As previously posted, the Kings will go with Jonathan Bernier in goal tonight, almost certainly giving tomorrow night’s game at San Jose to Jonathan Quick. Terry Murray said, “It’s four games in five days, so I’ve got to get both goaltenders into games.” For the latest on the Ducks, check out the great job done by my former colleagues Eric Stephens and Curtis Zupke on the Orange County Register’s Ducks blog. Here’s how the Kings and Ducks are expected to line up tonight, with the only question being the status of Nick Bonino, who reportedly has a bruised right foot…
DUCKS LINEUP
Bobby Ryan-Ryan Getzlaf-Corey Perry
Jason Blake-Saku Koivu-Teemu Selanne
Brandon McMillan-Todd Marchant-Joffrey Lupul
Matt Beleskey-Kyle Chipchura-George Parros
Cam Fowler-Lubomir Visnovsky
Luca Sbisa-Toni Lydman
Andreas Lilja-Andy Sutton
Jonas Hiller
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DUCKS ROSTER
3 — Andreas Lilja — D
4 — Cam Fowler — D
5 — Luca Sbisa — D
8 — Teemu Selanne — RW
9 — Bobby Ryan — RW
10 — Corey Perry — RW
11 — Saku Koivu — C
15 — Ryan Getzlaf — C
16 — George Parros — RW
17 — Lubomir Visnovsky — D
19 — Joffrey Lupul — RW
21 — Sheldon Brookbank — D
22 — Todd Marchant — C
23 — Paul Mara — D
25 — Andy Sutton — D
28 — Kyle Chipchura — C
32 — Toni Lydman — D
33 — Jason Blake — LW
39 — Matt Beleskey — LW
63 — Nick Bonino — C
64 — Brandon McMillan — C
1 — Jonas Hiller — G
31 — Curtis McElhinney — G
INJURED-RESERVE LIST
34 — Aaron Voros — LW
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KINGS LINEUP
Sturm-Kopitar-Brown
Smyth-Stoll-Williams
Clifford-Handzus-Simmonds
Richardson-Lewis-Ponikarovsky
Johnson-Doughty
Scuderi-Greene
Martinez-Drewiske
Bernier
The Ducks are going to have a lot more bruises after tonight! Geez I hate these guys. What a Mickey Mouse organization- literally. If contraction wasn’t bad for the players, I would fold the Los Angeles Ducks of Anaheim instantaneously. Embarassing name, team, city, county, you name it. Welcome to another heavy dose of Dustin Brown, fellas! Go Kings Go!!!
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Niko Reply:
December 26th, 2010 at 3:39 pm
@Kings Fan, Seriously, how anyone can call themselves “fans” of this franchise is beyond me. So proud of everything the Kings have accomplished in the last few years. Being a bottom dweller all that time, we are finally rewarded with a REAL team. A team that plays for each other, fights for each other and wins for each other. Thank you DL for THIS team, I wouldn’t trade it for any in the league. Now lets go slaughter some putrid water fowl! GKG!!!
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KingsFan Reply:
December 26th, 2010 at 3:47 pm
Amen, @Niko!!!
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king_stoner Reply:
December 26th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
@KingsFan,
our D will be stacked for quite a while. goaltending is pretty solid too.
id like to see the 4th line switched around a lil bit like
poni – richie – lewis
other than that… i love the line-up
go kings go
smash the sucks!!!!!
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CANADA BEATS RUSSIA 6-3
Schenn’er scores 1 and gets an assist…..
Ryan Ellis from Windsor Spitsfire’s wins MVP of the game for Canada
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wavesinair Reply:
December 26th, 2010 at 4:40 pm
@Harty,
Schenn’s goal…
http://deepinsidethekings.com/2010/12/26/schenn-almost-fans-and-scores/
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Their big 3 are a handful, but have not been the difference enough this season. Perry is a sucker for taking retaliotory penalties. The Ducks take agressive penalties when you drive the net towards their goalie. As soon as the whistle is blown, you’ll see guys grabing hold and trying to start fights. Could be exposed if the Kings don’t oblige them.
Shutting down Temmu is always a problem. How he gets so much space, even though the Kings know he’s on the ice has always dumbfounded me.
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Hockeysureshot Reply:
December 26th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
@Dominick, I agree. The Ducks second line always scares me. Koivu and Selanne are always tough to stop.
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wavesinair Reply:
December 26th, 2010 at 6:01 pm
@Hockeysureshot,
9 of the last 19 goals scored by the Ducks against the Kings were by that 2nd line. So yes, they do damage to the crown. Less than half that total were scored by the top line.
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wavesinair Reply:
December 26th, 2010 at 6:28 pm
@Dominick, You called it there Dom. Brown threw out the bait and Beleskey bit.
