1992–93 Los Angeles Kings season

The 1992–93 Los Angeles Kings season was the team's 26th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). It saw the Kings finish in third place in the Smythe Division with a record of 39 wins, 35 losses, and 10 ties for 88 points. The Kings played their home games at the Great Western Forum.

1992–93 Los Angeles Kings
Campbell Conference champions
Division	3rd Smythe
Conference	6th Campbell
1992–93 record	39–35–10
Home record	22–15–5
Road record	17–20–5
Goals for	338
Goals against	340
Team information
General manager	Nick Beverley
Coach	Barry Melrose
Captain	Wayne Gretzky Luc Robitaille (Oct-Jan) interim
Alternate captains	Tony Granato (Oct-Jan) Paul Coffey (Oct-Jan) Luc Robitaille Marty McSorley
Arena	Great Western Forum
Average attendance	15,833
Minor league affiliate(s)	Phoenix Roadrunners (IHL) Muskegon Fury (UHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Luc Robitaille (63)
Assists	Luc Robitaille (62)
Points	Luc Robitaille (125)
Penalty minutes	Marty McSorley (399)
Plus/minus	Jari Kurri (+19)
Wins	Kelly Hrudey (18)
Goals against average	Robb Stauber (3.84)
← 1991–92 1993–94 →

In 1992–93, the Kings reached new levels of success, reaching the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in their history. They defeated the Calgary Flames in six games in the Division Semifinals before besting the regular-season division champion Vancouver Canucks in six games in the Division Finals. In the Campbell Conference Finals, the Kings triumphed over the Toronto Maple Leafs in a hard-fought seven-game series, sending them to the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals, where they met the Montreal Canadiens. The Kings took Game 1 of the Finals, but then lost four straight games as the Canadiens took the series 4–1 and won their 24th Stanley Cup championship.

Offseason

In the 1992 NHL Entry Draft, the Kings chose Justin Hocking with their first pick, 39th overall, in the second round.

Regular season

On Sunday, November 8, 1992, three Los Angeles Kings (Mike Donnelly, Jari Kurri and Luc Robitaille) scored a hat trick in an 11-4 win at San Jose.^[1]

The Kings were the most penalized team during the regular season, being shorthanded 529 times.^[2]

Los Angeles finished with 2,855 shots on goal during the regular season, second only to the Boston Bruins.^[3]

Final standings

Smythe Division

	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Vancouver Canucks	84	46	29	9	101	346	278
Calgary Flames	84	43	30	11	97	322	282
Los Angeles Kings	84	39	35	10	88	338	340
Winnipeg Jets	84	40	37	7	87	322	320
Edmonton Oilers	84	26	50	8	60	242	337
San Jose Sharks	84	11	71	2	24	218	414

^[4]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.

