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| 71 | LOS ANGELES | +105 | Ov 5,-105 | -110 | Ov 5,+100 | | 72 | MINNESOTA | -125 | Un 5,-115 | -110 | Un 5,-120 |
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| All Games | 37-37-0 | -16.2 | 37-37 | -16.2 | 30-30 | 2.7 | 30.8 | 2.5 | 27.1 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 15-21-0 | -10 | 15-21 | -10 | 16-11 | 2.7 | 31.4 | 2.8 | 28.1 | | Last 5 Games | 3-2-0 | +0.4 | 3-2 | +0.4 | 1-1 | 2.6 | 32.4 | 2.4 | 30.2 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 74 | 199 | 59 | 64 | 73 | 3 | 7 | 2279 | 8.7% | 234 | 44 | 18.8% | 341 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 36 | 98 | 29 | 31 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 1130 | 8.7% | 103 | 15 | 14.6% | 161 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 162 | 8.0% | 13 | 3 | 23.1% | 24 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 184 | 54 | 56 | 60 | 14 | 16 | 2008 | 9.2% | 219 | 41 | 18.7% | 298 | | Stats Against (Road Games) | | 101 | 31 | 26 | 37 | 7 | 10 | 1011 | 10.0% | 98 | 21 | 21.4% | 165 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 12 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 151 | 7.9% | 10 | 2 | 20.0% | 18 |
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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 (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 3 | 70 | 64 | 91.4% | 1 | 1-2 | -2.4 | 1-2-0 | -2 | 2-1 | | JONATHAN QUICK (All Games) | 65 | 64 | 1724 | 1581 | 91.7% | 7 | 33-31 | -13 | 33-31-0 | -13 | 26-25 | | JONATHAN QUICK (Road Games) | 30 | 30 | 838 | 762 | 90.9% | 2 | 13-17 | -8.4 | 13-17-0 | -8 | 13-8 | | JONATHAN QUICK (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 123 | 116 | 94.3% | 0 | 3-1 | +1.6 | 3-1-0 | +1 | 1-1 |
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| All Games | 43-32-0 | +3.1 | 43-32 | +3.1 | 28-36 | 2.9 | 31.1 | 2.5 | 27.5 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 21-16-0 | -4 | 21-16 | -4 | 17-15 | 3.2 | 32.5 | 2.6 | 24.9 | | Last 5 Games | 4-1-0 | +2.8 | 4-1 | +2.8 | 2-2 | 3.2 | 31.6 | 2.0 | 31.0 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 75 | 215 | 62 | 67 | 78 | 8 | 11 | 2336 | 9.2% | 226 | 35 | 15.5% | 352 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 37 | 119 | 38 | 40 | 38 | 3 | 5 | 1201 | 9.9% | 125 | 25 | 20.0% | 206 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 158 | 10.1% | 12 | 3 | 25.0% | 25 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 185 | 45 | 70 | 63 | 7 | 8 | 2061 | 9.0% | 214 | 28 | 13.1% | 319 | | Stats Against (Home Games) | | 95 | 32 | 26 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 921 | 10.3% | 108 | 12 | 11.1% | 160 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 155 | 6.5% | 15 | 2 | 13.3% | 16 |
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| NIKLAS BACKSTROM (All Games) | 19 | 14 | 452 | 401 | 88.7% | 1 | 5-9 | -4.5 | 5-9-0 | -4 | 7-5 | | NIKLAS BACKSTROM (Home Games) | 10 | 6 | 209 | 187 | 89.5% | 0 | 2-4 | -2.8 | 2-4-0 | -2 | 3-2 | | NIKLAS BACKSTROM (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 116 | 100 | 86.2% | 0 | 0-4 | -4 | 0-4-0 | -4 | 2-2 | | JOHN CURRY (All Games) | 2 | 1 | 25 | 20 | 80.0% | 0 | 0-1 | -1.5 | 0-1-0 | -2 | 1-0 | | JOHN CURRY (Home Games) | 1 | 1 | 23 | 19 | 82.6% | 0 | 0-1 | -1.5 | 0-1-0 | -2 | 1-0 | | JOHN CURRY (Last 4 Games) | 