GDT: Game 82: Winnipeg Jets @ Los Angeles Kings | Saturday, Apr 9 2016 - 7:00PM PT

[KingsKnight]

WINNIPEG JETS @ LOS ANGELES KINGS
Saturday, Apr 9 2016 - 7:00PM PT
Staples Center | Los Angeles, CA
TV: PRIME, SN | Radio: AM 790 KABC

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WINNIPEG|

LOS ANGELES

(34-39-8 76pts)|

(48-28-5 101pts)
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Ehlers - Scheifele - Wheeler |

Lucic - Kopitar - Pearson

Dano - Burmistrov - Stafford |

Brown - Carter - Toffoli

Halischuk - Lowry - Thorburn |

King - Lecavalier - Lewis

Petan - Copp - Armia |

Clifford - Andreoff - Versteeg
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Chiarot - Byfuglien |

McNabb - Doughty

Stuart - Trouba |

Muzzin - Schenn

Melchiori - Postma |

Scuderi - McBain
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Pavelec / Hutchinson |

Quick / Enroth​

INJURIES
Martinez is day-to-day.
Gaborik - LTIR - Started skating on his own before practice. No timetable for his return.
Greene - LTIR - Has begun skating in some practices to get back into shape, but is not expected back soon.
Nolan is out indefinitely after undergoing surgery for a herniated disc.

NEWS | NOTES
Kings can claim their second division title and first Pacific division title with a win tonight.

Quick set a personal and franchise record with 40 wins in this season with the win against Anaheim.

8 teams have clinched in the West. The final seeding is still to be determined.

MATCHUP
This is the last meeting between the clubs this season.

10/27 LAK 4 at WPG 1
3/24 LAK 1 at WPG 4
4/9 WPG at LAK

|GP|Record|Pts|ROW|Home|Away|Last 10|Streak
LAK|81|48-28-5|101|46|26-12-2|22-16-3|4-6-0|Won 2
WPG|81|34-39-8|76|32|18-19-4|16-20-4|5-2-3|Won 3

|G/GP|GA/GP|PP%|PK%|S/GP|SA/GP|FOW%
LAK|2.72|2.33|20.0|81.2|32.0|27.4|50.4
WPG|2.58|2.88|15.0|78.4|29.6|29.6|46.8

STANDINGS
WESTERN CONFERENCE

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

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

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

81|

49-23-9|

107|

47

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

81|

49-23-9|

107|

44

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

81|

47-26-8|

102|

46​

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

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

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

81|

48-28-5|

101|

46

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

80|

44-25-11|

99|

41

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

81|

45-30-6|

96|

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

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

1|[pre] x-Nashville[/pre]|

81|

41-26-14|

96|

37

2|[pre] x-Minnesota[/pre]|

81|

38-32-11|

87|

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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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[Nefarious]

Let's do this!

 

[Quattro]

I will be there! GKG!

 

[The Night King]

Buff had a monster night against the sharks. Hope it's out of his system.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Quick will be in net for the clincher.

 

[Papa Mocha 15]

Just glad it's not an afternoon game. GKG!!

 

[takk]

 

[Vamos Rafa]

So let me get this straight. We win, we clinch even though Anaheim can still end up tying us in points by winning their last two games? Is it solely based on having more wins or ROWs?

 

[Holden Caulfield]

So let me get this straight. We win, we clinch even though Anaheim can still end up tying us in points by winning their last two games? Is it solely based on having more wins or ROWs?

ROWs. Thats thr first tiebreaker. Even in the event kings lose in regulation and ducks win, ducks would still need a point tommorrow to pass kings.

 

[Fishhead]

If we win, I expect Sutter to talk about how we played better last game and that lots of work needs to be done.

If we lose, I expect Sutter to talk about how we played well the last 3 games in preparation for the playoffs.

 

[The Night King]

Martinez still not skating.

 

[tsanuri]

So let me get this straight. We win, we clinch even though Anaheim can still end up tying us in points by winning their last two games? Is it solely based on having more wins or ROWs?

As has been said it's ROW's as the first tie breaker.
Making our 3-on-3 winning a very important thing this year.

Just win so we don't have to maybe back into winning the division.

 

[Pandaman11]

Backup alert!

 

[fsanford]

Ducks game should be over at 5:30, they lose, I suspect some late scratches,
Any combination Quick, Doughty, Kopi, Carts, Toffoli, could be sitting in a suite.

 

[Pandaman11]

Ducks game should be over at 5:30, they lose, I suspect some late scratches,
Any combination Quick, Doughty, Kopi, Carts, Toffoli, could be sitting in a suite.

Good call, that'd be a good idea. Unfortunately I don't expect anything out of a pretty crappy Avs team...

 

[tsanuri]

Good call, that'd be a good idea. Unfortunately I don't expect anything out of a pretty crappy Avs team...

The Dcuks made 4 call ups today. So sounds like they are even resting some. But as you said against the Avs that likely won't hurt them too much if any.

 

[takk]

I want that Kings-Preds Round 1 thread up and ready tonight.

 

[HansH]

The Dcuks made 4 call ups today. So sounds like they are even resting some. But as you said against the Avs that likely won't hurt them too much if any.

Five. Four forwards (Ritchie, Noesen, Sgarbossa, Tropp) and one d-man (Theodore). Three are supposedly playing in the game (Ritchie, Sgarbossa, and Theodore).

 

[tsanuri]

Five. Four forwards (Ritchie, Noesen, Sgarbossa, Tropp) and one d-man (Theodore). Three are supposedly playing in the game (Ritchie, Sgarbossa, and Theodore).

Think one was just coming off IR since you can only make 4 call ups after the trade deadline. Or that is what I seem to remember.

 

[HansH]

Think one was just coming off IR since you can only make 4 call ups after the trade deadline. Or that is what I seem to remember.

All five played in San Diego on Wednesday night, and the Gulls' Twitter mentioned all five -- that's all I have. *shrugs*

 

[Little Psycho]

I hope Buff doesn't kill one of our guys. That guy is always on a mission when playing the Kings.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

I hope Buff doesn't kill one of our guys. That is always on a mission when playing the Kings.

Yeah Jets are a big physical team just like us, luckily all of our games have been clean but honest, but I fear a Pearson situation or something, probably not the best team to be closing out the season against :/

 

[The Pale King]

Yeah Jets are a big physical team just like us, luckily all of our games have been clean but honest, but I fear a Pearson situation or something, probably not the best team to be closing out the season against :/

Their top line is a lot more skill-based lately than the Ladd-Wheeler-Whoever line we've seen in the past. Ehlers Scheifle Wheeler. More of a traditional scoring top line than the consistent but not-much-offensive upside thing they had going on for years.

But yeah, they don't seem to take liberties. I thought they would be a lot better, just looking at their roster but they've had a ton of injuries. Expecting them to be the best Canadian team next year but obviously a lot can change in the off-season.

 

[Omni Owl]

Scheifele is the one to watch out for, kid has been fire lately.

 

[AlphaBravo]

Did Martinez get abducted by aliens or something. Ever since being banged up he is not on the ice nor are reporters saying anything about the injury, not even a we have no update to report. Strange.