GDT: #54|Penskémon|Pittsburgh Penguins @ Los Angeles Kings|1.30.14|22:37 EST

[Big McLargehuge]

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[size=+3]Game #54[/size][size=+2]
Los Angeles City Gym; Los Angeles, California
January 30, 2014; 10:37 PM EST[/size]

[size=+4]Team Stats[/size]

Penguins || Kings
37-14-2 76 Pts|Record|30-19-6 66 Pts
22-4|Home|16-7-3
15-10-2|Away|14-12-3
Won 1|Streak|Lost 1
7-2-1|Last 10|3-6-1
33 - t2nd|ROW|24 - t11th
3.15 – 4th|Goals Per Game|2.31 – t26th
2.42 – t8th|Goals Against Per Game| 2.04 - 1st
+43 - 4th|Goal Differential|+17 - 8th
24.3% – 1st|Power Play|13.8% – t28th
87.6% – 1st|Penalty Kill|84.4% – 6th
30.6 – t13th|Shots Per Game|31.2 – 8th
27.7 – 5th|Shots Against Per Game|27.1 - t3rd
51.5% – t8th|Faceoff %|53.1% – 3rd
1.1 – 10th|5-on-5 Goals For/Against Ratio|1.22– 6th
1,363 – 8th|Hits|1,752– 2nd
10.6 – t12th|PIM/G|12.1 – t23rd
173 – 22nd|PP Opportunities|195 – 2nd
42 - 3rd|PP Goals|19 - 28th
3 - t9th|SHG Allowed|4 - t15th
161 - 5th|Times Short-Handed|211- 29th
20 - 1st|PPG Allowed|33 - t13th
2 - t24th|Short-Handed Goals|5 - t6th
1:58 - 11th|PP-PK Time Diff.|-18:02 - 21st
27-2-1 |Record When Scoring First|23-7-4
10-12-1|Record When Trailing First|7-12-2
21-10-1|Record When Outshooting Opposition|17-13-3
15-4-1|Record When Outshot|12-5-2
19-1 |Record When Leading After 1|15-2-2
24-2-1|Record When Leading After 2| 16-0
6-7-1|Record When Trailing After 1|3-11
5-10-1 |Record When Trailing After 2|4-16-1
6-2|Overtime Record|9-6
4-0|Shootout Record|6-4
5/13|Shootout Goals/Shots|11/39
0/13|Shootout Goals Allowed/Shots|9/41

[size=+4][shadow=black]Goalies[/shadow][/size]

#37 Jeff Zatkoff|#32 Jonathan Quick
8-2-1, 2.80 GAA, .903 SV%, 1 SO|15-10-1, 2.05 GAA, .917 SV%, 3 SO

[size=+4][shadow=black]Projected Penguins Lines[/shadow][/size]

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing

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#14 Chris Kunitz|#87 Sidney Crosby|#49 Brian Gibbons

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#36 Jussi Jokinen|#71 Евге́ний Ма́лкин|#18 James Neal

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#15 Tanner Glass|#16 Brandon Sutter|#59 Jayson Megna

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#17 Taylor Pyatt|#27 Craig Adams|#5 Deryk Engelland

Left Defense | Right Defense

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#4 Robert John Scuderi|#58 Kristopher Allen Letang

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#3 Olli Määttä|#2 Matthew Norman Niskanen

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#44 Richard Brooks Orpik|#7 Paul Joseph Martin

[size=+4][shadow=black]Projected Kings Lines[/shadow][/size]

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
74 Dwight King|11 Anže Kopitar|77 Jeff Carter
22 Trevor Lewis|10 Michael Richards|14 Justin Williams
13 Kyle Clifford|28 Jarret Stoll|23 Dustin Brown
71 Jordan Nolan|24 Colin Fraser|73 Tyler Toffoli

Left Defense | Right Defense
6 Jacob Muzzin|8 Drew Doughty
44 Robyn Regehr|26 Вячесла́в Во́йнов
33 William Mitchell|2 Matt Greene

[size=+4][shadow=black]Team Leaders[/shadow][/size]

Penguins || Kings
Sidney Crosby 27|GOALS|Jeff Carter 20
Sidney Crosby 47 |ASSISTS|Mike Richards 28
Sidney Crosby 74 |POINTS|Anže Kopitar 42
Matt Niskanen +29 |+/-|Anže Kopitar +22
Tanner Glass 51|PIM|Kyle Clifford 63
Chris Kunitz 11|PP Goals|Anže Kopitar 6
Sidney Crosby 18|PP Assists|Doughty, Richards 8
Sidney Crosby 25|PP Points|Anže Kopitar 13
Määttä, Sutter 1|SH Goals|Dwight King 2
Määttä, Sutter 1|SH Points|King, Richards 2
Crosby, Neal 1|OT Goals|Anže Kopitar 2
Kunitz, Niskanen 5|GWG|Kopitar, Toffoli 5
Sidney Crosby 173|SOG|Jeff Carter 178
Chris Kunitz 17.6%|Sh%|Dwight King 13.6%
Paul Martin 24:35|TOI|Drew Doughty 25:59
Joe Vitale 63.3%|FO|Jarret Stoll 54.5%
Tanner Glass 154|Hits|Dustin Brown 173
Brooks Orpik 88|Blocked Shots|Willie Mitchell 84
Crosby, Letang, Malkin 36|Giveaways|Drew Doughty 60
Sidney Crosby 29|Takeaways|Anže Kopitar 37

