Need to catch up on today’s news and notes? Here’s my LAKings.com notebook from today, followed by the game preview, as written by NHL.com.
The Coyotes enter the game with a 14-5-0 home record, and two of those losses have come from the Kings. Phoenix, though, has won eight consecutive games at home. Here’s what Terry Murray said today about what’s important in the matchup against the Coyotes…
MURRAY: “Respecting what they bring, and their skill game and their speed. That’s the most important thing, I think, when you come in here, is to make sure you’re going to be a checking team with a scoring mentality. Primarily, you have to come and play well without the puck, because they are a puck-possession team. Their blue-line guys, Jovanovski, Yandle, every one of them, those guys are up on the attack every breakout.
“They really put a lot of stress on you defensively, and if you’re not in proper position, you’re going to give up two or three scoring chances on the rush. So, awareness of where you are on the ice, without the puck, is very important against this hockey club tonight.”
Lets skin us some coyotes!
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go kings go…..go kings go…..go kings go…..
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I think Frolov not making the Olympic team is going to light a fire under his ass. Look for the old dominant offensive zone Frolov.
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DROP THE PUCK ALREADY!!!
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Looks like a full house. Maybe Niel Armstrong really did go to the moon?
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uh oh
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broken tibia
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Funny… Cyotees just anounced that smyth was back after recovering from a rib injury.
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Oh great
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great f%ckin williams now????????!!!
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Can his luck be any worse
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Wow.. this is actually horrrrrible man, how many injuries do we need?
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Broken Ankle
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this looks horrible…
i can’t bare to watch the replays anymore…
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Fox says it is a sanp
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the black wrap bag makes it look even worse
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he’s gonna be out for the season, guaranteed…..
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I guess Scott Parse is gonna get called up?
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We’ve got so much depth that injuries don’t seem to bug me as much as they did during the Andy Murray days
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where was RI
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Dorian — if it is a clean break, then 7 weeks. did you see how the foot rotated with out the knee moving
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