2 | 1 | 25 | 20 | 80.0% | 0 | 0-1 | -1.5 | 0-1-0 | -2 | 1-0 | | DEVAN DUBNYK (All Games) | 52 | 50 | 1464 | 1361 | 93.0% | 3 | 34-16 | +16.8 | 34-16-0 | +16 | 20-22 | | DEVAN DUBNYK (Home Games) | 25 | 24 | 662 | 610 | 92.1% | 2 | 15-9 | +1.5 | 15-9-0 | +2 | 9-11 | | DEVAN DUBNYK (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 128 | 121 | 94.5% | 0 | 4-0 | +4.2 | 4-0-0 | +4 | 2-2 | | JOSH HARDING (All Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | | JOSH HARDING (Home Games) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | | DARCY KUEMPER (All Games) | 29 | 27 | 675 | 610 | 90.4% | 2 | 13-14 | -4 | 13-14-0 | -3 | 10-14 | | DARCY KUEMPER (Home Games) | 15 | 14 | 286 | 253 | 88.5% | 2 | 8-6 | -0.8 | 8-6-0 | 0 | 7-6 | | DARCY KUEMPER (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 3 | 96 | 87 | 90.6% | 0 | 1-2 | -1.4 | 1-2-0 | -1 | 2-1 |
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| | Average power rating of opponents played: LOS ANGELES 3.09, MINNESOTA 3.11 |
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| 3/1/2015 | at WINNIPEG | 2-5 | L | 0, -120 | L | 5 ov | O | | 3/3/2015 | at EDMONTON | 5-2 | W | 0, -230 | W | 5 ev | O | | 3/5/2015 | MONTREAL | 4-3 | W | 0, -185 | W | 5 ov | O | | 3/7/2015 | PITTSBURGH | 0-1 | L | 0, -140 | L | 5 ov | U | | 3/10/2015 | at COLORADO | 5-2 | W | 0, -165 | W | 5 ov | O | | 3/12/2015 | at VANCOUVER | 4-0 | W | 0, -125 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 3/14/2015 | NASHVILLE | 1-2 | L | 0, -165 | L | 5 un | U | | 3/16/2015 | ARIZONA | 1-0 | W | 0, -375 | W | 5 ov | U | | 3/18/2015 | at ANAHEIM | 2-3 | L | 0, -115 | L | 5 ov | P | | 3/21/2015 | VANCOUVER | 1-4 | L | 0, -175 | L | 5 ov | P | | 3/23/2015 | at NEW JERSEY | 3-1 | W | 0, -165 | W | 4.5 ov | U | | 3/24/2015 | at NY RANGERS | 4-2 | W | 0, +130 | W | 5 un | O | | 3/26/2015 | at NY ISLANDERS | 3-2 | W | 0, -115 | W | 5 ov | P | | 3/28/2015 | at MINNESOTA | | | 3/30/2015 | at CHICAGO | | | 4/2/2015 | EDMONTON | | | 4/4/2015 | COLORADO | | | 4/6/2015 | at VANCOUVER | | | 4/7/2015 | at EDMONTON | |
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| 3/3/2015 | OTTAWA | 3-2 | W | 0, -190 | W | 5 ov | P | | 3/5/2015 | at WASHINGTON | 2-1 | W | 0, -115 | W | 5 ev | U | | 3/6/2015 | at CAROLINA | 3-1 | W | 0, -125 | W | 5 ev | U | | 3/8/2015 | COLORADO | 2-3 | L | 0, -225 | L | 5 ev | P | | 3/10/2015 | NEW JERSEY | 6-2 | W | 0, -215 | W | 5 un | O | | 3/13/2015 | ANAHEIM | 1-2 | L | 0, -140 | L | 5 ov | U | | 3/14/2015 | at ST LOUIS | 3-1 | W | 0, +130 | W | 5 ov | U | | 3/17/2015 | at NASHVILLE | 3-2 | W | 0, +110 | W | 5 un | P | | 3/19/2015 | WASHINGTON | 2-3 | L | 0, -150 | L | 5 un | P | | 3/21/2015 | ST LOUIS | 6-3 | W | 0, -125 | W | 5 ev | O | | 3/23/2015 | at TORONTO | 2-1 | W | 0, -230 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 3/24/2015 | at NY ISLANDERS | 2-1 | W | 0, +125 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 3/27/2015 | CALGARY | 4-2 | W | 0, -195 | W | 5 ov | O | | 3/28/2015 | LOS ANGELES | | | 4/2/2015 | NY RANGERS | | | 4/4/2015 | DETROIT | | | 4/6/2015 | WINNIPEG | | | 4/7/2015 | at CHICAGO | |
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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. | | MINNESOTA: LAST SEASON: 43-27-12, 98 points. Lost to Chicago 4-2 in Western Conference semifinals after beating Colorado 4-3 in first round.
