Game 2 Preview: Los Angeles at Anaheim

(3) Los Angeles Kings (5-3) at (1) Anaheim Ducks (4-3)
Monday, May 5, 2014, 7:00 p.m. PT
Honda Center, Anaheim, CA
Referees: #23 Brad Watson, #40 Steve Kozari
Linesmen: #68 Scott Driscoll, #89 Steve Miller
NBCSN, TSN, KEIB 1150 AM
-Freeway Faceoff Live follows tonight’s broadcast on Prime Ticket

Los Angeles Projected Starting Goaltender – Jonathan Quick
2013-14 Playoffs: 8 GP (8 GS) / 5-3 record / 2.89 GAA / .917 Sv% / 1 SHO
Career, Playoffs: 58 (58) / 34-24 / 2.14 / .927 / 8
2013-14 Playoffs, Away: 5 (5) / 3-2 / 3.09 / .913 / 1

Anaheim Projected Starting Goaltender – Jonas Hiller
2013-14 Playoffs: 3 GP (1 GS) / 1-1 record / 1.59 GAA / .939 Sv% / 0 SHO
Career, Playoffs: 23 (21) / 11-11 / 2.25 / .936 / 3
2013-14 Playoffs, Home: 1 (1) / 0-1 / 2.50 / .917 / 0

Bruce Boudreau, answering a question on the Getzlaf-Kopitar match-up:

2013-14 Los Angeles Leaders
Total Points: Anze Kopitar (4-9=13)
Goals: Marian Gaborik (5-3=8)
Assists: Anze Kopitar (4-9=13)
Plus/Minus: Anze Kopitar (+5; 4-9=13)
Penalty Minutes: Kyle Clifford (37; 0-1=1)
Time On Ice: Drew Doughty (27:20; 1-7=8)

2013-14 Anaheim Leaders
Total Points: Ryan Getzlaf (3-6=9)
Goals: Ryan Getzlaf (3-6=9), Nick Bonino (3-1=4)
Assists: Ryan Getzlaf (3-6=9)
Plus/Minus: Cam Fowler (+4; 0-3=3)
Penalty Minutes: Patrick Maroon (36; 1-4=5)
Time On Ice: Francois Beauchemin (25:19; 0-4=4)

Rankings and Statistics
Goals/Game: LAK – t -2 / 3.62; ANA – t-5 / 3.14
Goals Against/Game: LAK – t-7 / 3.00; ANA – t-7 / 3.00
Power Play: LAK – 6 / 25.0%; ANA – 7 / 23.3%
Penalty Kill: LAK – 3 / 88.9%; ANA – 4 / 87.9%
Shots/Game: LAK – 7 / 32.4; ANA – 12 / 28.9
Shots Against/Game: LAK – 15 / 35.4; ANA – 6 / 30.7
Faceoffs: LAK – 8 / 50.8%; ANA – 12 / 48.0%
Save Percentage: LAK – 4 / .915; ANA – 11 / .902

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Los Angeles Kings Projected Lineup

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
Jeff Schultz – Slava Voynov
Alec Martinez – Matt Greene

Jonathan Quick
Martin Jones

Level of confidence in projected lines: A-. Jeff Schultz will slot into Robyn Regehr’s place in the lineup. As a reminder, the above projection was used during the morning skate and lines and defensive pairings change as the game evolves.

Notes and milestones: The Kings are 99-129 all-time in the playoffs, a record that includes a road mark of 43-77. … Los Angeles is 18-26 all-time in Game 2s. When winning a Game 2, they have a 12-6 series record. When losing a Game 2, they have a 6-20 series record. The Kings have lost three of their last four Game 2s … Los Angeles has won 8-of-13 best-of-seven series in which they won Game 1. … The Kings are 7-24 (29.2%) on the power play over the last six games and have killed off 19 straight penalties, dating back to Game 5 in San Jose. … Dating back to Game 3 versus San Jose, the Kings have outscored their opponents 24-11. … Los Angeles is 24-26 all-time in Stanley Cup Playoffs overtime. … The Kings have played 46 playoff games since 2012, the most in the NHL. From 1994 to 2009, they played a total of 28 playoff games. … Anze Kopitar has points in nine straight playoff games (5-10=15) and 10 straight games overall (8-10=18), dating back to the regular season. He leads the NHL with 13 points (4-9=13) in the postseason. … Jonathan Quick is 5-0 in the last five games with a 1.35 GAA and .959 Sv%. … Marian Gaborik has eight points (5-3=8) in the last six games. … Drew Doughty has eight points in the last eight games (1-7=8). … Justin Williams has six points (4-2=6) in the last five games. … Mike Richards has gone 17 games without scoring since his second period power play goal in a 5-4 shootout win at Washington on March 25.

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Anaheim Projected Lines

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 62-50 all-time in the playoffs, a record that includes a home mark of 37-21. … The Ducks are 12-8-0 all-time in Game 2s. … Anaheim’s 54-20-8 record was the best regular season record in franchise history. … The Ducks are 10-1 all-time when both Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry score in the same playoff game, a record that includes 10 consecutive wins. … Jonas Hiller has a .936 career save percentage in the playoffs, the second-highest mark in the NHL since the 1967-68 season. He has stopped 740-of-791 shots in three playoff seasons in Anaheim, including 46-of-49 shots (.939 Sv%) in 2014. He trails only Mike Smith, who has posted a .945 Sv% in 19 postseason games since the 2010 postseason. … Teemu Selanne finished his NHL regular season career with 119 points (52-76=119) against the Los Angeles Kings in 105 games. He is Anaheim’s all-time leading postseason scorer with 68 points (24-44=68) and is tied with Francois Beauchemin for the most playoff games played in Ducks history with 75.

Teemu Selanne, on whether “the sting” from losing Game 1 remains:

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