Game 5 Preview: Los Angeles at Anaheim

(3) Los Angeles Kings (6-5) at (1) Anaheim Ducks (6-4)
Monday, May 12, 2014, 7:00 p.m. PT
Honda Center, Anaheim, CA
Referees: #8 Dave Jackson, #9 Dan O’Rourke
Linesmen: #50 Scott Cherrey, #71 Brad Kovachik
NBCSN, TSN, KEIB 1150 AM
Freeway Faceoff Live to air at 10:00 p.m. on Prime Ticket

Los Angeles Projected Starting Goaltender – Jonathan Quick
2013-14 Playoffs: 11 GP (11 GS) / 6-5 record / 2.83 GAA / .917 Sv% / 1 SHO
Career, Playoffs: 61 (61) / 35-26 / 2.16 / .926 / 8
2013-14 Playoffs, Away: 6 (6) / 4-2 / 2.74 / .923 / 1

Anaheim Projected Starting Goaltender – John Gibson
2013-14 Playoffs: 1 GP (1 GS) / 1-0 record / 0.00 GAA / 1.000 Sv% / 1 SHO
Career, Playoffs: 1 (1) / 1-0 / 0.00 / 1.000 / 1
2013-14 Playoffs, Home: 0 (0) / 0-0 / 0.00 / .000 / 0

2013-14 Los Angeles Leaders
Total Points: Anze Kopitar (4-11=15)
Goals: Marian Gaborik (6-4=10)
Assists: Anze Kopitar (4-11=15)
Plus/Minus: Anze Kopitar (+6; 4-11=15)
Penalty Minutes: Kyle Clifford (37; 0-1=1)
Time On Ice: Drew Doughty (27:21; 1-7=8)

2013-14 Anaheim Leaders
Total Points: Ryan Getzlaf (4-9=13)
Goals: Ryan Getzlaf (4-9=13)
Assists: Ryan Getzlaf (4-9=13)
Plus/Minus: Cam Fowler (+3; 0-4=4)
Penalty Minutes: Patrick Maroon (38; 2-5=7)
Time On Ice: Francois Beauchemin (24:28; 0-4=4)

Rankings and Statistics
Goals/Game: LAK – 3 / 3.09; ANA – 11 / 2.80
Goals Against/Game: LAK – 7 / 2.73; ANA – 5 / 2.60
Power Play: LAK – 7 / 22.2%; ANA – 4 / 28.2%
Penalty Kill: LAK – 10 / 82.2%; ANA – 3 / 87.8%
Shots/Game: LAK – 7 / 30.5; ANA – 12 / 27.5
Shots Against/Game: LAK – 13 / 32.4; ANA – 4 / 29.1
Faceoffs: LAK – 9 / 50.8%; ANA – 11 / 48.4%
Save Percentage: LAK – 4 / .916; ANA – 9 / .911

Los Angeles Projected Lines

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

Jake Muzzin – Drew Doughty
Jeff Schultz – Slava Voynov
Alec Martinez – Matt Greene

Jonathan Quick
Martin Jones

Level of confidence in projected lines: C. The Kings moved practice up by an hour before alerting media yesterday and did not hold line rushes during an optional morning skate today, so changes are likely in the works. Early returns today indicated that Jordan Nolan would be in for Kyle Clifford, which would make sense as Clifford drew only 5:51 of ice time in Saturday’s loss.

Notes and milestones: Los Angeles is 100-131 all-time in the playoffs, a record that includes a road mark of 44-77. … The Kings are 17-13 all-time in Game 5s. When winning Game 5, they have won 11 of 17 series. When losing Game 5, they have won four of 13 series. … Los Angeles has won eight of 12 best of seven series that were tied at two games apiece. … Anze Kopitar has points in 10 of 11 playoff games (4-11=15). Dating back to the regular season, he has points in 13 of the last 14 games. Kopitar’s 49 career playoff points (55 GP; 17-32=49) rank third in club history behind Wayne Gretzky (60 GP; 29-65=94), Luc Robitaille (94 GP; 41-48=89) and Dave Taylor (92 GP; 26-33=59). … In 30 regular season and playoff games with the Kings, Marian Gaborik has 26 points (11-15=26). … Los Angeles is 8-for-32 on the power play (25.0%), dating back to Game 3 versus San Jose. … The Kings are 24-26 all-time in playoff overtime, a record that includes a road overtime mark of 13-15.

Anaheim Projected Lines

Devante Smith-Pelly – Ryan Getzlaf – Corey Perry
Andrew Cogliano – Saku Koivu – Jakob Silfverberg
Patrick Maroon – Mathieu Perreault – Teemu Selanne
Daniel Winnik – Nick Bonino – Kyle Palmieri

Cam Fowler – Ben Lovejoy
Hampus Lindholm – Francois Beauchemin
Bryan Allen – Sami Vatanen

John Gibson
Jonas Hiller

Notes and milestones: Anaheim is 64-51 all-time in the playoffs, a record that includes a home mark of 37-22. … The Ducks are 7-8 all-time in Game 5s. … Ryan Getzlaf has a four-game assist and point streak (1-5=6). With six points, he leads all skaters in scoring in the second round series.