1970–71 Los Angeles Kings season

1970–71 Los Angeles Kings
Division5th West
1970–71 record25–40–13
Goals for239
Goals against303
Team information
General managerLarry Regan
CoachLarry Regan
CaptainBob Pulford
Alternate captainsGilles Marotte
Larry Mickey
Noel Price
ArenaLos Angeles Forum
Team leaders
GoalsMike Byers (27)
AssistsJuha Widing (40)
PointsJuha Widing (65)
Penalty minutesGilles Marotte (96)
WinsDenis DeJordy (18)
Goals against averageDenis DeJordy (3.80)

The 1970–71 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' fourth season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Kings finished in fifth place in the West Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Offseason

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Regular season

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Final standings

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West Division[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Chicago Black Hawks 78 49 20 9 277 184 +93 107
2 St. Louis Blues 78 34 25 19 223 208 +15 87
3 Philadelphia Flyers 78 28 33 17 207 225 −18 73
4 Minnesota North Stars 78 28 34 16 191 223 −32 72
5 Los Angeles Kings 78 25 40 13 239 303 −64 63
6 Pittsburgh Penguins 78 21 37 20 221 240 −19 62
7 California Golden Seals 78 20 53 5 199 320 −121 45


Record vs. opponents

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Schedule and results

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No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 W October 9, 1970 3–1 @ Vancouver Canucks (1970–71) 1–0–0
2 L October 14, 1970 5–8 Boston Bruins (1970–71) 1–1–0
3 W October 17, 1970 6–1 California Golden Seals (1970–71) 2–1–0
4 W October 21, 1970 4–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71) 3–1–0
5 W October 24, 1970 3–1 St. Louis Blues (1970–71) 4–1–0
6 L October 28, 1970 3–5 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71) 4–2–0
7 L October 29, 1970 1–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71) 4–3–0
8 L October 31, 1970 0–3 @ St. Louis Blues (1970–71) 4–4–0
9 W November 1, 1970 4–2 Buffalo Sabres (1970–71) 5–4–0
10 W November 4, 1970 3–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71) 6–4–0
11 L November 7, 1970 2–6 New York Rangers (1970–71) 6–5–0
12 W November 10, 1970 5–1 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71) 7–5–0
13 L November 11, 1970 1–3 @ Minnesota North Stars (1970–71) 7–6–0
14 T November 15, 1970 4–4 Detroit Red Wings (1970–71) 7–6–1
15 L November 18, 1970 3–5 New York Rangers (1970–71) 7–7–1
16 L November 20, 1970 1–7 @ Vancouver Canucks (1970–71) 7–8–1
17 L November 21, 1970 1–3 Vancouver Canucks (1970–71) 7–9–1
18 W November 25, 1970 3–1 @ California Golden Seals (1970–71) 8–9–1
19 L November 28, 1970 2–3 Minnesota North Stars (1970–71) 8–10–1
20 L November 29, 1970 3–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71) 8–11–1
21 L December 2, 1970 0–7 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71) 8–12–1
22 T December 3, 1970 4–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1970–71) 8–12–2
23 T December 5, 1970 4–4 Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71) 8–12–3
24 T December 9, 1970 2–2 New York Rangers (1970–71) 8–12–4
25 L December 12, 1970 1–8 @ Montreal Canadiens (1970–71) 8–13–4
26 L December 13, 1970 0–4 @ New York Rangers (1970–71) 8–14–4
27 L December 16, 1970 4–6 @ Boston Bruins (1970–71) 8–15–4
28 L December 17, 1970 3–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (1970–71) 8–16–4
29 T December 19, 1970 2–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71) 8–16–5
30 W December 20, 1970 7–2 Montreal Canadiens (1970–71) 9–16–5
31 L December 23, 1970 4–6 Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71) 9–17–5
32 W December 26, 1970 9–3 California Golden Seals (1970–71) 10–17–5
33 L December 30, 1970 1–4 Vancouver Canucks (1970–71) 10–18–5
34 T January 2, 1971 3–3 Minnesota North Stars (1970–71) 10–18–6
35 L January 3, 1971 3–7 St. Louis Blues (1970–71) 10–19–6
36 W January 6, 1971 4–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71) 11–19–6
37 T January 7, 1971 5–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71) 11–19–7
38 L January 9, 1971 0–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1970–71) 11–20–7
