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| 17 | LOS ANGELES | -220 | Ov 5,-120 | -210 | Ov 5,-115 | | 18 | EDMONTON | +180 | Un 5,+100 | +175 | Un 5,-105 |
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| All Games | 29-33-0 | -18.6 | 29-33 | -18.6 | 26-25 | 2.7 | 31.0 | 2.6 | 27.5 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 9-20-0 | -15.1 | 9-20 | -15.1 | 13-9 | 2.5 | 31.6 | 3.1 | 28.9 | | Last 5 Games | 2-3-0 | -3 | 2-3 | -3 | 2-3 | 1.4 | 26.6 | 2.2 | 28.2 | | vs. Division | 9-10-0 | -5.5 | 9-10 | -5.5 | 8-7 | 2.9 | 32.5 | 2.5 | 26.5 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 62 | 166 | 46 | 56 | 62 | 2 | 5 | 1919 | 8.7% | 201 | 36 | 17.9% | 281 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 29 | 72 | 19 | 25 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 915 | 7.9% | 84 | 11 | 13.1% | 113 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 5.3% | 14 | 1 | 7.1% | 10 | | Team Stats (vs. Division) | 19 | 55 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 618 | 8.9% | 58 | 15 | 25.9% | 92 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 162 | 52 | 50 | 48 | 12 | 14 | 1708 | 9.5% | 188 | 37 | 19.7% | 263 | | Stats Against (Road Games) | | 89 | 29 | 23 | 31 | 6 | 10 | 837 | 10.6% | 82 | 19 | 23.2% | 143 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 141 | 7.8% | 14 | 0 | 0.0% | 18 | | Stats Against (vs. Division) | | 48 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 504 | 9.5% | 52 | 9 | 17.3% | 75 |
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| MARTIN JONES (All Games) | 13 | 10 | 276 | 251 | 90.9% | 2 | 4-6 | -3.3 | 4-6-0 | -3 | 4-5 | | MARTIN JONES (Road Games) | 7 | 6 | 168 | 153 | 91.1% | 1 | 2-4 | -1.6 | 2-4-0 | -2 | 3-3 | | MARTIN JONES (vs. Division) | 3 | 2 | 60 | 57 | 95.0% | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 1-1-0 | 0 | 1-1 | | MARTIN JONES (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 3 | 70 | 64 | 91.4% | 1 | 1-2 | -2.4 | 1-2-0 | -2 | 2-1 | | JONATHAN QUICK (All Games) | 53 | 52 | 1426 | 1303 | 91.4% | 6 | 25-27 | -15.3 | 25-27-0 | -15 | 22-20 | | JONATHAN QUICK (Road Games) | 23 | 23 | 664 | 600 | 90.4% | 2 | 7-16 | -13.5 | 7-16-0 | -13 | 10-6 | | JONATHAN QUICK (vs. Division) | 17 | 17 | 443 | 403 | 91.0% | 0 | 8-9 | -5.5 | 8-9-0 | -5 | 7-6 | | JONATHAN QUICK (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 101 | 95 | 94.1% | 1 | 2-2 | -2 | 2-2-0 | -2 | 1-3 |
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| All Games | 18-45-0 | -17 | 18-45 | -17 | 30-30 | 2.3 | 27.6 | 3.3 | 29.7 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 10-21-0 | -8.6 | 10-21 | -8.6 | 14-16 | 2.2 | 26.2 | 3.1 | 28.7 | | Last 5 Games | 2-3-0 | +1.4 | 2-3 | +1.4 | 1-4 | 1.6 | 22.6 | 2.4 | 30.4 | | vs. Division | 3-19-0 | -14.6 | 3-19 | -14.6 | 13-8 | 2.1 | 27.9 | 3.8 | 29.5 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 63 | 143 | 41 | 49 | 47 | 6 | 10 | 1737 | 8.2% | 180 | 27 | 15.0% | 233 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 31 | 68 | 16 | 27 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 812 | 8.4% | 93 | 15 | 16.1% | 106 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 113 | 7.1% | 10 | 2 | 20.0% | 13 | | Team Stats (vs. Division) | 22 | 47 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 613 | 7.7% | 66 | 9 | 13.6% | 75 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 208 | 61 | 68 | 69 | 10 | 10 | 1872 | 11.1% | 166 | 36 | 21.7% | 364 | | Stats Against (Home Games) | | 95 | 27 | 35 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 891 | 10.7% | 77 | 19 | 24.7% | 164 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 7.9% | 7 | 2 | 28.6% | 23 | | Stats Against (vs. Division) | | 83 | 22 | 26 | 32 | 3 | 4 | 648 | 12.8% | 70 | 19 | 27.1% | 146 |
