Game 2 Preview: Los Angeles at San Jose

(3) Los Angeles Kings (0-1) at (2) San Jose Sharks (1-0)
Sunday, April 20, 2014, 7:00 p.m. PT
SAP Center, San Jose, CA
Referees: #19 Gord Dwyer, #13 Dan O’Halloran
Linesmen: #76 Michel Cormier, #89 Steve Miller
FSW, NBCSN, CBC, KEIB 1150 AM

Los Angeles Projected Starting Goaltender – Jonathan Quick
2013-14 Playoffs: 1 GP (1 GS) / 0-1 record / 7.50 GAA / .821 Sv% / 0 SHO
Career, Playoffs: 51 (51) / 29-22 / 2.10 / .927 / 7
Versus San Jose, Playoffs: 14 (14) / 6-8 / 2.50 / .924 / 3
2013-14 Playoffs, Away: 1 (1) / 0-1 / 7.50 / .821 / 0

San Jose Projected Starting Goaltender – Antti Niemi
2013-14 Playoffs: 1 GP (1 GS) / 1-0 record / 3.00 GAA / .912 Sv% / 0 SHO
Career, Playoffs: 57 (57) / 33-23 / 2.65 / .909 / 2
Versus Los Angeles, Playoffs: 14 (14) / 8-6 / 2.76 / .899 / 0
2013-14 Playoffs, Home: 1 (1) / 1-0 / 3.00 / .912 / 0

2013-14 Los Angeles Leaders
Total Points: 1 (Six players tied)
Goals: Slava Voynov (1-0=1), Jake Muzzin (1-0=1), Trevor Lewis (1-0=1)
Assists: Anze Kopitar (0-1=1), Jeff Carter (0-1=1), Robyn Regehr 0-1=1)
Plus/Minus: Jake Muzzin (+1; 1-0=1)
Penalty Minutes: Kyle Clifford (4; 0-0=0)
Time On Ice: Drew Doughty (25:33; 0-0=0)

2013-14 San Jose Leaders
Total Points: 2 (Four players tied)
Goals: 1 (Six players tied)
Assists: James Sheppard (0-2=2)
Plus/Minus: Brent Burns (+2;1-1=2), Justin Braun (+2; 0-0=0), Brad Stuart (+2; 0-0=0)
Penalty Minutes: 2 (Five players tied)
Time On Ice: Dan Boyle (20:46; 0-0=0)

Rankings and Statistics
Goals/Game: LAK – t-8 / 3.00; SJS – 1 / 6.00
Goals Against/Game: LAK – 16 / 6.00; SJS –6 / 3.00
Power Play: LAK – t-14 / 0.0%; SJS – 2 / 33.3%
Penalty Kill: LAK – 15 / 66.7%; SJS – t-1 / 100%
Shots/Game: LAK – 8 / 34.0; SJS – 9 / 33.0
Shots Against/Game: LAK – 8 / 33/0; SJS – 9 / 34.0
Faceoffs: LAK – 7 / 51.5%; SJS – 10 / 48.5%
Save Percentage: LAK – 16 / .818; SJS – 6 / .912

Los Angeles Projected Lines

Marian Gaborik – Anze Kopitar – Justin Williams
Dwight King – Mike Richards – Jeff Carter
Tyler Toffoli – Jarret Stoll – Dustin Brown
Kyle Clifford – Trevor Lewis – Jordan Nolan

Jake Muzzin – Drew Doughty
Robyn Regehr – Slava Voynov
Willie Mitchell – Alec Martinez

Jonathan Quick
Martin Jones

Level of confidence in projected lines: B+. The Kings did not hold a full morning skate on Sunday morning. The line pairings above were used in practice on Friday and Saturday and were what the club opened Game 1 with.

Notes and milestones: Los Angeles is 6-8 all-time against San Jose in the playoffs, a mark that includes a road record of 2-4. The Kings are 94-127 all-time in the playoffs and 40-76 on the road. … Los Angeles is 18-25 all-time in Game 2s. If the Kings win Game 2, they are 12-6 all time in playoff series. If they lose Game 2, they are 5-20 all-time in playoff series. Los Angeles is 7-2 in their last nine Game 2s. … The Kings are 6-20 in playoff series when losing a Game 1. Los Angeles defeated St. Louis in the first round of the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs after losing the first two games. Prior to that, the last time the Kings won a playoff series in which they lost a Game 1 was the 2001 Western Conference Quarterfinals against Detroit. … Including playoffs, home teams are 21-1-1 in the last 23 games between the Kings and Sharks. … Darryl Sutter’s .641 postseason winning percentage (25-14) ranks first amongst all coaches in franchise history. Barry Melrose (.542; 13-11) ranks second. … Slava Voynov has a five-game playoff point streak (3-4=7). He has nine points (4-5=9) in his last nine playoff games. … Jeff Carter has a five-game playoff point streak (1-5=6). … Mike Richards is scheduled to play in his 100th playoff game.

San Jose Projected Lines

Joe Pavelski – Joe Thornton – Brent Burns
Patrick Marleau – Logan Couture – Matt Nieto
Tomas Hertl – James Sheppard – Tommy Wingels
Raffi Torres – Andrew Desjardins – Marty Havlat

Marc-Edouard Vlasic – Jason Demers
Justin Braun – Brad Stuart
Scott Hannan – Dan Boyle

Antti Niemi
Alex Stalock

Notes and milestones: Since the 2004 postseason, only Detroit’s total of 21 playoff series surpass San Jose’s total of 19. The Red Wings and Sharks are the only NHL teams to have made the playoffs in each of the last 10 seasons. … San Jose is 10-5 in playoff series when winning Game 1, having won four of their last five. … The Sharks are 12-18 all-time in Game 2s, having gone 7-7 on home ice. … Game 1 marked San Jose’s eighth playoff game all-time in which at least six goals were scored. The Sharks have scored six goals in three of the 14 all-time playoff games against the Kings. … Antti Niemi is 11-2 in playoff overtimes with a 0.89 goals-against average and .970 save percentage, having stopped 65 of 67 shots.