bruins (1983–84)	19–31–12
63	L	February 24, 1984	3–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	19–32–12
64	L	February 26, 1984	2–5	Calgary Flames (1983–84)	19–33–12
65	L	February 28, 1984	1–9	@ Calgary Flames (1983–84)	19–34–12
66	L	March 1, 1984	3–4 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1983–84)	19–35–12
67	L	March 3, 1984	3–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	19–36–12
68	L	March 4, 1984	3–5	@ New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	19–37–12
69	L	March 6, 1984	3–7	Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	19–38–12
70	L	March 8, 1984	1–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	19–39–12
71	L	March 9, 1984	3–7	@ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	19–40–12
72	W	March 11, 1984	4–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	20–40–12
73	W	March 14, 1984	7–6	Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	21–40–12
74	L	March 16, 1984	4–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	21–41–12
75	L	March 17, 1984	1–9	@ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	21–42–12
76	L	March 20, 1984	1–3	Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	21–43–12
77	W	March 24, 1984	9–7	Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	22–43–12
78	T	March 27, 1984	3–3 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	22–43–13
79	W	March 29, 1984	6–3	@ Calgary Flames (1983–84)	23–43–13
80	L	March 31, 1984	3–4	Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	23–44–13

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Nicholls, BernieBernie Nicholls	C	78	41	54	95	83	-21	8	4	2
Simmer, CharlieCharlie Simmer	LW	79	44	48	92	78	7	13	1	4
Dionne, MarcelMarcel Dionne	C	66	39	53	92	28	8	13	0	2
Fox, JimJim Fox	RW	80	30	42	72	26	-12	10	0	5
Taylor, DaveDave Taylor	RW	63	20	49	69	91	-3	6	0	2
MacLellan, BrianBrian MacLellan	LW	72	25	29	54	45	-21	3	1	1
Hardy, MarkMark Hardy	D	79	8	41	49	122	-30	5	0	1
Smith, DougDoug Smith	C	72	16	20	36	28	-33	6	0	0
McEwen, MikeMike McEwen	D	47	10	24	34	14	-12	7	0	0
Hakansson, AndersAnders Hakansson	LW	80	15	17	32	41	-7	0	1	3
Ruskowski, TerryTerry Ruskowski	C	77	7	25	32	89	-24	0	2	1
Engblom, BrianBrian Engblom	D	74	2	27	29	59	-9	2	0	0
Jarvis, WesWes Jarvis	C	61	9	13	22	36	-7	1	1	0
Paul Kelly, JohnJohn Paul Kelly	LW	72	7	14	21	73	-34	0	0	0
Wells, JayJay Wells	D	69	3	18	21	141	-10	0	0	0
Anderson, RussRuss Anderson	D	70	5	12	17	126	-30	0	0	1
Houston, KenKen Houston	RW	33	8	8	16	11	-3	0	0	0
Christoff, SteveSteve Christoff	C	58	8	7	15	13	-19	0	0	1
Chorney, MarcMarc Chorney	D	71	3	9	12	58	-24	0	0	0
LaVallee, KevinKevin LaVallee	LW	19	3	3	6	2	-5	0	0	0
Harris, BillyBilly Harris	RW	21	2	4	6	6	-3	0	0	0
Kennedy, DeanDean Kennedy	D	37	1	5	6	50	-5	0	0	0
Murphy, LarryLarry Murphy	D	6	0	3	3	0	-4	0	0	0
Barrett, FredFred Barrett	D	15	2	0	2	8	-2	0	0	0
Baron, MarcoMarco Baron	G	21	0	2	2	10	0	0	0	0
LaForest, BobBob LaForest	RW	5	1	0	1	2	-3	1	0	0
Blake, MikeMike Blake	G	29	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0
Evans, DarylDaryl Evans	LW	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Heidt, MikeMike Heidt	D	6	0	1	1	7	-1	0	0	0
Brennan, DanDan Brennan	LW	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Holmes, WarrenWarren Holmes	C	3	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0
Jenkins, DeanDean Jenkins	RW	5	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Laskoski, GaryGary Laskoski	G	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lessard, MarioMario Lessard	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mattsson, MarkusMarkus Mattsson	G	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
O'Dwyer, BillBill O'Dwyer	C	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Sykes, PhilPhil Sykes	LW	3	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Blake, MikeMike Blake	1634	29	9	11	5	118	4.33	0
Mattsson, MarkusMarkus Mattsson	1101	19	7	8	2	79	4.31	1
Laskoski, GaryGary Laskoski	665	13	4	7	1	55	4.96	0
Baron, MarcoMarco Baron	1211	21	3	14	4	87	4.31	0
Lessard, MarioMario Lessard	266	6	0	4	1	26	5.86	0
Team:	4877	80	23	44	13	365	4.49	1

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO

^[2]

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;

References

↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1983-84 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-25.

"1983–84 Los Angeles Kings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

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See also	Draft All-Star Game Good Friday Massacre Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

1983–84 Los Angeles Kings season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

See also

References

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