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Kings Blog: Jewels From The Crown
There is no rest for the weary (both the players and the fans) as the Red Wings are right back it again tonight as they make the very short trip from Anaheim to Los Angeles for stage two of the annual Tour De California to take on the Kings.
The Kings are having a bit of an up and down season, sitting currently fourth in the Pacific division, and are battling slow starts by key players as well as losing Jonathan Quick for a large chunk of the season to injury. One player who has been hot for the Kings this season is Jeff Carter. He is pacing them with 21 goals, 11 more than anyone else on the team. Despite issues scoring goals, the Kings continue to be the best shot suppression team in the league as their physical, aggressive style makes it difficult for teams to take advantage of their weakened goalie situation.
Points are at a major premium for the Red Wings right now and in the past few seasons this has been the kind of game that they found a way to steal at least one point. If they have any hopes of getting back into the playoff picture they are going to have to do that again tonight.
Red Wings Lineup
Forwards
|
Tomas Tatar |
Henrik Zetterberg |
Anthony Mantha |
|
Gustav Nyquist |
Frans Nielsen |
Tomas Vanek |
|
Riley Sheahan |
Dylan Larkin |
Luke Glendening |
|
Steve Ott |
Andreas Athanasiou |
Drew Miller |
Defensemen
|
Danny DeKeyser |
Nick Jensen |
|
Jonathan Ericsson |
Alexey Marchenko |
|
Xavier Ouellet |
Ryan Sproul |
Goaltenders
|
Petr Mrazek |
|
Jared Coreau |
Scratches: Tomas Jurco,
Injuries: Mike Green (upper body), Alexey Marchenko (shoulder), Nik Kronwall (lower body), Brendan Smith (lower body), Justin Abdelkader (knee), Darren Helm (shoulder), Johan Franzen (concussion), Joe Vitale (concussion)
Kings Lineup
Forwards
|
Marian Gaborik |
Anze Kopitar |
Dustin Brown |
|
Tanner Pearson |
Jeff Carter |
Devin Setoguchi |
|
Kyle Clifford |
Nic Dowd |
Trevor Lewis |
|
Dwight King |
Nick Shore |
Jordan Nolan |
Defensemen
|
Derek Forbort |
Drew Doughty |
|
Jake Muzzin |
Alec Martinez |
|
Brayden McNabb |
Kevin Gravel |
Goaltenders
|
Peter Budaj |
|
Jeff Zatkoff |
Injuries: Jonathan Quick (groin), Tyler Toffoli
|
RED WINGS |
THE MATCHUP |
KINGS |
|
16-16-5 (37 pts, 7th in the Atlantic) |
Record |
19-15-4 (42 pts; 4th in Pacific) |
|
2.38 (24th in NHL) |
Goals Per Game |
2.45 (21st in NHL) |
|
2.89 (21st) |
Goals Against Per Game |
2.34 (6th) |
|
11.7% (30th) |
Power Play % |
16.1% (t21st) |
|
82.3% (13th) |
Penalty Kill % |
83.6% (10th) |
|
28.2 (28th) |
Shots For Per Game |
30.3 (t11th) |
|
30.4 (t17th) |
Shots Against Per Game |
25.9 (1st) |
|
53.4 (2nd) |
Faceoff % |
50.2 (t11th) |
|
Dylan Larkin (11) |
Goals Leader |
Jeff Carter (21) |
|
Zetterberg (28) |
Points Leader |
Jeff Carter (33) |
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Game Day Prediction Contest
Would you like to predict the outcome of the game and potentially become internet famous? Well you’re in luck, because here’s your opportunity. Here’s how it works.
Make your game predictions on the winning team, final score, and who the Wings player of the game will be. Enter the required information into the form below using the formats indicated in the questions. If you don’t use those formats, your answers will be disregarded. All submissions are timestamped and will be accepted only until the official game start time. All other submissions after that will be disregarded. Only one submission per person, please. POTG will be determined by the collective of WiiM writers.
Each correct winning team prediction is worth 1 point. Each correct player of the game prediction is worth 2 points. Each correct final score prediction is worth 5 points. If you get all three correct you’ll receive 15 points.