39 T January 10, 1971 2–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (1970–71) 11–20–8
40 L January 13, 1971 2–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71) 11–21–8
41 L January 14, 1971 5–9 @ Boston Bruins (1970–71) 11–22–8
42 L January 16, 1971 1–8 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71) 11–23–8
43 W January 17, 1971 4–1 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71) 12–23–8
44 W January 21, 1971 4–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71) 13–23–8
45 W January 23, 1971 3–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71) 14–23–8
46 T January 27, 1971 3–3 Buffalo Sabres (1970–71) 14–23–9
47 T January 30, 1971 3–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1970–71) 14–23–10
48 T January 31, 1971 2–2 @ New York Rangers (1970–71) 14–23–11
49 L February 3, 1971 3–7 @ Boston Bruins (1970–71) 14–24–11
50 L February 4, 1971 2–5 @ Buffalo Sabres (1970–71) 14–25–11
51 W February 6, 1971 6–3 Montreal Canadiens (1970–71) 15–25–11
52 W February 10, 1971 5–2 Detroit Red Wings (1970–71) 16–25–11
53 L February 13, 1971 1–8 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71) 16–26–11
54 L February 14, 1971 0–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1970–71) 16–27–11
55 L February 17, 1971 0–4 Philadelphia Flyers (1970–71) 16–28–11
56 W February 20, 1971 5–4 Boston Bruins (1970–71) 17–28–11
57 L February 21, 1971 5–7 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71) 17–29–11
58 L February 24, 1971 1–5 @ Minnesota North Stars (1970–71) 17–30–11
59 L February 25, 1971 3–5 Montreal Canadiens (1970–71) 17–31–11
60 L February 27, 1971 1–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71) 17–32–11
61 W February 28, 1971 8–3 @ California Golden Seals (1970–71) 18–32–11
62 T March 3, 1971 3–3 Buffalo Sabres (1970–71) 18–32–12
63 L March 6, 1971 2–8 @ Montreal Canadiens (1970–71) 18–33–12
64 L March 7, 1971 2–4 @ New York Rangers (1970–71) 18–34–12
65 W March 9, 1971 4–0 @ St. Louis Blues (1970–71) 19–34–12
66 L March 11, 1971 2–7 Boston Bruins (1970–71) 19–35–12
67 W March 13, 1971 5–2 Detroit Red Wings (1970–71) 20–35–12
68 L March 16, 1971 2–7 Minnesota North Stars (1970–71) 20–36–12
69 W March 18, 1971 3–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1970–71) 21–36–12
70 W March 20, 1971 8–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1970–71) 22–36–12
71 L March 21, 1971 2–5 @ California Golden Seals (1970–71) 22–37–12
72 L March 23, 1971 1–3 @ Minnesota North Stars (1970–71) 22–38–12
73 W March 25, 1971 5–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1970–71) 23–38–12
74 L March 27, 1971 3–6 St. Louis Blues (1970–71) 23–39–12
75 L March 30, 1971 3–4 @ St. Louis Blues (1970–71) 23–40–12
76 T March 31, 1971 2–2 Vancouver Canucks (1970–71) 23–40–13
77 W April 3, 1971 6–4 California Golden Seals (1970–71) 24–40–13
78 W April 4, 1971 4–2 @ Vancouver Canucks (1970–71) 25–40–13

Playoffs

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Player statistics

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Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Juha Widing C 78 25 40 65 24 −11 5 0 4
Bob Berry LW 77 25 38 63 52 −5 4 0 2
Ross Lonsberry LW 76 25 28 53 80 −35 5 2 0
Mike Byers RW 72 27 18 45 14 −5 4 0 5
Bob Pulford LW 59 17 26 43 53 −15 6 1 2
Eddie Joyal C 69 20 21 41 14 −10 3 0 1
Bill Flett RW 64 13 24 37 57 −30 5 0 0
Gilles Marotte D 78 6 27 33 96 −9 0 0 0
Doug Robinson LW 61 15 13 28 8 −8 3 0 3
Ralph Backstrom C 33 14 13 27 8 −7 2 1 1
Gord Labossiere C 45 11 10 21 16 −22 1 0 0
Noel Price D 62 1 19 20 29 −15 0 0 0
Matt Ravlich D 66 3 16 19 41 −14 0 0 1
Larry Mickey RW 65 6 12 18 46 −15 0 1 2
Lucien Grenier RW 68 9 7 16 12 −1 1 1 1
Dale Hoganson D 70 4 10 14 52 −16 0 0 0
Larry Cahan D 67 3 11 14 45 −29 1 0 0
Paul Curtis D 64 1 13 14 82 −18 0 0 0
Harry Howell D 18 3 8 11 4 1 1 0 0
Real Lemieux LW 43 3 6 9 22 −7 0 0 1
Butch Goring C 19 2 5 7 2 4 0 0 0
Eddie Shack LW 11 2 2 4 8 −3 0 0 1
Jean Potvin D 4 1 3 4 2 5 0 0 0
Al McDonough RW 6 2 1 3 0 2 0 0 1
Dick Duff LW 7 1 0 1 0 −2 0 0 0
Denis DeJordy G 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Norris G 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Stanfield C/RW 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Denis DeJordy 3375 60 18 29 11 214 3.80 1
Jack Norris 1305 25 7 11 2 85 3.91 0
Team: 4680 78 25 40 13 299 3.83 1