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 6, 1992	5–4 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1992–93)	1–0–0
2	L	October 8, 1992	3–5	Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)	1–1–0
3	W	October 10, 1992	6–3	Winnipeg Jets (1992–93)	2–1–0
4	W	October 13, 1992	2–1	San Jose Sharks (1992–93)	3–1–0
5	W	October 15, 1992	4–0	Calgary Flames (1992–93)	4–1–0
6	W	October 17, 1992	8–6	Boston Bruins (1992–93)	5–1–0
7	L	October 20, 1992	2–6	@ Calgary Flames (1992–93)	5–2–0
8	L	October 23, 1992	2–4	@ Winnipeg Jets (1992–93)	5–3–0
9	T	October 24, 1992	5–5 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1992–93)	5–3–1
10	W	October 27, 1992	4–3	@ New York Islanders (1992–93)	6–3–1
11	L	October 29, 1992	3–8	@ Boston Bruins (1992–93)	6–4–1
12	W	October 31, 1992	7–1	@ Hartford Whalers (1992–93)	7–4–1
13	W	November 5, 1992	5–2	New Jersey Devils (1992–93)	8–4–1
14	W	November 7, 1992	5–2	Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)	9–4–1
15	W	November 8, 1992	11–4	@ San Jose Sharks (1992–93)	10–4–1
16	T	November 10, 1992	4–4 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1992–93)	10–4–2
17	W	November 12, 1992	7–4	Vancouver Canucks (1992–93)	11–4–2
18	W	November 14, 1992	6–2	Edmonton Oilers (1992–93)	12–4–2
19	L	November 16, 1992	3–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (1992–93)	12–5–2
20	L	November 17, 1992	0–6	@ San Jose Sharks (1992–93)	12–6–2
21	W	November 19, 1992	4–1	Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93)	13–6–2
22	W	November 21, 1992	6–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)	14–6–2
23	W	November 25, 1992	3–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1992–93)	15–6–2
24	W	November 27, 1992	5–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)	16–6–2
25	L	November 28, 1992	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)	16–7–2
26	W	December 1, 1992	6–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93)	17–7–2
27	W	December 3, 1992	5–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93)	18–7–2
28	W	December 5, 1992	7–3	Hartford Whalers (1992–93)	19–7–2
29	T	December 8, 1992	5–5 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)	19–7–3
30	L	December 10, 1992	4–5	Quebec Nordiques (1992–93)	19–8–3
31	W	December 12, 1992	6–3	St. Louis Blues (1992–93)	20–8–3
32	L	December 15, 1992	2–3	Tampa Bay Lightning (1992–93)	20–9–3
33	T	December 18, 1992	5–5 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1992–93)	20–9–4
34	L	December 19, 1992	3–5	@ Calgary Flames (1992–93)	20–10–4
35	L	December 22, 1992	2–6	Vancouver Canucks (1992–93)	20–11–4
36	L	December 26, 1992	2–7	@ San Jose Sharks (1992–93)	20–12–4
37	L	December 29, 1992	2–10	Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93)	20–13–4
38	L	December 31, 1992	0–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1992–93)	20–14–4
39	T	January 2, 1993	5–5 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)	20–14–5
40	L	January 6, 1993	3–6	Tampa Bay Lightning (1992–93)	20–15–5
41	L	January 8, 1993	3–6	@ Winnipeg Jets (1992–93)	20–16–5
42	W	January 10, 1993	5–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93)	21–16–5
43	W	January 12, 1993	3–2	@ Ottawa Senators (1992–93)	22–16–5
44	L	January 14, 1993	1–7	@ New Jersey Devils (1992–93)	22–17–5
45	L	January 16, 1993	2–5	Winnipeg Jets (1992–93)	22–18–5
46	W	January 19, 1993	5–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1992–93)	23–18–5
47	L	January 21, 1993	4–5	Vancouver Canucks (1992–93)	23–19–5
48	L	January 23, 1993	3–8	New York Rangers (1992–93)	23–20–5
49	W	January 26, 1993	7–1	San Jose Sharks (1992–93)	24–20–5
50	L	January 28, 1993	1–2	Calgary Flames (1992–93)	24–21–5
51	T	January 30, 1993	2–2 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93)	24–21–6
52	L	February 2, 1993	2–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1992–93)	24–22–6
53	L	February 3, 1993	2–7	@ Montreal Canadiens (1992–93)	24–23–6
54	L	February 9, 1993	3–6	Edmonton Oilers (1992–93)	24–24–6
55	T	February 11, 1993	6–6 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)	24–24–7
56	L	February 13, 1993	3–10	Washington Capitals (1992–93)	24–25–7
57	W	February 15, 1993	3–0	Vancouver Canucks (1992–93)	25–25–7
58	W	February 17, 1993	10–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1992–93)	26–25–7
59	L	February 18, 1993	2–7	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1992–93)	26–26–7
60	L	February 20, 1993	3–7	@ Washington Capitals (1992–93)	26–27–7
61	W	February 22, 1993	5–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1992–93)	27–27–7
62	L	February 25, 1993	0–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1992–93)	27–28–7
63	L	February 27, 1993	2–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)	27–29–7
64	W	March 2, 1993	6–2	Calgary Flames (1992–93)	28–29–7
65	W	March 4, 1993	8–6	Ottawa Senators (1992–93)	29–29–7
66	W	March 6, 1993	6–1	Edmonton Oilers (1992–93)	30–29–7
67	L	March 9, 1993	3–4	@ New York Rangers (1992–93)	30–30–7
68	L	March 11, 1993	3–4 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1992–93)	30–31–7
69	W	March 15, 1993	4–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1992–93)	31–31–7
70	W	March 16, 1993	8–4	Winnipeg Jets (1992–93)	32–31–7
71	W	March 18, 1993	7–4	New York Islanders (1992–93)	33–31–7
72	W	March 20, 1993	3–2	St. Louis Blues (1992–93)	34–31–7
73	L	March 24, 1993	2–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (1992–93)	34–32–7
74	W	March 26, 1993	4–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1992–93)	35–32–7
75	T	March 28, 1993	3–3 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1992–93)	35–32–8
76	W	March 29, 1993	9–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1992–93)	36–32–8
77	T	March 31, 1993	5–5 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1992–93)	36–32–9
78	W	April 1, 1993	3–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1992–93)	37–32–9
79	L	April 3, 1993	0–3	Minnesota North Stars (1992–93)	37–33–9
80	T	April 6, 1993	3–3 OT	Calgary Flames (1992–93)	37–33–10
81	W	April 8, 1993	2–1	San Jose Sharks (1992–93)	38–33–10
82	W	April 10, 1993	3–2 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (1992–93)	39–33–10
83	L	April 13, 1993	4–7	@ Vancouver Canucks (1992–93)	39–34–10
84	L	April 15, 1993	6–8	Vancouver Canucks (1992–93)	39–35–10

