GDT: WCQF #4: KINGS#5 vs. BLUES#4 - MON. 5/6/13 @ 7:00pm PT (FS-West, FS-MW, NBCSN, CBC)

Puck U · May 6, 2013

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| MATCHUP |

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LOS ANGELES KINGS | | ST. LOUIS BLUES (48 gp : 27-16-5 = 59 pts) |

SEASON STATS

| (48 gp : 29-17-2 = 60 pts) 2nd Pacific / 5th West / 7th NHL |

SEASON STANDINGS

| 2nd Central / 4th West / 6th NHL Won 1 |

STREAK

| Lost 1 61.5% = 7th |

SEASON WINNING POINTS %

| 62.5% = 6th 25 |

REGULATION + OVERTIME WINS

| 24 8-12-4 @ Away |

AWAY TEAM

| 15-8-1 @ Home 19-4-1 @ Home |

HOME TEAM

| 14-9-1 @ Away 4-1-1 |

SEASON SERIES

| 2-4-0 1-0 W (5/4/‘13) |

LAST MEETING

| 0-1 L (5/4/‘13) 5-3-2 |

LAST 10 SEASON

| 7-3-0 1-2-0 |

PLAYOFFS

| 2-1-0 2.73g (133) = 10th |

SEASON GOALS PER GAME

| 2.58g (129) = 17th 2.38g (118) = 7th |

SEASON GOALS AGAINST

| 2.38g (115) = 8th +15 |

SEASON GOALS DIFFERENTIAL

| +14 19.9% = 10th |

SEASON POWER PLAY PCT.

| 19.5% = 12th 83.2% = 10th |

SEASON PENALTY KILL PCT.

| 84.7% = 7th 10.0 = 6th |

SEASON AVG PIM PER GAME

| 11.1 = 13th 1446 = 2nd |

SEASON HIT TOTALS

| 1120 = 14th 511 = 30th |

SEASON BLOCKED SHOTS

| 677 = 18th 426 = 5th |

SEASON GIVEAWAYS

| 219 = 29th 226 = 30th |

SEASON TAKEAWAYS

| 292 = 19th 29.8 = 12th |

SEASON SHOTS PER GAME

| 27.8 = 23rd 25.0 = 3rd |

SEASON SHOTS AGAINST PER GAME

| 24.2 = 2nd 52.0% = 4th |

SEASON FACE-OFF WIN PCT.

| 50.7% = 13th .905 = 16th |

SEASON AVG. GOALIE SAVE PCT.

| .902 = 20th 1.25 GAA + .959 SV% = 3rd |

PLAYOFFS GOALIE STATS

| 0.93 GAA + .962 SV% = 2nd

Game Time: Monday May/6/2013 7:00 PM PDT Location:

Staples Center - Los Angeles, CA. USA

TV Broadcast: FoxSports-WEST (HD) : FS-MW (HD) : NBCSN (HD) : CBC (HD) : RDS (HD) : NHL CenterIce * (check your local area listings, black-out restrictions may apply)
Note : (FoxSports-WEST ‘KINGS LIVE’ Pre-Game show 30 minutes prior to every FSW Game)

Radio Broadcast: LA Kings.com Radio Player /or KTLK 1150 AM On-Line Link
Note : * (Kings Radio Pre-Game w/ Nick Nickson & Daryl Evans on 30 min before game time, and Kings Talk on after every Home Game)

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Big Game Story: After two incredibly tough losses in St. Louis, the Kings returned home and rode some tremendous goaltending from 2012 Conn Smythe winner Jonathan Quick
en route to a 1-0 victory in Game 3. And with Saturday’s 1-0 win against the St. Louis Blues at Staples Center, the defending Stanley Cup champions are back in business.
Should the Los Angeles Kings be able to earn another victory on home ice Monday, the series suddenly becomes a best-of-3.
KINGS need to remind the BLUES which team won the Stanley Cup Championship. GO KINGS GO !!!

