GDT: Game 12/82: Los Angeles Kings @ St. Louis Blues | Tue, Nov 3 2015 - 5:30PM PT

[KingsKnight]

LOS ANGELES KINGS @ ST. LOUIS BLUES
Tuesday, November 3, 2015 - 5:30PM PT
Scottrade Center | St. Louis, MO

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LOS ANGELES|

ST. LOUIS

(7-4-0 14pts)|

(8-2-1 17pts)
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Gaborik - Kopitar - Brown |

Steen - Lehtera - Tarasenko

Lucic - Carter - Toffoli |

Upshall - Backes - Brouwer

Andreoff - Shore - Lewis |

Fabbri - Gomez - Jaskin

Clifford - Weal - Pearson |

Reaves - Brodziak - Ott
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McNabb - Doughty |

Bouwmeester - Pietrangelo

Muzzin - Martinez |

Gunnarsson - Parayko

Ehrhoff - McBain |

Edmundson - Bortuzzo
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Enroth / Quick |

Allen / Elliott​

NEWS | NOTES

MEDIA
TV: NBCSN
Radio: AM 790 KABC

MATCHUP
11/3 LAK at STL
1/9 STL at LAK
2/18 LAK at STL

LOS ANGELES​

|| ST. LOUIS

0-0-0​

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Series vs​

| 0-0-0

7-4-0 14pts​

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Record​

| 8-2-1 17pts

2nd Pac - 7th West - 12th NHL​

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Standings​

| 2nd Cen - 2nd West - 3rd NHL

4-3-0​

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Home​

| 4-0-1

3-1-0​

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Away​

| 4-2-0

7-3-0​

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Last 10​

| 7-2-1

Lost 1​

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Streak​

| Won 3

2.36​

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G/GP​

|2.73

2.27​

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GA/GP​

|2.09

17.1%​

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PP%​

|10.5%

83.3%​

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PK%​

|83.3%

30.9​

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S/GP​

|32.3

29.3​

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SA/GP​

|26.2

47.4%​

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Faceoff %​

| 52.3%

SEASON SCHEDULE | RESULTS

Disclaimer: “GDT may not be 100% accurate. I got the line combos from your mom. I used to have Center Ice, Gamecenter Live, and an undercover concession worker in each arena, but this **** costs money. I will admit that my pet otter is using all up that money on his worsening opium problem. I try to not be an enabler, but I haven't had a sea urchin problem in months. Then I thought, why should I pay all this money and have a sea urchin problem to appease fans of random teams that I don't even care about anyway? Unless you are willing to take a bunch of sea urchins off of my hands, don't ***** if I get the lines wrong.” - BF​

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[Holden Caulfield]

Why is this game 12/82? Why 82?

 

[KingsKnight]

Why is this game 12/82? Why 82?

Game 12 of 82 regular season games.

 

[kingsholygrail]

We lose in Chicago...So while we maintain a tradition there, let's continue our tradition of kicking St Louis's ass.

 

[KingsFan7824]

Of the 7 guys without an assist this season, 3 have played regularly. Those 3 are Kopitar, Shore, and Andreoff. 3 of your 4 centers have 0 assists in 11 games.

Lewis had an empty net goal. Pearson's goal came on the PP. That leaves 1 goal from a winger not named Toffoli or Lucic.

So, chicken or egg?

Top two guys in total shots, Brown and Doughty, have 0 goals. 5 of the top 7 guys in shots have 1 or 0 goals. Kopitar is 8th in shots, but he's scoring a few, when he goes to the net.

 

[Reaper45]

Of the 7 guys without an assist this season, 3 have played regularly. Those 3 are Kopitar, Shore, and Andreoff. 3 of your 4 centers have 0 assists in 11 games.

Lewis had an empty net goal. Pearson's goal came on the PP. That leaves 1 goal from a winger not named Toffoli or Lucic.

So, chicken or egg?

Top two guys in total shots, Brown and Doughty, have 0 goals. 5 of the top 7 guys in shots have 1 or 0 goals. Kopitar is 8th in shots, but he's scoring a few, when he goes to the net.

So what you're saying is its gotta change soon. I mean insert math + probabilities and all that jazz.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Exactly, someone's gonna break through and soon. Just keep doing all the right things.

Just win baby! Should be a fun one regardless, always interesting with StL.

From Friedman's 30 thoughts, thought this was awesome, and hope they keep this in mind:

"20. Winnipeg’s only loss last week (not counting Montreal) was to the Kings, whose seven-game win streak ended Monday in Chicago. “Their identity is back,” Maurice said. “In the third period, they put the puck in our zone 20 times and were on it. Just driving it down your throat.”"

Also of note, somewhat interesting thought:

"21. Los Angeles coach Darryl Sutter experimented with Marian Gaborik away from Anze Kopitar, and one opposing coach said he saw why. “Gaborik is more of a freelancer, and sometimes Kopitar looks frustrated with it.” (The coach is not Maurice. As usual, no named source is used for anonymous comments.)"

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/30-thoughts-power-struggle-over-the-coachs-challenge/

 

[Captain Mittens*]

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Maybe they're talking about how they could get some offense beyond one line.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Maybe they're talking about how they could get some offense beyond one line.

Hope St. Louis has a lot of trash cans!

 

[Reclamation Project]

Dustin Brown hits. Lots of them.

 

[DocWest]

Remember that beauty of a goal from Brown last night? That's right, neither do I.

 

[YP44]

Hope St. Louis has a lot of trash cans!

was along my thought lines as well

 

[Omni Owl]

Needs more physical play, especially from Brown.

 

[YP44]

Needs more physical play, especially from Brown.

have to be able to catch them...just look at how Kane kept dodging hits last night

 

[ScoreZeGoals]

Hope I'm wrong, but this feels like a loss

 

[YP44]

Hope I'm wrong, but this feels like a loss

When we lose we need to start getting loser points.
No shame losing back to back to Chicago and St. Louis on the road

 

[LAKings88]

Kick them in the blue notes.

Go Kings Go!

 

[onlyalad]

When we lose we need to start getting loser points.
No shame losing back to back to Chicago and St. Louis on the road

But winning one would be better
No shame in winning

 

[regulate]

Isn't the Kings record 7-4, not 7-3?

 

[TonySCV]

John Forslund will be calling PxP for the game tonight on NBCSN, and making his analyst debut tonight will be Brian Boucher.

 

[YP44]

But winning one would be better
No shame in winning

not true...getting and "easy" path to the cup (2012) was shameful.

 

[KingsFan7824]

Probably looking at a game where the Kings have to find a way to stay in the game for the first 10 minutes. If they do, they might grab a lead, and then have to hang on the rest of the night. Or, they start out very conservative, try and hang on until the 3rd, and then a burst or two of energy to score a goal.

Backup goalie, on the road, with one line showing much of anything this year. At least a point out of the two games would be nice.

 

[Little Psycho]

hope st. Louis has a lot of trash cans!

lol!

 

[bob77]

Of the 7 guys without an assist this season, 3 have played regularly. Those 3 are Kopitar, Shore, and Andreoff. 3 of your 4 centers have 0 assists in 11 games.

Lewis had an empty net goal. Pearson's goal came on the PP. That leaves 1 goal from a winger not named Toffoli or Lucic.

So, chicken or egg?

Top two guys in total shots, Brown and Doughty, have 0 goals. 5 of the top 7 guys in shots have 1 or 0 goals. Kopitar is 8th in shots, but he's scoring a few, when he goes to the net.

Says something about the quality of the shots many are taking. It'd be nice to see some play making. Maybe Weal??