1992–93 Los Angeles Kings season

1992–93 Los Angeles Kings
Campbell Conference Champions
Division 3rd Smythe
Conference 6th Campbell
1992–93 record 39–35–10
Home record 22–15–5
Road record 17–20–5
Goals for 338
Goals against 340
Team information
General Manager Nick Beverley
Coach Barry Melrose
Captain Wayne Gretzky
Luc Robitaille (Oct-Jan)
Alternate captains Tony Granato (Oct-Jan)
Paul Coffey (Oct-Jan)
Luc Robitaille
Marty McSorley
Arena Great Western Forum
Team leaders
Goals Luc Robitaille (63)
Assists Luc Robitaille (62)
Points Luc Robitaille (125)
Penalties in minutes Marty McSorley (399)
Plus/minus Jari Kurri (+19)
Wins Kelly Hrudey (18)
Goals against average Robb Stauber (3.84)
<1991–92 1993–94>

The 1992–93 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' 26th season. The highlight of the season involved appearing in the Stanley Cup Finals. During their playoff run, the Los Angeles Kings played against Canadian teams all throughout the playoffs (Calgary Flames, Vancouver Canucks, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens).

Offseason

In the 1992 NHL Entry Draft, the Kings chose Justin Hocking with their first pick, 39th overall, in the second round.

Regular season

On Sunday, November 8, 1992, three Los Angeles Kings (Mike Donnelly, Jari Kurri and Luc Robitaille) scored a hat trick in an 11-4 win at San Jose.[1]

The Kings were the most penalized team during the regular season, being shorthanded 529 times.[2]

Los Angeles finished with 2,855 shots on goal during the regular season, second only to the Boston Bruins.[3]

Final standings

Smythe Division
GP W L T Pts GF GA
Vancouver Canucks 84 46 29 9 101 346 278
Calgary Flames 84 43 30 11 97 322 282
Los Angeles Kings 84 39 35 10 88 338 340
Winnipeg Jets 84 40 37 7 87 322 320
Edmonton Oilers 84 26 50 8 60 242 337
San Jose Sharks 84 11 71 2 24 218 414

