Game 16 Preview: Los Angeles at Anaheim

Los Angeles Kings (8-4-3) at Anaheim Ducks (10-3-3)
Wednesday, November 12, 2014, 7:30 p.m. PT
Honda Center, Anaheim, CA
Referees: #28 Chris Lee, #8 Dave Jackson
Linesmen: #90 Andy McElman, #63 Trent Knorr
NBC Sports Network, KABC 790 AM

Los Angeles Projected Starting Goaltender – Martin Jones*
2014-15: 3 GP (2 GS) / 1-1-0 record / 1.72 GAA / .929 Sv% / 0 SHO
Career vs Anaheim: 2 (2) / 1-1-0 / 1.95 / .917 / 0
Last Game vs Anaheim: 3/15/14 / 59 MP / 18-20 shots / 1-2 L
2014-15, Away: 1 (1) / 0-1-0 / 3.02 / .870 / 0
*Jonathan Quick did not skate this morning, and the Kings didn’t hold rushes or name a starting goaltender. Martin Jones is listed as the projected starter for reasons explained below.

Anaheim Projected Starting Goaltender – Frederik Andersen
2014-15: 10 GP (10 GS) / 7-1-2 record / 1.56 GAA / .943 Sv% / 1 SHO
Career vs Los Angeles: 3 (3) / 3-0-0 / 1.62 / .950 / 0
Last Game vs Los Angeles: 4/12/14 / 65 MP / 27-30 shots / 4-3 W
2014-15, Home: 6 (6) / 3-1-2 / 1.46 / .949 / 1

2014-15 Los Angeles Leaders
Total Points: Tyler Toffoli (7-10=17)
Goals: Tyler Toffoli (7-10=17), Tanner Pearson (7-2=9)
Assists: Tyler Toffoli (7-10=17)
Plus/Minus: Tyler Toffoli (+14; 7-10=17)
Penalty Minutes: Mike Richards (35; 2-5=7)
Time On Ice: Drew Doughty (28:16; 0-6=6)
Corsi-For Percentage: Jake Muzzin (61.5%; 1-2=3)

2014-15 Anaheim Leaders
Total Points: Corey Perry (11-4=15), Ryan Getzlaf (4-11=15),
Goals: Corey Perry (11-4=15)
Assists: Ryan Getzlaf (4-11=15)
Plus/Minus: Corey Perry (+11; 11-4=15)
Penalty Minutes: Tim Jackman (37; 1-0=1)
Time On Ice: Francois Beauchemin (22:50; 0-4=4)
Corsi-For Percentage: Matt Beleskey (60.4%; 7-0=7)

Rankings and Statistics
Goals/Game: LAK – 24 / 2.40; ANA – 20 / 2.50
Goals Against/Game: LAK – t-4 / 1.93; ANA – t-2 / 1.88
Power Play: LAK – 25 / 12.2%; ANA – t-14 / 20.0%
Penalty Kill: LAK – 12 / 82.8%; ANA – 10 / 84.6%
Shots/Game: LAK – 17 / 30.0; ANA – 12 / 30.5
Shots Against/Game: LAK – 25 / 32.1; ANA – t-11 / 28.6
Faceoffs: LAK – 8 / 52.5%; ANA – 6 / 52.7%
Save Percentage: LAK – 1 / .940; ANA – 2 / .934
Corsi-For Percentage: LAK – 16 / 50.4%; ANA – 15 / 50.4%

Los Angeles Projected Lines:

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

Jake Muzzin – Drew Doughty
Alec Martinez – Matt Greene
Brayden McNabb – Jamie McBain

Martin Jones
Jonathan Quick

Level of confidence in projected lines: D. First off, we don’t know who’s starting in goal today. The team is likely to split its goaltenders in the back-to-back set, and given that Jonathan Quick didn’t participate in the morning skate, I’m leaning towards Martin Jones going tonight and Quick going tomorrow against Dallas. Because Anze Kopitar, Jeff Carter, Dustin Brown and Drew Doughty were also absent from today’s skate, no line rushes were held. Darryl Sutter also indicated that the team is battling a bug at the moment, so it’s even possible that a player who didn’t skate today could also be held out tonight. “We’ve got a bunch of sick players, so we’ll see tonight who’s playing,” he said this morning. Would the Kings want to use their least experienced defensemen in a pairing together? Expect McNabb and McBain to see rotations with several defensemen tonight.

Notes and milestones: Los Angeles is 53-43-21 all-time against Anaheim, a record that includes a road mark of 21-26-11. The teams will continue the season series on November 15 and January 17 at Staples Center and on February 27 and March 18 at Honda Center. … The Kings are 6-1-1 against the Western Conference and 2-1-1 against the Pacific Division. … Los Angeles has scored first in eight of 15 games and hold a 6-0-2 record in those games. They are 2-4-1 when the opposition scores first. … The Kings improved to 7-0-1 when allowing zero power play goals and 8-0-1 when allowing two goals or less. … On the road, the Kings are 1-for-19 on the power play this season. … With 106 wins as the Kings’ head coach, Darryl Sutter (106-61-27) is one win behind Bob Berry (107-94-39) for sixth overall on the team’s all-time list. … With 616 games played as a King, Anze Kopitar is tied with Mark Hardy for ninth place on the club’s all-time list. … With 735 games played as a King, Dustin Brown is one game played behind Butch Goring on the club’s all-time list. Brown’s 198 career goals are two shy of 200. … Jake Muzzin (1-2=3) has a two-game point streak. … Tanner Pearson has an even-or-better rating in all 15 games this season. … Anze Kopitar has 46 points (18-28=46) in 45 career games against Anaheim.

Anaheim Projected Lines

Emerson Etem – Ryan Getzlaf – Devante Smith-Pelly
Matt Beleskey – Ryan Kesler – Jakob Silfverberg
Rickard Rakell – William Karlsson – Andrew Cogliano
Patrick Maroon – Nate Thompson – Tim Jackman

Cam Fowler – Clayton Stoner
Hampus Lindholm – Josh Manson
Bryan Allen – Sami Vatanen

Frederik Andersen
Jason LaBarbera

Notes and milestones: Lines via Curtis Zupke of NHL.com … Anaheim will be without Corey Perry (viral gland infection), Francois Beauchemin (viral gland infection), John Gibson (groin), Ben Lovejoy (finger), Mark Fistric (back) and Kyle Palmieri (ankle). … The Ducks are 5-2-2 against the Western Conference and 0-1-2 against the Pacific Division this year. … At home, Anaheim has eight goals on 27 power plays (29.6%). … Through 16 games, the Ducks have allowed the fewest goals (30) in club history. They have allowed 11 goals over their last seven games and 24 goals over their last 15 games. … Bruce Boudreau is 121-58-25 over 204 games with Anaheim. … After tying for 19th in faceoff percentage last season, the Ducks rank sixth in 2014-15, led by Ryan Kesler (56.2%), Ryan Getzlaf (54.7%) and Nate Thompson (52.3%). … Andrew Cogliano has played 556 consecutive games from the start of his NHL career. He trails Doug Jarvis (964) and Bill Harris (576) for the record of most consecutive games played to begin an NHL career. Only St. Louis’ Jay Bowmeester (732) has played in more consecutive games overall amongst active players.