Game 15 Preview: Los Angeles vs Arizona

Los Angeles Kings (9-5-0) vs Arizona Coyotes (7-6-1)
Tuesday, November 10, 2015, 7:30 p.m. PT
Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA
Referees: #20 Tim Peel, #8 Dave Jackson
Linesmen: #90 Andy McElman, #64 Brandon Gawryletz
Fox Sports West, KABC 790 AM, I Heart Radio

Los Angeles Projected Starting Goaltender – Jonathan Quick
2015-16: 12 GP (12 GS) / 7-5-0 record / 2.24 GAA / .917 Sv% / 1 SHO
Career vs Arizona: 34 (34) / 16-14-4 / 2.54 / .907 / 6
Last Game vs Florida: 10/9/15 / 60 MP / 18-22 shots / 1-4 L
2015-16, Home: 9 (9) / 5-4-0 / 2.21 / .919 / 1

Arizona Projected Starting Goaltender – Mike Smith
2015-16: 12 GP (12 GS) / 5-4-1 record / 3.22 GAA / .900 Sv% / 1 SHO
Career vs Los Angeles: 20 (20) / 12-6-1 / 2.13 / .931 / 2
Last Game vs Los Angeles: 10/9/15 / 60 MP / 27-28 shots / 4-1 W
2015-16, Away: 6 (6) / 3-2-1 / 2.67 / .913 / 1

2015-16 Los Angeles Leaders
Total Points: Jeff Carter (7-8=15)
Goals: Tyler Toffoli (9-4=13)
Assists: Jeff Carter (7-8=15), Drew Doughty (1-8=9)
Plus/Minus: Jeff Carter (+9; 7-8=15), Tyler Toffoli (+9; 9-4=13)
Penalty Minutes: Andy Andreoff (39; 1-0=1)
Time On Ice: Drew Doughty (26:36; 1-8=9)
Corsi-For Percentage: Nick Shore (61.3%; 1-0=1)

2015-16 Arizona Leaders
Total Points: Martin Hanzal (0-13=13), Max Domi (7-6=13)
Goals: Max Domi (7-6=13)
Assists: Martin Hanzal (0-13=13)
Plus/Minus: Max Domi (+5; 7-6=13)
Penalty Minutes: Steve Downie (30; 1-2=3)
Time On Ice: Oliver Ekman-Larsson (25:35; 1-8=9)
Corsi-For Percentage: Anthony Duclair (56.7%; 6-2=8)

Rankings and Statistics
Goals/Game: LAK – t-19 / 2.50; ARI – t-10 / 2.79
Goals Against/Game: LAK – 4 / 2.07; ARI – 23 / 2.93
Power Play: LAK – 11 / 20.0%; ARI – 29 / 12.1%
Penalty Kill: LAK – 7 / 84.9%; ARI – 10 / 83.3%
Shots/Game: LAK – t-3 / 31.6; ARI – t-23 / 28.5
Shots Against/Game: LAK – t-7 / 27.9; ARI – 23 / 30.8
Faceoffs: LAK – 23 / 48.9%; ARI – 5 / 51.7%
Save Percentage: LAK – 4 / .926; ARI – t-19 / .905
Corsi-For Percentage: LAK – 1 / 55.9%; ARI – 22 / 48.5%

Los Angeles Projected Lines

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

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

Jonathan Quick
Jhonas Enroth

Notes and milestones: Los Angeles is 83-97-33 all-time against the Arizona franchise, a record that includes a home mark of 47-43-16. This is the last game between these teams at Staples Center this season; they’ll meet at Gila River Arena on December 26, January 23 and February 2. … The Kings are 7-4-0 against the Western Conference and 2-3-0 against the Pacific Division. … By coaching tonight’s game, Darryl Sutter (275 games coached) will move past Terry Murray for sole possession of fourth place on the Kings’ all-time regular season games coached list. … Drew Doughty and Lubomir Visnovsky are tied for third place on Los Angeles’ all-time power play goals list amongst defensemen with 31. With 209 career assists, he is one assist from surpassing Visnovsky for fourth place amongst defensemen on the club’s all-time list. … Jeff Carter has goals in three consecutive games (3-2=5) and 13 points (7-6=13) in the last nine games. … Jake Muzzin has seven points (1-6=7) in the last seven games. … Tanner Pearson has three points (1-2=3) in the last three games. … Anze Kopitar has 53 points (15-38=53) in 54 career games against Arizona. … Marian Gaborik has 22 goals in 35 career games against Arizona.

Arizona Projected Lines

Tobias Rieder – Martin Hanzal – Anthony Duclair
Max Domi – Dustin Jeffrey – Mikkel Boedker
Jordan Martinook – Brad Richardson – Shane Doan
Kyle Chipchura – Boyd Gordon – Steve Downie

Oliver Ekman-Larsson – Michael Stone
Klas Dahlbeck – Zbynek Michalek
Stefan Elliott – Connor Murphy

Mike Smith
Anders Lindback

Notes and milestones: Lines via the Arizona Republic … Antoine Vermette (lower-body) is a “game-time decision,” per the Republic, while Nicklas Grossman (lower-body) and Joe Vitale (fractured orbital bone) are on injured reserve. … Mike Smith is expected to play the 400th game of his career. He is one win away from becoming the fourth Coyotes goalie to win 100 games with the franchise. … By playing tonight, Shane Doan will tie Paul Coffey for 32nd place on the NHL’s all-time games played list with 1,409 games. … Oliver Ekman-Larsson leads the NHL with 6:18 of power play time on ice per game. … Martin Hanzal is tied for second in the NHL with 13 assists and tied for first with nine road assists. … Max Domi ranks second in the league amongst rookies with 13 points (7-6=13) in 14 games, while Anthony Duclair ranks second in the league amongst rookies with six goals. … Mikkel Boedker has 11 points (5-6=11) in his last nine games.