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| All Games | 54-31-0 | -0.6 | 54-31 | -0.6 | 39-41 | 3.1 | 34.9 | 2.4 | 27.9 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 23-19-0 | -3.4 | 23-19 | -3.4 | 22-18 | 2.8 | 33.7 | 2.7 | 28.9 | | Last 5 Games | 5-0-0 | +5 | 5-0 | +5 | 4-1 | 5.0 | 35.0 | 2.2 | 31.2 | | Playoff Games | 3-0-0 | +3 | 3-0 | +3 | 3-0 | 5.7 | 37.7 | 2.7 | 30.3 | | vs. Division | 21-10-0 | +6.5 | 21-10 | +6.5 | 13-15 | 3.2 | 33.9 | 2.5 | 28.2 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 85 | 266 | 87 | 87 | 77 | 15 | 18 | 2964 | 9.0% | 302 | 53 | 17.5% | 453 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 42 | 119 | 38 | 39 | 34 | 8 | 7 | 1417 | 8.4% | 133 | 25 | 18.8% | 200 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 175 | 14.3% | 18 | 4 | 22.2% | 43 | | Team Stats (Playoffs) | 3 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 113 | 15.0% | 13 | 3 | 23.1% | 29 | | Team Stats (vs. Division) | 31 | 98 | 32 | 35 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 1051 | 9.3% | 120 | 24 | 20.0% | 167 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 208 | 49 | 77 | 73 | 9 | 12 | 2372 | 8.8% | 227 | 35 | 15.4% | 348 | | Stats Against (Road Games) | | 115 | 21 | 52 | 38 | 4 | 8 | 1214 | 9.5% | 101 | 19 | 18.8% | 196 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 7.1% | 11 | 2 | 18.2% | 16 | | Stats Against (Playoffs) | | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 8.8% | 8 | 2 | 25.0% | 10 | | Stats Against (vs. Division) | | 77 | 20 | 27 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 874 | 8.8% | 87 | 14 | 16.1% | 127 |
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| ANTTI NIEMI (All Games) | 67 | 67 | 1803 | 1646 | 91.3% | 2 | 42-25 | -3.3 | 42-25-0 | -2 | 33-29 | | ANTTI NIEMI (Road Games) | 30 | 30 | 839 | 762 | 90.8% | 1 | 15-15 | -5.8 | 15-15-0 | -5 | 17-11 | | ANTTI NIEMI (vs. Division) | 26 | 26 | 716 | 653 | 91.2% | 1 | 19-7 | +9.1 | 19-7-0 | +9 | 13-10 | | ANTTI NIEMI (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 123 | 113 | 91.9% | 0 | 4-0 | +4 | 4-0-0 | +4 | 3-1 | | ANTTI NIEMI (Playoff Games) | 3 | 3 | 91 | 83 | 91.2% | 0 | 3-0 | +3 | 3-0-0 | +3 | 3-0 | | ALEX STALOCK (All Games) | 24 | 18 | 571 | 532 | 93.2% | 1 | 12-6 | +2.7 | 12-6-0 | +3 | 6-12 | | ALEX STALOCK (Road Games) | 16 | 12 | 370 | 340 | 91.9% | 0 | 8-4 | +2.4 | 8-4-0 | +2 | 5-7 | | ALEX STALOCK (vs. Division) | 8 | 5 | 156 | 146 | 93.6% | 0 | 2-3 | -2.6 | 2-3-0 | -2 | 0-5 | | ALEX STALOCK (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 3 | 92 | 86 | 93.5% | 0 | 1-2 | -2 | 1-2-0 | -2 | 1-2 | | ALEX STALOCK (Playoff Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 |
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| All Games | 46-39-0 | -9 | 46-39 | -9 | 25-40 | 2.5 | 31.6 | 2.2 | 26.6 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 23-18-0 | -8.3 | 23-18 | -8.3 | 14-21 | 2.7 | 31.9 | 2.1 | 23.8 | | Last 5 Games | 1-4-0 | -3.4 | 1-4 | -3.4 | 4-1 | 2.8 | 33.8 | 4.2 | 30.8 | | Playoff Games | 0-3-0 | -3.2 | 0-3 | -3.2 | 3-0 | 2.7 | 30.3 | 5.7 | 37.7 | | vs. Division | 16-16-0 | -5.4 | 16-16 | -5.4 | 10-17 | 2.5 | 33.7 | 2.3 | 26.8 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 85 | 214 | 68 | 57 | 77 | 12 | 17 | 2686 | 8.0% | 293 | 46 | 15.7% | 349 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 41 | 109 | 41 | 28 | 34 | 6 | 9 | 1307 | 8.3% | 154 | 26 | 16.9% | 183 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 169 | 8.3% | 16 | 2 | 12.5% | 21 | | Team Stats (Playoffs) | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 8.8% | 8 | 2 | 25.0% | 10 | | Team Stats (vs. Division) | 32 | 79 | 24 | 23 