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| RICHARD BACHMAN (All Games) | 1 | 0 | 27 | 23 | 85.2% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | | RICHARD BACHMAN (Home Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | | RICHARD BACHMAN (vs. Division) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | | RICHARD BACHMAN (Last 4 Games) | 1 | 0 | 27 | 23 | 85.2% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | | VIKTOR FASTH (All Games) | 26 | 24 | 682 | 606 | 88.9% | 1 | 6-18 | -7 | 6-18-0 | -6 | 11-11 | | VIKTOR FASTH (Home Games) | 8 | 6 | 194 | 172 | 88.7% | 0 | 0-6 | -6.3 | 0-6-0 | -6 | 3-3 | | VIKTOR FASTH (vs. Division) | 8 | 7 | 187 | 160 | 85.6% | 0 | 1-6 | -3.5 | 1-6-0 | -3 | 5-2 | | VIKTOR FASTH (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 115 | 102 | 88.7% | 0 | 1-3 | -0.9 | 1-3-0 | -1 | 3-1 | | BEN SCRIVENS (All Games) | 43 | 39 | 1163 | 1045 | 89.9% | 1 | 12-27 | -10 | 12-27-0 | -8 | 19-19 | | BEN SCRIVENS (Home Games) | 26 | 25 | 699 | 631 | 90.3% | 1 | 10-15 | -2.3 | 10-15-0 | -1 | 11-13 | | BEN SCRIVENS (vs. Division) | 18 | 15 | 464 | 412 | 88.8% | 0 | 2-13 | -11.2 | 2-13-0 | -10 | 8-6 | | BEN SCRIVENS (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 111 | 102 | 91.9% | 0 | 1-3 | -0.4 | 1-3-0 | 0 | 0-4 |
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| | Average power rating of opponents played: LOS ANGELES 3.05, EDMONTON 3.12 |
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| 2/5/2015 | at FLORIDA | 2-3 | L | 0, -125 | L | 5 ov | P | | 2/7/2015 | at TAMPA BAY | 4-2 | W | 0, +130 | W | 5 ov | O | | 2/9/2015 | at COLUMBUS | 4-3 | W | 0, -155 | W | 5 ov | O | | 2/12/2015 | CALGARY | 5-3 | W | 0, -160 | W | 5 ov | O | | 2/14/2015 | WASHINGTON | 3-1 | W | 0, -130 | W | 5 ov | U | | 2/16/2015 | TAMPA BAY | 3-2 | W | 0, -170 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 2/18/2015 | at COLORADO | 4-1 | W | 0, -140 | W | 5 ov | P | | 2/21/2015 | vs SAN JOSE | 2-1 | W | 0, -120 | W | 5 ov | U | | 2/24/2015 | DETROIT | 1-0 | W | 0, -220 | W | 5 ov | U | | 2/26/2015 | OTTAWA | 0-1 | L | 0, -275 | L | 5 ov | U | | 2/27/2015 | at ANAHEIM | 2-4 | L | 0, +110 | L | 5 ov | O | | 3/1/2015 | at WINNIPEG | 2-5 | L | 0, -120 | L | 5 ov | O | | 3/3/2015 | at EDMONTON | | | 3/5/2015 | MONTREAL | | | 3/7/2015 | PITTSBURGH | | | 3/10/2015 | at COLORADO | | | 3/12/2015 | at VANCOUVER | | | 3/14/2015 | NASHVILLE | |
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| 2/4/2015 | PITTSBURGH | 0-2 | L | 0, +180 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 2/7/2015 | at TORONTO | 1-5 | L | 0, +135 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 2/9/2015 | at NEW JERSEY | 2-1 | W | 0, +170 | W | 5 un | U | | 2/10/2015 | at NY ISLANDERS | 2-3 | L | 0, +260 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 2/12/2015 | at MONTREAL | 4-3 | W | 0, +210 | W | 5 ov | O | | 2/14/2015 | at OTTAWA | 2-7 | L | 0, +160 | L | 5.5 ev | O | | 2/16/2015 | at WINNIPEG | 4-5 | L | 0, +230 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 2/18/2015 | BOSTON | 4-3 | W | 0, +175 | W | 5.5 un | O | | 2/20/2015 | MINNESOTA | 0-4 | L | 0, +160 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 2/21/2015 | ANAHEIM | 1-2 | L | 0, +170 | L | 5.5 ev | U | | 2/24/2015 | at MINNESOTA | 2-1 | W | 0, +260 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 2/28/2015 | ST LOUIS | 1-2 | L | 0, +195 | L | 5 ov | U | | 3/3/2015 | LOS ANGELES | | | 3/6/2015 | at CHICAGO | | | 3/8/2015 | at CAROLINA | | | 3/9/2015 | at DETROIT | | | 3/12/2015 | at PITTSBURGH | | | 3/13/2015 | at COLUMBUS | |
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| |  | LOS ANGELES: LAST SEASON: 46-28-8, 100 points. Finished third in Pacific Division. Won the Stanley Cup.
