Game 2 Preview: Los Angeles at Arizona

Los Angeles Kings (0-1-0) at Arizona Coyotes (0-1-0)
Saturday, October 11, 2014, 6:00 p.m. PT
Gila River Arena, Glendale, AZ
Referees: #4 Wes McCauley, #38 Francois St. Laurent
Linesmen: #56 Mark Wheler, #86 Brad Lazarowich
FOX Sports West, KABC 790 AM

Los Angeles Projected Starting Goaltender – Jonathan Quick
2014-15: 1 GP (1 GS) / 0-1-0 record / 6.00 GAA / .852 Sv% / 0 SHO
Career vs Arizona: 30 (30) / 14-13-3 / 2.59 / .906 / 5
Last Game vs Arizona: 4/2/14 / 60 MP / 17-17 shots / 4-0 W
2014-15, Away: No stats

Arizona Projected Starting Goaltender – Devan Dubnyk
2014-15: No stats
Career vs Los Angeles: 7 (7) / 3-3-1 / 2.23 / .931 / 0
Last Game vs Los Angeles: 4/6/13 / 58 MP / 35-38 shots / 4-1 L
2014-15, Home: No stats

2014-15 Los Angeles Leaders
Total Points: All players tied with 0 points
Goals: All players tied with 0 goals
Assists: All players tied with 0 assists
Plus/Minus: Six players tied with +0 rating
Penalty Minutes: Kyle Clifford (7; 0-0=0)
Time On Ice: Drew Doughty (27:28; 0-0=0)
Corsi-For Percentage*: Jake Muzzin (61.3%; 5-19=24)
*Last year’s stats listed

2014-15 Arizona Leaders
Total Points: Six players tied with 1 point
Goals: Mikkel Boedker, Martin Hanzal (1-0=1)
Assists: Four players tied with 1 assist
Plus/Minus: Rob Klinkhammer (+1; 0-0=0)
Penalty Minutes: Shane Doan (5; 0-1=1)
Time On Ice: Oliver Ekman-Larsson (25:39; 0-1=1)
Corsi-For Percentage*: Rob Klinkhammer (53.9%; 9-9=18)
*Last year’s stats listed

Rankings and Statistics
Goals/Game: LAK – t-29 / 0.00; ARI – t-18 / 2.00
Goals Against/Game: LAK – t-21 / 4.00; ARI – t-29 / 6.00
Power Play: LAK – t-19 / 0.00%; ARI – t-19 / 0.00%
Penalty Kill: LAK – t-20 / 75.0%; ARI – t-1 / 100.0%
Shots/Game: LAK – t-6 / 34.0; ARI – t-14 / 28.0
Shots Against/Game: LAK – 20 / 32.0; ARI – t-12 / 26.0
Faceoffs: LAK – 28 / 40.8%; ARI – 1 / 60.0%
Save Percentage: LAK – 24 / .867; ARI – 30 / .778
Corsi-For Percentage*: LAK – 1 / 56.9%; ARI – t-13 / 50.5%
*Last year’s stats listed

Los Angeles Projected Lineup

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

Brayden McNabb – Drew Doughty
Robyn Regehr – Slava Voynov
Alec Martinez – Matt Greene

Jonathan Quick
Martin Jones

Level of confidence in projected lines: A. The line rushes at the morning skate were the same that had been used over the previous two days of practice. Jake Muzzin (undisclosed) and Trevor Lewis (upper-middle body) remain out, though Muzzin was on the ice with the team this morning. Jordan Nolan is expected to enter the lineup to replace Lewis. Jonathan Quick left the ice first at the morning skate and is projected to draw the start in net.

Notes and milestones: Los Angeles is 80-96-25-7 all-time against the Arizona/Phoenix/Winnipeg franchise, a record that includes an away mark of 35-54-11-5. This is the first of four meetings between the two teams; they will also meet at Gila River Arena on December 4 and at Staples Center on December 20 and March 16. Because of the scheduling imbalance, the Kings will play Arizona four times and all other Pacific Division teams five times. Last year, Los Angeles played Edmonton only four times. … The Kings have lost four straight games in Glendale (0-4-0) since a 4-2 win on January 26, 2013. They have been outscored 14-4 over those games. … Jonathan Quick is 1-3-2 with a 3.26 goals-against average and an .891 save percentage in Glendale since a 2-0 win at [then] Jobing.com Arena on October 20, 2011. … Los Angeles is yet to record its first goal of 2014-15. Drew Doughty scored Los Angeles’ first goal of 2013-14, a power play goal in Minnesota. … With 162 career assists, Drew Doughty is one assist behind Marty McSorley for fifth place amongst defensemen and 22nd overall amongst all skaters in club history. … With 31 career shutouts, Jonathan Quick is one shutout behind Rogie Vachon for first place overall in club history. … With 197 points as a King (75-122=197), Jarret Stoll is three points shy of 200 with the club. … With 98 wins with Los Angeles, Darryl Sutter is two wins from 100 wins with the club. The fastest coach to 100 wins with the organization was Terry Murray, who accomplished the feat in 197 games. Sutter will coach his 181st game with the Kings tonight.

Arizona Projected Lines

Mikkel Boedker – Antoine Vermette – Shane Doan
Rob Klinkhammer – Martin Hanzal – Martin Erat
Lauri Korpikoski – Sam Gagner – David Moss
Brandon McMillan – Joe Vitale – B.J. Crombeen

Oliver Ekman-Larsson – Zbynek Michalek
Keith Yandle – Michael Stone
Chris Summers – Connor Murphy

Devan Dubnyk
Mike Smith

Notes and milestones: Lines via Sarah McLellan of the Arizona Republic … Shane Doan is Arizona’s captain for the 11th consecutive season, making him the longest tenured captain in the NHL. Now in his 19th season overall with Winnipeg/Phoenix/Arizona, Doan ranks second amongst active players in games played (1,316), 10th in goals (354), and 10th in points (863). Only Jaromir Jagr (1,474 games played) has appeared in more NHL games amongst active players. … Antoine Vermette won 15-of-20 faceoffs against Winnipeg on Thursday. He has led the Coyotes in faceoff percentage in each of the last two seasons. … Vermette (394 consecutive games played) and Keith Yandle (386) have the third and fourth longest active consecutive games played streaks in the NHL, trailing only St. Louis’ Jay Bouwmeester (718) and Anaheim’s Andrew Cogliano (541). … Amongst players selected in the 2007 NHL Draft, Sam Gagner (101-194=295) ranks second in career scoring, trailing only Patrick Kane (178-316=494). … The Coyotes led the Western Conference with a 19.9% power play percentage and 56 power play goals last year. … Dave Tippett ranks third amongst active coaches with 464 wins since 2002-03, trailing Mike Babcock (485) and Joel Quenneville (470).