GDT: WCSF Gm#1 | KINGS#5 vs. SHARKS#6 | Tuesday, 5/14/â€™13 @ 7:00pm PT | NBC-SN, TSN

Puck U · May 14, 2013

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| MATCHUP |

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LOS ANGELES KINGS | | SAN JOSE SHARKS (48gp : 27-16-5 = 59pts) |

REGULAR SEASON

| (48gp : 25-16-7 = 57pts) 2nd Pacific / 5th West / 7th NHL |

STANDINGS

| 3rd Pacific / 6th West / 11th NHL 61.5% = 7th |

WINNING POINTS %

| 59.4% = 11th 25 |

REGULATION + OVERTIME WINS

| 17 19-4-1 @ Home |

SEASON HOME / AWAY

| 8-14-2 @ Away 8-12-4 @ Away |

SEASON AWAY / HOME

| 17-2-5 @ Home 2-2-0 |

SEASON SERIES

| 2-2-0 (6 gp : 4-2-0) |

PLAY-OFFS

| (4 gp : 4-0-0) 3-0-0 @ Home |

HOME TEAM PLAY-OFFS

| 2-0-0 @ Home 1-2-0 @ Away |

AWAY TEAM PLAY-OFFS

| 2-0-0 @ Away Won 4 |

STREAK

| Won 4 3-2 W (4/27/‘13) |

LAST MEETING

| 2-3 L (4/27/‘13) 2.73g (133) = 10th |

SEASON GOALS PER GAME

| 2.42g (124) = 24th 2.38g (118) = 7th |

SEASON GOALS AGAINST

| 2.33g (116) = 6th +15 |

SEASON GOAL DIFFERENTIAL

| +8 19.9% = 10th |

SEASON POWER PLAY PCT.

| 20.1% = 7th 83.2% = 10th |

SEASON PENALTY KILL PCT.

| 85.0% = 7th 10.2 = 6th |

SEASON AVG PIM PER GAME

| 11.0 = 13th 1420 = 2nd |

SEASON HIT TOTALS

| 990 = 23rd 29.8 = 12th |

SEASON SHOTS PER GAME

| 31.8 = 4th 25.0 = 3rd |

SHOTS AGAINST PER GAME

| 29.0 = 15th 52.0% = 4th |

SEASON FACE-OFF WIN PCT.

| 53.4% = 2nd .905 = 16th |

SEASON AVG. GOALIE SAVE PCT.

| .919 = 6th 1.58 GAA + .944 SV% = 4th/5th |

PLAYOFFS GOALIE STATS

| 1.86 GAA + .937 SV% = 7th/6th

Game Time: Tuesday May/14/2013 7:00 PM PDT Location:

Staples Center - Los Angeles, CA. USA

TV Broadcast: NBC-SN (HD) : TSN (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 MOST Games.)

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.)

FREE Online Video Streams : FirstRowSports.eu : myp2p.eu : SportLEMON.tv : AtdheNet.TV : atdhe.tv : 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: WCSF’s Round 2. The teams split four regular-season meetings, with the home team winning each time. Three of the four games were one-goal affairs, including one that went to a shootout. The Los Angeles Kings will have home-ice advantage in a playoff series for the first time 1992. Will they be able to take advantage of it in this all-California series ? The KINGS need to remind The SHARKS, KINGS FANS and THEMSELVES which team just won a Stanley Cup Championship. GO KINGS GO !!!

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

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[shadow=Silver]KINGS look to capitalize on Home Ice agsainst the SHARKS in WCSF Playoffs.[/shadow]
[fieldset=POSSIBLE ROSTER MATCH UPS]

