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1987-88 Los Angeles Kings Roster

42 players used · 35-39-6 record

The Los Angeles Kings used 42 players in the 1987-88 season, with a 35-39-6 record. Luc Robitaille led the team with 111 points (53 goals, 58 assists) in 80 games. Roland Melanson played the most games in goal (47).

Points leader
111 PTS
53 G · 58 A in 80 games
Goals leader
55 G
22 on the power play
Assists leader
58 A
111 points overall
Goalie wins leader
21 W
4.15 GAA · 0.000 SV%
39
Skaters
24 forwards · 15 defence
3
Goalies
Roland Melanson started most
318
Goals scored
in 80 games
25.7
Average age
19 to 34 years
4
Birth countries
Part of the season
Position
🏒 Defence 15 players · sorted by points
# Player — sort by name GP — sort by games played Streak G — sort by goals A — sort by assists PTS — sort by points P/GP — sort by points per game PPG — sort by power-play goals SOG — sort by shots on goal HIT — sort by hits BLK — sort by blocked shots PIM — sort by penalty minutes TOI — sort by average ice time
1 SD Steve Duchesne 🇨🇦 D 22 71 🔥 6 16 39 55 0.77 5 190 0 0 109
2 MH Mark Hardy 🇨🇭 D 29 61 🧊 3 6 22 28 0.46 4 107 0 0 99
3 JW Jay Wells 🇨🇦 D 28 58 🧊 3 2 23 25 0.43 1 76 0 0 159
4 KH Ken Hammond 🇨🇦 D 24 46 🧊 4 7 9 16 0.35 1 52 0 0 69
5 TL Tom Laidlaw 🇨🇦 D 29 57 🧊 2 1 12 13 0.23 0 30 0 0 47
6 DK Dean Kennedy 🇨🇦 D 25 59 🧊 3 1 11 12 0.20 0 40 0 0 158
7 LP Lyle Phair 🇨🇦 D 27 28 🧊 8 4 6 10 0.36 0 35 0 0 8
8 GL Grant Ledyard 🇨🇦 D 26 23 🧊 2 1 7 8 0.35 1 40 0 0 52
9 LP Larry Playfair 🇨🇦 D 29 54 🧊 1 0 7 7 0.13 0 20 0 0 197
10 JE John English 🇨🇦 D 21 3 🧊 1 1 3 4 1.33 1 5 0 0 4
11 WM Wayne Mcbean 🇨🇦 D 19 27 🧊 12 0 1 1 0.04 0 21 0 0 26
12 DL Denis Larocque 🇨🇦 D 20 8 🧊 3 0 1 1 0.12 0 2 0 0 18
13 EG Eric Germain 🇨🇦 D 21 4 🧊 2 0 1 1 0.25 0 2 0 0 13
14 PP Petr Prajzler 🇨🇿 D 22 7 🧊 7 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 0 0 2
15 CR Craig Redmond 🇨🇦 D 22 2 🧊 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 5 0 0 0
Team totals · 15 skaters 80 39 142 181 2.26 13 627 0 0 961
Click a column to sort. Ages are as of the end of the season. Totals cover the skaters shown, and the games column is the team's games played.
🧤 Goalies 3 goalies · sorted by games played
# Goalie — sort by name GP — sort by games played W — sort by wins GAA — sort by goals against average SV% — sort by save percentage SV — sort by saves GA — sort by goals against TOI
1 RM Roland Melanson 🇨🇦 G 27 47 21 4.15 0.000 0 195 56:54
2 GH Glenn Healy 🇨🇦 G 25 34 15 3.97 0.000 0 135 54:50
3 BJ Bob Janecyk 🇺🇸 G 30 5 1 4.60 0.000 0 23 60:30
🌍 Where the roster was born 4 countries · against the whole NHL in 1987-88

79% of this roster was born in Canada, against 76% across the league. Canadian-born players scored 69% of the team's points.

Share of this roster Share of all NHL players
Country Players Share of roster vs NHL Points Who
Canada 33
79%
+3 581 (69%) Robitaille, Nicholls, Taylor, Duchesne +29
United States 7
17%
+2 232 (28%) Carson, Carpenter, Fenton, Erickson +3
Switzerland 1
2%
+2 28 (3%) Hardy
Czechia 1
2%
+1 0 Prajzler
By country of birth, from the NHL's player records. "vs NHL" is the gap in percentage points.

1987-88 Los Angeles Kings roster questions

Who led the Los Angeles Kings in scoring in 1987-88?

Luc Robitaille led the Los Angeles Kings in scoring in 1987-88 with 111 points — 53 goals and 58 assists in 80 games. Next came Jimmy Carson (107) and Bernie Nicholls (78).

Who scored the most goals for the Los Angeles Kings in 1987-88?

Jimmy Carson scored 55 goals for the Los Angeles Kings in 1987-88, 22 of them on the power play.

How many players did the Los Angeles Kings use in 1987-88?

The Los Angeles Kings dressed 42 players in 1987-88: 39 skaters and 3 goalies. Together the skaters scored 318 goals.

Who was the Los Angeles Kings starting goalie in 1987-88?

Roland Melanson played the most games in goal for the Los Angeles Kings in 1987-88: 47 games, 21 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 4.15 goals against average. Glenn Healy was the backup, in 34 games.

How old was the 1987-88 Los Angeles Kings roster?

The average age was 25.7 years. Wayne Mcbean was the youngest at 19, and Dave Williams the oldest at 34.

Where were the 1987-88 Los Angeles Kings players born?

The Los Angeles Kings used 42 players in 1987-88 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 33 in Canada, 7 in the United States and 1 in Switzerland. The other 1 came from Czechia. League-wide that season, 76% of players were born in Canada, against 79% on this roster.