GDT: Game 63: Montreal Canadiens at Los Angeles Kings | Thursday, Mar 3 2016 - 7:30PM PT

[KingsKnight]

MONTREAL CANADIENS @ LOS ANGELES KINGS
Thursday, Mar 3 2016 - 7:30PM PT
Staples Center | Los Angeles, CA
TV: FS-W | Radio: AM 790 KABC

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MONTREAL|

LOS ANGELES

(30-28-6 66pts)|

(37-21-4 78pts)
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Pacioretty - Plekanec - Gallagher |

Lucic - Kopitar - Toffoli

Galchenyuk - McCarron - Eller |

Pearson - Carter - Versteeg

Mitchell - Danault - Byron |

Brown - Lecavalier - Lewis

Matteau - De La Rose - Andrighetto |

King - Shore - Clifford
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Markov - Subban |

Scuderi - Doughty

Emelin - Pateryn |

Muzzin - Martinez

Bartley - Barberio |

McNabb - Schenn
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Scrivens / Condon |

Quick / Enroth​

INJURIES
Gaborik has been officially placed on LTIR.
Nolan has been officially placed on IR.

NEWS | NOTES
Kings acquired forward Kris Versteeg from Carolina for Valentin Zykov and a 2016 conditional fifth.

Kings acquired forward Brett Sutter from Minnesota for Ontario forward Scott Sabourin.
Brett is Darryl Sutter’s son and will report to Ontario.

This is the second and last regular season meeting between the clubs.
Kings won the first game 3-0 in Montreal in December.

Kings are 3-1-0 for 6 points on this 9 game home stand (one game in the suburb):
TUE 2/23 CGY 1 at LAK 2
THU 2/25 EDM 1 at LAK 2
SAT 2/27 BUF 0 at LAK 2
SUN 2/28 LAK 2 at ANA 4
THU 3/3 MTL at LAK 7:30 PM
SAT 3/5 ANA at LAK 1:00 PM
MON 3/7 VAN at LAK 7:30 PM
WED 3/9 WAS at LAK 7:30 PM
SAT 3/12 NJD at LAK 7:30 PM

MATCHUP
12/17 LAK 3 at MTL 0
3/3 MTL at LAK

|GP|Record|Pts|ROW|Home|Away|Last 10|Streak
LAK|62|37-21-4|78|35|18-10-1|19-11-3|5-4-1|Lost 1
MTL|64|30-28-6|66|25|17-11-3|13-17-3|4-4-2|OTL 1

|G/GP|GA/GP|PP%|PK%|S/GP|SA/GP|FOW%
LAK|2.63|2.27|22.0|81.3|32.6|28.0|50.1
MTL|2.66|2.73|17.6|83.9|31.5|28.5|51.5

STANDINGS

# | [pre] Pacific [/pre] | GP |

[pre] W-L-OT [/pre]|PTS|ROW

1|[pre] Los Angeles[/pre]|

62|

37-21-4|

78|

35

2|[pre] Anaheim[/pre]|

62|

35-19-8|

78|

32

3|[pre] San Jose[/pre]|

62|

34-22-6|

74|

31

4|[pre] Vancouver[/pre]|

62|

24-26-12|

60|

20

5|[pre] Arizona[/pre]|

63|

27-30-6|

60|

26

6|[pre] Calgary[/pre]|

63|

26-33-4|

56|

24

7|[pre] Edmonton[/pre]|

65|

24-34-7|

55|

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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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[KingsKnight]

All three California teams play today (ANA at ARI 6:00; SJS at VAN 7:00; MTL at LAK 7:30)

Best case scenario:
1 LAK 80
2 ANA 78
3 SJS 74

Worst case scenario:
1 ANA 80
2 LAK 78
3 SJS 76

 

[kingsholygrail]

 

[Reclamation Project]

Habs are an absolute garbage team. Kings will find a way and win this.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Sorry guys, not a chance:

Especially given the opportunity to drop into 2nd in the division; nay, the only option is the hockey gods mocking the Kings for the rest of the regular season until we can get a main board thread "Are the Kings Done?"

....though there is an outside chance the Ducks took care of that themselves with the premature bragging thread. Comeooooon hockey gods!

 

[The Night King]

If the Kings don't win this game, it's because they just didn't give a ****.

 

[KingsFan7824]

3-0 loss with 30 shots from the outside again?

 

[Kingspiracy]

 

[KingPuckChoo]

the habs are the worst team in the NHL, there's no excuse the Kings have to win this one

i don't care if the first 9 shots on Quick two of them were bouncy McNabb screening not Quick's fault goals

i don't care if for some reason Scuderi gets 20+ mins

i don't care if it's the REFS vs LA excuse

i jussss don't careeee NO ONE BIT (that's just for RP)

we're supposed to win by 3-4 goals min, so whatever excuse you'll come up with, the habs can come up with even more excuses

NO EXCUSE

KINGS WIN

 

[YP44]

scrivens will stand on his head.
2-1 habs in a SO

 

[Omni Owl]

No excuses if they lose this.

