1995–96 Los Angeles Kings season

1995–96 Los Angeles Kings
Division	6th Pacific
Conference	12th Western
1995–96 record	24–40–18
Home record	16–16–9
Road record	8–24–9
Goals for	256
Goals against	302
Team information
General Manager	Sam McMaster
Coach	Larry Robinson
Captain	Wayne Gretzky (Oct-Feb) Rob Blake (Feb-Apr)
Team leaders
Goals	Dmitri Khristich (27)
Assists	Wayne Gretzky (66)
Points	Wayne Gretzky (81)
Penalties in minutes	Marty McSorley (148)
Plus/minus	Kevin Todd (+6)
Wins	Byron Dafoe (14)
Goals against average	Jamie Storr (2.75)

The 1995–96 Los Angeles Kings season involved Wayne Gretzky being traded to the St. Louis Blues.

Offseason

Wayne Gretzky trade

February 27, 1996: Wayne Gretzky was traded from the Los Angeles Kings to the St. Louis Blues for Patrice Tardif, Craig Johnson, Roman Vopat, 1st round pick in the 1997 draft and a 5th round pick in the 1996 draft.^[1]

Regular season

Final standings

Pacific Division
No.		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Colorado Avalanche	82	47	25	10	326	240	104
2	Calgary Flames	82	34	37	11	241	240	79
3	Vancouver Canucks	82	32	35	15	278	278	79
4	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	82	35	39	8	234	247	78
5	Edmonton Oilers	82	30	44	8	240	304	68
6	Los Angeles Kings	82	24	40	18	256	302	66
7	San Jose Sharks	82	20	55	7	252	357	47

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Western Conference^[2]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Detroit Red Wings	CEN	82	62	13	7	325	181	131
2	Colorado Avalanche	PAC	82	47	25	10	326	240	104
3	Chicago Blackhawks	CEN	82	40	28	14	273	220	94
4	Toronto Maple Leafs	CEN	82	34	36	12	247	252	80
5	St. Louis Blues	CEN	82	32	34	16	219	248	80
6	Calgary Flames	PAC	82	34	37	11	241	240	79
7	Vancouver Canucks	PAC	82	32	35	15	278	278	79
8	Winnipeg Jets	CEN	82	36	40	6	275	291	78

9	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PAC	82	35	39	8	234	247	78
10	Edmonton Oilers	PAC	82	30	44	8	240	304	68
11	Dallas Stars	CEN	82	26	42	14	227	280	66
12	Los Angeles Kings	PAC	82	24	40	18	256	302	66
13	San Jose Sharks	PAC	82	20	55	7	252	357	47

