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1979-80 Los Angeles Kings Roster

31 players used · 35-45-0 record

The Los Angeles Kings used 31 players in the 1979-80 season, with a 35-45-0 record. Marcel Dionne led the team with 137 points (53 goals, 84 assists) in 80 games. Mario Lessard played the most games in goal (50).

Points leader
137 PTS
53 G · 84 A in 80 games
Goals leader
56 G
21 on the power play
Assists leader
84 A
137 points overall
Goalie wins leader
21 W
3.70 GAA · 0.000 SV%
28
Skaters
16 forwards · 12 defence
3
Goalies
Mario Lessard started most
290
Goals scored
in 80 games
26.1
Average age
20 to 32 years
3
Birth countries
Part of the season
Position
🏒 Forwards 16 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 MD Marcel Dionne 🇨🇦 C 28 80 🔥 1 53 84 137 1.71 17 348 0 0 32
2 CS Charlie Simmer 🇨🇦 LW 26 64 🔥 8 56 45 101 1.58 21 213 0 0 65
3 DT Dave Taylor 🇨🇦 RW 24 61 🔥 1 37 53 90 1.48 12 170 0 0 72
4 BG Butch Goring 🇨🇦 C 30 69 🔥 1 20 48 68 0.99 2 160 0 0 12
5 MM Mike Murphy 🇨🇦 RW 29 80 🔥 2 27 22 49 0.61 7 176 0 0 29
6 SJ Steve Jensen 🇺🇸 LW 24 76 🧊 4 21 15 36 0.47 4 149 0 0 13
7 AS Andre St. Laurent 🇨🇦 C 27 77 🧊 2 6 24 30 0.39 1 121 0 0 88
8 GG Glenn Goldup 🇨🇦 RW 26 55 🧊 2 10 11 21 0.38 1 92 0 0 78
9 SC Steve Carlson 🇺🇸 C 24 52 🔥 2 9 12 21 0.40 1 45 0 0 23
10 SA Syl Apps 🇨🇦 C 32 52 🧊 4 5 16 21 0.40 1 53 0 0 12
11 DH Dean Hopkins 🇨🇦 RW 20 60 🧊 14 8 6 14 0.23 1 57 0 0 39
12 BW Bert Wilson 🇨🇦 LW 30 77 🧊 32 4 3 7 0.09 1 56 0 0 91
13 BH Billy Harris 🇨🇦 RW 28 11 🧊 2 4 3 7 0.64 1 22 0 0 6
14 DH Don Howse 🇨🇦 LW 27 33 🧊 8 2 5 7 0.21 0 46 0 0 6
15 JK John Paul Kelly 🇨🇦 LW 20 40 🧊 7 2 5 7 0.17 0 31 0 0 28
16 MM Mike Marson 🇨🇦 RW 24 3 🧊 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 5
Team totals · 16 skaters 80 264 352 616 7.70 70 1740 0 0 599
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 ML Mario Lessard 🇨🇦 G 25 50 21 3.70 0.000 0 185 56:30
2 RG Ron Grahame 🇨🇦 G 29 26 12 3.77 0.000 0 98 54:03
3 DK Doug Keans 🇨🇦 G 22 10 5 2.30 0.000 0 23 55:38
🌍 Where the roster was born 3 countries · against the whole NHL in 1979-80

90% of this roster was born in Canada, against 84% across the league. Canadian-born players scored 92% of the team's points.

Share of this roster Share of all NHL players
Country Players Share of roster vs NHL Points Who
Canada 28
90%
+6 705 (92%) Dionne, Simmer, Taylor, Goring +24
United States 2
6%
-4 57 (7%) Jensen, Carlson
Switzerland 1
3%
+3 1 (0%) Hardy
By country of birth, from the NHL's player records. "vs NHL" is the gap in percentage points.

1979-80 Los Angeles Kings roster questions

Who led the Los Angeles Kings in scoring in 1979-80?

Marcel Dionne led the Los Angeles Kings in scoring in 1979-80 with 137 points — 53 goals and 84 assists in 80 games. Next came Charlie Simmer (101) and Dave Taylor (90).

Who scored the most goals for the Los Angeles Kings in 1979-80?

Charlie Simmer scored 56 goals for the Los Angeles Kings in 1979-80, 21 of them on the power play.

How many players did the Los Angeles Kings use in 1979-80?

The Los Angeles Kings dressed 31 players in 1979-80: 28 skaters and 3 goalies. Together the skaters scored 290 goals.

Who was the Los Angeles Kings starting goalie in 1979-80?

Mario Lessard played the most games in goal for the Los Angeles Kings in 1979-80: 50 games, 21 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 3.70 goals against average. Ron Grahame was the backup, in 26 games.

How old was the 1979-80 Los Angeles Kings roster?

The average age was 26.1 years. Dean Hopkins was the youngest at 20, and Brad Selwood the oldest at 32.

Where were the 1979-80 Los Angeles Kings players born?

The Los Angeles Kings used 31 players in 1979-80 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 28 in Canada, 2 in the United States and 1 in Switzerland. League-wide that season, 84% of players were born in Canada, against 90% on this roster.