GDT: GM#20 LA Kings vs Florida Panthers @1:00pm

[kingsboy11]

Florida Panthers(7-9-2, 16pts, 7th in Atlantic) @ Los Angeles Kings ( 11-6-2, 24 pts, 1st in Pacific)
Staples Center| Los Angeles, CA
TIME: 1:00 PM PT | TV: FSW | RADIO: 790 KABC

QUICK STATS
Previous meeting: FLO 3-2, Feb 18, 2017

PP/PK rankings
FLO: 21st in PP, 30th in PK
LAK: 17th in PP, 1st in PK

FACEOFFS:
FLO: 5th
LAK: 14th

LEADING SCORERS:
FLO: Jonathan Huberdeau, 7 goals, 14 assists, 21 points
LAK: Anze Kopitar, 9 goals, 14 assists, 23 points

LINES*

Alex Iafallo	Anze Kopitar	Dustin Brown
Tanner Pearson	Adrian Kempe	Trevor Lewis
Andy Andreoff	Nick Shore	Tyler Toffoli
Jussi Jokinen	Nic Dowd	Jonny Brodzinski

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Derek Forbort	Drew Doughty
Jake Muzzin	Christian Folin
Kurtis MacDermid	Alec Martinez

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Jonathan Quick

Extras: Andrew Crescenzi, Brooks Laich, Oscar Fantenberg
Injuries: Marian Gaborik, Kyle Clifford, Jeff Carter


Jonathan Huberdeau-Aleksander Barkov-Evgeny Dadonov
Dryden Hunt-Vincent Trocheck-Radim Vrbata
Jamie McGinn-Nick Bjugstad-Colton Sceviour
Connor Brickley-Chase Balisy-Michael Haley

Keith Yandle-Aaron Ekblad
Michael Matheson-Mark Pysyk
McCoshen-Mackenzie Weegar

Roberto Luongo
James Reimer

Extras:Alex Petrovic, Curtis Valk
Injuries: Jared McCann, Curtis MacKenzie

NEWS/NOTES:​

• The Florida defeated the San Jose Sharks Thursday night by a generous score of 2-0. The Panthers had 2 successful coaches challenges to negate 2 sharks goals much to the dismay of sharks fans. Sharks dominated through certain stretches of the game, but Luongo held the line really well.
  
• Florida started the season 1-5-0 on the road but has won two of its past three; Los Angeles was 5-0-2 at home before losing its past four games at Staples Center, all in regulation.
• The LA Kings are in a bit of a rut right now after losing their last 4 games in regulation all of them at home with their previous loss coming against the Boston Bruins 2-1.
  
• This is the first game of a back to back for the Kings as they will fly over tomorrow to face their first ever game against the Vegas Golden Knights for a surprising Pacific Division showdown
• It is suspected that Jonathan Quick will start against the Panthers tonight and Darcy Kuemper starts against the Knights tomorrow.
  
• Anze Kopitar extends his point streak to 10 straight games, the longest of his career. This is also the longest kings point streak since Dustin Brown did it in 2012 before the trade deadline.

Tweets of the Game!








And just for fun, here's Alex Iafallo
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[Kingspiracy]

How bout a win today boys, 5 losses on the trot would hurt my feelings.

Come on kopitar, show this kid pretender how to do it.

 

[Sol]

Pls don't lose.

 

[KingCanadain1976]

just win please

 

[Shellz]

This should be.... not fun.

 

[kingsboy11]

Alright for some reason Kuemper is starting tonight and Quick will play tomorrow against the Knights

 

[kingsboy11]

And Reimer starting tonight for the Panthers

 

[KingCanadain1976]

go king go

 

[justonetime]

Ouch

 

[HookKing]

Kings look terrible.

 

[ScoreZeGoals]

Kings look like they were out drinking all night

 

[Sol]

I think if Dowd puts his game together, he could be a really good solid 3rd line center. He has all the tools.

 

[ScoreZeGoals]

Hell of a play by Iafallo to set all that up

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Iafallo with no point on the play, but that shift is exactly why he could never score and still be invaluable. Always getting the 3rd assist

 

[kingsboy11]

What a goal!

 

[Legionnaire]

Woot! 1-0 Kings. Great pass by Doughty! Let's Go Kings!!!

 

[Sol]

I think if Dowd puts his game together, he could be a really good solid 3rd line center. He has all the tools.

Oops. Delete this.

 

[KingCanadain1976]

nnice start

 

[Sol]

Hell of a play by Iafallo to set all that up

I think it's fascinating how good he is at keeping the puck considering the size. It's pretty fascinating.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

I think it's fascinating how good he is at keeping the puck considering the size. It's pretty fascinating.

He must have really strong legs but it's like all leverage...gets under everyone and just squeezes through with his body. I'm more impressed at his ability to control the puck with sticks on him. I know that's what you're saying though, just super cool to see him put both things together, he's escapable AND puck possession in one.

 

[Sol]

Pearson's shot has been flat all season. He has a cannon. Wonder what's going on with him

 

[KingsHockey24]

Andreoff and Dowd are sooo bad.

 

[Sol]

He must have really strong legs but it's like all leverage...gets under everyone and just squeezes through with his body. I'm more impressed at his ability to control the puck with sticks on him. I know that's what you're saying though, just super cool to see him put both things together, he's escapable AND puck possession in one.

Exactly, I've seen him almost duck under bigger players and press back up against them for leverage. It's so peculiar. It such an interesting skillset and ability. You certainly don't see that often.

 

[Sol]

Andreoff and Dowd are sooo bad.

A confident Dowd can be lethal. I have hope he can put it together.

 

[Sol]

Wow, Dowd got screwed on that call.