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[shadow=Silver]LOS ANGELES KINGS[/shadow] | [shadow=#FF9100]SAN JOSE SHARKS[/shadow] Forwards | Forwards #23 Dustin Brown ‘C’ - #11 Anze Kopitar ‘A’ - #14 Justin Williams | #12 Patrick Marleau‘A’ - #39 Logan Couture - #13 Raffi Torres #76 Dwight King - #10 Mike Richards - #77 Jeff Carter | #21 T.J. Galiardi - #19 Joe Thornton‘C’ - #88 Brent Burns #25 Dustin Penner - #28 Jarret Stoll - #22 Trevor Lewis | #46 Tim Kennedy - #8 Joe Pavelski - #57 Tommy Wingels #71 Jordan Nolan - #24 Colin Fraser - #73 Tyler Toffoli | #15 James Sheppard - #23 Scott Gomez - #10 Andrew Desjardins {scratched} #13 Kyle Clifford , #15 Brad Richardson , #? Nick Shore | {scratched} #9 Martin Havlat , #37 Adam Burish , #75 Freddy Hamilton #64 Andy Andreoff , #53 Robert Czarnik , #51 Brandon Kozun | #38 Braken Kearns , #67 Travis Oleksuk , #42 Matt Pelech #82 Brian O’Neill , #70 Tanner Pearson , #57 Linden Vey , | #40 Sabastian Stalberg #60 Jordan Weal |
Defense | Defense #44 Robyn Regehr - #8 Drew Doughty | #52 Matt Irwin - #22 Dan Boyle‘A’ #6 Jake Muzzin - #26 Slava Voynov | #7 Brad Stuart - #27 Scott Hannan #27 Alec Martinez - #7 Rob Scuderi | #44 Marc-Edouard Vlasic - #61 Justin Braun {scratched} #2 Matt Greene ‘A’ , #5 Keaton Ellerby , #33 Willie Mitchell | {scratched} #5 Jason Demers , #80 Matt Tennyson , #62 Sena Acolatse #47 Andrew Bodnarchuk , #81 Andrew Campbell , #80 Nicolas Deslauriers | #54 Nick Petrecki , #? Dylan Demelo Goaltending | Goaltending #32 Jonathan Quick {expected starter} | #31 Antti Niemi {expected starter} #45 Jonathan Bernier | #1 Thomas Greiss #31 Martin Jones , #35 Jean-Francois Berube | #32 Alex Stalock , #36 J.P. Anderson 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]GO !!! KINGS !!! GO !!! . . . WIN !!! KINGS !!! WIN !!! . . . 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.
- #2 Matt Greene ‘A’ (D), Day-to-Day w/ Lower-body injury (Undisclosed, Groin ?), Questionable to return early during WCSemi-finals against San Jose.
- #13 Kyle Clifford (LW), Day-to-Day w/ Undisclosed injury (?), Questionable to return early during WCSemi-finals against San Jose.
Current man games lost due to injury: 53

[shadow=#FF9100]SAN JOSE SHARKS :[/shadow] - #37 Adam Burish (F), Day-to-Day w/ upper body injury (undisclosed), OUT for WCSF Series against Los Angeles.
- #9 Martin Havlat (RW), Day-to-Day w/ Lower-body injury (undisclosed), doubtful for Game #1 of WCSF’s against Los Angeles.
- #57 Tommy Wingels (F), Day-to-Day w/ upper body injury (undisclosed), questionable for Game #1 of WCSF’s against Los Angeles.
- #5 Jason Demers (D), Day-to-Day w/ Lower-body injury (ankle), questionable for Game #1 of WCSF’s against Los Angeles.
Current man games lost due to injury: ??

NHL.com Standings :DIVISION : CONFERENCE : LEAGUE
NHL.com Team Stats: LOS ANGELES KINGS : SAN JOSE SHARKS
ESPN Team Stats :LOS ANGELES KINGS : SAN JOSE SHARKS
FOX Spots - GAME TRAX : http://msn.foxsports.com/nhl/gameTrax?gameId=2013051408
FOX Spots - Head to Head Team Results : http://msn.foxsports.com/nhl/headToHeadTeamResults?statsId1=8&&statsId2=18&&gameId=2013051408&
TSN.ca (Game Day) : http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/scores/gameday/?hubname=nhl-kings
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

- WATCH VIDEO(s): Kings-Vision Preview LA vs. SJS Game 1, Pre-Game Interviews May 14; Doughty, Brown, Scuderi, Fraser and Sutter.
- Full Schedule: Round 2 LA Kings vs. San Jose Sharks.
- KINGS vs. SHARKS Series Preview.
- Kings open 2013 Conference Semifinals on Tuesday at STAPLES Center.
- Five reasons Kings advanced to second round.
- LA Kings 2nd Round Playoff Ticket On-Sale Monday.
- Bolstering The Blue Line.
- Kings have recalled Anthony Stewart (RW) from the Manchester Monarchs (AHL).
- Same Cast – New Challenge; Most of the team is back as the Kings attempt to repeat as Stanley Cup Champions.
- Kings announce recall of ‘Black Aces’ reinforcements up from the Manchester Monarchs (AHL).
- 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.
- 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.
- 2012-13 LA KINGS AWARD WINNERS.
- 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 : LA Kings vs. San Jose Sharks 2013 SCP WCSF’s Series Coverage Center.
NHL.com News : KINGS vs. SHARKS 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: #5 Los Angeles Kings vs. #6 San Jose Sharks.
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 : This time Los Angeles Kings have a key leg to stand on vs. Sharks.
LATimes.com News : A look at the Kings - Sharks playoff matchup.