Scoreboards : NHL : CBS : Yahoo : TSN.ca : ESPN

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[shadow=Silver]KINGS at home aim to even series with BLUES in Game #4 of the WCQF Play-Offs.[/shadow]
[fieldset=POSSIBLE ROSTER MATCH UPS]

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[shadow=Silver]LOS ANGELES KINGS[/shadow] | [shadow=#FFD900]ST. LOUIS BLUES[/shadow] Forwards | Forwards #23 Dustin Brown ‘C’ - #11 Anze Kopitar ‘A’ - #14 Justin Williams | #9 Jaden Schwartz - #42 David Backes ‘C’ - #20 Alexander Steen ‘A’ #76 Dwight King - #10 Mike Richards - #77 Jeff Carter | #10 Andy McDonald ‘A’ - #17 Vladimir Sobotka - #25 Chris Stewart #25 Dustin Penner - #28 Jarret Stoll - #22 Trevor Lewis | #57 David Perron - #21 Patrik Berglund - #74 T.J. Oshie #13 Kyle Clifford - #24 Colin Fraser - X | #91 Vladimir Tarasenko - #32 Chris Porter - #75 Ryan Reaves {scratched} #73 Tyler Toffoli , #15 Brad Richardson , #71 Jordan Nolan | {scratched} #79 Adam Cracknell , #12 Scott Nichol , #15 Jamie Langenbrunner #? Nick Shore | #78 Evgeny Grachev , #26 Dmitrij Jaskin , #23 Andrew Murray Defense | Defense #44 Robyn Regehr - #8 Drew Doughty | #19 Jay Bouwmeester - #27 Alex Pietrangelo ‘A’ #6 Jake Muzzin - #26 Slava Voynov | #33 Jordan Leopold - #22 Kevin Shattenkirk #27 Alec Martinez - #7 Rob Scuderi | #5 Barret Jackman ‘A’ - #46 Roman Polak #5 Keaton Ellerby |
{scratched} #2 Matt Greene ‘A’ , #33 Willie Mitchell | {scratched} #4 Kris Russell , #28 Ian Cole , #29 Jeff Woywitka
| #43 Taylor Chorney , #37 Jani Hakanpaa Goaltending | Goaltending #32 Jonathan Quick {expected starter} | #1 Brian Elliot {expected starter} #45 Jonathan Bernier | #41 Jaroslav Halak
| #34 Jake Allen As always, line projections are educated assessments and not definite alignments. | As always, line projections are educated assessments and not definite alignments.

[/fieldset] [shadow=Silver]GO !!! KINGS !!! GO !!! . . . GO !!! KINGS !!! GO !!! . . . GO !!! KINGS !!! GO !!! . . . [/shadow]
[fieldset=KINGS ROYAL REPORT: Injury Updates, Stats, News & Notes]

[shadow=Silver]LOS ANGELES KINGS :[/shadow] - #33 Willie Mitchell (D), Non-Roster IR w/ Lower-body injury (Knee), had arthroscopic surgery to scope knee, Lombardi confirmed Mitchell will NOT return this season.
- #73 Tyler Toffoli (RW), ReCalled from Kings AHL affiliate the Manchester Monarchs on 4/24/13.
- #2 Matt Greene ‘A’ (D), Day-to-Day w/ Undisclosed but NOT related to recent Back Issue, questionable for Game 4 of WCQuarterfinals against St. Louis.
Current man games lost due to injury: 53

[shadow=#FFD900]ST. LOUIS BLUES :[/shadow] - #15 Jamie Langenbrunner (RW/LW), On IR w/ Hip surgery, out indefinitely and will miss remainder of season.
- #12 Scott Nichol (D), Day-to-Day w/ Lower-Body injury, out indefinitely, remains questionable for the Western Conference Quarterfinals against Los Angeles.
Current man games lost due to injury: 115