Playoffs

Division Semifinals

The Kings qualified for the 1993 Stanley Cup Playoffs by virtue of their third-place finish in the Smythe Division. In the Smythe Division Semifinals, the third-seeded Kings met the Calgary Flames, who had finished second in the Smythe Division during the regular season. Although Los Angeles was missing its best defenceman, Rob Blake, for Game 1 and team captain Wayne Gretzky suffered a charley horse and left midway through the contest, the Kings fired on all cylinders in a 6-3 win at the Olympic Saddledome. Defenceman Darryl Sydor scored on a pass from behind the net by Gretzky only 16 seconds into the game, and Jimmy Carson netted two power play goals.^[5] However, Calgary stormed back in Game 2, with their ace defensive centre Joel Otto scoring twice, once at even-strength and once short-handed, as part of an unanswered five-goal outburst in the second period en route to a 9-4 Flames victory.^[6]

Division Finals

Conference Finals

In the Conference Finals, the Kings faced the Toronto Maple Leafs, who had finished in third place in the Norris Division during the regular season and defeated the Detroit Red Wings and St. Louis Blues, both in seven games, in the Division Semifinals and Division Finals, respectively. The Maple Leafs had last won the Stanley Cup in 1967 and had not even reached the Stanley Cup Finals since that year.^[7][8] Their 1993 Conference Finals appearance was the furthest the franchise had advanced in the playoffs since 1978.^[9] There had been some animosity between the clubs heading into the series, as Toronto centre Doug Gilmour had been suspended for eight days for slashing and breaking the arm of the Kings' Tomas Sandström during a regular-season game on November 21.^[10]