SAN JOSE SHARKS: Official NHL Website : HF SHARKS Board GDT
SAN JOSE SHARKS (Official Twitter) : http://twitter.com/#!/sanjosesharks
SAN JOSE SHARKS (Official FaceBook) : http://facebook.com/SanJoseSharks
San Jose Mercury Newspaper, SHARKS Page : San Jose Mercury Newspaper, SHARKS Blog w/ David Pollak : Yahoo Team Roster Report, Sharks Page[/fieldset]
[shadow=Silver]KINGS look for revenge against SHARKS for the 2011 WCQF’s PlayOffs.[/shadow]
[fieldset=COACH & PLAYER QUOTES]

Forward & Team Captain DUSTIN BROWN said:
"They really thrive on their power play, You look at their stretches during the regular season when they went on those tears, it's because their power play was really good. Our PK was good last series, but it's going to have to be even better against these guys."

Forward MIKE RICHARDS on Feelings after Win: said:
"I guess relieved. It was an extremely tough, close, hard-hitting series, and I think a lot of guys have some bumps and bruises, and a couple days here before Anaheim gets to play, so we’ve got some time to recover. It’s a hard hockey team to play against over there. They grind it out, and we grind it out. It’s definitely a hard-nosed series."

Goaltender JONATHAN QUICK on Win: said:
"We kept competing. Obviously we were down two-nothing. It’s kind of funny, on the flight home after the second game…I felt like the plane ride home from some losses, the team was a little more down than we were after being down two-nothing…Guys kind of kept upbeat, and we had confidence in ourselves and we played hard."

Forward JUSTIN WILLIAMS on Playing at Staples Center: said:
"One thing that every team says that they want is they want to make their home building a tough place to play in. We played well at home all year, but it seems like there’s a sense of comfort when you’re within our dressing room, and it’s just the players in there, and you look around and you know what everyone’s capable of, and you know that come crunch time, they’re going to get it done for you. I don’t have any doubt in my mind that that’s the case when other players look around the room as well, and that confidence is something that we’ve earned and something that we’ve been through, and we’re feeling we can beat anybody. I’m not sure if Staples four or five years ago people or other teams shuddered that they had to come to the Staples Center to play,” he said. “I don’t think there was that feeling when you’re with another team. But I think over the last little while we’ve made it a tough place to play, and that just doesn’t include us. That includes the fans, too. The fans have done an awesome job of getting us revved up, especially for playoff games. We’ve just been able to start off on the right foot,” Williams said. “We’ve been able to get ourselves going mentally, and when we weren’t ready to go right off the hop, we had a goalie that bailed us out."

Head coach DARRYL SUTTER on Round 2 against Sharks: said:
"We’ll be ready. I don’t have big concerns. I mean, both teams have had two or three days off, and they’ve had a couple injuries. We have. I’m just more anxious to get playing more than concerned.” (On San Jose’s dynamic) … “I think they’re constant…has been their goaltending. It’s been really good for ‘em. Obviously they’re a veteran group on the back end with Hannan, Stuart and Boyle. It really gives them always somebody on the ice – and you could probably put Vlasic in that group, too. So their balance up front, I think they moved guys around. Burns really complemented Joe, and Patrick and Couture, and then you go to Pavelski and Wingels, and with Torres coming in, it gives them good balance on their lines. And they say it too – it has impacted their team, made them play more of a straight line game, and you can see that." (On the Kings-Blues series) … “There wasn’t much ebb and flow in the series, quite honest. It was so close. It was always one goal, other than the 2-0 lead here briefly for St. Louis in the last game. It was sort of shift-to-shift competition the whole way.” (On whether the series was “nerve-wracking” for him) …“No, I’m used to it, no. I guess if you’re young and inexperienced it would be a little different. It was hard on the players because it was a hard series to play. [Reporter: One shift could swing it one way.] Tonight was probably different than the other games because their team – if they don’t score, they’re going home.”