NHL.com Standings :DIVISION : CONFERENCE : LEAGUE
NHL.com Team Stats: LOS ANGELES KINGS : ST. LOUIS BLUES
ESPN Team Stats :LOS ANGELES KINGS : ST. LOUIS BLUES
FOX Spots - GAME TRAX : http://msn.foxsports.com/nhl/gameTrax?gameId=2013050608
FOX Spots - Head to Head Team Results : http://msn.foxsports.com/nhl/headToHeadTeamResults?statsId1=19&&statsId2=8&&gameId=2013050608&
The Hockey News, FORECASTER - Tale Of The Tape : http://forecaster.thehockeynews.com/hockeynews/hockey/tott.cgi?LA
LAKings.com e-Media Guide 2012-13 : http://kings.nhl.com/v2/ext/publications/2013_Kings_Media_Guide.pdf
L.A. Kings Home Page's : LA Times : Daily News : CBS Spotsline : TSN : Yahoo : ESPN Clubhouse : The Fourth Period : The Hockey News Magazine

- NHL.com Video: Kings/Blues Off Day Report May 5th.
- Kings have recalled Martin Jones (G) from the Manchester Monarchs (AHL) and Jean-Francois Berube (G) from the Ontario Reign (ECHL).
- Kopitar front and center in Kings' search for goals.
- Blues vs. Kings series preview.
- Fine Tuning; Despite a collection of new faces on the Kings’ blue line, the mission remains the same.
- Why the Kings will win the Stanley Cup.
- Five Questions: Quick, road form key to Kings' fate.
- X-Factor: Mike Richards brings winning way to Kings.
- Kings Local TV Schedule For Round 1 Announced.
- Kings-Blues Playoff Series Schedule Announced.
- 2012-13 LA KINGS AWARD WINNERS.
- Kings Stanley Cup Playoff Tickets Go On-Sale To The Public On Friday (4/26) at 10AM PM PT.
- Kings Recall Tyler Toffoli (RW) from Manchester.
- LA Kings / Manchester Monarchs, Tyler Toffoli (RW) Named AHL’s Outstanding Rookie of the Year.
- Smooth and Selke - Anze Kopitar, 2013 Selke Trophy candidate.
- Wheels in motion for L.A. Kings outdoor game @ Dodger Stadium in 2013-2014.
- President Obama Honors Kings At The White House.
- In Their Eyes; The Kings’ First-Ever Visit To The White House Was Met With Amazement And Appreciation.
Kings Ice Crew News LA Kings Ice Crew Calendar 2012-13, On Sale.
LAKingsInsider.com Featured Report : Prospect Update, 2012 Draft
LA Kings: In The Media : (The Hub for ALL the Latest News & Media about Our LA KINGS)
NHL.com News : St. Louis Blues vs. LA Kings 2013 SCP WCQF’s Series Coverage Center.
NHL.com News : Blues vs. Kings series preview.
NHL.com News : Why the Kings will win the Stanley Cup (w/ Barry Melrose video).
NHL.com News : Super 16: Power Rankings, Final Week 15 - 4/29/13 – Kings #5 / 3rd Last Week.
TSN.ca Final Power Rankings Week 15 – Apri1 28, Kings 9th (#6 last week).
TSN.ca Western Conference Playoff Outlook (TSN Video).
TSN.ca Series Preview: #4 St. Louis Blues vs. #5 Los Angeles Kings.
TSN.ca Stanley Cup Playoffs History (A look back at more than 100 years of Stanley Cup milestones and statistics).
TSN.ca (ICECHIPS)
ESPN.com News: Final Power Rankings Week 15 - April 29, Kings 9th (#4 last week).
ESPN.com News: First-round preview: Blues-Kings.
ESPN.com News: Video – Are Kings in Position to REPEAT ?
LATimes.com News : Kings consider Robyn Regehr more than a rental.
LATimes.com News : Kings veteran Willie Mitchell has second knee surgery.
LATimes.com News : The road hasn’t been kind to Kings this season.

