Game 13 Preview: Los Angeles at Dallas

Los Angeles Kings (6-4-2) vs Dallas Stars (4-3-4)
Tuesday, November 4, 2014, 5:30 p.m. PT
American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX
Referees: #9 Dan O’Rourke, #16 Brian Pochmara
Linesmen: #66 Darren Gibbs, #79 Kiel Murchison
FOX Sports West, KABC 790 AM

Los Angeles Projected Starting Goaltender – Jonathan Quick
2014-15: 10 GP (10 GS) / 5-3-2 record / 2.13 GAA / .939 Sv% / 2 SHO
Career vs Dallas: 23 (22) / 15-6-2 / 2.38 / .915 / 2
Last Game vs Dallas: 10/19/13 / 60 MP / 27-29 shots / 5-2 W
2014-15, Away: 4 (4) / 0-2-2 / 3.18 / .913 / 0

Dallas Projected Starting Goaltender – Kari Lehtonen
2014-15: 9 GP (9 GS) / 4-1-4 record / 2.91 GAA / .904 Sv% / 0 SHO
Career vs Los Angeles: 19 (19) / 10-7-1 / 2.55 / .913 / 1
Last Game vs Los Angeles: 12/31/13 / 60 MP / 23-25 shots / 3-2 W
2014-15, Home: 5 (5) / 1-0-4 / 3.27 / .894 / 0

2014-15 Los Angeles Leaders
Total Points: Tyler Toffoli (6-8=14)
Goals: Tanner Pearson (7-2=9)
Assists: Tyler Toffoli (6-8=14)
Plus/Minus: Tyler Toffoli (+11; 6-8=14)
Penalty Minutes: Mike Richards (33; 2-3=5)
Time On Ice: Drew Doughty (27:40; 0-6=6)
Corsi-For Percentage: Jake Muzzin (60.9%; 0-0=0)

2014-15 Dallas Leaders
Total Points: Tyler Seguin (7-8=15)
Goals: Tyler Seguin (7-8=15)
Assists: Jason Spezza (2-10=12)
Plus/Minus: Kevin Connauton (+4; 0-1=1)
Penalty Minutes: Antoine Roussel (27; 4-2=6)
Time On Ice: Trevor Daley (25:52; 4-5=9)
Corsi-For Percentage: Colton Sceviour (58.4%; 0-2=2)

Rankings and Statistics
Goals/Game: LAK – t-25 / 2.25; DAL – t-7 / 3.00
Goals Against/Game: LAK – 10 / 2.17; DAL – t-27 / 3.46
Power Play: LAK – 21 / 15.8%; DAL – 15 / 19.0%
Penalty Kill: LAK – t-18 / 80.0%; DAL – 21 / 77.5%
Shots/Game: LAK – 19 / 29.6; DAL – 25 / 27.5
Shots Against/Game: LAK – 27 / 33.5; DAL – 21 / 31.2
Faceoffs: LAK – 9 / 51.9%; DAL – t-21 / 48.3%
Save Percentage: LAK – 2 / .935; DAL – t-25 / .889
Corsi-For Percentage: LAK – 18 / 49.93%; DAL – 25 / 47.76%

Los Angeles Projected Lines

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

Jake Muzzin – Drew Doughty
Robyn Regehr – Alec Martinez
Brayden McNabb – Matt Greene

Jonathan Quick
Martin Jones

Level of confidence in projected lines: A. Line rushes earlier today indicated the above alignment. Jordan Nolan will serve the second game of his two-game suspension, while Slava Voynov remains suspended indefinitely. Jonathan Quick left the ice first at the morning skate and is expected to draw the start for the finale of the road trip.

Notes and milestones: Los Angeles is 83-99-40 all-time against the Dallas/Minnesota franchise, a record that includes an away mark of 33-60-18. Though the Kings are only 4-5-1 in the last 10 games overall against the Stars, they are 6-3-1 in their last 10 trips to the American Airlines Center. These teams will meet again on November 13 at Staples Center and November 22 at the American Airlines Center. Three of Los Angeles’ next nine games are against Dallas. … The Kings are 3-0-0 against the Central Division. … After having killed off 18 consecutive power plays entering last Sunday’s game, Los Angeles has allowed six power play goals on 20 opportunities over the last five games. … The Kings have allowed at least three goals in all four games on the road trip (0-3-1). … Alec Martinez (2-0=2) has goals in consecutive games. … Tyler Toffoli leads the league with three shorthanded goals. He became the first player to record at least three shorthanded goals in the first 11 games since Claude Giroux recorded three shorthanded goals in 10 games in 2010-11. The Kings’ individual record for shorthanded goals in a season is eight, held by Bernie Nicholls. The team record for total shorthanded goals in one season is 22. Both records were set in 1988-89. … Tanner Pearson has posted an even-or-better rating in all 12 games this season. … Drew Doughty (2-4=6) has points in five straight games against Dallas. … Mike Richards (3-10=13) has earned at least one point in each of his nine trips to the American Airlines Center. In 20 career games against Dallas, he has 20 points (4-16=20). … Anze Kopitar has 44 points (13-31=44) in 46 career games against Dallas. … Marian Gaborik has 30 points (14-16=30) in 32 games against Dallas. … Jeff Carter is still looking for his first point of the road trip. … Dean Lombardi is one point from surpassing Dave Taylor (685 points) for the most points attained as Kings General Manager in club history. … By playing his 455th career game tonight, Drew Doughty will move past Jaroslav Modry for sole possession of eighth place on the club’s all-time list of games played by a defenseman. … The Kings are 5-0-1 when allowing zero power play goals and 6-0-0 when allowing two goals or less. … Los Angeles hasn’t allowed fewer than three goals in any game on the road trip. … Dustin Brown, who made his NHL debut as an 18-year-old in the 2003-04 season, turned 30 years old today.

Dallas Projected Lines

Jamie Benn – Tyler Seguin – Valeri Nichushkin
Erik Cole – Jason Spezza – Ales Hemsky
Antoine Roussel – Cody Eakin – Ryan Garbutt
Shawn Horcoff – Vernon Fiddler – Colton Sceviour

Alex Goligoski – Trevor Daley
Jordie Benn – Brenden Dillon
Jamie Oleksiak – Sergei Gonchar

Kari Lehtonen
Anders Lindback

Notes and milestones: Lines via Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News … The Stars are 1-0-1 against the Pacific Division this season. … Sergei Gonchar is expected to make his 2014-15 season debut tonight. … By playing in tonight’s game, Trevor Daley will become the fifth Dallas defenseman to appear in 700 games with the club. Should he remain healthy for the majority of the season, Daley will finish the year with the second most games played by a defenseman in Stars history. Sergei Zubov (859 games played) leads all defensemen in games played in Dallas, followed by Darian Hatcher (717), Darryl Sydor (714), Stephane Robidas (704) and Daley (699). … With 699 career points (253-446=699), Jason Spezza is one point away from 700 in his NHL career. … Tyler Seguin (3-3=6) has a three-game point streak against Los Angeles. … Jamie Benn (1-6=7) has a four-game point streak against Los Angeles. … Defenseman Alex Goligoski has 16 points (3-13=16) in 18 career games against Los Angeles. … Erik Cole was a teammate of Kings forward Justin Williams with the 2005-06 Stanley Cup-winning Carolina Hurricanes.