1989–90 Los Angeles Kings season

The 1989-90 Los Angeles Kings season saw the Kings compile a record of 34-39-7 for 75 points, good enough for fourth place in the Smythe Division. They defeated the defending Stanley Cup champion Calgary Flames in the first round of the playoffs before falling to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Edmonton Oilers in the second round. For the Kings, this was the second consecutive year that they eliminated the defending Stanley Cup champions in the first round of the playoffs, only to be swept in the following round by the eventual Cup champions. In both years, they involved both teams from the province of Alberta.

This season saw Kings captain Wayne Gretzky become the all-time leading scorer in NHL history (see below for more details). Gretzky also led the league in scoring for the year, winning the Art Ross Memorial Trophy.

Regular season

Mario Gosselin was the first goaltender in NHL history to lose a game without giving up a goal.^[1] Gosselin filled in for Kelly Hrudey and the Kings would give up an empty net goal. The result was a 7-6 loss to the Edmonton Oilers.

On Wednesday, October 25, 1989, the Kings were shut out at home 5-0 by the Calgary Flames. It was the first time the team had been shut out in a regular-season game since Wednesday, March 12, 1986 when they lost at home 3-0 to the Detroit Red Wings. Prior to the loss against the Flames, the Kings had scored at least one goal in 261 consecutive regular-season games.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Wayne Gretzky's scoring record

On October 15, 1989, playing in only his 780th career game, Wayne Gretzky became the all-time leading scorer in NHL history, breaking the record of 1,850 career points set by his idol, Gordie Howe. Gretzky set the new record on a game-tying goal against Bill Ranford in the final minute of a contest against his former team, the Edmonton Oilers, in Edmonton. Afterwards, Howe was on hand to congratulate Gretzky on his accomplishment. The Kings went on to win the game in overtime.

Final standings

Smythe Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Calgary Flames	80	42	23	15	348	265	99
Edmonton Oilers	80	38	28	14	315	283	90
Winnipeg Jets	80	37	32	11	298	290	85
Los Angeles Kings	80	34	39	7	338	337	75
Vancouver Canucks	80	25	41	14	245	306	64

^[7]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.

Campbell Conference^[8]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Calgary Flames	SMY	80	42	23	15	348	265	99
2	Edmonton Oilers	SMY	80	38	28	14	315	283	90
3	Chicago Blackhawks	NRS	80	41	33	6	316	294	88
4	Winnipeg Jets	SMY	80	37	32	11	298	290	85
5	St. Louis Blues	NRS	80	37	34	9	295	279	83
6	Toronto Maple Leafs	NRS	80	38	38	4	337	358	80
7	Minnesota North Stars	NRS	80	36	40	4	284	291	76
8	Los Angeles Kings	SMY	80	34	39	7	338	337	75
9	Detroit Red Wings	NRS	80	28	38	14	288	323	70
10	Vancouver Canucks	SMY	80	25	41	14	245	306	64