COACH: Mike Yeo, fourth season, 104-82-26.
ADDED: LW Thomas Vanek, LW Brett Sutter, D Justin Falk, D Stu Bickel.
LOST: RW Dany Heatley, LW Matt Moulson, D Clayton Stoner, C Cody McCormick, LW Mike Rupp.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Vanek signed a three-year, $19.5 million contract with the Wild after spending his first nine NHL seasons in the Eastern Conference, primarily with Buffalo. Vanek will be counted on for a scoring boost for a team that tied for 24th in the NHL in goals per game, but with Zach Parise and former Sabres teammate Jason Pominville among the top six forwards the onus is not all on him.
OUTLOOK: After advancing past the first round for only the second time in franchise history with a dramatic upset of the Central Division champion Avalanche, the Wild are on track for more with the addition of Vanek and the development of young forwards Mikael Granlund, Charlie Coyle, Erik Haula and Nino Niederreiter. The goalie situation is the biggest concern, with Niklas Backstrom and Darcy Kuemper returning as the top two after an injury-laden season at the position that forced the Wild to give four different players 19 starts or more in the net. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER HOCKEY PREVIEW (LOS ANGELES-MINNESOTA) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Kings-Wild Preview* ====================
By JEFF BARTL STATS Senior Writer
Los Angeles (37-23-14) at Minnesota (42-25-7), 8:00 p.m. EDT
Thanks to the Minnesota Wild, the Los Angeles Kings have an opportunity to pull further ahead for the Pacific Division's final guaranteed playoff spot.
A third win over the Wild this season would do the trick.
Visiting Los Angeles looks to snap Minnesota's four-game winning streak and sweep the season series Saturday night.
The Kings (37-23-14) remained one point ahead of Calgary for third place in the Pacific after the Wild (43-25-7) defeated the Flames 4-2 on Friday. The defending Stanley Cup champions earned that position with Thursday's 3-2 win over the New York Islanders.
Anze Kopitar scored the winner with 4:23 left in the third for Los Angeles, which has won the first three of a five-game trip and is 6-0-1 in its last seven on the road.
"We didn't have the best road record coming in, but it doesn't really matter what happened," Kopitar said of the Kings, who are now 15-14-7 away from home. "We are looking ahead. We have eight games left, and we have to win a few more to get (a playoff) spot."
Rookie Nick Shore scored his first NHL goal.
"It feels good any time you score a goal, but most importantly we came out with a win," Shore said. "We are looking to keep it going in Minnesota."
Coach Darryl Sutter was impressed with the line of Shore, Dustin Brown and Trevor Lewis.
"Quality is production. That's what quality is, is production," Sutter said. "If you're playing with Brown and Lewis, we need production out of those guys. All three had a hard time with the offense part of it for quite a while now. All three of 'em, so we need them to produce for us to win hockey games. That's clear."
The Kings won the first meeting 2-1 on Oct. 19, then scored each goal in the first period of a 4-0 win Nov. 26 in Minnesota. Each of those victories came before the Wild acquired Devan Dubnyk from Arizona on Jan. 14, though.
Dubnyk has started all 33 games since joining the Wild, improving to 25-6-1 with a 1.72 goals-against average after stopping 23 shots against the Flames.
The Wild have a league-best plus-44 goal differential since Dubnyk took over in net. This would be the sixth set of back-to-back games he has started since the trade if he gets the nod against the Kings.
Minnesota, which has won six of seven, holds the Western Conference's first wild-card spot and pulled to within one point of Chicago for third place in the Central.
Thomas Vanek scored his seventh goal in the last 11 games, a stretch in which he also has four assists. Zach Parise secured the sixth 30-goal season of his career on a breakaway in the third.
"We've got a really hard schedule ahead of us, but for us we're worried about ourselves," Parise said. "We can't control the other stuff but we can control how we're playing and getting better."
Dubnyk made two starts against the Kings this season while with the Coyotes, going 1-1-0 with a 2.91 GAA.
Jonathan Quick is 6-2-1 with a 1.56 GAA over his last nine after making 25 saves against the Islanders. He hasn't started either meeting with the Wild but is 5-1-1 with a 2.06 GAA in seven career starts in Minnesota.
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| | Last Updated: 4/24/2024 11:11:47 PM EST. |
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