ST. LOUIS BLUES: Official NHL Website : HF BLUES Board GDT
ST. LOUIS BLUES (Twitter) : http://twitter.com/#!/st_louis_blues
ST. LOUIS BLUES (FACEBOOK) : http://www.facebook.com/St.LouisBlues
ST. LOUIS BLUES (WCQF’s Breakdown: Blues vs. Kings) : http://BLUES.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=668094
ST. LOUIS BLUES (Blues Recall Chorney, Woywitka & Grachev) : http://BLUES.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=667953
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Newspaper, BLUES Page : BLUES Morning-Skate Blog w/ Jeremy Rutherford :
Belleville News-Democrat Newspaper, BLUES Page : BLUES, Note by Note Blog w/ Norm Sanders [/fieldset]
[shadow=Silver]KINGS versus BLUES … 2 team’s enter, 1 team leaves VICTORIOUS! Please let it be US.[/shadow]
[fieldset=COACH & PLAYER QUOTES]

Forward & Team Captain DUSTIN BROWN said:
"It’s really hard to win a game one-nothing. We found a way to do it tonight. It was a huge win. We cut it in half. Now we’ve got to regroup and get ready for Game 4. But we’re going to need to score more than one goal in this series if we want to be successful. We’ve got to figure out.” ( On Jonathan Quick’s performance ) … “I just call that ‘Quickie being Quickie’. I mean, everyone knows how good he is in this room. You don’t want to rely on a goaltending performance like that, but you come to expect that from Quickie because he’s shown that he can do it time and time again."

Forward JUSTIN WILLIAMS said:
"I still didn’t think we played a great third period. Obviously, we didn’t let them score, which was great, but we needed to learn from what we did in the previous game was surrender a goal and then surrender a late goal. We got the win. We’re happy about it. We’ve got to clean a few things up, but late in a game you’re trying to keep the puck out of your net. It was just a desperation play to try to preserve the shutout. (On the Win) … “Obviously it's the first of four, but this is a game that we needed to have - and Game 4 is going to be the same, We don't want to be going back there down 3-1. We want to put a little bit of pressure on them, win a game, see what happens."

Goaltender JONATHAN QUICK said:
“It’s another game. We did what we had to do to win the game. When you look at all the games between us and these guys, it’s going to be hard-fought. The team that out-works the other team is going to end up winning it, usually. I think we did a great job as far as a work aspect goes. There’s definitely things we need to clean up to get better at. I think PK really got us the win there."

Head coach DARRYL SUTTER said:
"You know what, if you look at the series, 5-on-5 is so tough. There are a lot of little battles going on that only the players appreciate or understand. It’s pretty much what we said at the outset. There’s not much for goals, and you can’t get frustrated by it. Your top guys can’t get frustrated and start playing their own individual game, a turnover or stretch it out. That’s basically how we’re trying to play.” ( On the decision to go with seven defensemen ) … “Exactly that. I think we’re trying to get a little bit more out of everybody. We really haven’t used four lines very much in this series, especially on the right side of the ice. We’re trying to get Brownie and Willie and Jeff – really all it is is when you dress seven D, if you break it down with our team, it’s about 12 more shifts. When you break it down, it’s not that significant. Our fourth line hasn’t been playing much, and our fourth line right wing has hardly played at all. We just thought we’d give maybe Jeff Carter and Dustin Brown and Justin Williams a couple more minutes, which gets away from matchups. It worked last night. It gives our defense some energy, and obviously Keaton – you take Keaton out, and you’re losing a guy who’s a really good penalty killer for us, and we didn’t want to do that."

KINGSVISION said:

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[shadow=Silver] LET'S GO KINGS !!! [/shadow]

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ouendan1 · May 6, 2013

let's tie this up and put some doubt in the Blues minds!

The Butcher · May 6, 2013

I'll be there tonight. Haven't been to a playoff game since game 3 of the finals.

ScoreZeGoals · May 6, 2013

How about we score some goals? (I said this in the last GDT, and even though we didn't, we still won). Unfortunately, I will miss the first two periods of the game tonight and fully expect this to be a 1-0 game entering the third

jimmy1100 · May 6, 2013

Come on boys!!! I expect a brand new, 3-game series after tonight!!!

onlyalad · May 6, 2013

Kings win 6-4 including an empty net goal by #11

SettlementRichie10 · May 6, 2013

Kopitar. Show up.

goosh · May 6, 2013

Richie10 said:
Kopitar. Show up.

He's injured...