Divisions: NRS – Norris, SMY – Smythe

bold – Qualified for playoffs

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 5, 1989	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90)	1–0–0
2	L	October 7, 1989	5–6	Edmonton Oilers (1989–90)	1–1–0
3	W	October 8, 1989	5–0	Detroit Red Wings (1989–90)	2–1–0
4	L	October 11, 1989	4–7	New York Islanders (1989–90)	2–2–0
5	W	October 13, 1989	6–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (1989–90)	3–2–0
6	W	October 15, 1989	5–4 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90)	4–2–0
7	L	October 17, 1989	2–3	Boston Bruins (1989–90)	4–3–0
8	W	October 21, 1989	6–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1989–90)	5–3–0
9	L	October 22, 1989	4–7	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90)	5–4–0
10	L	October 25, 1989	0–5	Calgary Flames (1989–90)	5–5–0
11	W	October 27, 1989	3–1	@ Winnipeg Jets (1989–90)	6–5–0
12	L	October 29, 1989	1–6	@ Winnipeg Jets (1989–90)	6–6–0
13	W	October 31, 1989	8–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90)	7–6–0
14	L	November 2, 1989	4–5 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1989–90)	7–7–0
15	L	November 4, 1989	3–6	@ Hartford Whalers (1989–90)	7–8–0
16	L	November 5, 1989	3–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90)	7–9–0
17	L	November 8, 1989	4–5	Calgary Flames (1989–90)	7–10–0
18	W	November 11, 1989	5–4	Montreal Canadiens (1989–90)	8–10–0
19	W	November 14, 1989	8–6	@ Calgary Flames (1989–90)	9–10–0
20	T	November 15, 1989	2–2 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90)	9–10–1
21	W	November 18, 1989	5–3	Washington Capitals (1989–90)	10–10–1
22	W	November 22, 1989	6–3	Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90)	11–10–1
23	W	November 25, 1989	7–4	Vancouver Canucks (1989–90)	12–10–1
24	T	November 26, 1989	3–3 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1989–90)	12–10–2
25	L	November 30, 1989	6–7	Edmonton Oilers (1989–90)	12–11–2
26	W	December 2, 1989	6–0	New York Rangers (1989–90)	13–11–2
27	W	December 6, 1989	5–4 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1989–90)	14–11–2
28	L	December 8, 1989	4–5 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90)	14–12–2
29	W	December 10, 1989	8–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1989–90)	15–12–2
30	T	December 11, 1989	2–2 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1989–90)	15–12–3
31	W	December 13, 1989	5–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1989–90)	16–12–3
32	L	December 15, 1989	5–7	@ New Jersey Devils (1989–90)	16–13–3
33	L	December 16, 1989	2–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90)	16–14–3
34	W	December 19, 1989	9–5	Winnipeg Jets (1989–90)	17–14–3
35	W	December 21, 1989	6–1	Quebec Nordiques (1989–90)	18–14–3
36	W	December 23, 1989	4–1	Vancouver Canucks (1989–90)	19–14–3
37	T	December 27, 1989	5–5 OT	Calgary Flames (1989–90)	19–14–4
38	L	December 30, 1989	3–6	Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90)	19–15–4
39	W	January 1, 1990	7–4	@ Washington Capitals (1989–90)	20–15–4
40	L	January 2, 1990	3–5	@ New York Islanders (1989–90)	20–16–4
41	L	January 4, 1990	2–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1989–90)	20–17–4
42	L	January 6, 1990	4–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90)	20–18–4
43	L	January 9, 1990	3–4	St. Louis Blues (1989–90)	20–19–4
44	T	January 11, 1990	3–3 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1989–90)	20–19–5
45	L	January 13, 1990	3–6	Hartford Whalers (1989–90)	20–20–5
46	L	January 16, 1990	2–4	Buffalo Sabres (1989–90)	20–21–5
47	W	January 18, 1990	9–4	Detroit Red Wings (1989–90)	21–21–5
48	T	January 23, 1990	3–3 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1989–90)	21–21–6
49	L	January 25, 1990	6–7	@ Edmonton Oilers (1989–90)	21–22–6
50	L	January 27, 1990	1–3	New York Rangers (1989–90)	21–23–6
51	W	January 30, 1990	5–2	New Jersey Devils (1989–90)	22–23–6
52	L	February 1, 1990	4–7	Chicago Blackhawks (1989–90)	22–24–6
53	W	February 3, 1990	4–3	Calgary Flames (1989–90)	23–24–6
54	W	February 6, 1990	5–3	@ Calgary Flames (1989–90)	24–24–6
55	L	February 8, 1990	1–5	Winnipeg Jets (1989–90)	24–25–6
56	L	February 10, 1990	6–7	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90)	24–26–6
57	L	February 12, 1990	3–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1989–90)	24–27–6
58	L	February 14, 1990	5–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1989–90)	24–28–6
59	L	February 15, 1990	3–6	@ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	24–29–6
60	W	February 17, 1990	7–1	Quebec Nordiques (1989–90)	25–29–6
61	W	February 19, 1990	3–2	Washington Capitals (1989–90)	26–29–6
62	W	February 21, 1990	4–2	Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	27–29–6
63	L	February 24, 1990	4–6	Vancouver Canucks (1989–90)	27–30–6
64	W	February 28, 1990	4–2	Edmonton Oilers (1989–90)	28–30–6
65	L	March 2, 1990	3–9	@ Winnipeg Jets (1989–90)	28–31–6
66	L	March 4, 1990	2–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1989–90)	28–32–6
67	L	March 5, 1990	0–5	@ Calgary Flames (1989–90)	28–33–6
68	L	March 7, 1990	2–5	Montreal Canadiens (1989–90)	28–34–6
69	W	March 10, 1990	8–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1989–90)	29–34–6
70	W	March 12, 1990	6–2	@ New York Rangers (1989–90)	30–34–6
71	W	March 14, 1990	6–5 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1989–90)	31–34–6
72	W	March 17, 1990	5–4	@ Boston Bruins (1989–90)	32–34–6
73	L	March 18, 1990	4–7	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1989–90)	32–35–6
74	L	March 20, 1990	2–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1989–90)	32–36–6
75	W	March 22, 1990	3–1	New York Islanders (1989–90)	33–36–6
76	W	March 24, 1990	9–3	St. Louis Blues (1989–90)	34–36–6
77	T	March 27, 1990	4–4 OT	Winnipeg Jets (1989–90)	34–36–7
78	L	March 29, 1990	0–1	Winnipeg Jets (1989–90)	34–37–7
79	L	March 31, 1990	3–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (1989–90)	34–38–7
80	L	April 1, 1990	4–8	@ Calgary Flames (1989–90)	34–39–7

