GDT: SCF Game #1 | KINGS(3 vs. RANGERS(2 | Wednesday 6/4/14 @ 5:00 pm PT | NBC, CBC, RDS

Puck U · Jun 4, 2014

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| MATCHUP |

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LOS ANGELES KINGS |

Post-Season Rankings & Statistics

| NEW YORK RANGERS (82gp : 46-28-8 = 100 pts) |

REGULAR SEASON

| (82gp : 45-31-6 = 96 pts) 3rd Pacific / 6th West / 10th NHL |

STANDINGS

| 2nd Metropolitan / 5th Eastern / 12th NHL 5-3-2 |

LAST 10 Games Season

| 6-2-2 1-1-0 |

SEASON SERIES

| 1-1-0 1-0 W (11/17/‘13) |

LAST MEETING

| 0-1 L (11/17/‘13) (21gp : 12-9-2) |

PLAY-OFFS

| (20gp : 12-8-1) 5-4 @ Home |

HOME TEAM PLAY-OFFS

| 6-4 @ Home 7-5 @ Away |

AWAY TEAM PLAY-OFFS

| 6-4 @ Away 3.48g (73) = 1st |

GOALS FOR PER GAME (Total)

| 2.70g (54) = 8th 2.85g (60) = 9th |

GOALS AGAINST (Total)

| 2.25g (45) = 2nd 25.4% = 5th |

POWER PLAY PCT.

| 13.6% = 10th 81.2% = 9th |

PENALTY KILL PCT.

| 85.9% = 2nd 13.0 = 12th |

AVG PIM PER GAME

| 10.0 = 5th 898 = 1st |

HIT TOTALS

| 587 = 2nd 52.9% = 2nd |

FACE-OFF WIN PCT.

| 47.5% = 12th 2.86 GAA / .906 SV% / 1 SO |

PLAYOFF GOALIE STATS

| 2.03 GAA / .928 SV% / 1 SO

Game Time : Wednesday June/4th/2014 5:00 PM PST Location :

Staples Center - Los Angeles, CA. USA

TV Broadcast : NBC (HD) : CBC (HD) : RDS (HD) : NHL CenterIce * (check your local area listings, black-out restrictions may apply)
Note : ( FoxSports ‘KINGS LIVE’ Post-Game show after every SCF’s Game, on FOX Sports West other than Game 3, in which it will be carried on Prime Ticket.)

Radio Broadcast : LA Kings.com Radio Player /or KEIB 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.)

FREE Online Video Streams : FirstRowSports.eu : myp2p.eu : SportLEMON.tv : AtdheNet.TV : atdhe.tv : [email protected] : LiveStreamHunter.tv : hockeywebcasts.com : Yahoo Online Stream : HockeyStreams.com {Pay-Site} * (links to online feeds provided but not guaranteed to always be active or working.)