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KingKopitar11* · May 14, 2013

Gotta beat these pretenders.

Live in the Now · May 14, 2013

Gotta start this one off better than the last one. Win needed, nothing less.

SuperAlmeida · May 14, 2013

Let's go Kings! Crunch them into the boards! Fight to the end!

Steve Zissou · May 14, 2013

KingsKnight · May 14, 2013

(mimicking an image I saw on the sharks thread: here)

Cup 4 the Kings · May 14, 2013

This pretty much sums up my sentiments for this game and series:

:yo:

Vamos Rafa · May 14, 2013

****, anyone else got a power outage warning from SoCal Edison?

Captain Mittens* · May 14, 2013

Rafa Nadal said:
****, anyone else got a power outage warning from SoCal Edison?

Edison knows better than to **** with me.

I tell them when I am shutting their power off

onlyalad · May 14, 2013

Rafa Nadal said:
****, anyone else got a power outage warning from SoCal Edison?

I lost power last night
It was back on by 7 pm

JBernierFan · May 14, 2013

Whenever the 2nd round comes around, I forget how hard it is to get to this point until I remember that only 8 teams are left. That being said, the 2nd round isn't good enough boys! Let's kill the sharks and move onto the final four! KILL JEFF KILL!

This series will come down to shutting down Couture and Pavelski, as well as getting into Niemi's head. JQ will have to be strong again and protect his crease!

We can beat these guys! We did it to win home ice, now lets take advantage of it!!!!!!!!!!

Albi · May 14, 2013

After catching them, we won't release any fish tonite.

mbar · May 14, 2013

If we are in the LA area with directv, will they be sure to switch to the start I the kings game even I the first game is still going on?

I have to DVr the first period. How can I be sure to get the opening face off ?

DocWest · May 14, 2013

ScoreZeGoals · May 14, 2013

Hope to see our puck possession game return. Sharks have a very good PP, so we must remain disciplined and stay out of the box. Throw the body, capitalize on our chances, and take the lead in the series. Go Kings Go!!!

Arrhizal · May 14, 2013

Woooo, more hockey! Can't wait.

KingCanadain1976 · May 14, 2013

go kings go

Fishhead · May 14, 2013

mbar said:
If we are in the LA area with directv, will they be sure to switch to the start I the kings game even I the first game is still going on?

I have to DVr the first period. How can I be sure to get the opening face off ?

I've just been DVRing everything on all the channels NBC uses for games during the game's time slot.

Fishhead · May 14, 2013

I'm very interested to see how the Kings play against a team without such a tenacious forecheck. Our breakouts should be better, and we all know the King's offense starts by getting the puck out of the back end quickly. Speed is needed to pressure SJ's solid defense.

It should also be interesting to see how our D handles the size and skill of the Sharks up front. They don't have a lot of scoring power on their back end since Burns moved up, forcing their defense to handle the puck more is definitely the lesser of two evils.

SLang · May 14, 2013

The Sharks think they know what's coming, but they've never played these playoff Kings!

Go Kings GO!!!!!!

KopitarFAN · May 14, 2013

mbar said:
If we are in the LA area with directv, will they be sure to switch to the start I the kings game even I the first game is still going on?

I have to DVr the first period. How can I be sure to get the opening face off ?

I doubt it. We missed like half of the first period in game 2 waiting for the Habs/Sens game to end, and Pittsburgh is involved in this game, so all bets are off.

kingsholygrail · May 14, 2013

Take care of business at home, then get on the road.

Vamos Rafa · May 14, 2013

LOL! Canucks fans are rooting for the Guppies even though they are fresh off that sweep. There's no doubt in my mind now that we really are their most hated team.

TheSlovenian · May 14, 2013

Go Kings, make a grown man cry (that's Thornton).

Scottkmlps · May 14, 2013

Rafa Nadal said:
LOL! Canucks fans are rooting for the Guppies even though they are fresh off that sweep. There's no doubt in my mind now that we really are their most hated team.

They're just upset still that the Kings won a Cup before the Canucks.

GDT: WCSF Gm#1 | KINGS#5 vs. SHARKS#6 | Tuesday, 5/14/â€™13 @ 7:00pm PT | NBC-SN, TSN

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