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky	C	73	40	102	142	42	8	10	4	4
Robitaille, LucLuc Robitaille	LW	80	52	49	101	38	8	20	0	7
Nicholls, BernieBernie Nicholls	C	47	27	48	75	66	-6	8	0	1
Tonelli, JohnJohn Tonelli	LW	73	31	37	68	62	-8	15	0	4
Duchesne, SteveSteve Duchesne	D	79	20	42	62	36	-3	6	0	1
Kasper, SteveSteve Kasper	C	77	17	28	45	27	4	1	1	4
Krushelnyski, MikeMike Krushelnyski	LW/C	63	16	25	41	50	7	2	2	2
Taylor, DaveDave Taylor	RW	58	15	26	41	96	17	2	0	1
Robinson, LarryLarry Robinson	D	64	7	32	39	34	7	1	0	1
Kudelski, BobBob Kudelski	RW	62	23	13	36	49	-7	2	2	3
McSorley, MartyMarty McSorley	D	75	15	21	36	322	2	2	1	0
Sandstrom, TomasTomas Sandstrom	RW	28	13	20	33	28	-1	1	1	0
Elik, ToddTodd Elik	C	48	10	23	33	41	4	1	0	0
Benning, BrianBrian Benning	D	48	5	18	23	104	1	3	0	0
Makela, MikkoMikko Makela	RW	45	7	14	21	16	-4	0	0	0
Crowder, KeithKeith Crowder	RW	55	4	13	17	93	2	0	0	1
Allison, MikeMike Allison	LW	55	2	11	13	78	-6	0	0	1
Miller, JayJay Miller	LW	68	10	2	12	224	-6	0	0	1
Granato, TonyTony Granato	RW	19	5	6	11	45	-2	1	0	0
Watters, TimTim Watters	D	62	1	10	11	92	23	0	0	0
Prajsler, PetrPetr Prajsler	D	34	3	7	10	47	-9	1	0	0
Laidlaw, TomTom Laidlaw	D	57	1	8	9	42	4	0	0	0
Beck, BarryBarry Beck	D	52	1	7	8	53	3	0	0	0
McDonough, HubieHubie McDonough	C	22	3	4	7	10	4	0	0	1
Duncanson, CraigCraig Duncanson	LW	10	3	2	5	9	1	0	0	0
Kontos, ChrisChris Kontos	LW/C	6	2	2	4	4	3	0	0	0
Lindholm, MikaelMikael Lindholm	C	18	2	2	4	2	2	0	0	0
Halkidis, BobBob Halkidis	D	20	0	4	4	56	4	0	0	0
Bjugstad, ScottScott Bjugstad	RW	11	1	2	3	2	2	0	0	1
Fox, JimJim Fox	RW	11	1	1	2	0	-1	0	0	1
Baumgartner, KenKen Baumgartner	LW	12	1	0	1	28	-10	0	0	0
Blake, RobRob Blake	D	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Gosselin, MarioMario Gosselin	G	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey	G	52	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0
Scott, RonRon Scott	G	12	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Stauber, RobbRobb Stauber	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Walker, GordGord Walker	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey	2860	52	22	21	6	194	4.07	2	1532	1338	.873
Gosselin, MarioMario Gosselin	1226	26	7	11	1	79	3.87	0	587	508	.865
Scott, RonRon Scott	654	12	5	6	0	40	3.67	0	321	281	.875
Stauber, RobbRobb Stauber	83	2	0	1	0	11	7.95	0	43	32	.744
Team:	4823	80	34	39	7	324	4.03	2	2483	2159	.870

