Game 1 Preview: Los Angeles at Anaheim

(3) Los Angeles Kings (4-3) at (1) Anaheim Ducks (4-2)
Saturday, May 3, 2014, 5:00 p.m. PT
Honda Center, Anaheim, CA
Referees: #20 Tim Peel, #5 Chris Rooney
Linesmen: #75 Derek Arnell, #70 Derek Nansen
NBCSN, TSN, KEIB 1150 AM
-Freeway Faceoff Live to air at 9:30 p.m. on FOX Sports West

Los Angeles Projected Starting Goaltender – Jonathan Quick
2013-14 Playoffs: 7 GP (7 GS) / 4-3 record / 3.10 GAA / .914 Sv% / 1 SHO
Career, Playoffs: 57 (57) / 33-24 / 2.15 / .927 / 8
2013-14 Playoffs, Away: 4 (4) / 2-2 / 3.53 / .906 / 1

Anaheim Projected Starting Goaltender – Jonas Hiller*
2013-14 Playoffs: 2 GP (0 GS) / 1-0 record / 0.00 GAA / 1.000 Sv% / 0 SHO
Career, Playoffs: 22 (20) / 11-10 / 2.24 / .936 / 3
2013-14 Playoffs, Home: 0 (0) / 0-0 / 0.00 / .000 / 0
*Anaheim has not announced a starter; Hiller is projected.

2013-14 Los Angeles Leaders
Total Points: Anze Kopitar (4-6=10)
Goals: Anze Kopitar (4-6=10), Justin Williams (4-2=6)
Assists: Anze Kopitar (4-6=10), Drew Doughty (1-6=7)
Plus/Minus: Justin Williams (+4; 4-2=6), Tanner Pearson (+4; 1-2=3)
Penalty Minutes: Kyle Clifford (37; 0-1=1)
Time On Ice: Drew Doughty (26:31; 1-6=7)

2013-14 Anaheim Leaders
Total Points: Ryan Getzlaf (3-4=7), Corey Perry (2-5=7)
Goals: Ryan Getzlaf (3-4=7), Nick Bonino (3-1=4)
Assists: Corey Perry (2-5=7)
Plus/Minus: Cam Fowler (+5; 0-2=2)
Penalty Minutes: Patrick Maroon (36; 1-3=4)
Time On Ice: Francois Beauchemin (24:47; 0-4=4)

Rankings and Statistics
Goals/Game: LAK – 2 / 3.71; ANA – 4 / 3.33
Goals Against/Game: LAK – t-10 / 3.14; ANA – t-7 / 3.00
Power Play: LAK – t-6 / 25.0%; ANA – 4 / 26.9%
Penalty Kill: LAK – 4 / 87.5%; ANA – t-2 / 89.7%
Shots/Game: LAK – 8 / 31.9; ANA – 13 / 27.8
Shots Against/Game: LAK – 15 / 35.4; ANA – 4 / 29.8
Faceoffs: LAK – 8 / 50.3%; ANA – 11 / 48.4%
Save Percentage: LAK – 7 / .911; ANA – 11 / .899

Los Angeles Projected Lines

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

Jake Muzzin – Drew Doughty
Robyn Regehr – Slava Voynov
Alec Martinez – Matt Greene

Jonathan Quick
Martin Jones

Level of confidence in projected lines: B+. The main question seems to center around the availability of Jeff Carter, who did not participate in practice on Friday. It is expected that Carter was using the day to rest, and that he’ll return to center Tanner Pearson and Tyler Toffoli for tonight’s game. As always, this is playoff hockey; injury and lineup information isn’t always forthcoming.

Notes and milestones: Tonight marks the first even playoff game between Los Angeles and Anaheim. The Kings are 98-129 all-time in the playoffs and 42-77 on the road. … Los Angeles is 17-27 all-time in Game 1s. … The Kings are 12-21 all-time in playoff series in which their opponent has home ice advantage. … Los Angeles has advanced to the Second Round in three straight years for the first time since 1989-1991. … The Kings are 6-20 (30.0%) on the power play over the last five games. … Anze Kopitar has points in eight straight playoff games (5-7=12) and nine straight games overall (8-7=15), dating back to the regular season. … Jonathan Quick has stopped 99 of 101 shots over the last 188:24 since Joe Pavelski’s power play goal in Game 4 of the San Jose series. … The Kings are 7-1 in their last eight playoff series. They have played 45 playoff games since 2012, the most in the NHL over that span. … Marian Gaborik and Willie Mitchell lead Los Angeles in career playoff games against Anaheim with nine. Both players were on the 2002-03 Minnesota Wild team that lost to the Ducks in the Western Conference Final. Both players faced Anaheim in the 2007 Stanley Cup Playoffs; Gaborik lost in the first round with Minnesota, and Mitchell lost in the second round with Vancouver. Gaborik (3-1=4) and Robyn Regehr (1-3=4) are postseason leading scorers against the Ducks amongst current Kings. … Anze Kopitar has 46 points (18-28=46) in 45 regular season games against Anaheim. … Justin Williams has six points in the last four games (4-2=6). … Drew Doughty has seven points in the last seven games (1-6=7). … Tyler Toffoli has five points in the last five games (3-2=5). … Marian Gaborik has five points in the last five games (3-2=5). … Jeff Carter has points in 10 of his last 11 playoff games, dating back to June 2, 2013 (3-8=11). … Jonathan Quick is 4-0 in the last four games with a 1.25 GAA and .963 Sv% (5 GA in 239:53, stopping 130 of 135 shots).

Anaheim Projected Lineup

Matt Beleskey – Ryan Getzlaf – Corey Perry
Patrick Maroon – Mathieu Perreault – Teemu Selanne
Andrew Cogliano – Saku Koivu – Jakob Silfverberg
Devante Smith-Pelly – Nick Bonino – Emerson Etem

Cam Fowler – Ben Lovejoy
Hampus Lindholm – Francois Beauchemin
Bryan Allen – Mark Fistric

Jonas Hiller
Frederik Andersen

Notes and milestones: Anaheim is 62-49 all-time in the playoffs, a record that includes a home mark of 37-20. … The Ducks finished 4-0-1 against the Kings in the regular season. … Anaheim has reached the second round for the fifth time in club history and the first time since 2009. … The Ducks are 11-9 all-time in Game 1s. … Corey Perry (2-2=4) led all scorers during the regular season series between the teams. … Anaheim is 10-1 all-time when both Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry score in the same playoff game, a record that includes 10 consecutive wins. … Getzlaf (74 GP; 24-42=66) and Teemu Selanne (89 GP; 33-33=66) are tied as the franchise’s all-time scorers with 66 points. Selanne’s 89 career playoff games with Anaheim also represent a franchise record. Getzlaf and Francois Beauchemin are tied for second in franchise history with 74 career playoff games played. … No active members of the Ducks have appeared in a playoff game against the Kings.