Bold indicates league leader

[size=+4][shadow=black]Injuries[/shadow][/size]
Penguins Injuries:

Player | Position | Status | Description
Beau Bennett|LW|IR|Wrist Surgery
Chris Conner|LW|IR|Hand Surgery
Pascal Dupuis|RW|IR|Torn ACL
Joe Vitale|RW|IR|Wrist
Tomáš Vokoun|G|IR|Blood Clot in Pelvis

Kings Injuries:

Player | Position | Status | Description
None...seriously.

[size=+4][shadow=black]TV Information[/shadow][/size]​

TV Station|Available For
Root|Pittsburgh Region
Fox Sports West|Los Angeles Region

[size=+7]It's A Great Day For Hockey[/size]

No DYK because, honestly, I don't care enough about Pokemon to do one...I just made a mental comparison of Craig Adams to Metapod after he bounced back from another nasty hit without getting hurt...or do much of anything and stuck with it.

Click to read more...

 

[Le Magnifique 66]

Come on boys, reward us fans for staying up late!!

Let's go Pens

 

[SuburbanRhythm]

Over/under number of mentions on main board of Malkin concussing Willie Mitchell?

 

[IcedCapp]

awesome gdt

 

[Winger for Hire]

I lost it with Glass, Adams and Letang

 

[billybudd]

Over/under number of mentions on main board of Malkin concussing Willie Mitchell?

I think it's a good bet Mitchell chases him around all game.

 

[Winger for Hire]

Too bad Despres isn't up here, Snorlax might have been the best Pokemon/Player fit

 

[AjaxTelamon]

Gibbons could use that for his driver's license photo.

 

[Tasty Biscuits]

Good stuff as usual BMcL

 

[FDBluth]

Is it just me or is this forum totally broken right now?

 

[IcedCapp]

Pittsburgh Penguins @penguins

Optional morning skate for the #Pens. 18 players taking part, including Kris Letang who had a maintenance day yesterday

 

[Speaking Moistly]

This is amazing. Letang, Pyatt, Glass, Adams, Jokinen, Orpik.

I trust this team against the Kings more than I trusted them against the Sabres.

 

[DegenX]

So, this is a pick of the moms and the team .... wonder what Letang's mom has in her purse?

She's the only one who has hers, and she's clutching it pretty tight

 

[IcedCapp]

So, this is a pick of the moms and the team .... wonder what Letang's mom has in her purse?

She's the only one who has hers, and she's clutching it pretty tight

AND LOOK AT HER SHIFTY EYES!

something's up.

 

[Speaking Moistly]

So, this is a pick of the moms and the team .... wonder what Letang's mom has in her purse?

She's the only one who has hers, and she's clutching it pretty tight

Kristopher's hair care products. Shhhh.


That's some serious side eying.

 

[Mordax]

Looks like Zatkoff is starting tonight

Shelly Anderson
Bylsma confirms skate was optional; Zarkoff starting vs. LA.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

Oh god ****ing damn it. Well there goes the Kings offensive snap.

 

[JimmyTwoTimes]

Is it just me or is this forum totally broken right now?

Mentally speaking ?

 

[Speaking Moistly]

Well... good luck, Zatkoff and team. It's because he was drafted by them isn't it?

 

[Mordax]

Maybe I WILL start Kopitar on my fantasy team after all...

 

[cheesedanish87]

There isn't really any room anywhere in the pens top 6 for Bort to play tonight, but if there was a game you would like to see Bort play in it would be against the kings.

 

[vikingGoalie]

sigh. this is exactly the kind of game we want to play fleury and play our best as Kings play playoff style hockey all year round.

Also you know that Quick will be as good as possible since he is essentially auditioning for the starting gig in Sochi.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Hmmm. It might be a good thing that I have to work at 7AM and will have to miss this one. The Kings are typically eyes-glazed-over-boring to watch, anyway. Kopitar is awesome, though.

 

[Shockmaster]

There isn't really any room anywhere in the pens top 6 for Bort to play tonight, but if there was a game you would like to see Bort play in it would be against the kings.

I wonder if Maatta gets scratched against the Coyotes for Bortuzzo to play. I wouldn't necessarily be against that being that Maatta is only 19 years old and will be playing in the Olympics for Finland. He might need a few games off here and there.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Is Bortuzzo even still available to play? I don't even remember the last time he cracked the lineup.

If I were him I would have gone on a nice vacation, or something.