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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
🏒 Forwards 24 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 LR Luc Robitaille 🇨🇦 LW 22 80 🔥 7 53 58 111 1.39 17 220 0 0 82
2 JC Jimmy Carson 🇺🇸 C 19 80 🧊 1 55 52 107 1.34 22 264 0 0 45
3 BN Bernie Nicholls 🇨🇦 C 26 65 🔥 2 32 46 78 1.20 8 236 0 0 114
4 DT Dave Taylor 🇨🇦 RW 32 68 🔥 4 26 41 67 0.99 9 149 0 0 129
5 BC Bobby Carpenter 🇺🇸 C 24 71 🧊 3 19 33 52 0.73 10 176 0 0 84
6 JF Jim Fox 🇨🇦 RW 27 68 🔥 7 16 35 51 0.75 2 120 0 0 18
7 PF Paul Fenton 🇺🇸 LW 28 71 🧊 1 20 23 43 0.61 8 166 0 0 46
8 MA Mike Allison 🇨🇦 RW 27 37 🔥 2 16 12 28 0.76 5 54 0 0 57
9 PS Phil Sykes 🇨🇦 LW 29 40 🔥 2 9 12 21 0.53 3 61 0 0 82
10 BE Bryan Erickson 🇺🇸 C 28 42 🧊 2 6 15 21 0.50 2 68 0 0 20
11 BB Bob Bourne 🇨🇦 C 33 72 🧊 4 7 11 18 0.25 1 75 0 0 28
12 CL Craig Laughlin 🇨🇦 RW 30 19 🧊 3 4 8 12 0.63 2 29 0 0 6
13 CK Chris Kontos 🇨🇦 C 24 6 🔥 3 2 10 12 2.00 1 19 0 0 2
14 PG Paul Guay 🇺🇸 RW 24 33 🧊 7 4 4 8 0.24 0 42 0 0 40
15 RD Ron Duguay 🇨🇦 C 30 15 🔥 4 2 6 8 0.53 0 21 0 0 17
16 TT Tim Tookey 🇨🇦 C 27 20 🧊 3 1 6 7 0.35 0 28 0 0 8
17 SM Sean Mckenna 🇨🇦 RW 26 30 🧊 6 3 2 5 0.17 0 34 0 0 12
18 KB Ken Baumgartner 🇨🇦 LW 22 30 🧊 3 2 3 5 0.17 0 17 0 0 189
19 JP Joe Paterson 🇨🇦 LW 27 32 🧊 10 1 3 4 0.12 0 20 0 0 113
20 DG Dan Gratton 🇨🇦 C 21 7 🧊 1 1 0 1 0.14 0 3 0 0 5
21 BK Bob Kudelski 🇺🇸 RW 24 26 🧊 9 0 1 1 0.04 0 18 0 0 8
22 DW Dave Williams 🇨🇦 LW 34 2 🧊 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 0 0 6
23 GC Glen Currie 🇨🇦 C 29 7 🧊 7 0 0 0 0.00 0 3 0 0 0
24 CD Craig Duncanson 🇨🇦 RW 21 9 🧊 9 0 0 0 0.00 0 8 0 0 12
Team totals · 24 skaters 80 279 381 660 8.25 90 1833 0 0 1123
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 wins
# 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.