The Maple Leafs opened the series with a 4-1 victory at home in Game 1, with Gilmour, the playoffs' leading scorer, recording two goals and two assists. However, the contest was marred by a hit on Gilmour by Kings defenceman Marty McSorley late in the game. Leaf captain Wendel Clark immediately fought McSorley, while Toronto defenceman Todd Gill brawled with Los Angeles forward Dave Taylor. Leafs head coach Pat Burns, who believed McSorley's hit on Gilmour was a deliberate attack ordered by the Los Angeles coaching staff, angrily confronted Kings head coach Barry Melrose, while Toronto fans threw debris on the ice.^[11] McSorley estimated that over 100 threats were called into his hotel room after the game.^[12] Sandström's goal off a Wayne Gretzky pass with 7:40 remaining allowed Los Angeles to tie the series with a 3-2 win in Game 2 before the teams headed to the Great Western Forum for Games 3 and 4.^[13] The Kings took Game 3 by a 4-2 score aided by short-handed goals from Taylor and Jari Kurri,^[14] but Toronto displayed a dominant defensive effort in Game 4, as goals by Bob Rouse and rookie Mike Eastwood in the first 6:30 sparked the Maple Leafs to a 4-2 win of their own to tie the series at 2-2.^[15] In Game 5, Glenn Anderson scored the winning goal in overtime off his own rebound to give Toronto a 3-2 victory, putting them one win away from their first Finals appearance in 26 years.^[16] In the aftermath of the game, Bob McKenzie, writing in the Toronto Star, angered Gretzky by opining that the Kings' captain looked "as though he were skating with a piano on his back."^[17] Before Game 6 in Los Angeles, Gretzky told his agent, Mike Barnett, "The piano man still has a tune to play."^[18]

Game 6, a back-and-forth affair, would prove the most controversial of the series. Clark gave Toronto a 2-1 lead early in the second period, but the Kings went ahead 4-2 on three power play goals by McSorley, Darryl Sydor, and Luc Robitaille. The Leafs stormed back in the third period, with Clark scoring two more goals to complete a hat trick and tie the game at 4-4; the tying goal came with just 81 seconds left, sending the contest into overtime.^[19] With 13 seconds left in regulation, Anderson received a boarding penalty, allowing Los Angeles to begin overtime on a power play. During the overtime period, with the Kings in the Toronto end, Gretzky's stick caught Gilmour on the chin, drawing blood. Under the rules in place at the time, the play would have resulted in a five-minute major penalty. However, after consulting with linesmen Ron Finn and Kevin Collins, referee Kerry Fraser decided against penalizing Gretzky, reasoning he did not see the play. Gretzky scored the overtime winner off the very next faceoff, handing Los Angeles a 5-4 win and tying the series at three games apiece.^[20]

The winner of the deciding seventh game in Toronto would determine the Montreal Canadiens' opponent in the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals. At 9:48 of the first period, Gretzky opened the scoring with a short-handed goal off a 2-on-1 rush with McSorley, then picked up an assist when Sandstrom scored off a Gretzky pass in the slot to give the Kings a 2-0 lead. The Maple Leafs tied the game in the second period on goals by Clark and Anderson, but just past the midway point of the period, Gretzky scored his second goal of the contest when he took a backhand pass from Sandström and, after Toronto defenceman Kent Manderville went for the puck but missed, moved to the high slot and slapped the puck past Leaf goaltender Felix Potvin for a 3-2 Los Angeles lead. The Maple Leafs clawed back to tie the game at 3-3 early in the third period on Clark's second goal of the night. However, with 3:51 left, the Kings' Alexei Zhitnik took a shot that Rouse partially blocked and redirected to Mike Donnelly, who scored into an empty net to give Los Angeles a 4-3 advantage. Only 37 seconds later, Gretzky completed a hat trick and capped a four-point effort when, chased by Gill, he circled behind Potvin and banked the puck off the skate of Leafs defenceman Dave Ellett and into the net; the goal, which Gretzky called a "fluke", gave the Kings a 5-3 lead. Though Ellett scored with 1:07 remaining to cut the Kings' lead to one goal, Los Angeles held on for a 5-4 victory and advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in team history. Gretzky later called Game 7 the greatest game he had ever played.^[21][22][23]

