GDT: GM#37 LA Kings vs San Jose Sharks @7:00

[kingsboy11]

Los Angeles Kings(22-10-4, 48pts, 1st in Pacific) @ San Jose Sharks(18-11-4, 40 pts, 3rd in Pacific)
SAP Center| San Jose, CA
TIME: 7:30 PM PT | TV: FSW | RADIO: 790 KABC

QUICK STATS
Previous meeting: SJS 2-1

PP/PK	27th/1st	9th/2nd
Faceoffs	18th	9th
Leading Scorers	Anze Kopitar:17 goals, 23 assists, 40 points	Logan Couture: 15 goals, 11 assists, 26 points

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Lines*

Extras: Kevin Gravel, Johnny Brodzinski, Kyle Clifford
Injuries: Christian Folin, Jeff Carter

Injuries: Logan Couture

*Lines subject to change

News/Notes:​

• The Sharks defeated the Vancouver Canucks 5-4 in overtime with the game winning goal coming from Kevin Labanc. Aaron Dell got the victory that night.
  
• Martin Jones will be starting tonight against his former team. Jones is 11-8-3 on the season with a 2.62 GAA with a .912 save% and 2 shutouts. But Jones has given up 4 goals in each of his last 6 starts going 1-3-2 and a 4.08 GAA and a .868 save%.
• Logan Couture will miss his 3rd consecutive game after suffering a concussion and most likely be back after the Christmas break.
• The Kings defeated the Colorado Avalanche 2-1 in overtime by none other than Dustin Brown for his 13th goal of the year in 1,000th career game.
  
• There will be no changes by the looks of it and Quick will likely get the call tonight. Kings will be looking to go into the Christmas break on a 2 game winning streak going into next week.

Tweets of the game!​

Alec Martinez on Twitter
LA Kings on Twitter
Kyle Clifford on Twitter​

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[Little Psycho]

Thanks for the GDTs!!!

 

[Little Psycho]

 

[onlyalad]

Winning this game will make this entire road trip a success.
Losing and there is no way to save this road trip

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Hell of a way to go into the Christmas break with a divisional rival, love it. GKG!

I read somewhere our last game with the Sharks is mid-Jan, which is just bizarre scheduling.

 

[Kiwirish]

F*ck the Sharks. That is all.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Nice quote from Stevens, via Rosen, about not just the maturation of the youngsters but the maturation of the leadership group in helping them get there:

"On when younger players stop deferring to older players in their process of maturation:
Well, for us it was almost right away. I mean, there’s key situations that had to be assumed by other people right away. Our guys were having breakfast a couple weeks ago, and we were talking to MacDermid and Iafallo and Kempe and said, ‘if the season ended today and started tomorrow, you guys wouldn’t be rookies anymore.’ I think it’s 25 games, right? So why do you guys get to be rookies for the rest of this year? To me, you shouldn’t be. You’ve got enough experience in the league, you guys have got a good idea of what’s required in the league to have success and we expect you guys to play like veterans. It’s not easy, but I think we’ve been fortunate where we’ve been able to put some young guys with some veteran presence. We’ve got Kempe most of the time with Toffoli and Pearson, which has really helped you, Iafallo with Kopitar and Brown, which has really helped, and some of our young defensemen that are a little inexperienced can play with Muzz, Drew and Marty. I think, and I know I keep saying it, but I think our leadership group has done a tremendous job in helping those young players perform."

Also some good stuff about keeping Kopi's minutes down, I've noticed him circling the perimeter again lately, and I think as they point out they want to keep him at top speed.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Wait wat



Edit: nm, he followed up with Campbell not expected to suit up.

 

[KingsHockey24]

Wait wat



Edit: nm, he followed up with Campbell not expected to suit up.

Weird.

 

[KingCanadain1976]

still interesting that he was recalled i wonder if Kuemper hurt something at end of practice as he left shortly after quick

 

[KingCanadain1976]

For those asking, told Jack Campbell recall is due to Darcy Kuemper illness.
— The Mayor John Hoven (@mayorNHL) December 24, 2017​

 

[Steve Zissou]

Lot of flu going around this week with the extra cold front that came in.

Hope Kuemper rests up during the holiday break.

 

[KingCanadain1976]

Quick leads the team onto the ice. He'll be backed up by Kuemper.
— Jon Rosen (@lakingsinsider) December 24, 2017​

 

[KingCanadain1976]

Divisional opponent important two points.4 point game Kings need to step up for this one Go Kings Go

 

[Kings4thecup]

Big game before the Christmas break. Take one in the stinky Shark tank. GKG!

 

[Bandit]

“Beat LA”

Sincerely,

Douchebags

 

[KingCanadain1976]

damn shark feed again sigh oh well Go KINGS GO

 

[Cochese]

Not sure if it's the lighting or what, but I hate watching games on tv played in SJ. Same with MSG.

 

[BigKing]

Smooth play by Fantenberg

 

[kingsfan28]

All I want for xmas is a pp that isn't a hot mess.

 

[kingsfan28]

Not sure if it's the lighting or what, but I hate watching games on tv played in SJ. Same with MSG.

Me too. The lighting sucks.

 

[Bandit]

It’s amazing, year after year and these Northern California knobs never figure out they should be embarrassed by their stupid chant.

 

[Cochese]

More Jokinen, less Andreoff. Thanks.

 

[Bandit]

Not sure Brodzinski actually tripped him there but whatever. Can’t make it close to give the ref a reason.

 

[ScoreZeGoals]

Not sure Brodzinski actually tripped him there but whatever. Can’t make it close to give the ref a reason.

Shark announcers acting like Brodz killed the Shark player