1989–90 Los Angeles Kings season

1989–90 Los Angeles Kings
Division 4th Smythe
Conference 8th Campbell
1989–90 record 34–39–7
Home record 21–16–3
Road record 13–23–4
Goals for 338
Goals against 337
Team information
General Manager Rogatien Vachon
Coach Tom Webster
Captain Wayne Gretzky
Alternate captains Larry Robinson
Dave Taylor
Arena Great Western Forum
Team leaders
Goals Luc Robitaille (52)
Assists Wayne Gretzky (102)
Points Wayne Gretzky (142)
Penalties in minutes Marty McSorley (322)
Plus/minus Tim Watters (+23)
Wins Kelly Hrudey (22)
Goals against average Ron Scott (3.67)
<1988–89 1990–91>

The 1989-90 Los Angeles Kings season saw the Kings compile a record of 34-39-7 for 75 points, good enough for fourth place in the Smythe Division. They defeated the defending Stanley Cup champion Calgary Flames in the first round of the playoffs before falling to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Edmonton Oilers in the second round. For the Kings, this was the second consecutive year that they eliminated the defending Stanley Cup champions in the first round of the playoffs, only to be swept in the following round by the eventual Cup champions. In both years, they involved both teams from the province of Alberta.

This season saw Kings captain Wayne Gretzky become the all-time leading scorer in NHL history (see below for more details). Gretzky also led the league in scoring for the year, winning the Art Ross Memorial Trophy.

Regular season

Mario Gosselin was the first goaltender in NHL history to lose a game without giving up a goal.[1] Gosselin filled in for Kelly Hrudey and the Kings would give up an empty net goal. The result was a 7-6 loss to the Edmonton Oilers.

On Wednesday, October 25, 1989, the Kings were shut out at home 5-0 by the Calgary Flames. It was the first time the team had been shut out in a regular-season game since Wednesday, March 12, 1986 when they lost at home 3-0 to the Detroit Red Wings. Prior to the loss against the Flames, the Kings had scored at least one goal in 261 consecutive regular-season games.[2][3][4][5][6]

Wayne Gretzky's scoring record

On October 15, 1989, playing in only his 780th career game, Wayne Gretzky became the all-time leading scorer in NHL history, breaking the record of 1,850 career points set by his idol, Gordie Howe. Gretzky set the new record on a game-tying goal against Bill Ranford in the final minute of a contest against his former team, the Edmonton Oilers, in Edmonton. Afterwards, Howe was on hand to congratulate Gretzky on his accomplishment. The Kings went on to win the game in overtime.

Final standings

Smythe Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Calgary Flames 80 42 23 15 348 265 99
Edmonton Oilers 80 38 28 14 315 283 90
Winnipeg Jets 80 37 32 11 298 290 85
Los Angeles Kings 80 34 39 7 338 337 75
Vancouver Canucks 80 25 41 14 245 306 64

[7]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.

Campbell Conference[8]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 Calgary Flames SMY 80 42 23 15 348 265 99
2 Edmonton Oilers SMY 80 38 28 14 315 283 90
3 Chicago Blackhawks NRS 80 41 33 6 316 294 88
4 Winnipeg Jets SMY 80 37 32 11 298 290 85
5 St. Louis Blues NRS 80 37 34 9 295 279 83
6 Toronto Maple Leafs NRS 80 38 38 4 337 358 80
7 Minnesota North Stars NRS 80 36 40 4 284 291 76
8 Los Angeles Kings SMY 80 34 39 7 338 337 75
9 Detroit Red Wings NRS 80 28 38 14 288 323 70
10 Vancouver Canucks SMY 80 25 41 14 245 306 64