Stanley Cup Finals

Main article: 1993 Stanley Cup Finals

The Kings' opponents in the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals, the Canadiens, had finished third in the Adams Division during the regular season. They had defeated their provincial rivals, the Quebec Nordiques, in six games in the Division Semifinals and swept the Buffalo Sabres four straight in the Division Finals before besting the New York Islanders in five games in the Wales Conference Finals. Prior to the series, Los Angeles coach Barry Melrose suggested that the Canadiens were a team that "hasn't been tested," although Montreal had lost the first two games of their first-round series to the Nordiques before rebounding to win 11 consecutive games, tying an NHL record.^[24]

Still, the Canadiens had had eight days off since eliminating the Islanders, and the Kings took advantage of their lethargy in a 4-1 victory in Game 1 at the Montreal Forum. Montreal native Luc Robitaille scored twice on the power play, and Wayne Gretzky had a hand in all four Los Angeles goals, scoring one himself and assisting on the other three. The lone Canadiens goal came at 18:09 of the first period when Gretzky scored on his own net trying to break up a pass by Montreal's Ed Ronan, who received credit for the goal.^[25]

The turning point in the series, however, came in Game 2. The Canadiens took a 1-0 lead on a first-period goal by defenceman Éric Desjardins, but the Kings tied the score in the second period on a short-handed goal from Dave Taylor, then went in front 2-1 when Pat Conacher scored with 11:28 left in the third period. During a stoppage in play with 1:45 remaining, Montreal head coach Jacques Demers requested that referee Kerry Fraser measure the curve on the blade of Los Angeles defenceman Marty McSorley's stick. After measuring the curve, Fraser ruled McSorley's stick illegal and assessed him a minor penalty. Demers then pulled goaltender Patrick Roy for an extra attacker, giving the Canadiens a 6-on-4 power play. Desjardins scored his second goal of the game off a Vincent Damphousse pass with 1:13 left in regulation to tie the score at 2-2, sending the contest into overtime. Only 51 seconds into the extra period, Montreal's Benoît Brunet picked up a missed Desjardins slap shot and passed it back to Desjardins, who fired another shot past Kings goaltender Kelly Hrudey to win the game for the Canadiens, 3-2, and tie the series at 1-1. Desjardins became the first defenceman to ever score a hat trick in the Stanley Cup Finals.^[26][27][28]

The series shifted to Los Angeles for the third and fourth games. By early in the second period of Game 3, the Canadiens had a 3-0 lead over the Kings, thanks to goals by Brian Bellows, Gilbert Dionne, and Mathieu Schneider, the latter two goals coming 21 seconds apart. However, Los Angeles received an emotional lift from a Mark Hardy hit on Mike Keane, and the team responded with goals from Robitaille, Tony Granato, and Gretzky to tie the game at 3-3. With 12.9 seconds left before the game went into overtime, Kings coach Melrose argued for a penalty shot, saying that Montreal captain Guy Carbonneau closed his hand on the puck in the goal crease, but referee Terry Gregson ruled that the puck was caught in Carbonneau's equipment instead. Only 34 seconds into overtime, John LeClair buried the puck past Hrudey to give the Canadiens a 4-3 win and a 2-1 series lead.^[29][30] In the fourth game, Montreal took a 2-0 lead over the Kings on a first-period Kirk Muller goal and a power-play goal by Damphousse, but Los Angeles tied the score on a second-period Mike Donnelly goal off his own rebound and a power-play goal from McSorley, who took a pass from Gretzky from behind the net. The game again went to overtime, where LeClair scored his second consecutive sudden-death winner at 14:37 of the extra period for a 3-2 Canadiens victory and a 3-1 advantage in the series. It was the third straight overtime win for Montreal and their tenth consecutive overtime victory in the playoffs; Canadiens head coach Demers opined of the overtime winning streak that it was "possibly a record that will never be beaten."^[31]

Montreal Canadiens vs. Los Angeles Kings

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
June 1	Los Angeles	4	Montreal	1
June 3	Los Angeles	2	Montreal	3	(OT)
June 5	Montreal	4	Los Angeles	3	(OT)
June 7	Montreal	3	Los Angeles	2	(OT)
June 9	Los Angeles	1	Montreal	4

Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4–1.