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beleskey-chipchura-parros are going to have themselves some fun tonight…
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KingsFan Reply:
December 26th, 2010 at 3:53 pm
@nickdoh: Seriously, an entire line of those guys?!? They probably play 20 mins a night too, with that forward depth. But let’s agree, we all love Parros, because he’s a King at heart, and we all respect the ‘stache! But they’re just so, so bad, embarrasing, and painful to watch. Merry Christmas!
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Belexes Reply:
December 26th, 2010 at 4:00 pm
@nickdoh,
Agree with this, Clifford will have his hands way full IMO. Hope it works out.
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king_stoner Reply:
December 26th, 2010 at 4:04 pm
@Belexes,
simmonds can help out, not with parros of course, but he can handle perry, ryan or getslaughedat.
dont forget greene or scuds, they can rumble too
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kylecliffordfan Reply:
December 26th, 2010 at 5:05 pm
@king_stoner, Scuds???? LOLOLOLOLOL
The Kings only have 3 players dressed that will drop the Gloves vs 7 on the Ducks. Lets just hope it doesn’t get too rough…
nickdoh Reply:
December 26th, 2010 at 5:52 pm
@king_stoner,
ha.
kylecliffordfan Reply:
December 26th, 2010 at 5:09 pm
@nickdoh, Hey Nick…
Matt Beleskey, Kyle Chipchura, George Parros, Todd Marchant, Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry, Andy Sutton
VS
Kyle Clifford, Wayne Simmonds, & Matt “I all do is hug and get beat up in a fight” Greene
??????????
Yup we are really short handed tonight.
We are going to be out hit big time in this game.
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wavesinair Reply:
December 26th, 2010 at 5:29 pm
@kylecliffordfan,
Spoken like a true Duck fan.
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nickdoh Reply:
December 26th, 2010 at 5:53 pm
@kylecliffordfan, im hope itll all work out fine. but yup, definitely outgunned for no reason.
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wavesinair Reply:
December 26th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
@nickdoh,
7 minutes of terror! Ahhhhh, run for your lives!!!!!!
YAWN.
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nickdoh Reply:
December 26th, 2010 at 5:52 pm
@wavesinair, go watch a detroit game.
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kylecliffordfan Reply:
December 26th, 2010 at 6:55 pm
@nickdoh, LOL
they on a loosing streak i hope we can kick them when their down like they did to us lets repay them a favor
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KingsFanFTW Reply:
December 26th, 2010 at 4:06 pm
@KingsFanFTW, well they lost only one game lets make them loose 2 in a row still giving them a favor back for kicking us while we were down in the slump
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I just can’t believe the NHL schedulers. We go for a 7 day stretch with no games earlier then get 4 in 5 days? Once this stretch of games is over we should be closer in the GP column and lose those games in hand we have been holding.
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Tony Reply:
December 26th, 2010 at 4:12 pm
@DesertKing, Is it NHL schedulers or Staples busy schedule, or perhaps both?
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Lilja, Visnovsky, Blake, Parros. Ducks GM is a Kingsfan.
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wavesinair Reply:
December 26th, 2010 at 4:24 pm
@Dominick, I heart Lubo.
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luckyluc13 Reply:
December 26th, 2010 at 4:34 pm
@wavesinair, I voted for him
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Great, there is no listing for the game on Centre Ice for me!!!
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KDinUT Reply:
December 26th, 2010 at 4:46 pm
@RYC, I’m showing it on DirecTV ch. 786
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LA KING BOB chi Reply:
December 26th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
@RYC, Center ice T.V. Channel #12
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the ducks can suck my hairy nipples
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wavesinair Reply:
December 26th, 2010 at 4:39 pm
@sturm,
“I will not stop until all ducks are sturminated.” -The Sturminator
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That little Faulker just scored from the blue line on a powerplay to put the USA up 1-0 over the Finish.
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Jim In CM Reply:
December 26th, 2010 at 6:12 pm
@wavesinair,
Glad someone else is watching the WJR’s….
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Jim In CM Reply:
December 26th, 2010 at 6:19 pm
@wavesinair,
2-1 USA…
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Wooooo! Finally got a break in the schedule to make it out to some games (wish I could get season tickets, but I live in San Diego and it’s hard to get to enough games to justify)
Bought a package tho, first game is the sharks on new years day. Could have gotten a better deal, but I wanted this package for the playoff priority. I fully intend to be going to some playoff games…
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Like the looks of the 4th line poni is a better player than westgarth. we need points not an overrated punching bag that has broken his nose in his last 2 fights.
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Did I mention before the game that drive to the net and the Ducks will take a penalty. Perry’s a penalty magnet.
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wavesinair Reply:
December 26th, 2010 at 6:31 pm
@Dominick, Just gave you props above…see your first entry.
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a power play remains a liability,rather than an asset for theKings…
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Keep up the pressure and put one of those babies in the net. playing smart so far.
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