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 1078 | 7.3% | 107 | 13 | 12.1% | 123 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 191 | 53 | 63 | 66 | 9 | 10 | 2262 | 8.4% | 309 | 53 | 17.2% | 324 | | Stats Against (Home Games) | | 86 | 24 | 24 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 974 | 8.8% | 141 | 24 | 17.0% | 147 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 21 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 154 | 13.6% | 17 | 3 | 17.6% | 32 | | Stats Against (Playoffs) | | 17 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 113 | 15.0% | 13 | 3 | 23.1% | 29 | | Stats Against (vs. Division) | | 73 | 16 | 29 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 858 | 8.5% | 119 | 19 | 16.0% | 121 |
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| MARTIN JONES (All Games) | 20 | 18 | 504 | 471 | 93.5% | 3 | 12-6 | +4.8 | 12-6-0 | +5 | 5-7 | | MARTIN JONES (Home Games) | 7 | 6 | 155 | 145 | 93.5% | 2 | 4-2 | +0.7 | 4-2-0 | +1 | 1-3 | | MARTIN JONES (vs. Division) | 8 | 7 | 172 | 163 | 94.8% | 1 | 5-2 | +2.8 | 5-2-0 | +3 | 0-4 | | MARTIN JONES (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 3 | 79 | 75 | 94.9% | 0 | 2-1 | +1 | 2-1-0 | +1 | 0-2 | | MARTIN JONES (Playoff Games) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | | JONATHAN QUICK (All Games) | 52 | 52 | 1291 | 1175 | 91.0% | 5 | 27-25 | -8.7 | 27-25-0 | -10 | 19-24 | | JONATHAN QUICK (Home Games) | 30 | 30 | 703 | 639 | 90.9% | 4 | 17-13 | -4.6 | 17-13-0 | -6 | 12-15 | | JONATHAN QUICK (vs. Division) | 21 | 21 | 552 | 502 | 90.9% | 3 | 10-11 | -4.2 | 10-11-0 | -5 | 10-11 | | JONATHAN QUICK (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 132 | 113 | 85.6% | 0 | 0-4 | -4.4 | 0-4-0 | -4 | 4-0 | | JONATHAN QUICK (Playoff Games) | 3 | 3 | 108 | 92 | 85.2% | 0 | 0-3 | -3.2 | 0-3-0 | -3 | 3-0 |
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| 3/29/2014 | at COLORADO | 2-3 | L | 0, -120 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 4/1/2014 | EDMONTON | 5-4 | W | 0, -315 | W | 5.5 un | O | | 4/3/2014 | LOS ANGELES | 2-1 | W | 0, -170 | W | 5 ev | U | | 4/5/2014 | NASHVILLE | 0-3 | L | 0, -270 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 4/9/2014 | at ANAHEIM | 2-5 | L | 0, -120 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 4/11/2014 | COLORADO | 5-1 | W | 0, -190 | W | 5.5 un | O | | 4/12/2014 | at PHOENIX | 3-2 | W | 0, -135 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 4/17/2014 | LOS ANGELES | 6-3 | W | 0, -135 | W | 4.5 ov | O | | 4/20/2014 | LOS ANGELES | 7-2 | W | 0, -140 | W | 5 un | O | | 4/22/2014 | at LOS ANGELES | 4-3 | W | 0, +100 | W | 5 un | O | | 4/24/2014 | at LOS ANGELES | |
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| 3/29/2014 | WINNIPEG | 4-2 | W | 0, -220 | W | 5 un | O | | 3/31/2014 | MINNESOTA | 2-3 | L | 0, -180 | L | 5 un | P | | 4/2/2014 | PHOENIX | 4-0 | W | 0, -180 | W | 5 ev | U | | 4/3/2014 | at SAN JOSE | 1-2 | L | 0, +150 | L | 5 ev | U | | 4/5/2014 | at VANCOUVER | 1-2 | L | 0, -125 | L | 5 un | U | | 4/9/2014 | at CALGARY | 3-4 | L | 0, -160 | L | 5 un | O | | 4/10/2014 | at EDMONTON | 3-0 | W | 0, -145 | W | 5 ov | U | | 4/12/2014 | ANAHEIM | 3-4 | L | 0, -125 | L | 5 ov | O | | 4/17/2014 | at SAN JOSE | 3-6 | L | 0, +115 | L | 4.5 ov | O | | 4/20/2014 | at SAN JOSE | 2-7 | L | 0, +120 | L | 5 un | O | | 4/22/2014 | SAN JOSE | 3-4 | L | 0, -120 | L | 5 un | O | | 4/24/2014 | SAN JOSE | |
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| |  | SAN JOSE: SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Preparations for the upcoming campaign started early for the San Jose Sharks when they retooled their roster before last season's trade deadline.