[4]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
1WOctober 6, 19925–4 OT @ Calgary Flames (1992–93) 1–0–0
2LOctober 8, 19923–5 Detroit Red Wings (1992–93) 1–1–0
3WOctober 10, 19926–3 Winnipeg Jets (1992–93) 2–1–0
4WOctober 13, 19922–1 San Jose Sharks (1992–93) 3–1–0
5WOctober 15, 19924–0 Calgary Flames (1992–93) 4–1–0
6WOctober 17, 19928–6 Boston Bruins (1992–93) 5–1–0
7LOctober 20, 19922–6 @ Calgary Flames (1992–93) 5–2–0
8LOctober 23, 19922–4 @ Winnipeg Jets (1992–93) 5–3–0
9TOctober 24, 19925–5 OT @ Minnesota North Stars (1992–93) 5–3–1
10WOctober 27, 19924–3 @ New York Islanders (1992–93) 6–3–1
11LOctober 29, 19923–8 @ Boston Bruins (1992–93) 6–4–1
12WOctober 31, 19927–1 @ Hartford Whalers (1992–93) 7–4–1
13WNovember 5, 19925–2 New Jersey Devils (1992–93) 8–4–1
14WNovember 7, 19925–2 Buffalo Sabres (1992–93) 9–4–1
15WNovember 8, 199211–4 @ San Jose Sharks (1992–93) 10–4–1
16TNovember 10, 19924–4 OT @ Winnipeg Jets (1992–93) 10–4–2
17WNovember 12, 19927–4 Vancouver Canucks (1992–93) 11–4–2
18WNovember 14, 19926–2 Edmonton Oilers (1992–93) 12–4–2
19LNovember 16, 19923–6 @ Vancouver Canucks (1992–93) 12–5–2
20LNovember 17, 19920–6 @ San Jose Sharks (1992–93) 12–6–2
21WNovember 19, 19924–1 Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93) 13–6–2
22WNovember 21, 19926–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93) 14–6–2
23WNovember 25, 19923–1 @ Edmonton Oilers (1992–93) 15–6–2
24WNovember 27, 19925–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1992–93) 16–6–2
25LNovember 28, 19922–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93) 16–7–2
26WDecember 1, 19926–3 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93) 17–7–2
27WDecember 3, 19925–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93) 18–7–2
28WDecember 5, 19927–3 Hartford Whalers (1992–93) 19–7–2
29TDecember 8, 19925–5 OT Montreal Canadiens (1992–93) 19–7–3
30LDecember 10, 19924–5 Quebec Nordiques (1992–93) 19–8–3
31WDecember 12, 19926–3 St. Louis Blues (1992–93) 20–8–3
32LDecember 15, 19922–3 Tampa Bay Lightning (1992–93) 20–9–3
33TDecember 18, 19925–5 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (1992–93) 20–9–4
34LDecember 19, 19923–5 @ Calgary Flames (1992–93) 20–10–4
35LDecember 22, 19922–6 Vancouver Canucks (1992–93) 20–11–4
36LDecember 26, 19922–7 @ San Jose Sharks (1992–93) 20–12–4
37LDecember 29, 19922–10 Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93) 20–13–4
38LDecember 31, 19920–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (1992–93) 20–14–4
39TJanuary 2, 19935–5 OT Montreal Canadiens (1992–93) 20–14–5
40LJanuary 6, 19933–6 Tampa Bay Lightning (1992–93) 20–15–5
41LJanuary 8, 19933–6 @ Winnipeg Jets (1992–93) 20–16–5
42WJanuary 10, 19935–4 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93) 21–16–5
43WJanuary 12, 19933–2 @ Ottawa Senators (1992–93) 22–16–5
44LJanuary 14, 19931–7 @ New Jersey Devils (1992–93) 22–17–5
45LJanuary 16, 19932–5 Winnipeg Jets (1992–93) 22–18–5
46WJanuary 19, 19935–4 @ Edmonton Oilers (1992–93) 23–18–5
47LJanuary 21, 19934–5 Vancouver Canucks (1992–93) 23–19–5
48LJanuary 23, 19933–8 New York Rangers (1992–93) 23–20–5
49WJanuary 26, 19937–1 San Jose Sharks (1992–93) 24–20–5
50LJanuary 28, 19931–2 Calgary Flames (1992–93) 24–21–5
51TJanuary 30, 19932–2 OT Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93) 24–21–6
52LFebruary 2, 19932–3 @ Quebec Nordiques (1992–93) 24–22–6
53LFebruary 3, 19932–7 @ Montreal Canadiens (1992–93) 24–23–6
54LFebruary 9, 19933–6 Edmonton Oilers (1992–93) 24–24–6
55TFebruary 11, 19936–6 OT Detroit Red Wings (1992–93) 24–24–7
56LFebruary 13, 19933–10 Washington Capitals (1992–93) 24–25–7
57WFebruary 15, 19933–0 Vancouver Canucks (1992–93) 25–25–7
58WFebruary 17, 199310–5 @ Minnesota North Stars (1992–93) 26–25–7
59LFebruary 18, 19932–7 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93) 26–26–7
60LFebruary 20, 19933–7 @ Washington Capitals (1992–93) 26–27–7
61WFebruary 22, 19935–2 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1992–93) 27–27–7
62LFebruary 25, 19930–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1992–93) 27–28–7
63LFebruary 27, 19932–5 Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93) 27–29–7
64WMarch 2, 19936–2 Calgary Flames (1992–93) 28–29–7
65WMarch 4, 19938–6 Ottawa Senators (1992–93) 29–29–7
66WMarch 6, 19936–1 Edmonton Oilers (1992–93) 30–29–7
67LMarch 9, 19933–4 @ New York Rangers (1992–93) 30–30–7
68LMarch 11, 19933–4 OT @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93) 30–31–7
69WMarch 15, 19934–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (1992–93) 31–31–7
70WMarch 16, 19938–4 Winnipeg Jets (1992–93) 32–31–7
71WMarch 18, 19937–4 New York Islanders (1992–93) 33–31–7
72WMarch 20, 19933–2 St. Louis Blues (1992–93) 34–31–7
73LMarch 24, 19932–6 @ Vancouver Canucks (1992–93) 34–32–7
74WMarch 26, 19934–1 @ Edmonton Oilers (1992–93) 35–32–7
75TMarch 28, 19933–3 OT @ Winnipeg Jets (1992–93) 35–32–8
76WMarch 29, 19939–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1992–93) 36–32–8
77TMarch 31, 19935–5 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93) 36–32–9
78WApril 1, 19933–1 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93) 37–32–9
79LApril 3, 19930–3 Minnesota North Stars (1992–93) 37–33–9
80TApril 6, 19933–3 OT Calgary Flames (1992–93) 37–33–10
81WApril 8, 19932–1 San Jose Sharks (1992–93) 38–33–10
82WApril 10, 19933–2 OT @ San Jose Sharks (1992–93) 39–33–10
83LApril 13, 19934–7 @ Vancouver Canucks (1992–93) 39–34–10
84LApril 15, 19936–8 Vancouver Canucks (1992–93) 39–35–10

