Some notes from last night’s game…
– The Kings were shut out for the eighth time this season, as they lost to the Calgary Flames 1-0 on Saturday night at Staples Center.
– The Kings fell into ninth place in the Western Conference, tied in points with eighth-place Calgary but behind because of the regulation/overtime-wins tiebreaker.
– The Kings suffered their fourth 1-0 loss this season. The Kings were shut out six times in 82 games last season. The Kings’ scoreless streak is now at 120 minutes, 3 seconds.
– The Kings had been 4-0-1 in their previous five games against Calgary.
– The Kings have scored fewer than two goals in 24 of their 59 games this season, and have a 3-14-7 record in those games. The Kings rank 30th in goals per game (2.03) and total 5-on-5 goals (76). The Kings have a 7-4-5 record when they allow one goal in a game.
– The Kings played a 0-0 first period for the 24th time in their 59 games this season.
– The Kings outshot the Flames 28-18, including 12-2 in the second period.
– The Kings went 0-for-3 on the power play and 1-for-1 on the penalty kill. The Kings are now 1-for-14 on the power play in their last six games and 22-for-23 on the penalty kill in their last nine games.
– The Kings fell to 14-12-4 at Staples Center and 14-11-11 in one-goal games.
– Jonathan Quick stopped 17 of 18 shots, and had his goals-against average fall from 1.89 to 1.87 in the loss. Ten times in 50 starts this season, Quick has allowed one goal in regulation and not recorded the victory. He has suffered four 1-0 regulation losses and six 2-1 overtime/shootout losses. In Quick’s 26 losses, the Kings have scored a total of 29 goals. Eighteen of those losses have been in one-goal games.
– Justin Williams recorded a game-high four shots on goal. Jordan Nolan was credited with a team-high five hits. Matt Greene, Jack Johnson and Mike Richards each were credited with a team-high two blocked shots.
– Drew Doughty led the Kings in ice time, with a game-high 28 minutes, 6 seconds, followed by Jack Johnson, at 23:33. Anze Kopitar led all Kings forwards in ice time, at 29:29, followed by Dustin Brown, at 19:38.
– The Kings won 24 of 54 faceoffs (44 percent). Mike Richards won 11 of 22 draws (50 percent). Anze Kopitar won 5 of 19 draws (26 percent). Andrei Loktionov won 4 of 6 draws (67 percent).
Sounds pretty grim lol
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kopitars ice time cant be right, rich you said drew was the ice time leader, you gave kopi 29 minutes.
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Detroit beats SJ 3-2 and SJ now has 2 games in hand on us and still 4 points back.
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Just 3 more goals in the last 10 games – and we’re even with the Sharks.
That about says it all I think.
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Are we close to setting any records for least goals scored or worst 5 on 5 scoring? That would be sad.
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ILL? Maybe traded?
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I just don’t understand it. I have watched every game. Sometimes they lack effort, but others they play their butts off, yet they still can’t score. Everyone is calling for Penners head, but the guy put up numbers his entire career so far, no one is anywhere near their career highs (and probably not averages), its just sad. It seems like the Kings are where goal scorers go to die! Don’t get me wrong, I like our players and It pains me to read what people say about them, but I think Sidney Crosby would have been lucky to score 13 goals on the Kings this year! (assuming he played the whole season).
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The real insult this year is when the Ducks pass us in the standings,I can hear there web feet not to far away So can the Kings
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At this point it really does not matter how many goals you lose by. The Kings need to have an aggressive offensive mind set when the first puck drops. Take chances get a lead then turtle, protecting a tie is not going to get them into the playoffs!
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Kings should not shop around for a deal to bring in a top scorer. They do need to bring in some new blood but I think it should be a defensive forward or a hard hitting stay home defenseman. It would be disastrous to bring in a goal scorer who then tweaks their defense first philosophy and becomes a liability. Also, there’s no way you can bring in one guy and suddenly pucks start finding the back of the net, especially in an in-season deal – that stuff just doesn’t happen in this league. I say bring in a player or two that makes the kings even MORE difficult to score against. Desperate opponents will give you more chances. The goal scorers are there, they just need to score, period. I would be perfectly comfortable with the kings winning every game the rest of the way 1-0. The only expendable guy is Penner. He’s done in my opinion. He could possibly trade for third or fourth line character player – that’s an easy deal. Then at the end of the season with the money they save they can bring in a goal scorer who they can acclimate into the system during the summer. Shoot, this GM stuff is easy, come on Lombardi…
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Do not trade for Nash. It is not what we need to succeed. I hope we don’t make the playoffs. Why sit through another 1st round loss. Don’t trade any of our kids. We keep trading for “Skill” and what has it brought us. Penner, Richards we gave up Toubert, a 1st rounder, Simmonds, Schenn and a 2nd round pick for what????
STOP selling us out. 4 possibly 5 assets for 2 slugs at least so far. And don’t defend Richards what has he brought. Stars make other player better I haven’t seen that happen with Richards. If I wrong tell me who he has made better?
Bad Fricken team man! bad freaken team
Yes that is our beloved Kings
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Win or Lose, I’d still rather see them in purple and gold than black and white…
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Forum gold Reply:
February 20th, 2012 at 9:23 am
@Panama City King, Could not agree with you more but as recent. Events have shown Kings management could care less about this fan base. GO KINGS GO!!!
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iekingsfan71 Reply:
February 20th, 2012 at 2:45 pm
@Panama City King, I think tht the purple needs to return. Don’t like purple and yellow or the black and white’s.
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If the Kings played every period of every game like they did the last 10 minutes of the Calgary game, nobody would be talking about their scoring woes! They can’t wait until the last 10 minutes of a game to play with passion and intensity! The D was finally jumping up into the play, the forecheck was quicker and harder and there was finally some width and depth to their attack. But, it’s all for not if they can’t sprout some balls and play tougher in the slot and get in the goalies face.
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