Big Game Story: Stanley Cup Final, Game #1 The teams in the Stanley Cup Final have experienced so much since Nov. 17, which is the most-recent time they've met during the 2013-14 season. The New York Rangers are a completely different team from the November version, which was searching for an identity under new coach Alain Vigneault. The Los Angeles Kings had yet to hit the stride that has catapulted them through three rounds of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. So it is nearly pointless to dissect what happened in those two games, a 3-1 victory by the Rangers at Staples Center on Oct. 17 and a 1-0 victory by the Kings at Madison Square Garden exactly a month later. The Kings and the Rangers will start learning about each other in person when the puck drops for Game 1 on Wednesday at Staples Center (8 p.m. ET).
The Rangers defeated the Montreal Canadiens in six games in the Eastern Conference Final, winning the deciding game 1-0 with a dominant defense. Their reward was a valuable six-day rest before the start of the Final. The Kings, as has been their nature all season, rallied from three deficits Sunday to win Game 7 of the Western Conference Final against the Chicago Blackhawks, 5-4 in overtime. The Kings are the only team to win a Game 7 in all three rounds before the championship, and they won each on the road to make it even more impressive. Nobody knows how the series will play out, but here are four areas which could go a long way to determining the outcome of Game 1 and setting the tone:
Fatigue factor -- The Kings expended a ton of energy to vanquish the Blackhawks, playing into overtime in two of the final three games. Los Angeles has played 21 games this postseason, the most ever by a Stanley Cup finalist. The Kings have invested huge amounts of mental energy fighting from behind in games and in series. When does the well run dry? Will it be against the Rangers, who will have had almost a week off since eliminating the Canadiens? The Kings don’t believe so. They insist they are made for this kind of hockey, to play every second day, because of the depth of their lineup. The Canadiens were in the same position against the Rangers in the previous round. Montreal was coming off an emotional seven-game series against the Boston Bruins and had home-ice advantage for the Eastern Conference Final. Only problem was the Canadiens came out flat in Game 1, lost, and surrendered that advantage. It was a matter of playing catch-up after that. The Kings must avoid the same scenario.
Size advantage -- The Kings used a fleet of big, powerful forwards to flood the area around the Blackhawks net and scored huge goals from the faceoff dots in. Chicago, which deploys more of a shot-blocking philosophy, could do little to negate Los Angeles' presence around the net. New York will have to do a better job in that area. Rangers defenseman Marc Staal said the keys will be getting position on the crease-crowding forwards and tying up the sticks of those Kings when they do gain the upper hand in the crease-front battles. By interfering with the sticks, Staal said it will eliminate some of the tip and rebound opportunities that fueled Los Angeles' attack during the conference final. The size also comes into play on the forecheck. The Kings pressure the puck through all three zones and thrive on punishing opposing defenders when they are forced to turn and chase the puck into the defensive zone. It is a challenge the Rangers must solve.
Speed trap -- The Rangers are considered the faster of the teams in this Final, but it will be a question of what they do with that speed. Will they be able to chip pucks in and retrieve them or gain the zone on the rush with speed? Or will they be turned over at the blue line and forced to defend from an unenviable position? The Kings served the Blackhawks a steady dose of the latter. Chicago could not gain the zone cleanly on a regular basis, either beaten on puck retrieval or committing turnovers at the blue line and watching the superb transition game of Los Angeles put it under duress. If the Rangers can gain the zone cleanly -- and that is a big if -- the offense will benefit. The Kings are much better defending up the ice than they are in defending the area around their net. New York will have to move the puck quickly, making an assured and proper first pass, said Ray Ferraro, an analyst for TSN and a former NHL player.
Faceoffs -- These teams thrive on puck possession, and there is no better way to possess the puck than through a successful faceoff. By winning draws on a consistent basis, there is less energy spent chasing the puck to regain possession. The stats suggest the Kings will own the circle, much like they did for long stretches against the San Jose Sharks, Anaheim Ducks and Blackhawks. Los Angeles is at 52.9 percent for the playoffs, second to the Boston Bruins (53.4). The Rangers are at 47.5 percent, a mark beaten by all but four of the playoff teams. The top-three centers for Los Angeles have won more than 50 percent of their faceoffs, led by the 57 percent of Jarret Stoll, who takes the majority of the biggest draws. The Rangers are led by the 46.6 percent of Brad Richards. Derek Stepan, who has taken the most draws, has won 41.5 percent.

GO KINGS GO !!!

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

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[shadow=Silver]L.A. KINGS take on N.Y. RANGERS for The Ultimate Prize, Lord Stanley's Cup !!![/shadow]
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[shadow=Silver]LOS ANGELES KINGS[/shadow] | [shadow=red]NEW YORK RANGERS[/shadow] Forwards | Forwards #12 Marian Gaborik - #11 Anze Kopitar ‘A’ - #23 Dustin Brown ‘C’ | #20 Chris Kreider - #21 Derek Stepan - #61 Rick Nash #70 Tanner Pearson - #77 Jeff Carter - #73 Tyler Toffoli | #62 Carl Hagelin - #19 Brad Richards ‘A’ - #26 Martin St. Louis #13 Kyle Clifford - #28 Jarret Stoll - #14 Justin Williams | #67 Beniot Pouliot - #16 Derick Brassard - #36 Mats Zuccarello #74 Dwight King - #10 Mike Richards ‘A’ - #22 Trevor Lewis | #22 Brian Boyle - #28 Dominic Moore - #15 Dereck Dorsett {scratched} #71 Jordan Nolan , #24 Colin Fraser | {scratched} #13 Daniel Carcillo , #10 J.T. Miller #57 Linden Vey , #64 Andy Andreoff | #12 Jesper Fast , #39 Ryan Haggerty , #48 Oscar Lindberg Defense | Defense #6 Jake Muzzin - #8 Drew Doughty | #27 Ryan McDonagh - #5 Dan Girardi ‘A’ #33 Willie Mitchell - #26 Slava Voynov | #18 Marc Staal ‘A’ - #6 Anton Stralman #27 Alec Martinez - #2 Matt Greene ‘A’ | #4 Raphael Diaz - #8 Kevin Klein {scratched} #44 Robyn Regehr , #55 Jeff Schultz , #43 Brayden McNabb | {scratched} #17 John Moore , #44 Justin Falk #81 Andrew Campbell , #47 Andrew Bodnarchuck |
Goaltending | Goaltending #32 Jonathan Quick {expected starter} | #30 Henrik Lundqvist {expected starter} #31 Martin Jones | #33 Cameron Talbot #35 J.F. Berube | #29 David Leneveu As always, line projections are educated assessments and not definite alignments. | As always, line projections are educated assessments and not definite alignments.