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season[32] Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Luc Robitaille 84 63 62 125 18 100 Jari Kurri 82 27 60 87 19 38 Tony Granato 81 37 45 82 -1 171 Mike Donnelly 84 29 40 69 17 45 Wayne Gretzky 45 16 49 65 6 6 Rob Blake 76 16 43 59 18 152 Paul Coffey ‡ 50 8 49 57 9 50 Tomas Sandstrom 39 25 27 52 12 57 Alexei Zhitnik 78 12 36 48 -3 80 Marty McSorley 81 15 26 41 1 399 Corey Millen 42 23 16 39 16 42 Darryl Sydor 80 6 23 29 -2 63 Charlie Huddy 82 2 25 27 16 64 Lonnie Loach † 50 10 13 23 3 27 Jimmy Carson † 34 12 10 22 -2 14 Pat Conacher 81 9 8 17 -16 20 Dave Taylor 48 6 9 15 1 49 Warren Rychel 70 6 7 13 -15 314 Jim Hiller ‡ 40 6 6 12 0 90 John McIntyre ‡ 49 2 5 7 -13 80 Bob Kudelski ‡ 15 3 3 6 -3 8 Gary Shuchuk 25 2 4 6 0 16 Robert Lang 11 0 5 5 -3 2 Brent Thompson 30 0 4 4 -4 76 Guy Leveque 12 2 1 3 -4 19 Mark Hardy † 11 0 3 3 -4 4 Peter Ahola ‡ 8 1 1 2 -2 6 Tim Watters 22 0 2 2 -3 18 Sean Whyte 18 0 2 2 1 12 Jeff Chychrun † 17 0 1 1 -3 23 Marc Potvin 20 0 1 1 -10 61 Francois Breault 4 0 0 0 -1 6 Rene Chapdelaine 13 0 0 0 -6 12 Marc Fortier † 6 0 0 0 -2 5 Brandy Semchuk 1 0 0 0 0 2 Jim Thomson † 9 0 0 0 -1 56 Darryl Williams 2 0 0 0 0 10 Total 338 586 924 — 2,197

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Wayne Gretzky 24 15 25 40 6 4 Tomas Sandstrom 24 8 17 25 -2 12 Luc Robitaille 24 9 13 22 -13 28 Jari Kurri 24 9 8 17 2 12 Tony Granato 24 6 11 17 3 50 Mike Donnelly 24 6 7 13 3 14 Warren Rychel 23 6 7 13 4 39 Alexei Zhitnik 24 3 9 12 -4 26 Darryl Sydor 24 3 8 11 4 16 Pat Conacher 24 6 4 10 8 6 Rob Blake 23 4 6 10 3 46 Marty McSorley 24 4 6 10 -2 60 Jimmy Carson 18 5 4 9 1 2 Dave Taylor 22 3 5 8 7 31 Corey Millen 23 2 4 6 1 12 Charlie Huddy 23 1 4 5 9 12 Gary Shuchuk 17 2 2 4 -6 12 Mark Hardy 15 1 2 3 7 30 Tim Watters 22 0 2 2 -3 30 Lonnie Loach 1 0 0 0 0 0 Marc Potvin 1 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Thomson 1 0 0 0 0 0 Total 93 144 237 — 442