Divisions: NRS – Norris, SMY – Smythe

bold – Qualified for playoffs

Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WOctober 5, 19894–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90) 1–0–0
2LOctober 7, 19895–6 Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) 1–1–0
3WOctober 8, 19895–0 Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) 2–1–0
4LOctober 11, 19894–7 New York Islanders (1989–90) 2–2–0
5WOctober 13, 19896–5 @ Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) 3–2–0
6WOctober 15, 19895–4 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) 4–2–0
7LOctober 17, 19892–3 Boston Bruins (1989–90) 4–3–0
8WOctober 21, 19896–4 @ St. Louis Blues (1989–90) 5–3–0
9LOctober 22, 19894–7 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90) 5–4–0
10LOctober 25, 19890–5 Calgary Flames (1989–90) 5–5–0
11WOctober 27, 19893–1 @ Winnipeg Jets (1989–90) 6–5–0
12LOctober 29, 19891–6 @ Winnipeg Jets (1989–90) 6–6–0
13WOctober 31, 19898–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) 7–6–0
14LNovember 2, 19894–5 OT @ Boston Bruins (1989–90) 7–7–0
15LNovember 4, 19893–6 @ Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 7–8–0
16LNovember 5, 19893–5 @ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 7–9–0
17LNovember 8, 19894–5 Calgary Flames (1989–90) 7–10–0
18WNovember 11, 19895–4 Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 8–10–0
19WNovember 14, 19898–6 @ Calgary Flames (1989–90) 9–10–0
20TNovember 15, 19892–2 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) 9–10–1
21WNovember 18, 19895–3 Washington Capitals (1989–90) 10–10–1
22WNovember 22, 19896–3 Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90) 11–10–1
23WNovember 25, 19897–4 Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) 12–10–1
24TNovember 26, 19893–3 OT @ Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) 12–10–2
25LNovember 30, 19896–7 Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) 12–11–2
26WDecember 2, 19896–0 New York Rangers (1989–90) 13–11–2
27WDecember 6, 19895–4 OT Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) 14–11–2
28LDecember 8, 19894–5 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) 14–12–2
29WDecember 10, 19898–4 @ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) 15–12–2
30TDecember 11, 19892–2 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 15–12–3
31WDecember 13, 19895–2 @ Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 16–12–3
32LDecember 15, 19895–7 @ New Jersey Devils (1989–90) 16–13–3
33LDecember 16, 19892–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) 16–14–3
34WDecember 19, 19899–5 Winnipeg Jets (1989–90) 17–14–3
35WDecember 21, 19896–1 Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) 18–14–3
36WDecember 23, 19894–1 Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) 19–14–3
37TDecember 27, 19895–5 OT Calgary Flames (1989–90) 19–14–4
38LDecember 30, 19893–6 Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) 19–15–4
