GDT: Gm#39 LA Kings vs Vancouver Canucks @7:00

[kingsboy11]

Los Angeles Kings(22-10-4, 48pts, 1st in Pacific) @ Vancouver Canucks(16-17-5, 40 pts, 7th in Pacific)
Rogers Arena| Vancouver, BC
TIME: 7:00 PM PT | TV: FSW | RADIO: 790 KABC

QUICK STATS
Previous meeting: VAN 3-2

PP/PK	28th/1st	9th/27th
Faceoffs	19th	25th
Leading Scorers	Anze Kopitar:17 goals, 23 assists, 40 points	Brock Boeser: 21 goals, 17 assists, 38 points

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Lines*

Extras: Kyle Clifford, Andy Andreoff, Johnny Brodzinski, Oscar Fantenberg
Injuries: Jeff Carter, Christian Folin

Injuries: Derek Dorsett, Chris Tanev, Bo Horvat, Brandon Sutter, Sven Baertschi

News/Notes:​

• Jonathan Quick, who is 16-15-2 with a 1.66 goals-against average, .938 save percentage and four shutouts in his career against Vancouver, was the first goaltender off the ice and is expected to start.
• Jacob Markstrom, who is 0-2-2 with a 3.16 goals-against average and a .906 save percentage in his career against Los Angeles, is expected to start in net.
• The Kings are 3-4-3 against the Pacific Division. They’ve beaten the Ducks in overtime and in a shootout, and beat the Sharks 4-1 in the second game of the season. Combined with last season’s record, they’re 15-18-6 against the Pacific since the start of 2016-17.
• Nic Dowd will be playing his first game against the Kings since he was traded for defenseman Jordan Subban and will also be playing his 100th NHL game tonight. You know he's going to score.
  
• The Nucks beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 thursday night while the Kings lost to the Vegas Golden Knights in overtime that same night.

Tweets of the game!


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[KINGS17]

Big test for the Kings tonight. Are we still not allowed to say it?

 

[deaderhead28]

Big test for the Kings tonight. Are we still not allowed to say it?

 

[Kingspiracy]

up and at em, go kings go

 

[Bandit]

Big test for the Kings tonight. Are we still not allowed to say it?

Why is it a big test? Because Vancouver is god awful?

 

[Kingspiracy]

Why is it a big test? Because Vancouver is god awful?

I'm suspecting the smarm is strong in that one young skywalker

 

[Bandit]

I'm suspecting the smarm is strong in that one young skywalker

I mean the Kings usually play down to their opponents but I’d reserve ‘big test’ for a game against an actual good team.

 

[kingsfan28]

I wonder if they get a pp before the 3rd period tonight?

 

[Bandit]

Vancouver trotting out Dowd to try and shut down Kopitar SHOULD be an absolute joke but god knows.

 

[kingsfan28]

Kempe is turning into the Stoll of penalties for the Kings

 

[kingsfan28]

So Kopitar goes after the puck behind the net and is tripped, no call...

 

[Bandit]

I wonder if they get a pp before the 3rd period tonight?

They got one in a minute 40... oh you meant the Kings. Kopitar just got f***ing tripped on the PK with the goddamn puck.

Stay gold NHL

 

[Bandit]

Sigh...

 

[tny760]

don't get the call and give up a fluke goal

love this luck sometimes

 

[kingsfan28]

There goes the shutout.

 

[Kingspiracy]

Vancouver trotting out Dowd to try and shut down Kopitar SHOULD be an absolute joke but god knows.

I was going to ask the question, would you match Dowd against Kopitar? Seems like a recipe for disaster

 

[Bandit]

Parallel stick into Kopitar’s hands, loses the puck. No call.

 

[Butch 19]

hey Quickie! When the puck is below the face off dot, feel free to stand the**** UP and let the puck just hit you. There is no need to kneel down and leave the top of the net wiiiiide open for the shot!!

No need to thank me.

 

[kingsfan28]

There's the Lewis we remember. Missed a golden chance at a goal.

 

[Bandit]

hey Quickie! When the puck is below the face off dot, feel free to stand the**** UP and let the puck just hit you. There is no need to kneel down and leave the top of the net wiiiiide open for the shot!!

No need to thank me.

Do you have any tips for Martinez to not deflect the puck into his own net?

 

[Bandit]

Doughty tripped, Kempe hooked. That’s like 6 missed calls in the first 10 minutes of the game. I give up.

 

[tny760]

Doughty tripped, Kempe hooked. That’s like 6 missed calls in the first 10 minutes of the game. I give up.

yeah i'm pretty much done complaining about it at this point, it's a f***in laundry list every single game

 

[Bandit]

yeah i'm pretty much done complaining about it at this point, it's a ****in laundry list every single game

Yup. It’s just comical at this point.

 

[Bandit]

Nice tits.

 

[HookKing]

No goal.