Goaltending

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Kelly Hrudey	50	44	2,718:12	18	21	6	175	3.86	1,552	.887	2	0	4	10
Robb Stauber	31	28	1,735:03	15	8	4	111	3.84	987	.888	0	0	2	4
Rick Knickle	10	10	532:18	6	4	0	35	3.95	292	.880	0	0	0	2
David Goverde	2	2	98:17	0	2	0	13	7.94	51	.745	0	0	0	0
Total			5,083:50	39	35	10	334	3.94	2,882	.884	2	0	6	16

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Kelly Hrudey	20	20	1,260:42	10	10	74	3.52	656	.887	0	0	0	2
Robb Stauber	4	4	240:00	3	1	16	4.00	157	.898	0	0	0	0
Total			1,500:42	13	11	90	3.60	813	.889	0	0	0	2

† Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Kings. Stats reflect time with the Kings only.
‡ Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Kings only.

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

• Clarence S. Campbell Bowl
• Luc Robitaille, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
• Luc Robitaille, Most Goals by a Left Wing in One Season (63) ^[33]

Transactions

The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1992–93 season.^[34]

Trades

September 3, 1992	To Los Angeles Kings Pat Conacher	To New Jersey Devils Future considerations
October 13, 1992	To Los Angeles Kings John Mokosak	To New York Rangers Future considerations
November 6, 1992	To Los Angeles Kings Jeff Chychrun	To Pittsburgh Penguins Peter Ahola
December 19, 1992	To Los Angeles Kings Marc Fortier Jim Thomson	To Ottawa Senators Bob Kudelski Shawn McCosh
January 29, 1993	To Los Angeles Kings Jimmy Carson Marc Potvin Gary Shuchuk	To Detroit Red Wings Paul Coffey Sylvain Couturier Jim Hiller
March 22, 1993	To Los Angeles Kings Mark Hardy 5th round pick in 1993 - Frederick Beaubien	To New York Rangers John McIntyre

Free agent signings

August 1, 1992	From Hartford Whalers Ed Kastelic
October 1, 1992	From Minnesota North Stars Warren Rychel
February 16, 1993	From San Diego Gulls (IHL) Rick Knickle

Free agents lost

June 16, 1992	To Washington Capitals Steve Weeks
July 21, 1992	To Tampa Bay Lightning Chris Kontos
July 30, 1992	To Winnipeg Jets Rick Hayward

Waivers

October 21, 1992

From Ottawa Senators Lonnie Loach

Lost in expansion draft

June 18, 1992	To Ottawa Senators Jim Thomson
June 18, 1992	To Tampa Bay Lightning John Van Kessel

Draft picks

See also: 1992 NHL Entry Draft

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
2	39	Justin Hocking	D	Canada	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
3	63	Sandy Allan	G	Canada	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
4	87	Kevin Brown	RW	Canada	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
5	111	Jeff Shevalier	LW	Canada	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
6	135	Rem Murray	RW	Canada	Michigan State University (CCHA)
9	207	Magnus Wernblom	RW	Sweden	Modo Hockey (Elitserien)
10	231	Ryan Pisiak	RW	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
11	255	Jukka Tiilikainen	LW	Finland	Kiekko-Espoo (Finland)

Notes

• The Kings first-round pick went to the Philadelphia Flyers as the result of a trade on February 19, 1992 that sent Kjell Samuelson, Rick Tocchet, Ken Wregget and a conditional third-round pick in 1993 to Pittsburgh in exchange for Mark Recchi, Brian Benning and this pick (15th overall).

Pittsburgh previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on February 19, 1992 that sent Paul Coffey to Los Angeles in exchange for Jeff Chychrun, Brian Benning and this pick.

• The Kings seventh-round pick went to the New York Islanders as the result of a trade on February 18, 1992 that sent Steve Weeks to Los Angeles in exchange for this pick (159th overall).
• The Kings eighth-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on August 15, 1990 that sent Shawn McCosh to Los Angeles in exchange for this pick (183rd overall).

References

• Kings on Hockey Database

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2. "1992-93 NHL Summary".
3. "1992-93 Los Angeles Kings Roster and Statistics".
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