COACH: Darryl Sutter, 4th season with Kings, 98-57-24; 15th overall in NHL.
ADDED: RW Adam Cracknell.
LOST: D Willie Mitchell, C Colin Fraser.
PLAYER TO WATCH: D Brayden McNabb. Mitchell's departure was the only significant change to the Kings' championship roster, and they hope the bruising McNabb can make the full-time NHL leap into his spot.
OUTLOOK: This tenacious, balanced team has won two of the last three Stanley Cup titles, playing a record 64 postseason games in that stretch. There's no reason to think the Kings can't contend for three crowns in four years, an NHL feat that hasn't been accomplished since Edmonton did it in 1990. | | EDMONTON: LAST SEASON: 29-44-7, 67 points, finished 14th in the Western Conference and missed the playoffs.
COACH: Dallas Eakins, second season with the Oilers, 29-44-7.
ADDED: D Mark Fayne, D Nikita Nikitin, F Benoit Pouliot, F Teddy Purcell.
LOST: D Anton Belov, C Sam Gagner, LW Ryan Smyth.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Justin Schultz: The Oilers signed the defenseman to a one-year, $3,675,000 deal on Aug. 29. Why one year? ''Justin is going to be a great player and a great Oiler. What we wanted to do as an organization is buy ourselves a little bit of time to negotiate a long-term deal,'' general manager Craig MacTavish said. ''We as an organization wanted a little more information, fully aware information can be expensive.''
OUTLOOK: Six straight years of drafting in the top 10 and stockpiling high-end young talent without showing tangible on-ice improvement tends to create skepticism. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER HOCKEY PREVIEW (LOS ANGELES-EDMONTON) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Kings-Oilers Preview* ======================
By JEFF BARTL STATS Senior Writer
Los Angeles (29-21-12) at Edmonton (18-35-10), 9:30 p.m. EDT
It isn't unusual for Los Angeles to be fighting for a playoff spot when March roles around, but it also isn't uncommon for the Kings to turn a late-season push into a deep playoff run.
The defending champions are hoping the trend continues.
Los Angeles looks to end a three-game losing streak as it concludes its road trip against the last-place Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night.
The Kings were on the outside of the Western Conference playoff picture entering March 2012 before winning the Stanley Cup as the No. 8 seed, and they needed a big run out of the Olympic break last season to secure their spot before winning three straight road Game 7s to get to the finals.
Los Angeles (29-21-12) is currently tied with Calgary for third in the Pacific Division and sits three points behind Minnesota for the West's final wild-card spot.
The Kings were shut out by Ottawa on Thursday before dropping the first two on a three-game road trip, 4-2 to Anaheim on Friday and 5-2 to Winnipeg on Sunday.
"We're in a tight race, and every game for us is a playoff game," said Jeff Carter, who scored both goals against the Jets. "We need to get our level up. We haven't been playing well enough, that's the bottom line."
The last defending champion to miss the postseason was Carolina in 2006-07. The Kings traded for Carter three years ago and Marian Gaborik last year prior to the deadline before winning the Cup, and they're hoping they boosted their chances this season by acquiring defenseman Andrej Sekera from the Hurricanes on Wednesday.
"The toughest challenge in the National Hockey League now is not winning the Stanley Cup - it's making the playoffs," coach Darryl Sutter said. "If we were in first place, I'd still be saying that. That's a good thing, because that's like talking about Edmonton. I thought Edmonton would be one of the teams we'd be fighting with this year to make the playoffs."
Instead, the Oilers (18-35-10) have the fewest wins in the NHL and are heading toward another draft lottery. They've scored three times while dropping three of four, most recently falling 2-1 to St. Louis on Saturday.
Edmonton began picking up draft picks Jan. 2 when it dealt David Perron to Pittsburgh for a first-rounder. It then traded defenseman Jeff Petry to Montreal for second- and fifth-round selections prior to Monday's deadline.
"As well as Jeff played all year, we can't lose sight of the big picture here," general manager Craig MacTavish said. "We can't lose sight of the fact that we're the 29th team in the league and we have to handle our assets appropriately."
Carter and Tyler Toffoli had a goal and an assist apiece while Jonathan Quick made 31 saves in a 6-1 win over the Oilers on Oct. 14. Edmonton then ended a seven-game skid against Los Angeles with a 3-2 shootout victory Dec. 30.
Quick is 7-0-2 with a 1.19 goals-against average in his last nine against the Oilers, but he was pulled prior to the third period after allowing four goals against Winnipeg.
Former King Ben Scrivens made 23 saves against the Blues and is 1-2-0 with a 1.69 GAA while starting the last three for Edmonton.
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