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 7, 1995	4–2	Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)	1–0–0
2	W	October 10, 1995	6–5 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)	2–0–0
3	T	October 12, 1995	7–7 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)	2–0–1
4	T	October 15, 1995	3–3 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)	2–0–2
5	T	October 18, 1995	1–1 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	2–0–3
6	W	October 20, 1995	7–4	@ Washington Capitals (1995–96)	3–0–3
7	W	October 21, 1995	3–2 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	4–0–3
8	L	October 23, 1995	3–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	4–1–3
9	L	October 26, 1995	4–5	@ Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	4–2–3
10	T	October 28, 1995	2–2 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)	4–2–4
11	L	October 31, 1995	1–2	Calgary Flames (1995–96)	4–3–4
12	W	November 2, 1995	5–3	New York Rangers (1995–96)	5–3–4
13	L	November 4, 1995	2–4	New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	5–4–4
14	W	November 7, 1995	1–0	@ St. Louis Blues (1995–96)	6–4–4
15	T	November 8, 1995	3–3 OT	@ Dallas Stars (1995–96)	6–4–5
16	W	November 11, 1995	3–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	7–4–5
17	W	November 13, 1995	4–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	8–4–5
18	L	November 14, 1995	5–6	Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)	8–5–5
19	W	November 16, 1995	9–2	New York Islanders (1995–96)	9–5–5
20	W	November 18, 1995	3–2	Florida Panthers (1995–96)	10–5–5
21	L	November 21, 1995	2–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	10–6–5
22	L	November 22, 1995	2–5	@ New York Islanders (1995–96)	10–7–5
23	L	November 24, 1995	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1995–96)	10–8–5
24	L	November 26, 1995	1–5	@ Florida Panthers (1995–96)	10–9–5
25	L	November 27, 1995	0–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	10–10–5
26	W	November 30, 1995	3–2	Washington Capitals (1995–96)	11–10–5
27	T	December 2, 1995	2–2 OT	Dallas Stars (1995–96)	11–10–6
28	W	December 6, 1995	6–3	Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)	12–10–6
29	L	December 9, 1995	1–2	St. Louis Blues (1995–96)	12–11–6
30	L	December 11, 1995	2–6	@ Calgary Flames (1995–96)	12–12–6
31	W	December 13, 1995	6–2	Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	13–12–6
32	L	December 16, 1995	3–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)	13–13–6
33	T	December 20, 1995	2–2 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)	13–13–7
34	L	December 22, 1995	3–4	@ San Jose Sharks (1995–96)	13–14–7
35	T	December 23, 1995	2–2 OT	Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)	13–14–8
36	W	December 27, 1995	7–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	14–14–8
37	L	December 29, 1995	4–5 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)	14–15–8
38	T	December 31, 1995	2–2 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	14–15–9
39	L	January 3, 1996	4–5	Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)	14–16–9
40	W	January 5, 1996	5–2	@ San Jose Sharks (1995–96)	15–16–9
41	W	January 6, 1996	7–5	San Jose Sharks (1995–96)	16–16–9
42	T	January 8, 1996	4–4 OT	@ Dallas Stars (1995–96)	16–16–10
43	L	January 10, 1996	4–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)	16–17–10
44	L	January 12, 1996	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)	16–18–10
45	L	January 14, 1996	2–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)	16–19–10
46	T	January 16, 1996	5–5 OT	Calgary Flames (1995–96)	16–19–11
47	L	January 22, 1996	1–3	@ New York Rangers (1995–96)	16–20–11
48	L	January 23, 1996	1–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	16–21–11
49	L	January 25, 1996	2–8	@ Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	16–22–11
50	W	January 27, 1996	5–4	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	17–22–11
51	L	January 31, 1996	4–6	Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	17–23–11
52	T	February 1, 1996	6–6 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (1995–96)	17–23–12
53	L	February 3, 1996	1–2	@ Calgary Flames (1995–96)	17–24–12
54	L	February 6, 1996	2–5	Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)	17–25–12
55	W	February 8, 1996	4–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)	18–25–12
56	L	February 10, 1996	1–6	San Jose Sharks (1995–96)	18–26–12
57	L	February 13, 1996	4–9	@ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)	18–27–12
58	T	February 14, 1996	2–2 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)	18–27–13
59	L	February 17, 1996	1–2 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	18–28–13
60	T	February 19, 1996	3–3 OT	Boston Bruins (1995–96)	18–28–14
61	L	February 21, 1996	2–7	@ Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)	18–29–14
62	L	February 23, 1996	2–6	@ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)	18–30–14
63	T	February 24, 1996	2–2 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1995–96)	18–30–15
64	L	February 26, 1996	3–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)	18–31–15
65	L	February 28, 1996	1–5	Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	18–32–15
66	W	March 2, 1996	5–4	Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	19–32–15
67	W	March 6, 1996	3–2	Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)	20–32–15
68	W	March 8, 1996	4–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)	21–32–15
69	L	March 10, 1996	2–3	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	21–33–15
70	L	March 13, 1996	2–6	Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)	21–34–15
71	L	March 16, 1996	2–5	Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)	21–35–15
72	L	March 18, 1996	1–3	St. Louis Blues (1995–96)	21–36–15
73	L	March 20, 1996	2–5	Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)	21–37–15
74	T	March 23, 1996	4–4 OT	Dallas Stars (1995–96)	21–37–16
75	L	March 25, 1996	1–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)	21–38–16
76	T	March 27, 1996	3–3 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)	21–38–17
77	W	March 29, 1996	4–3	@ Calgary Flames (1995–96)	22–38–17
78	T	April 3, 1996	2–2 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)	22–38–18
79	L	April 6, 1996	2–4	Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)	22–39–18
80	W	April 10, 1996	6–2	San Jose Sharks (1995–96)	23–39–18
81	L	April 12, 1996	3–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)	23–40–18
82	W	April 14, 1996	5–4 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)	24–40–18