Playoffs

Conference Finals

This exciting and very heated seven-game series has long been remembered by hockey fans. The Toronto Maple Leafs iced a highly competitive team for the first time in years and were hoping to break their 26—year Stanley Cup drought; they had not even been to the Final since their last Cup win in 1967. The Los Angeles Kings, led by captain Wayne Gretzky, also had high ambitions. During Game 1 (a dominating victory for the Leafs) Los Angeles blue-liner Marty McSorley delivered a serious open ice hit on Toronto's Doug Gilmour. Leafs captain Wendel Clark took exception to the hit and went after McSorley for striking their star player. Toronto coach Pat Burns tried scaling the bench to get at Los Angeles coach Barry Melrose because he thought he ordered the hit on Gilmour (McSorley later remarked in interviews that he received dozens of death threat messages on his hotel phone from angry fans). Toronto would take a 3–2 series lead after five games. Game 6 went back west to the Great Western Forum in Los Angeles; it too was not without controversy and was also decided on an overtime goal. During the 1992–93 season, there was a league-wide crackdown on high-sticking infractions, whether they were accidental or not. In Game 6, Gilmour was part of controversy once again. With the game tied at 4 in overtime, Wayne Gretzky accidentally clipped him in the face with the blade of his stick, while shooting a slap shot from the right face-off circle. Many thought that referee Kerry Fraser should have called a penalty on the play, but Gretzky was not penalized, and he went on to score the overtime goal moments later, evening the series at 3–3. He would score three goals in the deciding game to give Los Angeles a berth in the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in franchise history and a win a playoff series against an Original Six team for the first time in franchise history as well. Gretzky has been quoted as saying that his performance in Game 7 was the best NHL game of his career.

Los Angeles wins best-of-seven series 4–3

Stanley Cup Final

Montreal Canadiens vs. Los Angeles Kings

Date Away Score Home Score Notes
June 1 Los Angeles 4 Montreal 1
June 3 Los Angeles 2 Montreal 3 (OT)
June 5 Montreal 4 Los Angeles 3 (OT)
June 7 Montreal 3 Los Angeles 2 (OT)
June 9 Los Angeles 1 Montreal 4

Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4–1.

