Game 19 Preview: Los Angeles at Detroit

Los Angeles Kings (12-6-0) at Detroit Red Wings (9-8-2)
Friday, November 20, 2015, 4:30 p.m. PT
Detroit, MI, Joe Louis Arena
Referees: #5 Chris Rooney, #17 Frederick L’Ecuyer
Linesmen: #89 Steve Miller, #59 Steve Barton
Fox Sports West, KABC 790 AM, I Heart Radio

Los Angeles Projected Starting Goaltender – Jhonas Enroth
2015-16: 3 GP (3 GS) / 3-0-0 record / 0.67 GAA / .979 Sv% / 1 SHO
Career vs Detroit: 3 (2) / 0-2-0 / 3.48 / .877 / 0
Last Game vs Detroit: 1/18/15 / 60 MP / 20-26 shots / 4-6 L
2015-16, Away: 2 (2) / 2-0-0 / 0.50 / .984 / 1

Detroit Projected Starting Goaltender – Petr Mrazek
2015-16: 11 GP (10 GS) / 5-4-1 record / 2.16 GAA / .934 Sv% / 1 SHO
Career vs Los Angeles: First career appearance
Last Game vs Los Angeles: First career appearance
2015-16, Home: 4 (3) / 1-1-1 / 1.26 / .954 / 1

2015-16 Los Angeles Leaders
Total Points: Jeff Carter (7-10=17), Tyler Toffoli (10-7=17)
Goals: Tyler Toffoli (10-7=17)
Assists: Jeff Carter (7-10=17)
Plus/Minus: Jeff Carter (+10; 7-10=17), Tyler Toffoli (+10; 10-7=17)
Penalty Minutes: Andy Andreoff (39; 1-0=1)
Time On Ice: Drew Doughty (26:44; 2-9=11)
Corsi-For Percentage: Nick Shore (63.6%; 2-0=2)

2015-16 Detroit Leaders
Total Points: Henrik Zetterberg (4-11=15)
Goals: Gustav Nyquist (7-5=12)
Assists: Henrik Zetterberg (4-11=15)
Plus/Minus: Dylan Larkin (+13; 6-7=13)
Penalty Minutes: Jonathan Ericsson (30; 1-0=1)
Time On Ice: Niklas Kronwall (22:59; 0-7=7)
Corsi-For Percentage: Teemu Pulkkinen (57.2%; 5-3=8)

Rankings and Statistics
Goals/Game: LAK – 19 / 2.50; DET – t-26 / 2.21
Goals Against/Game: LAK – 2 / 2.11; DET – t-12 / 2.47
Power Play: LAK – 8 / 21.4%; DET – 22 / 16.7%
Penalty Kill: LAK – 3 / 86.6%; DET – 10 / 82.8%
Shots/Game: LAK – t-3 / 31.5; DET – 29 / 25.9
Shots Against/Game: LAK – 8 / 28.3; DET – 23 / 30.7
Faceoffs: LAK – 26 / 48.4%; DET – 29 / 48.1%
Save Percentage: LAK – 3 / .925; DET – 7 / .919
Corsi-For Percentage: LAK – 1 / 56.0%; DET – t-21 / 48.8%

Los Angeles Projected Lineup

Tanner Pearson – Anze Kopitar – Marian Gaborik
Milan Lucic – Jeff Carter – Tyler Toffoli
Dustin Brown – Nick Shore – Trevor Lewis
Kyle Clifford – Andy Andreoff – Jordan Nolan

Brayden McNabb – Drew Doughty
Jake Muzzin – Alec Martinez
Derek Forbort – Jamie McBain

Jhonas Enroth
Jonathan Quick

Notes and milestones: Los Angeles is 82-80-32 all-time against Detroit, a record that includes a road mark of 34-46-17. The Kings are 0-5-1 at Joe Louis Arena since a 2-1 win over the Red Wings on March 9, 2011, a game in which Anze Kopitar and Dustin Brown scored for Los Angeles and Jonathan Quick stopped 28 shots as part of a first star performance. These teams will conclude the season series at Staples Center on January 11. … The Kings are 4-1-0 against the Eastern Conference and 1-0-0 against the Atlantic Division. … With a road record of 5-1-0, the Kings have the most wins and points through their first six road games in franchise history. … Los Angeles has recorded power play goals in six of the last seven games and is 11-for-35 (31.4%) with the man advantage over the last 13 games. … The Kings are 24-for-26 on the penalty kill over the last eight games. … Tyler Toffoli has points in five straight games (1-5=6). … Milan Lucic has goals in three straight games and four of the last five (4-0=4). … Tanner Pearson has eight points (2-6=8) in the last seven games. … With 278 career points, Drew Doughty is one point behind Lubomir Visnovsky (279 points) for fourth place on the club’s all-time list of points by a defenseman. With 68 goals, he is two goals behind Visnovsky for fourth place on the club’s all-time list of points by a defenseman.

Detroit Projected Lines

Justin Abdelkader – Henrik Zetterberg – Dylan Larkin
Brad Richards – Pavel Datsyuk – Teemu Pulkkinen
Tomas Tatar – Riley Sheahan – Gustav Nyquist
Drew Miller – Luke Glendening – Darren Helm

Niklas Kronwall – Mike Green
Danny DeKeyser – Jonathan Ericsson
Brendan Smith – Alexey Marchenko

Petr Mrazek
Jimmy Howard

Notes and milestones: Lines via NHL.com … Via NHL.com, Johan Franzen (concussion), Kyle Quincey (ankle) and Landon Ferraro (knee) are out, while Joakim Andersson and Jakub Kindl are expected to be scratched. … The Red Wings have lost 83 man-games to injury. Prorated over 82 games, that equates to 358 man-games lost. … Detroit is 20-4-1 in its last 25 home games against Los Angeles. … Head Coach Jeff Blashill coached Alec Martinez while an assistant coach at Miami University from 2005-08. … Assistant Coach Tony Granato totaled 305 points for the Kings (148-157=305) in 380 games between 1989-96. … Witg 298 career goals, Pavel Datsyuk enters tonight’s game two goals shy of 300 in his career. … Henrik Zetterberg’s next goal will be his 301st career goal, which will tie him with Ulf Dahlen into a sixth place tie amongst Swedish-born players. … With 99 points as a Red Wing (50-49=99), Drew Miller is one points away from 100. … Detroit has sold out 198 consecutive games at Joe Louis Arena, dating back to December 19, 2010.