GDT: Game 76: Los Angeles Kings @ San Jose Sharks | Monday, Mar 28 2016 - 7:00PM PT

[KingsKnight]

LOS ANGELES KINGS @ SAN JOSE SHARKS
Monday, Mar 28 2016 - 7:00PM PT
SAP Center | San Jose, CA
TV: NBCSN, SNE, SNP | Radio: AM 790 KABC

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LOS ANGELES|

SAN JOSE

(45-25-5 95pts)|

(41-28-6 88pts)
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Pearson - Kopitar - Brown |

Hertl - Thornton - Pavelski

Lucic - Carter - Toffoli |

Karlsson - Couture - Donskoi

King - Lecavalier - Lewis |

Marleau - Tierney - Ward

Clifford - Dowd - Andreoff |

Haley - Zubrus - Wingels
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McNabb - Doughty |

Martin - Burns

Muzzin - Martinez |

DeMelo - Braun

Scuderi - Schenn |

Dillon - Polak
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Quick / Enroth |

Jones / Reimer​

INJURIES
Versteeg is day-to-day.
Greene - LTIR - Has been skating before/after practices in El Segundo.
Gaborik - LTIR - Lombardi has indicated that he could start skating soon.
Neither Greene nor Gaborik are expected to return before the post season.
Nolan is out indefinitely after undergoing surgery for a herniated disc.

NEWS | NOTES

MATCHUP
This is the last regular season meeting between the clubs, the road team having won each game so far:

10/7 SJS 5 at LAK 1
10/22 LAK 4 at SJS 1
12/22 SJS 5 at LAK 3
1/24 LAK 3 at SJS 2 OT
3/28 LAK at SJS

|GP|Record|Pts|ROW|Home|Away|Last 10|Streak
LAK|75|45-25-5|95|43|24-11-2|21-14-3|6-3-1|Won 1
SJS|75|41-28-6|88|38|16-18-3|25-10-3|5-5-0|Lost 3

|G/GP|GA/GP|PP%|PK%|S/GP|SA/GP|FOW%
LAK|2.72|2.31|20.5|81.4|32.1|27.5|50.4
SJS|2.88|2.57|22.1|79.9|30.4|27.4|50.4

STANDINGS
WESTERN CONFERENCE

# | [pre] Central [/pre] | GP |

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

1|[pre] x Dallas[/pre]|

76|

45-22-9|

99|

43

2|[pre] x St. Louis[/pre]|

76|

45-22-9|

99|

40

3|[pre] x Chicago[/pre]|

76|

44-25-7|

95|

43​

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

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

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

75|

45-25-5|

95|

43

2|[pre] x Anaheim[/pre]|

74|

41-23-10|

92|

38

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

75|

41-28-6|

88|

38​

# | [pre] Wild Card [/pre] | GP |

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

1|[pre] Nashville[/pre]|

75|

39-23-13|

91|

35

2|[pre] Minnesota[/pre]|

76|

37-28-11|

85|

34

-|[pre] Colorado[/pre]|

75|

38-33-4|

80|

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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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[Ziggy Stardust]

Would be cool if Dustin Brown gave Sharks fans something to cry about, again.

 

[kingsholygrail]

 

[Trolfoli]

I'm expecting a good game. Time for a beat down.

 

[Vamos Rafa]

Just win. I want our first 50-win season in franchise history.

 

[LAKings88]

Expecting a loss but hoping for a win. Big four point swing.

 

[cyclones22]

Just win. I want our first 50-win season in franchise history.

Me too. Would be nice.

 

[Pandaman11]

Just win. I want our first 50-win season in franchise history.

Same here. And 1st place in the division (not for the banner but for home ice).

 

[theMajor]

last couple games have looked rather emotionless, hopefully the boys get up for this one

#GKG

 

[TonySCV]

The boys better come ready to play big boy hockey after taking last week off or they're going to get lit up.

 

[tsanuri]

The boys better come ready to play big boy hockey after taking last week off or they're going to get lit up.

Hopefully they have started to recover from those two brutal schedule weeks now. But I'm really not expecting that till Thursday.

 

[Omni Owl]

San Jose hasn't clinched yet, correct?

 

[KopitarFAN]

San Jose hasn't clinched yet, correct?

Nope. A win or AZ regulation loss tonight would do it.

 

[Little Psycho]

Can't wait to get Versteeg and Gabby back so I don't have to see AA's name in the line up anymore.

 

[johnjm22]

The Kings will probably lose this game. They're not going to put much effort into this one, nor should they.

None of these games matter until the playoffs. Just stay healthy.

 

[Reclamation Project]

Crush these ****s.

 

[mrkolice]

where on the list is the rivalry with sharks? #3 after ducks and hawks?

 

[Choralone]

where on the list is the rivalry with sharks? #3 after ducks and hawks?

I'd say it's number one based on intensity and dislike for one another.

 

[Nefarious]

So far the games where the Kings gave a **** were vs Chicago and Dallas.

Not sure if the Kings will care about this one, which will determine the score.

Hoping for a win, expecting a loss.

 

[The Night King]

Don't care about the importance or unimportance of this game. Beat the guppies.

 

[Jacques Oeuf]

Would be cool if Dustin Brown gave Sharks fans something to cry about, again.

If he does it is unlikely to be in the form of a goal. Why does Sutter make Kopitar play with this stiff?

 

[Vamos Rafa]

I'd say it's number one based on intensity and dislike for one another.

The Sharks are number 1 on my list. Always have been. NoCal-SoCal is extremely heated in any sport. Also we have more playoff meetings against the Sharks.

 

[Little Psycho]

I can see us having a great first period then cruising rest of the way. If the Kings are ignoring the trash talks from the Ducks players this season, I doubt they care about this game.

Please no injuries, that's all I want.

 

[Trolfoli]

The Sharks are number 1 on my list. Always have been. NoCal-SoCal is extremely heated in any sport. Also we have more playoff meetings against the Sharks.

I just don't take the Sharks seriously enough to consider them a rivalry.

 

[Fishhead]

I just don't take the Sharks seriously enough to consider them a rivalry.

I consider the Sharks and Canucks the two biggest Kings rivals over the past 5-ish years. There is no hatred with players on the Ducks, and there's a ton of respect between the Hawks and Kings, and very little dislike between the players.

There a lots of borderline dirty plays with the Sharks/Canucks. Not so much with the second two.