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Robitaille, LucLuc Robitaille LW 84 63 62 125 100182428
Kurri, JariJari Kurri RW 82 27 60 87 38191223
Granato, TonyTony Granato RW 81 37 45 82 171-11426
Donnelly, MikeMike Donnelly LW 84 29 40 69 4517812
Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky C 45 16 49 65 66021
Blake, RobRob Blake D 76 16 43 59 152181004
Coffey, PaulPaul Coffey D 50 8 49 57 509200
Sandstrom, TomasTomas Sandstrom RW 39 25 27 52 5712803
Zhitnik, AlexeiAlexei Zhitnik D 78 12 36 48 80-3502
McSorley, MartyMarty McSorley D 81 15 26 41 3991330
Millen, CoreyCorey Millen C 42 23 16 39 4216921
Sydor, DarrylDarryl Sydor D 80 6 23 29 63-2001
Huddy, CharlieCharlie Huddy D 82 2 25 27 6416001
Loach, LonnieLonnie Loach LW 50 10 13 23 273100
Carson, JimmyJimmy Carson C 34 12 10 22 14-2401
Conacher, PatPat Conacher LW 81 9 8 17 20-16021
Taylor, DaveDave Taylor RW 48 6 9 15 491101
Rychel, WarrenWarren Rychel LW 70 6 7 13 314-15001
Hiller, JimJim Hiller RW 40 6 6 12 900102
McIntyre, JohnJohn McIntyre C 49 2 5 7 80-13000
Kudelski, BobBob Kudelski RW 15 3 3 6 8-3001
Shuchuk, GaryGary Shuchuk RW 25 2 4 6 160000
Lang, RobertRobert Lang C 11 0 5 5 2-3000
Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey G 50 0 4 4 100000
Thompson, BrentBrent Thompson D 30 0 4 4 76-4000
Leveque, GuyGuy Leveque C 12 2 1 3 19-4000
Hardy, MarkMark Hardy D 11 0 3 3 4-4000
Ahola, PeterPeter Ahola D 8 1 1 2 6-2000
Stauber, RobbRobb Stauber G 31 0 2 2 40000
Watters, TimTim Watters D 22 0 2 2 18-3000
Whyte, SeanSean Whyte RW 18 0 2 2 121000
Chychrun, JeffJeff Chychrun D 17 0 1 1 23-3000
Potvin, MarcMarc Potvin RW 20 0 1 1 61-10000
Breault, FrancoisFrancois Breault RW 4 0 0 0 6-1000
Chapdelaine, ReneRene Chapdelaine D 13 0 0 0 12-6000
Fortier, MarcMarc Fortier C 6 0 0 0 5-2000
Goverde, DavidDavid Goverde G 2 0 0 0 00000
Knickle, RickRick Knickle G 10 0 0 0 20000
Semchuk, BrandyBrandy Semchuk RW 1 0 0 0 20000
Thomson, JimJim Thomson RW 9 0 0 0 56-1000
Williams, DarrylDarryl Williams LW 2 0 0 0 100000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey 2718 50 18 21 6 175 3.86 215521377.887
Stauber, RobbRobb Stauber 1735 31 15 8 4 111 3.84 0987876.888
Knickle, RickRick Knickle 532 10 6 4 0 35 3.95 0292257.880
Goverde, DavidDavid Goverde 98 2 0 2 0 13 7.96 05138.745
Team: 5083 84 39 35 10 334 3.94 228822548.884
Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky C 24 15 25 40 46413
Sandstrom, TomasTomas Sandstrom RW 24 8 17 25 12-2202
Robitaille, LucLuc Robitaille LW 24 9 13 22 28-13402
Kurri, JariJari Kurri RW 24 9 8 17 122220
Granato, TonyTony Granato RW 24 6 11 17 503101
Donnelly, MikeMike Donnelly LW 24 6 7 13 143000
Rychel, WarrenWarren Rychel LW 23 6 7 13 394002
Zhitnik, AlexeiAlexei Zhitnik D 24 3 9 12 26-4201
Sydor, DarrylDarryl Sydor D 24 3 8 11 164200
Conacher, PatPat Conacher LW 24 6 4 10 68000
Blake, RobRob Blake D 23 4 6 10 463110
McSorley, MartyMarty McSorley D 24 4 6 10 60-2201
Carson, JimmyJimmy Carson C 18 5 4 9 21200
Taylor, DaveDave Taylor RW 22 3 5 8 317020
Millen, CoreyCorey Millen C 23 2 4 6 121000
Huddy, CharlieCharlie Huddy D 23 1 4 5 129000
Shuchuk, GaryGary Shuchuk RW 17 2 2 4 12-6001
Hardy, MarkMark Hardy D 15 1 2 3 307000
Watters, TimTim Watters D 22 0 2 2 30-3000
Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey G 20 0 0 0 20000
Loach, LonnieLonnie Loach LW 1 0 0 0 00000
Potvin, MarcMarc Potvin RW 1 0 0 0 00000
Stauber, RobbRobb Stauber G 4 0 0 0 00000
Thomson, JimJim Thomson RW 1 0 0 0 00000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey 1261 20 10 10 74 3.52 0656582.887
Stauber, RobbRobb Stauber 240 4 3 1 16 4.00 0157141.898
Team: 1501 24 13 11 90 3.60 0813723.889

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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 records

Draft picks

Round # Player Nationality
2 39 Justin Hocking  Canada

See also

References

  1. http://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/199211080SJS.html
  2. http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1993.html
  3. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/LAK/1993.html
  4. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 154. ISBN 9781894801225.
  5. "1992-93 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
  6. National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.182, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5