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

[shadow=Silver]LOS ANGELES KINGS :[/shadow] - #44 Robyn Regehr (D), Day-to-Day w/ Knee injury, has resumed skating & practicing with the team, questionable for Game #1, but return is close.
Current man games lost due to injury: Team does not release for Play-Offs

[shadow=red]NEW YORK RANGERS :[/shadow] - #13 Daniel Carcillo (LW/RW), NHL-Suspension serving a 10 game suspension (revised down to 6 games) by the NHL, he will be eligible to return for Game 4 of the 2014 Stanley Cup Final..
- #33 Cameron Talbot (G), Day-to-Day w/ unspecified injury, questionable for Game #1.
Current man games lost due to injury: Team does not release for Play-Offs

NHL.com Standings :DIVISION : CONFERENCE : LEAGUE
NHL.com Team Stats: LOS ANGELES KINGS : NEW YORK RANGERS
ESPN Team Stats :LOS ANGELES KINGS : NEW YORK RANGERS
The Hockey News, FORECASTER - Tale Of The Tape : http://forecaster.thehockeynews.com/hockeynews/hockey/tott.cgi?LA
LAKings.com e-Media Guide 2013 : http://kings.nhl.com/v2/ext/publications/2013_Kings_Media_Guide.pdf
LAKings.com e-Media 2013 Year Book : http://www.azbycx1928.com/lak12a91hs6/
L.A. Kings Home Page's : LA Times : Daily News : CBS Spotsline : TSN : Yahoo : ESPN Clubhouse : The Fourth Period : The Hockey News Magazine[/B]

L.A.Kings.com & NHL.com News :
- LA Kings vs. NY Rangers 2014 Stanley Cup Final Coverage Center.
- KINGS vs. RANGERS: GAME #1 Preview - Four key matchups could determine Game outcome.
- KINGS vs. RANGERS, Stanley Cup Final Preview: Rangers’ speed to test Kings’ depth, toughness.
- Kings’ coach Sutter lets results do the talking.
- Round Up: Stanley Cup Final Predictions.
- Kings mount stifling offense.
- History points to Kings having edge vs. Rangers.
- Goaltender Matchup: Inside Quick vs. Lundqvist.
- KINGS vs. RANGERS Stanley Cup Final Blog.
- Lombardi: Defense-first plan Key to Kings’ success.
- Local Broadcast Information for Stanley Cup Final.
- Stanley Cup Ticket Information.
- Kings Win in OT, advance to Cup Final vs. Rangers.
- Kings FIRST Team ever to play all 21 games in first 3 rounds, and advance to Stanley Cup Final.
- Why the Kings will win the Stanley Cup.
TSN.ca (ICECHIPS)
LA Kings: In The Media : (The Hub for ALL the Latest News & Media about Our LA KINGS)

NEW YORK RANGERS: Official NHL Website : HF N.Y. BLUE SHIRTS Board GDT
The New York Times Newspaper, RANGERS Page : NY Times - Slap Shot, RANGERS Blog : N.Y. Daily Newspaper, RANGERS Page : N.Y. Daily News - The Blue Shirts Blog w/ Jesse Spector : New York Post Newspaper, RANGERS Page : NewsDay paper, RANGERS Page : NewsDay - Blue Notes Blog w/ Steve Zipay : ESPN-NewYork.com [/fieldset]
[shadow=Silver]Win or Lose, for The CUP in 2012, 3 WCF’s '12, ‘13 & '14 and SCF in 2014, THANK YOU KINGS!!![/shadow]
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[shadow=Silver] LET'S GO KINGS !!! [/shadow]

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Puck U · Jun 4, 2014

WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE UPDATES AND HAVE THINGS @ 100% hopefully by NOON Pacific ... I know a lot of the stuff is left over from the Chicago Series

DocWest · Jun 4, 2014

**** yeah! Go Kings Go!!!

MrLord · Jun 4, 2014

Gabo do it again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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tsanuri · Jun 4, 2014

That is just crazy they are second in hits yet have over 300 less than us.
Let's just do this.