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky	62	15	66	81	32
Khristich, DmitriDmitri Khristich	76	27	37	64	44
Yachmenev, VitaliVitali Yachmenev	80	19	34	53	16
Perreault, YanicYanic Perreault	78	25	24	49	16
Todd, KevinKevin Todd	74	16	27	43	38
Kurri, JariJari Kurri	57	17	23	40	37
Tocchet, RickRick Tocchet	44	13	23	36	117
Granato, TonyTony Granato	49	17	18	35	46
Lacroix, EricEric Lacroix	72	16	16	32	110
McSorley, MartyMarty McSorley	59	10	21	31	148
Boucher, PhilippePhilippe Boucher	53	7	16	23	31
Lang, RobertRobert Lang	68	6	16	22	10
Druce, JohnJohn Druce	64	9	12	21	14
Slaney, JohnJohn Slaney	31	6	11	17	10
Shuchuk, GaryGary Shuchuk	33	4	10	14	12
Stevens, KevinKevin Stevens	20	3	10	13	22
Sydor, DarrylDarryl Sydor	58	1	11	12	34
Cowie, RobRob Cowie	46	5	5	10	32
Tsyplakov, VladimirVladimir Tsyplakov	23	5	5	10	4
Johnson, CraigCraig Johnson	11	5	4	9	6
Conacher, PatPat Conacher	35	5	2	7	18
O'Donnell, SeanSean O'Donnell	71	2	5	7	127
Berg, AkiAki Berg	51	0	7	7	29
Ferraro, RayRay Ferraro	11	4	2	6	10
LaFayette, NathanNathan LaFayette	12	2	4	6	6
Tsygurov, DenisDenis Tsygurov	18	1	5	6	22
Finn, StevenSteven Finn	50	3	2	5	102
Potomski, BarryBarry Potomski	33	3	2	5	104
Laperriere, IanIan Laperriere	10	2	3	5	15
Vopat, JanJan Vopat	11	1	4	5	4
Blake, RobRob Blake	6	1	2	3	8
Churla, ShaneShane Churla	11	1	2	3	37
Larouche, SteveSteve Larouche	7	1	2	3	4
Modry, JaroslavJaroslav Modry	9	0	3	3	6
Tardif, PatricePatrice Tardif	15	1	1	2	37
Brown, KevinKevin Brown	7	1	0	1	4
Crowder, TroyTroy Crowder	15	1	0	1	42
Zmolek, DougDoug Zmolek	16	1	0	1	22
Blomsten, ArtoArto Blomsten	2	0	1	1	0
Norstrom, MattiasMattias Norstrom	11	0	1	1	18
Petit, MichelMichel Petit	9	0	1	1	27
Batyrshin, RuslanRuslan Batyrshin	2	0	0	0	6
Bylsma, DanDan Bylsma	4	0	0	0	0
Dafoe, ByronByron Dafoe	47	0	0	0	6
Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey	36	0	0	0	4
Johnson, MattMatt Johnson	1	0	0	0	5
Storr, JamieJamie Storr	5	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Dafoe, ByronByron Dafoe	2666	47	14	24	8	172	3.87	1539	1367	.888	1
Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey	2077	36	7	15	10	113	3.26	1214	1101	.907	0
Storr, JamieJamie Storr	262	5	3	1	0	12	2.75	147	135	.918	0
Team:	5005	82	24	40	18	297	3.56	2900	2603	.898	1

^[3]

References

Kings on Hockey Database

↑ Wayne Gretzky's hockey statistics profile at hockeydb.com
↑ "1995-1996 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
↑ "1995-96 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-27.

Los Angeles Kings
Founded in 1967 Based in Los Angeles, California
Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks (Expansion draft) Seasons Current season
History	History 1967 expansion Records Award winners Retired numbers
Personnel	Owners Philip Anschutz Edward P. Roski General manager Rob Blake Head coach John Stevens Team captain Anze Kopitar Current roster
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Rivalries	Anaheim Ducks
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Los Angeles Kings seasons
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1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00
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2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1995–96 NHL season
Northeast Division	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Ottawa Pittsburgh
Atlantic Division	Florida New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Tampa Bay Washington
Central Division	Chicago Dallas Detroit St. Louis Toronto Winnipeg
Pacific Division	Anaheim Calgary Colorado Edmonton Los Angeles San Jose Vancouver
See also	Draft Rat trick Legion of Doom Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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