39WJanuary 1, 19907–4 @ Washington Capitals (1989–90) 20–15–4
40LJanuary 2, 19903–5 @ New York Islanders (1989–90) 20–16–4
41LJanuary 4, 19902–4 @ New Jersey Devils (1989–90) 20–17–4
42LJanuary 6, 19904–7 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90) 20–18–4
43LJanuary 9, 19903–4 St. Louis Blues (1989–90) 20–19–4
44TJanuary 11, 19903–3 OT Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) 20–19–5
45LJanuary 13, 19903–6 Hartford Whalers (1989–90) 20–20–5
46LJanuary 16, 19902–4 Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 20–21–5
47WJanuary 18, 19909–4 Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) 21–21–5
48TJanuary 23, 19903–3 OT @ Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) 21–21–6
49LJanuary 25, 19906–7 @ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) 21–22–6
50LJanuary 27, 19901–3 New York Rangers (1989–90) 21–23–6
51WJanuary 30, 19905–2 New Jersey Devils (1989–90) 22–23–6
52LFebruary 1, 19904–7 Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90) 22–24–6
53WFebruary 3, 19904–3 Calgary Flames (1989–90) 23–24–6
54WFebruary 6, 19905–3 @ Calgary Flames (1989–90) 24–24–6
55LFebruary 8, 19901–5 Winnipeg Jets (1989–90) 24–25–6
56LFebruary 10, 19906–7 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) 24–26–6
57LFebruary 12, 19903–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90) 24–27–6
58LFebruary 14, 19905–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90) 24–28–6
59LFebruary 15, 19903–6 @ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) 24–29–6
60WFebruary 17, 19907–1 Quebec Nordiques (1989–90) 25–29–6
61WFebruary 19, 19903–2 Washington Capitals (1989–90) 26–29–6
62WFebruary 21, 19904–2 Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) 27–29–6
63LFebruary 24, 19904–6 Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) 27–30–6
64WFebruary 28, 19904–2 Edmonton Oilers (1989–90) 28–30–6
65LMarch 2, 19903–9 @ Winnipeg Jets (1989–90) 28–31–6
66LMarch 4, 19902–5 @ Winnipeg Jets (1989–90) 28–32–6
67LMarch 5, 19900–5 @ Calgary Flames (1989–90) 28–33–6
68LMarch 7, 19902–5 Montreal Canadiens (1989–90) 28–34–6
69WMarch 10, 19908–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90) 29–34–6
70WMarch 12, 19906–2 @ New York Rangers (1989–90) 30–34–6
71WMarch 14, 19906–5 OT @ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90) 31–34–6
72WMarch 17, 19905–4 @ Boston Bruins (1989–90) 32–34–6
73LMarch 18, 19904–7 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90) 32–35–6
74LMarch 20, 19902–5 @ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90) 32–36–6
75WMarch 22, 19903–1 New York Islanders (1989–90) 33–36–6
76WMarch 24, 19909–3 St. Louis Blues (1989–90) 34–36–6
77TMarch 27, 19904–4 OT Winnipeg Jets (1989–90) 34–36–7
78LMarch 29, 19900–1 Winnipeg Jets (1989–90) 34–37–7
79LMarch 31, 19903–6 @ Vancouver Canucks (1989–90) 34–38–7
80LApril 1, 19904–8 @ Calgary Flames (1989–90) 34–39–7

