Game 70 Preview: Los Angeles at Anaheim

Los Angeles Kings (34-22-13) at Anaheim Ducks (44-20-7)
Wednesday, March 18, 2015, 7:30 p.m. PT
Honda Center, Anaheim, CA
Referees: #10 Paul Devorski, #27 Eric Furlatt
Linesmen: #92 Mark Shewchyk, #98 John Grandt
NBC Sports Network, Sportsnet, KABC 790 AM

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Los Angeles Projected Starting Goaltender – Jonathan Quick
2014-15: 60 GP (59 GS) / 30-18-11 record / 2.28 GAA / .916 Sv% / 6 SHO
Career vs Anaheim: 28 (28) / 14-7-5 / 2.46 / .907 / 1
Last Game vs Anaheim: 1/17/15 / 65 MP / 29-31 + 1/2 shots / 2-3 SOL
2014-15, Away: 26 (26) / 10-11-5 / 2.63 / .907 / 1

Anaheim Projected Starting Goaltender – John Gibson
2014-15: 18 GP (17 GS) / 11-6-0 record / 2.51 GAA / .919 Sv% / 1 SHO
Career vs Los Angeles: 1 (1) / 1-0-0 / 2.00 / .909/ 0
Last Game vs Los Angeles: 2/27/15 / 60 MP / 20-22 shots / 4-2 W
2014-15, Home: 8 (8) / 5-3-0 / 2.49 / .915 / 0

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2014-15 Los Angeles Leaders
Total Points: Jeff Carter (24-28=52), Anze Kopitar (14-38=52)
Goals: Jeff Carter (24-28=52)
Assists: Anze Kopitar (14-38=52)
Plus/Minus: Tyler Toffoli (+20; 20-21=41)
Penalty Minutes: Kyle Clifford (83; 6-7=13)
Time On Ice: Drew Doughty (29:20; 5-34=39)
Corsi-For Percentage: Andrej Sekera (60.2%; 2-19=21)*
*Kings numbers; for players with more than 10 games of data, Anze Kopitar leads with a 58.4% Corsi-for.

2014-15 Anaheim Leaders
Total Points: Ryan Getzlaf (23-41=64)
Goals: Corey Perry (28-19=47)
Assists: Ryan Getzlaf (23-41=64)
Plus/Minus: Hampus Lindholm (+22; 7-25=32)
Penalty Minutes: Tim Jackman (84; 5-2=7)
Time On Ice: Francois Beauchemin (22:48; 9-11=20)
Corsi-For Percentage: Jiri Sekac (58.2%; 7-12=19)*
*Ducks numbers; for players with more than 10 games of data, Matt Beleskey leads with a 54.4% Corsi-for.

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Rankings and Statistics
Goals/Game: LAK – 18 / 2.67; ANA – 9 / 2.82
Goals Against/Game: LAK – t-5 / 2.39; ANA – 20 / 2.68
Power Play: LAK – t-12 / 18.6%; ANA – 23 / 17.0%
Penalty Kill: LAK – t-12/ 81.4%; ANA – t-12 / 81.4%
Shots/Game: LAK – t-12 / 30.7; ANA – t-17 / 29.7
Shots Against/Game: LAK – 1 / 26.9; ANA – 12 / 29.1
Faceoffs: LAK – t-9 / 51.5%; ANA – t-11 / 51.2%
Save Percentage: LAK – t-12 / .911; ANA – t-20 / .908
Corsi-For Percentage: LAK – 1 / 54.9%; ANA – 16 / 50.9%

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Los Angeles Projected Lineup

Marian Gaborik – Anze Kopitar – Trevor Lewis
Dwight King – Jeff Carter – Tyler Toffoli
Dustin Brown – Nick Shore – Justin Williams
Kyle Clifford – Andy Andreoff – Jordan Nolan

Robyn Regehr – Drew Doughty
Jake Muzzin – Matt Greene
Brayden McNabb – Andrej Sekera

Jonathan Quick
Martin Jones

Level of confidence in projected lines: C. The Kings did not hold line rushes this morning, so lines used late in Monday’s game versus Arizona are shown. Jonathan Quick did not take the ice at the optional morning skate but is projected to start against Anaheim. Alec Martinez continues to skate with the team, though he remained on the ice for extra work today and is unlikely to come off injured reserve to play tonight.

Notes and milestones: Los Angeles is 54-44-23 all-time against Anaheim, a record that includes an away mark of 21-27-12. The Kings are 3-4-3 in their last 10 overall games against the Ducks and 3-5-2 in their last 10 games at Honda Center. Tonight’s game concludes the season series; the Kings are 1-1-2 thus far, with three of the four games having gone to overtime. Five of the last six games between the teams have been decided by one goal. … Los Angeles is 21-10-9 against the Western Conference and 12-4-6 against the Pacific Division. … The Kings have won 12 of 34 one-goal games this season (12-9-13). … Dating back to February 7, Jonathan Quick is 13-3-1 with a .933 Sv%, 1.67 GAA and three shutouts. He has posted shutouts in two of the last three Kings games; his 37 career shutouts are tied for the fourth most among active goalies with Pittsburgh’s Marc-Andre Fleury. … Los Angeles has killed off 41 of the last 43 penalties, dating back to David Jones’ second period goal in Los Angeles’ 5-3 win over Calgary on February 12. … Brayden McNabb (0-1=1) has four points (0-4=4) in the last four games. … With 598 career points, Anze Kopitar (216-382=598) is two points shy of 600 in his career and with 382 assists, is two assists shy of Butch Goring (384 assists) for sixth place on the Kings’ all-time list. He has 51 points (21-30=51) in 49 career games against Anaheim. … With six goals, Kyle Clifford is one goal from tying his career high (7; 2010-11, 2012-13). … With seven goals, Jake Muzzin is one goal from surpassing his career-high (7; 2012-13).

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Anaheim Projected Lines

Patrick Maroon – Ryan Getzlaf – Corey Perry
Matt Beleskey – Ryan Kesler – Kyle Palmieri
Andrew Cogliano – Nate Thompson – Jakob Silfverberg
Tomas Fleischmann – Rickard Rakell – Emerson Etem

Hampus Lindholm-Francois Beauchemin
Cam Fowler-Simon Despres
Clayton Stoner-James Wisniewski

John Gibson
Frederik Andersen

Notes and milestones: Lines via Orange County Register reporter Eric Stephens … Anaheim is 27-1-7 in one-goal games, 25-0-2 when leading after two periods, 11-20-0 when trailing after two periods, and 8-0-5 when tied after two periods. … The Ducks have been outscored 130-116 in first and second periods but have outscored their opponents 84-60 in third periods and overtime this season. … With six points (4-2=6), Ryan Kesler leads all skaters in scoring in the season series. … Hampus Lindholm leads all NHL defensemen with a plus-51 rating since the start of the 2013-14 season. His +22 rating this season ranks fourth amongst defensemen. … Corey Perry ranks fifth in goals per game (.50) and eighth in shooting percentage (17.5%). … Anaheim’s 13 overtime and shootout wins is tied for the league lead. … Bruce Boudreau leads all NHL coaches in points percentage (.664), with a 356-163-69 record in 588 career NHL games. He is 155-75-29 in 259 games with the Ducks.

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