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Champions Again
Edmonton Oilers(23-24-4, 50pts, 6th in Pacific) 
@ Los Angeles Kings(28-19-5, 61 pts, 5th in Pacific)
Staples Center| Los Angeles, CA
TIME: 7:30 PM PT | TV: FSW | RADIO: 790 KABC
QUICK STATS
Previous meeting: LAK 5-0
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Extras: Marian Gaborik, Nick Shore, Alec Martinez
Injuries: Jeff Carter
Injuries: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Adam Larsson
News/Notes from temp. insider Josh Cooper:
@ Los Angeles Kings(28-19-5, 61 pts, 5th in Pacific)Staples Center| Los Angeles, CA
TIME: 7:30 PM PT | TV: FSW | RADIO: 790 KABC
QUICK STATS
Previous meeting: LAK 5-0
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| PP/PK | 20th/1st | 30th/31st |
| Faceoffs | 18th | 22nd |
| Leading Scorers | Anze Kopitar:20 goals, 35 assists, 55 points | Connor McDavid: 21 goals, 40 assists, 61 points |
Extras: Marian Gaborik, Nick Shore, Alec Martinez
Injuries: Jeff Carter
Injuries: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Adam Larsson
News/Notes from temp. insider Josh Cooper:
- Darcy Kuemper was the first goaltender off the ice at Kings morning skate Wednesday, which is the general ‘tell’ for the team’s starter.
- The Kings take on the Edmonton Oilers, a team that has gone 5-1-1 in its last seven games, on Wednesday night at Staples Center at 7:30 p.m.
- Kuemper has won three games in a row and picked up back-to-back shutouts. Jonathan Quick has lost seven of his last eight games, so it appears that Coach John Stevens is going with the hot hand. During this current stretch, Quick has an .874 save percentage. Before then, Quick had a .929 save percentage.
- Alec Martinez skated with the team for the third straight day, but was not part of the defensive rotation at morning skate. Stevens said Martinez was a game-time decision. Martinez missed the Kings’ last game with a lower-body injury suffered Feb. 1 against Nashville.
- Nick Shore and Marian Gaborik stayed on the ice and did extra work after practice, which would indicate they would not play, though Stevens said both players were “available.”
- Stevens said the current plan was for forward Jeff Carter to not be on the Kings’ upcoming seven-game road-trip. Carter was on the team’s last trip – a two-game trip at Dallas and Nashville – but Stevens said that had more to do with the fact that it was the dad’s trip. Carter has been out since October because of a cut to his left leg.
