Los Angeles Kings Statistical Overview
By Gann Matsuda
through January 31, 1999
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WON-LOSS RECORD
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Overall Record: 22-21-7 - 54 points
(the Kings have three overtime losses)
Winning Percentage: .540
Home Record: 12-9-3 - 28 points
(the Kings have one overtime loss at home)
Road Record: 10-12-4 - 26 points
(the Kings have two overtime losses on the road)
Record against Western Conference Teams: 12-16-4 - 31 points
(includes three overtime losses)
Record against Eastern Conference Teams: 10-7-3 - 23 points
Record against Pacific Division: 3-9-1 - 10 points
(includes three overtime losses)
Record against other divisions: 19-12-6 - 44 points
January Record: 5-7-1 (two overtime losses)
INDIVIDUAL STATS (includes games played through February 3, 2000)
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(*) - ROOKIE
Pos Player GP G A P +/- PM SHFT ST S% IT FW% H GV TK
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R PALFFY 46 19 30 49 10 24 21.5 121 15.7 19:23 42.9 48 50 40
C SMOLINSKI 51 15 30 45 1 32 23.8 105 14.3 18:46 51.9 80 43 30
L ROBITAILLE 41 25 18 43 11 48 20.4 127 19.7 18:24 22.2 20 25 18
R MURRAY 47 17 22 39 10 44 22.1 112 15.8 17:59 88.9 58 26 29
D R. BLAKE 49 13 21 34 3 73 28.4 205 6.3 28:03 0.0 121 69 49
R AUDETTE 38 11 14 25 4 39 18.9 91 12.1 15:06 50.0 11 29 20
C STUMPEL 26 5 19 24 10 4 22.0 56 8.9 18:53 49.9 32 37 19
D GALLEY 42 6 12 18 7 36 23.2 53 11.3 19:18 0.0 90 50 14
L JOHNSON 49 6 8 14 -8 24 20.6 67 9.0 14:40 50.0 51 29 25
R TUOMAINEN 44 8 5 13 -10 63 17.7 58 13.8 12:17 28.6 47 13 12
L TSYPLAKOV 29 6 7 13 6 4 14.1 30 20.0 10:39 0.0 32 12 10
C LAPERRIERE 48 5 8 13 -8 146 20.8 62 8.1 14:44 54.3 116 31 27
C J. BLAKE 36 3 10 13 7 20 15.2 64 4.7 11:08 44.5 35 24 20
R CHARTRAND* 40 5 6 11 5 17 17.0 40 12.5 11:31 51.0 52 18 8
D BERG 44 1 9 10 -2 27 23.1 41 2.4 17:48 0.0 138 52 10
C BARRIE 34 4 5 9 3 48 16.9 38 10.5 12:43 52.2 58 22 10
D KARALAHTI* 18 3 6 9 6 8 22.3 30 10.0 18:31 0.0 49 13 5
D KABERLE* 37 0 9 9 3 4 19.9 41 0.0 17:04 0.0 29 28 12
D NORSTROM 51 1 7 8 13 46 25.3 42 2.4 21:25 0.0 168 47 21
D O'DONNELL 49 1 6 7 1 70 23.1 34 2.9 17:31 0.0 95 47 24
L BYLSMA 33 2 3 5 -3 42 15.3 18 11.1 09:37 43.3 85 8 7
C CORKUM 14 2 3 5 -2 0 20.6 15 13.3 13:17 55.4 26 7 6
D MODRY 15 2 2 4 -2 12 23.3 20 10.0 19:50 0.0 12 16 6
L MCKENNA 32 0 4 4 6 92 8.1 8 0.0 04:42 0.0 25 6 3
R ROSA 3 0 0 0 -1 0 13.3 1 0.0 11:20 0.0 6 1 1
L HUARD 1 0 0 0 0 2 5.0 0 0.0 02:14 0.0 1 0 0
D NEMECEK* 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.0 0 0.0 09:36 0.0 0 0 1
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Legend: GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, P = Points,
+/- = Plus/Minus, PM = Penalties in Minutes, SHFT = Average Shifts,
ST = Shots, S% = Shooting Percentage, IT = Average Ice Time (in
minutes), FW% = Faceoff Winning Percentage, H = Hits, GV = Giveaways,
TK = Takeaways
*NOTE: SHFT, S%, IT AND FW% are rounded off to the nearest tenth.
KINGS AMONG THE LEAGUE LEADERS (through January 31, 2000)
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Ziggy Palffy is tied for 17th in overall scoring (up from 26th in
December) and is ranked 17th in assists.
Luc Robitaille is eighth in goal scoring (not ranked in December) and is
tied for 15th in shooting percentage (not ranked in December).
Bryan Smolinski is ranked 16th in assists and tenth in face-off wins (up
from 13th in December).
Rob Blake is tied for eighth in power play goals (down from second in
December). He is fourth in shots, tenth in shifts and fifth in ice
time. Among defensemen, Blake is tied for first in goals, ninth in
points, first in shots, tenth in shifts and fifth in ice time.
