Game 80 Preview: Los Angeles at Edmonton

Los Angeles Kings (39-25-15) at Edmonton Oilers (23-43-13)
Tuesday, April 7, 2015, 6:30 p.m. PT
Rexall Place, Edmonton, AB
Referees: #32 Tom Kowal, #16 Brian Pochmara
Linesmen: #88 Mike Cvik, #91 Don Henderson
Prime Ticket, KABC 790 AM

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Los Angeles Projected Starting Goaltender – Jonathan Quick*
2014-15: 70 GP (69 GS) / 35-21-13 record / 2.26 GAA / .917 Sv% / 6 SHO
Career vs Edmonton: 20 (20) / 14-1-5 / 1.56 / .939 / 1
Last Game vs Edmonton: 4/2/15 / 60 MP / 28-30 shots / 8-2 W
2014-15, Away: 33 (33) / 13-13-7 / 2.57 / .910 / 1
*The Kings have not named a starting goalie and did not hold a morning skate.

Edmonton Projected Starting Goaltender – Richard Bachman
2014-15: 6 GP (3 GS) / 2-2-0 record / 3.04 GAA / .908 Sv% / 1 SHO
Career vs Los Angeles: 3 (2) / 2-0-1 / 0.70 / .979 / 0
Last Game vs Los Angeles: 10/27/13 / 65 MP / 47-48 + 1/3 shots / 1-2 SOL
2014-15, Home: 1 (1) / 1-0-0 / 0.00 / 1.000 / 1

Dallas Stars v Edmonton Oilers

2014-15 Los Angeles Leaders
Total Points: Anze Kopitar (16-47=63)
Goals: Jeff Carter (28-33=61)
Assists: Anze Kopitar (16-47=63)
Plus/Minus: Tyler Toffoli (+24; 22-25=47)
Penalty Minutes: Kyle Clifford (85; 6-9=15)
Time On Ice: Drew Doughty (29:01; 6-37=43)
Corsi-For Percentage: Andrej Sekera (60.2%; 3-20=23)

2014-15 Edmonton Leaders
Total Points: Jordan Eberle (23-39=62)
Goals: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (24-32=56)
Assists: Jordan Eberle (23-39=62)
Plus/Minus: Keith Aulie (-1; 0-1=1)
Penalty Minutes: Matt Hendricks (76; 8-8=16)
Time On Ice: Justin Schultz (22:38; 6-25=31)
Corsi-For Percentage: Benoit Pouliot (51.2%; 17-13=30)

Dallas Stars v Edmonton Oilers

Rankings and Statistics
Goals/Game: LAK – t-18 / 2.67; EDM – 26 / 2.32
Goals Against/Game: LAK – 4 / 2.39; EDM – 30 / 3.35
Power Play: LAK – t-15 / 18.6%; EDM – 18/ 18.0%
Penalty Kill: LAK – t-17 / 81.0%; EDM – 28 / 77.0%
Shots/Game: LAK – t-10 / 30.9; EDM – 25 / 28.5
Shots Against/Game: LAK – 1 / 27.2; EDM – t-17 / 29.9
Faceoffs: LAK – 11 / 51.5%; EDM – 25 / 47.9%
Save Percentage: LAK – t-11 / .912; EDM – 30/ .888
Corsi-For Percentage: LAK – 1 / 55.0%; EDM – 24 / 48.3%

Los Angeles Kings v Edmonton Oilers

Los Angeles Projected Lines

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

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

Jonathan Quick
Martin Jones

Level of confidence in projected lines: C. The Kings did not hold a morning skate, so it’s not possible to get a firm read on tonight’s lineup. Jonathan Quick is listed as the starter due to the magnitude of the game and his career numbers against Edmonton, though whether he’ll actually start won’t be learned until the team takes the ice for warm-ups. Because there are no hints towards potential changes, last night’s lineup is listed.

Notes and milestones: Los Angeles is 75-79-39 all-time against Edmonton, a record that includes a road mark of 36-43-18. The Kings are 9-0-1 in the last 10 games against the Oilers and have gone 14 consecutive games (11-0-3) in the series without a regulation loss, dating back to November 3, 2011. Los Angeles has also gone 14 consecutive games (11-0-3) at Rexall Place without a regulation loss, dating back to February 28, 2008. The Kings are 3-0-1 thus far in the season series, which concludes tonight. … Los Angeles has won 13-of-37 one-goal games (13-9-15). The Kings are 3-15 in games that extend past regulation and 2-8 in shootouts. … Los Angeles has outscored its opponents 65-57 in the first period, 68-60 in the second period and 77-65 in the third period but has been outscored 7-1 in overtime. In non-overtime four-on-four play, the Kings have outscored their opponents 2-1. … Dating back to February 7, Jonathan Quick is 18-6-2 with a 1.91 GAA, a .928 Sv% and three shutouts (1567:17 min / 692 shots against / 642 saves). … Tyler Toffoli (0-3=3), Jeff Carter (2-3=5) and Dwight King (2-1=3) have recorded points in three straight games. … Nick Shore has won 82 of his last 131 faceoffs (62.6%). He leads Kings faceoff regulars with a 53.9% success rate. … With 199 career assists, Drew Doughty needs one assist to reach 200 in his career. … With 199 career points (36-163=199), Robyn Regehr is one point shy of 200 in his career. … Dustin Brown is expected to play in his 800th NHL game tonight.

Los Angeles Kings v Edmonton Oilers

Edmonton Projected Lineup

Benoit Pouliot – Taylor Hall – Jordan Eberle
Teddy Purcell – Derek Roy – Nail Yakupov
Matt Fraser – Anton Lander – Tyler Pitlick
Luke Gazdic – Matt Hendricks – Rob Klinkhammer

Oscar Klefbom – Justin Schultz
Martin Marincin – David Musil
Keith Aulie – Brandon Davidson

Richard Bachman
Ben Scrivens

Notes and milestones: Lines via NHL.com correspondent Derek van Diest … Via Van Diest, the Oilers are expected to be without Viktor Fasth (IR / knee), Iiro Pakarinen (IR / knee), Andrew Ference (upper body), Mark Fayne (shoulder), Boyd Gordon (back), Nikita Nikitin (foot) and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (lower body). … Defenseman David Musil made his NHL debut on April 4 against Calgary after being recalled from AHL-Oklahoma City. The 6-foot-4, 203-pound defenseman had 10 points (1-9=10) and 33 penalty minutes in 62 AHL games and was a minus-two in his NHL debut. Six current Oilers (Bachman, Lander, Pakarinen, Davidson, Marincin, Musil) played at least 20 games with the Barons this season. … The Oilers actrivated forward Tyler Pitlick from injured reserve and assigned forward Andrew Miller to AHL-Oklahoma City earlier today. Pitlick had missed 40 games with a lacerated spleen. … Nail Yakupov ranks last in the NHL with a minus-35 rating. With 30 points (12-18=30), he is one point from tying his career-high of 31 points, set in his 48-game rookie season of 2012-13. … Edmonton has been outscored 17-3 while dropping consecutive games against Anaheim, Los Angeles and Calgary following a 5-1-1 stretch. … Jordan Eberle has 10 points (5-5=10) in his last 10 games.

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