 

[Sword]

Habs are an absolute garbage team. Kings will find a way and win this.

They might be a garbage team, but they nearly beat the Ducks last night, inconsistent refereeing costed them the game. I wouldn't take them lightly.

Scrivens will be starting, backup of a backup.

 

[DocWest]

No excuse to lose this game. None.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

I'm already looking ahead to Saturday in anticipation with how the Kings respond against the Ducks. Do they play like a bunch of sackless pansies or do we finally get to see them play physically against the Ducks for once?

 

[kingsboy11]

Have to win this game

 

[Winger23]

Have to win this game

While they should, people need to realize they have an 18 point lead for a playoff spot, and sutter is going to keep coaching with that in mind. He's going to to roll 4 lines no matter what the score. It would not surprise me to see them come out flat.

 

[DaAnimal]

Sorry guys, not a chance:

Especially given the opportunity to drop into 2nd in the division; nay, the only option is the hockey gods mocking the Kings for the rest of the regular season until we can get a main board thread "Are the Kings Done?"

....though there is an outside chance the Ducks took care of that themselves with the premature bragging thread. Comeooooon hockey gods!

LOL

 

[TonySCV]

Hey Kings, let's break out of the .500 funk we've been in since January 1, k?

The bright side... no more than a 2 day break between games from now until the playoffs. These 3-4-5 day off weeks were the pits!

 

[Nefarious]

the habs are the worst team in the NHL, there's no excuse the Kings have to win this one

i don't care if the first 9 shots on Quick two of them were bouncy McNabb screening not Quick's fault goals

i don't care if for some reason Scuderi gets 20+ mins

i don't care if it's the REFS vs LA excuse

i jussss don't careeee NO ONE BIT (that's just for RP)

we're supposed to win by 3-4 goals min, so whatever excuse you'll come up with, the habs can come up with even more excuses

NO EXCUSE

KINGS WIN

Exactly the reason I'm expecting a loss.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

While they should, people need to realize they have an 18 point lead for a playoff spot, and sutter is going to keep coaching with that in mind. He's going to to roll 4 lines no matter what the score. It would not surprise me to see them come out flat.

With that in mind, they should reduce Doughty's minutes and elevate the minutes of the lower rung guys just to get an idea of how these guys will fare against various situations.

 

[WHOneedsSOX]

Have to win tonight. Can't have a 3 game losing streak this late in the season (assuming they continue their usual poor play against the Ducks in the regular season).

 

[jimmy1100]

I can't wait to see the Superstition-o-meter next time we have a Saturday/Sunday home game that starts at 10/11/Noon.

That check mark must up the loss likelihood exponentially.

EDIT: Oh, didn't realize I'd only have to wait until Saturday...

 

[Trolfoli]

If the Kings don't win this game, it's because they just didn't give a ****.

I don't know about you, but I've moved on from thinking the Kings might give a **** in any game. I'll be happily surprised IF they show up... Doughty will play well because Suban's on the other side.

I'm already looking ahead to Saturday in anticipation with how the Kings respond against the Ducks. Do they play like a bunch of sackless pansies or do we finally get to see them play physically against the Ducks for once?

Wait... this is the Kings we're talking about?

While they should, people need to realize they have an 18 point lead for a playoff spot, and sutter is going to keep coaching with that in mind. He's going to to roll 4 lines no matter what the score. It would not surprise me to see them come out flat.

With that in mind, they should reduce Doughty's minutes and elevate the minutes of the lower rung guys just to get an idea of how these guys will fare against various situations.

Pretty much what Ziggy said.. Why the **** is Doughty playing 30 mins a night against the Oilers/Buffalo? If you can't beat those 2 bottom feeders without Doughty logging half the game the team has a problem.

Remember the secret to scoring on Scrivens. Dump the puck in the corner and get him out of the net handling the puck. It works every time.

 

[VEGASKING]

8 straight games with 2 or less goals scored. Canadiens 0-2 on the California swing scoring 2 goals in both games. Let's all mortgage our houses and pool our money on the under of 5 for tonight? Can't miss!


Habs 4-1 with the empty netter.

 

[mrkolice]

Raccoon Jesus, please include the traditional "X are an absolute garbage team. Kings will find a way and Y this." in the Superstition-O-Meter, overall that's the most effective prognostic tool on this forum, it correlates importantly with the result. Hat tip to RP, with my deepest admiration.