A strong finish last spring, followed by a playoff run that ended in Game 7 of the second round, proved to the Sharks that those changes that made the team faster and more aggressive worked.
Now they hope that new identity carries over to this season and is just the right tonic to help one of the league's top regular-season teams over the past decade take that next step and make it to the Stanley Cup for the first time in franchise history. | | LOS ANGELES:
LOS ANGELES (AP) - After the most successful two-year stretch in franchise history, the Los Angeles Kings just want to keep it going.
That's because the Kings historically aren't used to good times. The 2012 Stanley Cup champions returned to the Western Conference finals last summer, winning six total playoff rounds - twice as many as this long-struggling team had ever managed in any two-year stretch.
To stay on top, Los Angeles plans to rely on the same unflashy, workmanlike style that allowed coach Darryl Sutter's club to raise the Cup for the first time. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER NHL PLAYOFF PREVIEW (SAN JOSE-LOS ANGELES) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Updates with quotes, details. With AP Photos.)
*Sharks-Kings Preview* ======================
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer
San Jose At Los Angeles, Game Four, 10:30 p.m. EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Joe Thornton and the Sharks have been in command of many playoff series over the past decade. The San Jose captain has also seen just how easily control slips away during nine straight postseason trips without raising the Stanley Cup.
That's why the Sharks are both comfortable and concerned with a chance to finish off the reeling Los Angeles Kings in Game 4 of the first round on Thursday night.
"Don't give us a passing grade yet, because we're still taking the test," Sharks coach Todd McLellan said Wednesday after the Sharks' mellow skate at Staples Center.
After so many years of playoff disappointments, the Sharks are one win away from kicking off their latest postseason run with quite a sweeping statement.
Not even the Sharks themselves thought they could outskate, outhit and thoroughly outplay the Kings, whose own postseason credentials are unquestioned after their title run just two years ago. Kings goalie Jonathan Quick and the NHL's best defensive team have been shredded for 17 goals by the Sharks' balanced lines.
The Sharks got in position to eliminate the 2012 champs and their biggest rivals with a 4-3 victory in Game 3 on Patrick Marleau's fourth career overtime-winning goal, matching Jaromir Jagr for the most among active players.
"We're a confident group right now, and hopefully we can show that (in Game 4)," Thornton said. "(Game 3) could have gone either way. We know how close it is."
Starting with the franchise's first trip to the Western Conference finals in 2004, the Sharks have won 10 playoff series and made the conference finals three times. San Jose has missed the playoffs just once since 1997, right before Marleau joined the club.
But one more victory would clinch just the second series sweep in Sharks history, joining last season's first-round whitewash of Vancouver.
"We're coming to win and finish them in Game 4," Sharks forward Logan Couture said. "You can't give a team like the L.A. Kings any life. They're going to come to play."
The Kings regrouped after two embarrassments at the Shark Tank to open the series, playing two solid periods to open Game 3 before surrendering 23 shots and a lead in the third. Los Angeles also played well in overtime, but lost on the Sharks' first shot of extra time.
The Kings realize they'll need every bit of their playoff experience to pull off an unlikely comeback, but they didn't seem discouraged after a meeting at their training complex.
"We're going to come out and throw everything at them," Anze Kopitar said.
The Kings haven't trailed 0-3 in a playoff series since 2000, and only three teams in NHL history have rallied from that deficit to win a series. Los Angeles forwards Mike Richards and Jeff Carter were with the Flyers in 2010 - Carter was injured - when Philadelphia rallied from three games down to beat Boston.
"Three-oh is a big hole, but it's been done before," said Carter, who scored his first goal in his last six playoff games Tuesday. "You win one game and you start to get some momentum going. We have to go into their building and win two games. You have to approach it as one game. You win that one game, you put a little doubt in their mind and they know that we're coming."
The Sharks have exploited Quick's aggressive, scrambling style in the first three games, making the Stanley Cup-winning goalie look positively ordinary. San Jose's speed in the neutral zone has led to numerous quality chances, and the Sharks' passing ability and puck pursuit have made Quick pay for his gambles.
Quick's .852 save percentage is nearly the worst in the NHL playoffs, a shocker for a team with success built on defense. The Kings' top offensive players improved in Game 3, with Carter and Marian Gaborik getting their first goals of the series, but they'll likely have to do even more to earn another trip to the Shark Tank this weekend.
"You just can't look at the mountain and expect to do it all at once," Richards said. "It's a process. It's a time to be excited about the opportunity. Not many teams have done this."
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