MrLord · Jun 4, 2014

GABO do it again!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubOWICOCeZo

ID · Jun 4, 2014

Who's going to the game? Let's get the 1st win

Winger23 · Jun 4, 2014

Please kings, come out and send a message. Come out and light this over rated Rangers defense up to at least shut up the main boards for a few days

King RAZZ · Jun 4, 2014

Perhaps a new theme???

GO KINGS GO!!!!!

kingsholygrail · Jun 4, 2014

The Butcher · Jun 4, 2014

Back to the finals. I can't wait for them to go get this.

Can any of you imagine rooting for a more exciting and historic team?

HYORI 1963 · Jun 4, 2014

Let's do this!

KingKopitar11* · Jun 4, 2014

Ah. Let's beat these over-confident, good for nothing degenerates and claim the Cup once again.

Let's destroy "King" Henriks confidence by putting a humangus universe amount of goals into his net and make him remember he's the King of chokeville.

Let's make the Rangers fans realize that Ryan McDoodle would be lucky to hold Doughty's jock.

And just crush Mini St. Louis, Im so tired of his long drawn out story. Flatten the little guy, it's okay, no one will call child services, he's 38.

And just because

As you can tell I sorta don't like the Rangers.

dryz · Jun 4, 2014

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LAKings88 · Jun 4, 2014

Just win.

Brunomics · Jun 4, 2014

Go Kings! Beat those overrated sons of *****es!!!

reset · Jun 4, 2014

i expect LA kings hockey tonight: Good defense, aggressive forecheck, great goaltending and timely goals.

Should be a good night.

KingsHockey24 · Jun 4, 2014

We got dis.

But why the 3 day break afterward? Oh well.

Go Kings Go!

Scottkmlps · Jun 4, 2014

KingsHockey24 said:
We got dis.

But why the 3 day break afterward? Oh well.

Go Kings Go!

Three letters for you, N...B...C.

Finally, home ice advantage to start a round.

deeshamrock · Jun 4, 2014

Winger23 said:
Please kings, come out and send a message. Come out and light this over rated Rangers defense up to at least shut up the main boards for a few days

I think the Kings are the better and more complete team, but having watched a lot of the Rangers (being onthe East Coast) and most of their playoff games, their defense is not overated, in any way. They have a solid 6 back there, fast, skilled and very efficent, esp at breakout passes, lightning quick. Their top 4 is very very good at shutting down top lines, don't underestimate that, they are good. And McDonough is a very very skilled D, steal to get him from the Habs for Gomez. THeir D are very good at what they do, it's not a coincidence or luck that they are in the Finals.

That said, I think all the love Lundy (and I think he's terrific, esp in 7th games or elimination games, he's solid and 100% there) his numbers are better becaues he didn't have to go thru san jose, anaheim and Chicago to get to the Finals or his numbers wouldn't look as good. A bit annooyed that none of the naitonal so called 'experts' haven't figured that out yet.

I hope the Kings come out strong in the 1st because I think by the 3rd ,they will be a bit tired. And winning game 1 and really playing well, getting a lead and not giving them a sniff, playing a good game on the boards, hitting and maintaining puck possession is what they need to do earliy on and send that message. Give the pressure to the Rangers for game 2.

SLang · Jun 4, 2014

KingsHockey24 said:
We got dis.

But why the 3 day break afterward? Oh well.

Go Kings Go!

IMO these breaks have been one of the keys to the Kings success so far this post season, especially considering the number of games played. There were a couple in the Anaheim series, and I think they were really important after the super-tough San Jose 7-gamer.

I said in the SCF game day thread that I bet Regehr plays in place of Greene tonight What do you guys think?

Let's go Kings!!!!!

cyclones22 · Jun 4, 2014

It's important to score a goal early. When Mike Smith was in god-mode in 2012, the Kings scored relatively early in the first period and that aura was invincibility was gone. Hopefully that happens tonight as well.

New York RKY · Jun 4, 2014

Good luck tonight look forward to a very fun game

I Am Chariot · Jun 4, 2014

tsanuri said:
That is just crazy they are second in hits yet have over 300 less than us.
Let's just do this.

That's a great stat. But the teams and style played as the different series evolve have a lot to do with that. People are underestimating how fast the Rangers are down the wings.

Both teams are saying they are focused on playing their game. It will be interesting to see which style prevails, perhaps a blend of the two evolves into an epic battle of a series.

Looking forward to a great series

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