123slam · May 6, 2013

I have a feeling Kopi and Richards will have big games. Hopefully Carter too. I don't think this one will be a low-scoring affair.

4-2 Kings. Carter, Martinez, Kopi, Brown.

Going tonight...was there Saturday and I'm superstitious so I'm going to drink the same amount of beers and whiskys.

GO KINGS!!!!!!!!

The Big Giant Head · May 6, 2013

Please let Greene be back tonight...Ellerby and Muzzin are killing me out there. I think last game was a good confidence building game for everyone, with the fantastic D we've been playing and Quick being in prime form our offense is going to look to get it going tonight.

likid · May 6, 2013

This is for me "it" game. If Kings win, they'll take the whole series. If Blues win, they'll finish series with next game at home...

BigBrown · May 6, 2013

Another huge game (obviously). If they lose this one they're gonna have to win three straight, two being on the road. A win here and they'll be in a decent position to take it.

The Big Giant Head · May 6, 2013

Also, the Staples Center crowd needs to get pumped up tonight and get the Kings pumped up. St.Louis's crowd was board line annoying because of the chants they had going those 2 games. We need to up the enthusiasm decibels a few notches in that place.

deeshamrock · May 6, 2013

Please let Greene be back tonight...Ellerby and Muzzin are killing me out there. I think last game was a good confidence building game for everyone, with the fantastic D we've been playing and Quick being in prime form our offense is going to look to get it going tonight.

not likely:

Helene Elliott ‏@helenenothelen 10m From what I gather, the lower-body injury that has kept Matt Greene out since the regular-season finale will keep him out a while.

SLang · May 6, 2013

I am one who follows streaks. I was comfortable with Game 3 because of the winning streak the Blues had going. It couldn't last forever.

I now HATE the 8-game home winning streak that the Kings now have going. Hate it, hate it, HATE it.

I can find positives, though. Kopitar's streak has to end soon, too.

Ziggy Stardust · May 6, 2013

deeshamrock said:
not likely:

Helene Elliott ‏@helenenothelen 10m From what I gather, the lower-body injury that has kept Matt Greene out since the regular-season finale will keep him out a while.

Sounds like a groin problem.

Raccoon Jesus · May 6, 2013

likid said:
This is for me "it" game. If Kings win, they'll take the whole series. If Blues win, they'll finish series with next game at home...

I feel this way too. Let's make it a 3-game series!

I'm already freaking on edge. Tonight's game is sure to make my poor heart stop.

ScoreZeGoals · May 6, 2013

deeshamrock said:
not likely:

Helene Elliott ‏@helenenothelen 10m From what I gather, the lower-body injury that has kept Matt Greene out since the regular-season finale will keep him out a while.

So Mitchell and Greene are basically out the whole year and there is a good chance Kopi has been limited by an injury all year. Probably just not our year

taz346 · May 6, 2013

By the play of the last 2 regular season games and then next 2 p/o games, and then this last game, I just don't know what to think or expect anymore. Can only hope the Kings decide scoring is vital.

YP44 · May 6, 2013

Quick has been unreal this series. Here is hoping he can keep it up, looks like we will need him to.

deeshamrock · May 6, 2013

I hope Kopi and Carter do better on the PP draws. It really upsets the whole thing when you lose that draw and then have to go back and chase and can't set up right.
That's bothered me alot this year. Esp in a very close, tight checking , ultra defensive series, the PP's are where you have to capitalize and gaining control is a part of that.

DocWest · May 6, 2013

Let's even this thing up. Go Kings!

KingCanadain1976 · May 6, 2013

go kings go

Stupid Sexy Flanders · May 6, 2013

MynameisKing · May 6, 2013

So Greene has a lower body injury? That's new to me. I guess we're finding out little by little about the injury.

My guess is that Kopi is hurt but not the knee. I think he probably has something like a mild charlie horse. Watching the last game he had some shifts where he was alright but then he had shifts where he completely struggled. Mostly towards the end of the game. I'm sure he gets caught where it hurts a few times and it sets him back a bit. It's funny whenever you get an injury in an area it always is the first place that gets hit!

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