Mattias Norstrom ranks ninth in defenseman hits.
Aki Berg ranks 17th in defenseman hits.
Ian Laperriere ranks second in penalty minutes.
Among rookie leaders, Jere Karalahti is tenth in plus/minus, ninth in
shifts and ninth in ice time.
Brad Chartrand is 13th in rookie plus/minus.
Frantisek Kaberle is 18th in rookie plus/minus and 13th in rookie ice
time.
GOALTENDERS
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Won-lost-tied record is based upon which goaltender was playing when the
winning or tying goal was scored.
Empty-net goals are not counted in personal averages but are included in
the team total.
(GPI) GAMES PLAYED IN (MINS) MINUTES PLAYED (AVG) 60 MINUTE AVERAGE
(EN) EMPTY-NET GOALS AGAINST (SO) SHUTOUTS (GA) GOALS AGAINST
(SA) SHOTS AGAINST (SPCT) SAVE PERCENTAGE
GOALTENDER GPI MINS AVG W L T EN SO GA SA SPCT G A PIM
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MARCEL COUSINEAU 5 171 2.11 1 1 0 0 6 64 .906 0 0 0
JAMIE STORR 23 1172 2.82 9 8 3 1 55 554 .901 0 0 0
STEPHANE FISET 31 1681 2.86 12 12 4 1 80 772 .896 0 2 2
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LA TOTALS 50 3042 2.86 22 21 7 4 2 145 1394 .896
GOALTENDING STATS HIGHLIGHTS
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Fiset appeared in ten games in January, earning a 4-4-1 record, playing
507 minutes. He had a respectable 2.72 GAA for the month (down from
4.02 for December), but a poor .884 save percentage (up from .857 in
December).
Fiset improved in January, especially in the last two weeks of the
month. However, he still has some work to do, as his low save
percentage indicates.
Storr appeared in four games in January, earning a 1-3-0 record, playing
239 minutes. He posted a 3.26 GAA and a .866 save percentage for the
month.
Storr got off to a slow start after returning from post-concussion
syndrome, which helps explain his unimpressive numbers.
Cousineau made one relief appearance in January, allowing no goals on
twelve shots in 36 minutes.
TEAM STATISTICS/RANKINGS
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OFFENSE: LA is ranked seventh in the NHL offensively (down from
third in December), averaging 3.08 goals per game (down
from 3.14 goals per game in December).
LA scored 38 goals in 13 games in January, an average
of 2.92 goals per game.
Last season, the Kings were 25th on offense, with a
2.28 GPG.
Detroit leads the NHL, scoring 3.44 GPG.
The New York Islanders are the worst offensive team in
the league, averaging 2.14 GPG.
DEFENSE: LA is ranked 21st defensively (up from 22nd in
December), with a 2.79 team GAA (down from 2.85 in
December).
LA allowed 38 goals in January, earning a 2.90 team GAA
for the month (way down from 3.52 in December).
Last season, the Kings wound up ranked 16th in the NHL,
with a 2.99 team GAA.
St. Louis is the top defensive team in the league, with
a 2.03 team GAA.
Atlanta is the worst defensive team, with a 3.67 team
GAA.
POWER PLAY: The Kings are ranked seventh in the league on the power
play (down from sixth in December). They've scored 40
power play goals on 221 attempts, 18.1%, (down from
19.4% in December).
The Kings scored just seven power play goals on 51
attempts in January, 13.7% (down from 19.7% in
(December).
Last season, the Kings were ranked 24th, with a paltry
13.1% rating.
New Jersey has the NHL's best power play. They have
a 24.4% rating.
Buffalo has the league's worst power play, with a 9.8%
rating.
PENALTY- The Kings are ranked 19th in penalty-killing (up from
KILLING 22nd in December), allowing 43 power play goals on 235
attempts, 81.7% (up slightly from 81.5% in December).
The Kings' penalty-killing allowed nine power play
goals on 62 attempts, good for an 85.5% rating (up from
78.3% in December).
Last season, the Kings were ranked 9th, with an 85.8%
rating.
Colorado has the best penalty-killing with an 91.4%
rating.
Boston has the worst penalty-killing with a 78.2%
rating.
SHOTS AGAINST: LA is ranked 14th in the NHL in shots against (way up
from 22nd in December), allowing an average of 27.9
shots per game (down from 29.3 shots per game in
December). LA has allowed 1,394 shots.
LA allowed 309 shots in 13 games in December, an
average of 23.8 shots per game (way down from 28.9
shots per game in December.
Last season, the Kings were ranked 22nd, allowing an
average of 29.7 shots per game. LA allowed 2,456 shots
in 82 games last season.
St. Louis allows the fewest shots per game so far this
season, averaging a paltry 22.3 shots per game.
The New York Islanders allow the most shots per game,
averaging 31.5 shots per game.
