GDT: Game 65: Vancouver Canucks at Los Angeles Kings | Monday, Mar 7 2016 - 7:30PM PT

[KingsKnight]

VANCOUVER CANUCKS @ LOS ANGELES KINGS
Monday, Mar 7 2016 - 7:30PM PT
Staples Center | Los Angeles, CA
TV: KCOP-13 | Radio: AM 790 KABC

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VANCOUVER|

LOS ANGELES

(25-27-12 62pts)|

(38-21-4 80pts)
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D. Sedin - Vey - Etem |

Lucic - Kopitar - Brown

Baertschi - Granlund - Virtanen |

Pearson - Lecavalier - Toffoli

Burrows - McCann - Vrbata |

King - Carter - Lewis

Gaunce - Horvat - Dorsett |

Clifford - Shore - Versteeg
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Hutton - Sbisa |

Scuderi - Doughty

Hamhuis - Weber |

Muzzin - Martinez

Bartkowski - Biega |

McNabb - Schenn
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Miller / Markstrom |

Quick / Enroth​

INJURIES
Greene is on LTIR, but skating after today’s morning skate in El Segundo.
Gaborik is on LTIR for a lower body injury.
Nolan is out indefinitely after undergoing surgery for a herniated disc.

NEWS | NOTES
Tonight is Legends night honoring Kings alumnus Jimmy Carson.

Kings are 4-2-0 for 8 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 2 at LAK 3
SAT 3/5 ANA 3 at LAK 2
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
This is the fourth of five regular season meetings between the clubs.
Kings are 2-1-0, having won the last two meetings, with one of the wins coming in OT:

10/13 VAN 3 at LAK 0
12/1 VAN 1 at LAK 2 OT
12/28 LAK 5 at VAN 0
3/7 VAN at LAK
4/4 LAK at VAN

|GP|Record|Pts|ROW|Home|Away|Last 10|Streak
LAK|64|38-22-4|80|36|19-11-1|19-11-3|5-4-1|Lost 1
VAN|64|25-27-12|62|21|11-16-5|14-11-7|3-7-0|Won 1

|G/GP|GA/GP|PP%|PK%|S/GP|SA/GP|FOW%
LAK|2.63|2.28|21.9|80.7|32.6|27.7|49.9
VAN|2.38|2.81|18.6|81.7|28.7|31.5|45.4

STANDINGS

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

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

1|[pre] Anaheim[/pre]|

64|

37-19-8|

82|

34

2|[pre] Los Angeles[/pre]|

64|

38-22-4|

80|

36

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

64|

35-23-6|

76|

32

4|[pre] Vancouver[/pre]|

64|

25-27-12|

62|

21

5|[pre] Arizona[/pre]|

65|

28-31-6|

62|

27

6|[pre] Edmonton[/pre]|

68|

26-35-7|

59|

22

7|[pre] Calgary[/pre]|

65|

27-34-4|

58|

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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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[kingsholygrail]

Couldn't bury the Ducks... So got a fresh grave to put the Canucks into instead.

 

[Trolfoli]

Regular season doesn't matter, regression to the mean... hot goalies and stuff...

 

[KingsFan7824]

2 or fewer goals in 9 of 11 Pacific home games. 2 goals in 2 games against the Canucks, 1 of them in regulation, and it was a PP goal. So zero 5v5 goals against the Canucks at home.

This game will either continue that trend, or the Kings will score.

 

[YP44]

Was away from technology all weekend. My phone told me that Versteeg was injured with an "upper body" injury against the ducks.

Anyone have an update beyond that?

 

[Omni Owl]

Was away from technology all weekend. My phone told me that Versteeg was injured with an "upper body" injury against the ducks.

Anyone have an update beyond that?

Someone on the board said it was precautionary to take him out after his fight. I think he got his bell rung, so they were worried about a concussion, that or his hands.

 

[Butch 19]

Play down to the level of your competition.

Kings 2-1 SO (why expect change now?)

 

[YP44]

I see the scratch over h sedin..is he injured?

 

[DocWest]

I don't even know what to expect from the Kings anymore. They better get their **** together fast. This should be an easy, dominate win. But knowing the Kings, this will most likely be a loss or a super ugly, painful win.

I can't remember the last game that we won convincingly? Maybe Boston or the Rangers? It's been a while.

 

[Little Psycho]

I see the scratch over h sedin..is he injured?

He's injured.

Don't know what to expect honestly. Can't win games if top guys *cough Toffoli cough Carter* don't show up.

 

[Bandit]

He's injured.

Don't know what to expect honestly. Can't win games if top guys *cough Toffoli cough Carter* don't show up.

We're screwed. Some no-name knob is gonna get a hattrick tonight.

 

[The Night King]

So Linden Vey passed through waivers and is now on the second line? I take it he's improved.

 

[YP44]

We're screwed. Some no-name knob is gonna get a hattrick tonight.

on the canuck board it sounds like it is some unknown guy named vey

 

[Roof Daddy]

I looked at the last GDT you guys had and the lines showed Toffoli with Kopitar. Did they play together? If so, will they continue to do so tonight? Need some fantasy help.

 

[Winger23]

I looked at the last GDT you guys had and the lines showed Toffoli with Kopitar. Did they play together? If so, will they continue to do so tonight? Need some fantasy help.

The team can't score more than 2 goals a game. Doesn't matter what the lines are, never dress a kings player in your lineup.

 

[YP44]

So Linden Vey passed through waivers and is now on the second line? I take it he's improved.

more of a desperate times situation I believe anyway

 

[YP44]

The team can't score more than 2 goals a game. Doesn't matter what the lines are, never dress a kings player in your lineup.

this is about the best fantasy advice that can be given

 

[WHOneedsSOX]

Someone on the board said it was precautionary to take him out after his fight. I think he got his bell rung, so they were worried about a concussion, that or his hands.

He said he got hit in the head from a puck during warmups and that was the reason he left the game. One way or another, probably precaution for a concussion.

 

[Omni Owl]

He said he got hit in the head from a puck during warmups and that was the reason he left the game. One way or another, probably precaution for a concussion.

Typical to our puck luck lately.

 

[Reclamation Project]

Most important must win of the season.

 

[onlyalad]

Most important must win of the season.

Will be the last game in June.

This is just practice for April when the games count

 

[KingsKnight]

I see the scratch over h sedin..is he injured?

Apparently he got an upper body injury in the Sharks game. Last I heard he was headed back home, so won't play tonight. Not sure what their lines are without him yet.

 

[Trolfoli]

Is there an "In The Tank" section of the superstition meter? Where Kings should win easily because the other team is trying to tank?

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Is there an "In The Tank" section of the superstition meter? Where Kings should win easily because the other team is trying to tank?

WOrking on that today

 

[YP44]

Is there an "In The Tank" section of the superstition meter? Where Kings should win easily because the other team is trying to tank?

I don't think Vancouver is trying to tank...they just suck. Same as Edmonton and Calgary.

Toronto and Buffalo (last year) are examples of tanking