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky C 73 40 102 142 4281044
Robitaille, LucLuc Robitaille LW 80 52 49 101 3882007
Nicholls, BernieBernie Nicholls C 47 27 48 75 66-6801
Tonelli, JohnJohn Tonelli LW 73 31 37 68 62-81504
Duchesne, SteveSteve Duchesne D 79 20 42 62 36-3601
Kasper, SteveSteve Kasper C 77 17 28 45 274114
Krushelnyski, MikeMike Krushelnyski LW/C 63 16 25 41 507222
Taylor, DaveDave Taylor RW 58 15 26 41 9617201
Robinson, LarryLarry Robinson D 64 7 32 39 347101
Kudelski, BobBob Kudelski RW 62 23 13 36 49-7223
McSorley, MartyMarty McSorley D 75 15 21 36 3222210
Sandstrom, TomasTomas Sandstrom RW 28 13 20 33 28-1110
Elik, ToddTodd Elik C 48 10 23 33 414100
Benning, BrianBrian Benning D 48 5 18 23 1041300
Makela, MikkoMikko Makela RW 45 7 14 21 16-4000
Crowder, KeithKeith Crowder RW 55 4 13 17 932001
Allison, MikeMike Allison LW 55 2 11 13 78-6001
Miller, JayJay Miller LW 68 10 2 12 224-6001
Granato, TonyTony Granato RW 19 5 6 11 45-2100
Watters, TimTim Watters D 62 1 10 11 9223000
Prajsler, PetrPetr Prajsler D 34 3 7 10 47-9100
Laidlaw, TomTom Laidlaw D 57 1 8 9 424000
Beck, BarryBarry Beck D 52 1 7 8 533000
McDonough, HubieHubie McDonough C 22 3 4 7 104001
Duncanson, CraigCraig Duncanson LW 10 3 2 5 91000
Kontos, ChrisChris Kontos LW/C 6 2 2 4 43000
Lindholm, MikaelMikael Lindholm C 18 2 2 4 22000
Halkidis, BobBob Halkidis D 20 0 4 4 564000
Bjugstad, ScottScott Bjugstad RW 11 1 2 3 22001
Fox, JimJim Fox RW 11 1 1 2 0-1001
Baumgartner, KenKen Baumgartner LW 12 1 0 1 28-10000
Blake, RobRob Blake D 4 0 0 0 40000
Gosselin, MarioMario Gosselin G 26 0 0 0 00000
Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey G 52 0 0 0 180000
Scott, RonRon Scott G 12 0 0 0 20000
Stauber, RobbRobb Stauber G 2 0 0 0 00000
Walker, GordGord Walker RW 1 0 0 0 00000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey 2860 52 22 21 6 194 4.07 215321338.873
Gosselin, MarioMario Gosselin 1226 26 7 11 1 79 3.87 0587508.865
Scott, RonRon Scott 654 12 5 6 0 40 3.67 0321281.875
Stauber, RobbRobb Stauber 83 2 0 1 0 11 7.95 04332.744
Team: 4823 80 34 39 7 324 4.03 224832159.870
Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Elik, ToddTodd Elik C 10 3 9 12 101100
Duchesne, SteveSteve Duchesne D 10 2 9 11 6-2100
Robitaille, LucLuc Robitaille LW 10 5 5 10 12-5101
Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky C 7 3 7 10 0-4100
Granato, TonyTony Granato RW 10 5 4 9 12-2212
Sandstrom, TomasTomas Sandstrom RW 10 5 4 9 19-5000
Taylor, DaveDave Taylor RW 6 4 4 8 22200
Robinson, LarryLarry Robinson D 10 2 3 5 102000
Blake, RobRob Blake D 8 1 3 4 4-4100
Krushelnyski, MikeMike Krushelnyski LW/C 10 1 3 4 120001
McSorley, MartyMarty McSorley D 10 1 3 4 18-8100
Kudelski, BobBob Kudelski RW 8 1 2 3 2-5000
Tonelli, JohnJohn Tonelli LW 10 1 2 3 6-6000
Kasper, SteveSteve Kasper C 10 1 1 2 2-4000
Miller, JayJay Miller LW 10 1 1 2 10-6000
Benning, BrianBrian Benning D 7 0 2 2 10-9000
Allison, MikeMike Allison LW 4 1 0 1 2-2010
Crowder, KeithKeith Crowder RW 7 1 0 1 9-1000
Kontos, ChrisChris Kontos LW/C 5 1 0 1 0-6010
Halkidis, BobBob Halkidis D 8 0 1 1 8-7000
Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey G 9 0 1 1 00000
Bjugstad, ScottScott Bjugstad RW 2 0 0 0 2-1000
Gosselin, MarioMario Gosselin G 3 0 0 0 00000
Makela, MikkoMikko Makela RW 1 0 0 0 00000
Prajsler, PetrPetr Prajsler D 3 0 0 0 0-1000
Scott, RonRon Scott G 1 0 0 0 00000
Watters, TimTim Watters D 4 0 0 0 64000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey 539 9 4 4 39 4.34 0265226.853
Gosselin, MarioMario Gosselin 63 3 0 2 3 2.86 02320.870
Scott, RonRon Scott 32 1 0 0 4 7.50 0106.600
Team: 634 10 4 6 46 4.35 0298252.846

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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;

Awards and honors

References

  1. ↑ Hockey’s Book of Firsts, p.16, James Duplacey, JG Press, ISBN 978-1-57215-037-9
  2. ↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/LAK/1986_games.html
  3. ↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/LAK/1987_games.html
  4. ↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/LAK/1988_games.html
  5. ↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/LAK/1989_games.html
  6. ↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/LAK/1990_games.html
  7. ↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
  8. ↑ "1989-1990 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
  9. ↑ "1989-90 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
  10. ↑ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.221, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5