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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 1970–71 season.[4]

Trades

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May 11, 1970 To Los Angeles Kings
Ray Fortin 		To St. Louis Blues
Bob Wall
May 20, 1970 To Los Angeles Kings
Mike Byers 		To Philadelphia Flyers
Brent Hughes
May 22, 1970 To Los Angeles Kings
Larry Mickey
Lucien Grenier
Jack Norris 		To Montreal Canadiens
Gregg Boddy
Leon Rochefort
Wayne Thomas
September 3, 1970 To Los Angeles Kings
Bob Pulford 		To Toronto Maple Leafs
Garry Monahan
Brian Murphy
October 8, 1970 To Los Angeles Kings
Bob Berry 		To Montreal Canadiens
Cash
November 1, 1970 To Los Angeles Kings
Cash 		To Denver Spurs (WHL)
Loan of Howie Hughes
November 24, 1970 To Los Angeles Kings
Mike McMahon Jr.
7th round pick in 1971 – Pete Harasym
8th round pick in 1971 – Lorne Stamler 		To Buffalo Sabres
Dick Duff
Eddie Shack
December 1, 1970 To Los Angeles Kings
Ed Hoekstra 		To Denver Spurs (WHL
Jimmy Peters Jr.
January 26, 1971 To Los Angeles Kings
Ralph Backstrom 		To Montreal Canadiens
Gord Labossiere
Ray Fortin
2nd round pick in 1973 – Peter Marrin
February 1, 1971 To Los Angeles Kings
Red Armstrong 		To Toronto Maple Leafs
Don Westbrooke
February 5, 1971 To Los Angeles Kings
Harry Howell 		To California Golden Seals
8th round pick in 1971 – Rod Lyons
Cash
March 3, 1971 To Los Angeles Kings
Wayne Schultz
Steve Sutherland 		To Minnesota North Stars
Terry Holbrook

Free agent signings

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May 22, 1970 From Omaha Knights (CHL)
Gord Smith
September 1, 1970 From Winnipeg Jets (WHL)
Bill Mikkelson

Intra-league Draft

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June 9, 1970 From Montreal Canadiens
Paul Curtis
June 9, 1970 To Montreal Canadiens
Bill Inglis
June 9, 1970 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Lowell MacDonald
June 9, 1970 From Pittsburgh Penguins
Craig Cameron

Reverse Draft

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June 9, 1970 To Baltimore Clippers (AHL)
Marc Dufour
June 9, 1970 To Oakland Seals
Bob Sneddon
June 10, 1970 From Minnesota North Stars
Gary Dineen

Expansion Draft

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June 10, 1970 To Buffalo Sabres
Craig Cameron
Skip Krake
June 10, 1970 To Vancouver Canucks
Mike Corrigan

Draft picks

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Los Angeles's draft picks at the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
2 24 Al McDonough  Canada St. Catharines Black Hawks (OHA)
3 38 Terry Holbrook  Canada London Knights (OHA)
5 59 Billy Smith  Canada Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
6 73 Gerry Bradbury  Canada London Knights (OHA)
7 86 Brian Carlin  Canada Calgary Centennials (WCHL)
8 98 Brian Chinnick  Canada Peterborough Petes (OHA)

Farm teams

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1970–1971 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1970-71 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved July 14, 2009.
  4. ^ "Hockey Transactions Search Results".
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