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Elik, ToddTodd Elik	C	10	3	9	12	10	1	1	0	0
Duchesne, SteveSteve Duchesne	D	10	2	9	11	6	-2	1	0	0
Robitaille, LucLuc Robitaille	LW	10	5	5	10	12	-5	1	0	1
Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky	C	7	3	7	10	0	-4	1	0	0
Granato, TonyTony Granato	RW	10	5	4	9	12	-2	2	1	2
Sandstrom, TomasTomas Sandstrom	RW	10	5	4	9	19	-5	0	0	0
Taylor, DaveDave Taylor	RW	6	4	4	8	2	2	2	0	0
Robinson, LarryLarry Robinson	D	10	2	3	5	10	2	0	0	0
Blake, RobRob Blake	D	8	1	3	4	4	-4	1	0	0
Krushelnyski, MikeMike Krushelnyski	LW/C	10	1	3	4	12	0	0	0	1
McSorley, MartyMarty McSorley	D	10	1	3	4	18	-8	1	0	0
Kudelski, BobBob Kudelski	RW	8	1	2	3	2	-5	0	0	0
Tonelli, JohnJohn Tonelli	LW	10	1	2	3	6	-6	0	0	0
Kasper, SteveSteve Kasper	C	10	1	1	2	2	-4	0	0	0
Miller, JayJay Miller	LW	10	1	1	2	10	-6	0	0	0
Benning, BrianBrian Benning	D	7	0	2	2	10	-9	0	0	0
Allison, MikeMike Allison	LW	4	1	0	1	2	-2	0	1	0
Crowder, KeithKeith Crowder	RW	7	1	0	1	9	-1	0	0	0
Kontos, ChrisChris Kontos	LW/C	5	1	0	1	0	-6	0	1	0
Halkidis, BobBob Halkidis	D	8	0	1	1	8	-7	0	0	0
Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey	G	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bjugstad, ScottScott Bjugstad	RW	2	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Gosselin, MarioMario Gosselin	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Makela, MikkoMikko Makela	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Prajsler, PetrPetr Prajsler	D	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Scott, RonRon Scott	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Watters, TimTim Watters	D	4	0	0	0	6	4	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%
Hrudey, KellyKelly Hrudey	539	9	4	4	39	4.34	265	226	.853
Gosselin, MarioMario Gosselin	63	3	0	2	3	2.86	23	20	.870
Scott, RonRon Scott	32	1	0	0	4	7.50	10	6	.600
Team:	634	10	4	6	46	4.35	298	252	.846

^[9]

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 honors

Wayne Gretzky, Runner Up, Lady Byng Memorial Trophy^[10]

References

Kings on Hockey Database

↑ Hockey’s Book of Firsts, p.16, James Duplacey, JG Press, ISBN 978-1-57215-037-9
↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/LAK/1986_games.html
↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/LAK/1987_games.html
↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/LAK/1988_games.html
↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/LAK/1989_games.html
↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/LAK/1990_games.html
↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1989-1990 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
↑ "1989-90 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
↑ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.221, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5

Los Angeles Kings

Founded in 1967 Based in Los Angeles, California

Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	History Awards Records

Personnel	Owners Philip Anschutz Edward P. Roski General manager Dean Lombardi Head coach Darryl Sutter Team captain Anze Kopitar Current roster

Arenas	Long Beach Arena Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena Great Western Forum Staples Center

Rivalries	Anaheim Ducks San Jose Sharks

Affiliates	AHL Ontario Reign ECHL Manchester Monarchs

General managers	Regan Milford Maguire Vachon Beverley McMaster Taylor Lombardi

Head coaches	Kelly Laycoe Wilson Regan Glover Pulford Stewart Berry MacDonald Perry Vachon Neilson Quinn Murphy Ftorek Webster Melrose Robinson A. Murray Torchetti Crawford T. Murray Stevens D. Sutter

Media	Broadcasters TV: FSN West/Prime Ticket Radio: KABC (790 AM)

Retired numbers	4 16 18 20 30 99

Stanley Cup Finals	1993 2012 2014

Culture/lore	1967 NHL expansion 1967 NHL Expansion Draft I Love L.A. Bailey Frozen Fury Miracle on Manchester 1991 Las Vegas outdoor game Garnet Bailey and Mark Bavis 2011 NHL Premiere 2014 NHL Stadium Series 2015 NHL Stadium Series

Los Angeles Kings seasons

1960s	1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1979–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1989–90 NHL season by team

Patrick	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington

Adams	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Quebec

Norris	Chicago Detroit Minnesota St. Louis Toronto

Smythe	Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles Vancouver Winnipeg

See also	1989 NHL Entry Draft All-Star Game 1990 Stanley Cup Finals Transactions

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