February 2017 - LA Kings Insider

February 28 postgame notes

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-With the overtime loss, Los Angeles fell to 94-109-29 all-time against Calgary, a record that includes a road mark of 36-64-17 and a season series of 1-0-1. Tuesday’s overtime loss snapped a five-game winning streak in the series. These teams have three games remaining: March 19 and 29 at Scotiaban... Full Story

February 28 postgame quotes: Bishop, Pearson

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Postgame quotes6 min read

Ben Bishop, on the overtime goal scored by Brodie: You know I thought I was with him. I came down and he pump-faked and I didn't really bite and he took it to his backhand and I thought I was with him the whole time so whatever. We know we obviously wanted two points but we'll take one. Bishop, ... Full Story

February 28 postgame quotes: Darryl Sutter

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Postgame quotes2 min read

On what he takes from a “hard fought road game”: Yeah, I think it’s a hard fought game. I think we did that last night in Minnesota and got one and came in here tonight and got one. A little bit of puck luck – that deflection late almost went in. It went behind Elliott and out the other side, and i... Full Story

February 28 postgame highlights

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February 28 scoring chances

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Advanced Stats2 min read

Scoring chances from previous games: 11/3 Kings 12, Penguins 10 11/5 Kings 15, Flames 10 11/8 Kings 14, Maple Leafs 5 11/10 Kings 15, Canadiens 15 11/11 Kings 17, Jets 17 11/13 Kings 13, Senators 16 11/15 Kings 14, Avalanche 13 11/17 Kings 17, Oilers 10 11/19 Kings 11, Devils 10 11/20 ... Full Story

Game 63: Los Angeles at Calgary

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Game Threads1 min read

Los Angeles Kings 1, Calgary Flames 2 Final (Overtime) Radio Feed NHL.com Preview Boxscore Ice Tracker SOG: LAK – 29; CGY – 29 PP: LAK – 1/1; CGY – 0/2 First Period 1) LAK PPG - Tanner Pearson (21) (Anze Kopitar, Jeff Carter), 08:42 Second Period 2) CGY - Michael Ferland (12) (Mar... Full Story

A “quiet” Tuesday, one day in advance of the trade deadline

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Trades6 min read

When Dean Lombardi had spoken about the need for additional offensive production to come “from within,” he was referring, in part, to the unearthed production that Anze Kopitar, amongst others, is capable of providing. While many of his underlying numbers depict a season mostly in line with recent s... Full Story

Waking up with the Kings: February 28

LA Kings InsiderFebruary 28, 20170 Comments

Game story4 min read

In a clear reversal from prior seasons of the Los Angeles-Minnesota rivalry, the two teams with deep roots in structured play and often low-scoring games exploded for 25 combined goals in this year’s season series, which was claimed by the Wild in a, well, wild 5-4 win in which the home team never h... Full Story

The view from Minnesota

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News Links1 min read

Star Tribune Mikael Granlund scores 12 seconds into OT, lifts Wild over Kings "But despite a mishmash bunch of lines that included one forward playing his third game in three days and the team coming off its five-day bye, the Wild nobly rallied four times from one-goal deficits for the third t... Full Story

Good morning, Calgary

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Photography3 min read

Good morning, Chicago, St. Louis, Dallas, Nashville, Calgary, and good morning, Insiders. Oh, a Minnesota-Calgary back-to-back, you say? Sure, why not. Based on a quick check, this is the longest distance back-to-back set of games since the Kings played on Long Island and at Dallas on consecutive... Full Story

February 27 postgame notes

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Postgame notes1 min read

-With the overtime loss, Los Angeles fell to 26-19-14 all-time against Minnesota, a record that includes a road mark of 12-10-8. The Wild have points in seven straight games against the Kings (5-0-2) and 19 of the last 26 games in the series. Of those 26 games, 16 have been decided by a single goal.... Full Story

February 27 postgame quotes: Darryl Sutter

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Postgame quotes1 min read

On the overtime loss: Yeah, I think we got the start we wanted. We’ve had trouble scoring that first goal on the road and scoring five-on-five goals. We had a good first period. The second period, they started winning some draws and we had a penalty kill early in the second and we were able to get ... Full Story

February 27 postgame highlights

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