Game 3 Preview: Anaheim at Los Angeles

(3) Los Angeles Kings (6-3) vs (1) Anaheim Ducks (4-4)
Thursday, May 8, 2014, 7:00 p.m. PT
Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA
Referees: #33 Kevin Pollock, #25 Marc Joannette
Linesmen: #55 Shane Heyer, #57 Jay Sharrers
NBCSN, TSN, KEIB 1150 AM

Los Angeles Projected Starting Goaltender – Jonathan Quick
2013-14 Playoffs: 9 GP (9 GS) / 6-3 record / 2.68 GAA / .924 Sv% / 1 SHO
Career, Playoffs: 59 (59) / 35-24 / 2.12 / .928 / 8
2013-14 Playoffs, Home: 3 (3) / 2-1 / 2.59 / .924 / 0

Anaheim Projected Starting Goaltender – Jonas Hiller
2013-14 Playoffs: 4 GP (2 GS) / 1-2 record / 1.75 GAA / .923 Sv% / 0 SHO
Career, Playoffs: 24 (22) / 11-12 / 2.24 / .934 / 3
2013-14 Playoffs, Away: 2 (0) / 1-0 / 0.00 / 1.000 / 0

2013-14 Los Angeles Leaders
Total Points: Anze Kopitar (4-10=14)
Goals: Marian Gaborik (6-3=9)
Assists: Anze Kopitar (4-10=14)
Plus/Minus: Anze Kopitar (+6; 4-10=14), Drew Doughty (+6; 1-7=8)
Penalty Minutes: Kyle Clifford (37; 0-1=1)
Time On Ice: Drew Doughty (27:14; 1-7=8)

2013-14 Anaheim Leaders
Total Points: Ryan Getzlaf (3-7=10)
Goals: Ryan Getzlaf (3-7=10), Nick Bonino (3-1=4)
Assists: Ryan Getzlaf (3-7=10)
Plus/Minus: Cam Fowler (+2; 0-3=3)
Penalty Minutes: Patrick Maroon (38; 2-4=6)
Time On Ice: Francois Beauchemin (25:11; 0-4=4)

Andrew Cogliano, on what makes Los Angeles difficult to come from behind against:

Rankings and Statistics
Goals/Game: LAK – t-2 / 3.56; ANA – 10 / 2.88
Goals Against/Game: LAK – 6 / 2.78; ANA – 10 / 3.00
Power Play: LAK – 7 / 22.6%; ANA – 7 / 23.5%
Penalty Kill: LAK – 4 / 87.5%; ANA – 3 / 88.9%
Shots/Game: LAK – 7 / 30.7; ANA – 4 / 29.0
Shots Against/Game: LAK – 15 / 35.6; ANA – 6 / 30.7
Faceoffs: LAK – 9 / 50.3%; ANA – 11 / 48.7%
Save Percentage: LAK – t-3 / .922; ANA – 11 / .897

Los Angeles Projected Lines

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

Jake Muzzin – Drew Doughty
Jeff Schultz – Slava Voynov
Alec Martinez – Matt Greene

Jonathan Quick
Martin Jones

Level of confidence in projected lines: A-. Marian Gaborik didn’t skate this morning but is expected to play. Jeff Carter didn’t skate yesterday but skated this morning. As always, lines and pairings evolve and are adjusted through the game.

Notes and milestones: Los Angeles is 100-129 all-time in the playoffs, a record that includes a home mark of 56-52. The Kings are 24-26 all-time in playoff games that go to overtime. … Los Angeles is 16-25 all-time in Game 3. When winning Game 3, the Kings have won 11 of 16 series. When losing Game 3, they have won six of 25 series. … When leading a best-of-seven series 2-0, Los Angeles has won five of six series. The Kings have jumped out to 2-0 leads in five of the last nine playoff series. … The Kings have outscored opponents 24-8 during the six-game winning streak. The franchise record for the longest playoff winning streak is eight games, set in 2012. … Anze Kopitar has points in 10 straight playoff games (5-11=16) and 11 straight games overall (8-11=19), dating back to the regular season. He leads the NHL with 14 points (4-10=14) in the postseason. Only one other player in the last 15 years has registered a point in each of his team’s first nine playoff games (Johan Franzen, 2010). … Marian Gaborik is tied with Pittsburgh’s Jussi Jokinen for the NHL with six goals in the postseason. He has nine points (6-3=9) in the last seven games. … Justin Williams has seven points (4-3=7) in the last six games. … Alec Martinez has five points (2-3=5) in the last six games. … Jonathan Quick has a 1.29 GAA and .961 Sv% during his six-game win streak.

Anaheim Projected Lines

Matt Beleskey – Ryan Getzlaf – Corey Perry
Patrick Maroon – Mathieu Perreault – Teemu Selanne
Andrew Cogliano – Saku Koivu – Jakob Silfverberg
Devante Smith-Pelly – Nick Bonino – Kyle Palmieri

Cam Fowler – Ben Lovejoy
Hampus Lindholm – Francois Beauchemin
Bryan Allen – Sami Vatanen

Jonas Hiller
Frederik Andersen

Notes and milestones: Anaheim is 62-51 all-time in the playoffs, a record that includes a road mark of 25-29. … The Ducks are 9-11 all-time in Game 3s. … Anaheim’s 54-20-8 record was the best regular season record in franchise history. … The Ducks are 10-1 all-time when both Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry score in the same playoff game, a record that includes 10 consecutive wins. … Jonas Hiller has a .934 career save percentage in the playoffs, the second-highest mark in the NHL since the 1967-68 season. He has stopped 754-of-807 shots in three playoff seasons in Anaheim, including 60-of-65 shots (.923 Sv%) in 2014. He trails only Mike Smith, who has posted a .945 Sv% in 19 postseason games since the 2010 postseason. … Teemu Selanne finished his NHL regular season career with 119 points (52-76=119) against the Los Angeles Kings in 105 games. He is tied with Francois Beauchemin for the most playoff games played in Ducks history with 76. … With 69 points (24-45=69), Ryan Getzlaf is the highest scorer in Anaheim playoff history. … The Ducks recalled defenseman Sami Vatanen from AHL-Norfolk and assigned forward Emerson Etem to their top affiliate on Thursday.