1983–84 Los Angeles Kings season

The 1983–84 Los Angeles Kings season, was the Kings' 17th season in the National Hockey League. It 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.

1983–84 Los Angeles Kings
Division5th Smythe
ConferenceCampbell
1983–84 record23–44–13
Goals for309
Goals against376
Team information
General managerGeorge Maguire (Oct-Jan)
Rogatien Vachon (Jan-Apr)
CoachDon Perry
CaptainTerry Ruskowski
Alternate captainsNone
ArenaThe Forum
Average attendance10,495
Team leaders
GoalsCharlie Simmer (44)
AssistsBernie Nicholls (54)
Penalty minutesJay Wells (141)
Plus/minusMarcel Dionne (7)
WinsMike Blake (9)
Goals against averageMike Blake (4.34)

Offseason

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Regular season

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Final standings

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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.

Record vs. opponents

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Smythe Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Campbell Conference

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Vs. Wales Conference


Schedule and results

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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

Playoffs

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Player statistics

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Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Bernie Nicholls C 78 41 54 95 83 -21 8 4 2
Charlie Simmer LW 79 44 48 92 78 7 13 1 4
Marcel Dionne C 66 39 53 92 28 8 13 0 2
Jim Fox RW 80 30 42 72 26 -12 10 0 5
Dave Taylor RW 63 20 49 69 91 -3 6 0 2
Brian MacLellan LW 72 25 29 54 45 -21 3 1 1
Mark Hardy D 79 8 41 49 122 -30 5 0 1
Doug Smith C 72 16 20 36 28 -33 6 0 0
Mike McEwen D 47 10 24 34 14 -12 7 0 0
Anders Hakansson LW 80 15 17 32 41 -7 0 1 3
Terry Ruskowski C 77 7 25 32 89 -24 0 2 1
Brian Engblom D 74 2 27 29 59 -9 2 0 0
Wes Jarvis C 61 9 13 22 36 -7 1 1 0
John Paul Kelly LW 72 7 14 21 73 -34 0 0 0
Jay Wells D 69 3 18 21 141 -10 0 0 0
Russ Anderson D 70 5 12 17 126 -30 0 0 1
Ken Houston RW 33 8 8 16 11 -3 0 0 0
Steve Christoff C 58 8 7 15 13 -19 0 0 1
Marc Chorney D 71 3 9 12 58 -24 0 0 0
Kevin LaVallee LW 19 3 3 6 2 -5 0 0 0
Billy Harris RW 21 2 4 6 6 -3 0 0 0
Dean Kennedy D 37 1 5 6 50 -5 0 0 0
Larry Murphy D 6 0 3 3 0 -4 0 0 0
Fred Barrett D 15 2 0 2 8 -2 0 0 0
Marco Baron G 21 0 2 2 10 0 0 0 0
Bob LaForest RW 5 1 0 1 2 -3 1 0 0
Mike Blake G 29 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0
Daryl Evans LW 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Mike Heidt D 6 0 1 1 7 -1 0 0 0
Dan Brennan LW 2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Warren Holmes C 3 0 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0
Dean Jenkins RW 5 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0
Gary Laskoski G 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mario Lessard G 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Markus Mattsson G 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill O'Dwyer C 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Phil Sykes LW 3 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Mike Blake 1634 29 9 11 5 118 4.33 0
Markus Mattsson 1101 19 7 8 2 79 4.31 1
Gary Laskoski 665 13 4 7 1 55 4.96 0
Marco Baron 1211 21 3 14 4 87 4.31 0
Mario 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

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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

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Transactions

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The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1983–84 season.[4]

Trades

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June 8, 1983 To Los Angeles Kings
4th round pick in 1984Doug Wieck
To Detroit Red Wings
4th round pick in 1983Dave Korol
June 20, 1983 To Los Angeles Kings
Kevin LaVallee
Carl Mokosak
To Calgary Flames
Steve Bozek
September 9, 1983 To Los Angeles Kings
Anders Hakansson
To Pittsburgh Penguins
Kevin Stevens
October 3, 1983 To Los Angeles Kings
Fred Barrett
Steve Christoff
To Minnesota North Stars
Dave Lewis
October 15, 1983 To Los Angeles Kings
Marc Chorney
To Pittsburgh Penguins
6th round pick in 1985Stuart-Lee Marston
October 18, 1983 To Los Angeles Kings
Brian Engblom
Ken Houston
To Washington Capitals
Larry Murphy
November 17, 1983 To Los Angeles Kings
Mike McEwen
To New York Islanders
4th round pick in 1984Doug Wieck
December 20, 1983 To Los Angeles Kings
John Goodwin
To Montreal Canadiens
Dan Bonar
January 3, 1984 To Los Angeles Kings
Marco Baron
To Boston Bruins
Bob Laforest
February 15, 1984 To Los Angeles Kings
Billy Harris
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Cash

Free agent signings

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August 10, 1983 From Detroit Red Wings
Mark Lofthouse
August 10, 1983 From Minnesota North Stars
Wes Jarvis
August 29, 1983 From Hartford Whalers
Archie Henderson
September 2, 1983 From Hartford Whalers
Russ Anderson

Free agents lost

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September 12, 1983 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Bob Gladney
October 17, 1983 To Minnesota North Stars
Jerry Korab

Waivers

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May 24, 1983 To Boston Bruins
Doug Keans
October 3, 1983 From Edmonton Oilers
Don Nachbaur

Draft picks

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Los Angeles's draft picks at the 1983 NHL Entry Draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
3 47 Bruce Shoebottom   Canada Peterborough Petes (OHL)
4 67 Guy Benoit   Canada Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
5 87 Bob LaForest   Canada North Bay Centennials (OHL)
5 100 Garry Galley   Canada Bowling Green University (CCHA)
6 107 Dave Lundmark   United States Virginia High School (USHS-MN)
6 108 Kevin Stevens   United States Silver Lake High School (USHS-MA)
7 127 Tim Burgess   Canada Oshawa Generals (OHL)
8 147 Ken Hammond   Canada Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (ECAC)
9 167 Bruce Fishback   United States White Bear Lake High School (USHS-MN)
10 187 Thomas Ahlen   Sweden Skelleftea AIK (Sweden)
11 207 Jan Blaha   Czechoslovakia České Budějovice (Czechoslovakia)
12 227 Chad Johnson   United States Roseau High School (USHS-MN)

Farm teams

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1983-84 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 25, 2009.
  4. ^ "Hockey Transactions Search Results".
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