Part two, as promised. Part One (and definitions) are here. QoT is quality of teammates, using the same methodology as quality of competition. Goals, first assists, second assists and points are 5on5, per 60 minutes of 5on5 ice-time.

Columns are sortable. Click on the column headers.

Nobody said they were actors. And they should have had Bobby Orr. Still, I get goosebumps.

Here is some sortable chart fun. I started with www.behindthenet.ca's numbers for 2008-present, whittled them down to Kings players who played more than 10 games, and then crammed in as many columns as I could fit. I'm saving goals-scored and assists, and quality of teammates (QUALTEAM) for a follow-up post. Some definitions:

• TOI/60 -- 5on5 time on ice, per 60 minutes of team 5on5 time.
• CSI -- CORSI; Corsi is a plus/minus of "shot events." A shot event is any shot taken, whether it becomes a shot on goal, a blocked shot, or a missed shot. A player's Corsi is the number of shot events by his team, minus the shot events by his opponent, while that player is on the ice.
• QoC -- quality of competition (aka QUALCOMP). Qualcomp measures the strength of the opponents a given player faces on the ice, using relative plus/minus as the gauge.
• Relative plus/minus -- a player's plus/minus relative to the plus/minus of his team when the player is off ice.
• Corsi-relative -- A player's Corsi relative to the Corsi of his team when the player is off ice.
• CSIrelQoC -- Quality of competition calculated using Corsi-relative (not plus/minus) to evaluate competition.
• CsiQoC -- Quality of competition calculated using Corsi (not plus/minus, not Corsi-relative) to evaluate competition.
• PDO -- the sum of a player's on-ice team shooting percentage and on-ice team save percentage. That is, how the team shoots when the player is on the ice, and how the goalie plays when the player is on the ice.
• Ptak/60, Pdrw/60 -- Penalties taken/drawn per 60 minutes of ice-time.
• Ozst% -- 5on5 Offensive zone starts. Higher number means the player is on the ice for more offensive zone face-offs. Defensive specialists get low numbers here.
• GON/60 -- goals on-ice for per 60 minutes of 5on5 ice-time.
• GAON/60 -- goals-against on-ice or per 60 minutes of 5on5 ice-time.
• +-/60 -- plus/minus per 60 minutes of 5on5 ice-time.

The last two trade deadlines have been a mixed bag for Dean Lombardi. I think some of you probably would call them unmitigated failures. Jeff Halpern (2010 deadline acquisition) sucked, that's true. And it doesn't help that we gave up Teddy Purcell to get him, only to see Purcell thrive in Tampa Bay last season. Last year's model, Dustin Penner, was good for a couple of games before Justin Williams and then Anze Kopitar went down with injuries, after which Penner all but disappeared. Fredrik Modin, though, was good in his few short weeks as a King back in 2010. And Penner has shown flashes of excellence (and comic brilliance) lately. So, I'm sticking with my "mixed bag" verdict.

Two years ago, the idea was to bring in depth. Last year, it was to add goals. And here we are again, with scoring once again at the top of the trade deadline wish list. A top-six left-winger. How many times have we heard that?

Simon Gagne was supposed to address this, as was Scott Parse, but they're both out, and I presume neither one is coming back this season. That means the Kings' depth at left wing starts with Penner and ends with Kyle Clifford, with nothing in between. We went through this in some detail before Terry Murray was fired, and I said something to the effect of "is there any point in pulling off a blockbuster for a player like Zach Parise if he's just going to flounder like everyone else in Terry Murray's system?"

Well, Murray is no more. He has ceased to be. And now the question is, what's Lombardi's next move? Is it:

1. Stand pat, with the expectation that the team has the tools it needs to be successful?
2. Make a depth trade, a minor deal or two for role players or veterans?
3. Bring in a legitimate but aging (or hobbled) top-six forward who is maybe past his prime or else recovering from recent surgery and therefore doesn't cost Lombardi much?
4. Bring in an elite sniper, possibly at significant cost?

Traditions to be observed for good luck in the lunar new year:

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Do you know what this means? RELENTLESS HAPPY SUNSHINE ENERGY.

And pork dumplings. Gotta have those too.

Since we last howled about the refs against the Ottawa Senators...

IN: Kyle "Outta Phoenix" Turris, Alex Auld, Zenon Konopka, Erik Condra, Mark Parrish, Mike McKenna

OUT: Cody Bass, Jason Bailey, Ryan Potulny, Andre Benoit, Curtis McElhinney, David Hale, Derek Smith, Marek Svatos, Michal Barinka, Mike Brodeur, Pascal Leclaire, Ryan Keller, Ryan Shannon, Lee Sweatt

Futher reading: Silver Seven

As we enter the last game before the break, let's see which players stand out for the Kings so far:

Facing the toughest opponents (forwards): Anze Kopitar, Mike Richards, Dustin Brown

Facing the toughest opponents (defensemen): Drew Doughty, Rob Scuderi

Best shot differential (forwards): Justin Williams, Anze Kopitar, Brad Richardson

Best shot differential (defensemen): Alec Martinez, Drew Doughty

[Behind the Net]

Let's give it up for the guys in bold. It's harder to win the territorial battles when you're up against the best.

Now go get 'em.

Lineup change, and one before the break " LA Kings Insider
SUTTER: "I look at it as tonight is Game 50 [...]. Tomorrow will be a harder day for the players than today is. Tonight is Game 50, and where are you? How does that mathematically equate to, say, where you were last year at this point? Or what it’s going to take it set it up for those last 32, what you’re going to have to have. Whatever that number is going to be, in terms of being a playoff team, we’re a team that’s going to finish 50 (games) tonight. Then you should be able to sort of figure what you have to have.’’

I was going to do this over the break, but Coach Sutter has set it up too well. I can't resist.

How does that mathematically equate to where you were last year at this point?

• The Kings currently have 56 points after 49 games, which is 3 points ahead of last year's pace.
• Last year, the Kings had 55 points after 50 games (i.e. they won game 50). So even if the Kings lose tonight to the Sens, they will be ahead of last year's pace (by a point).
• Last season, the Kings had just completed their nearly season-crushing 2-10-0 streak (games 36-47) and were two games into their massive season-saving hot streak, which saw them go 20-4-5, getting them to 94 points after game 76. Then Kopitar broke his foot and, well, you know the rest.
• Sutter didn't ask about how this season stacks up against seasons previous to last year, but here's a chart anyway.

What it's going to take it set it up for those last 32?

Back on December 19, I wrote this:

98 points: what the Kings need, when the Kings need it - Jewels From The Crown

The Kings have 50 games left, 32 points. Let's pretend the playoff threshold will be 98 points. Could be a couple of points less, but counting on that would be foolhardy. So let's go with 98: the Kings need 66 points in their final 50 games. That's a .660 point-percentage the rest of the way. Last season, when their rock-bottom was in the middle of January, the Kings needed to go approximately .700 the rest of the way, and they did it, finishing on a 22-8-5 tear. This year, it's not as steep a climb, but it's longer (since we crapped out earlier - yay?). To get to 98, the Kings would need some version of 33-17-0. If you want to throw in the statistically-likely number of OT/SOLs, make it 31-15-4.

That's doable. Especially for a team that's supposed to be one of the best in the Conference.

I broke the games down into blocks of (usually) six or seven games, with an eye toward making the breaks as natural as possible (i.e. the beginning of a road-trip or home-stand). The green line is the All-Star break. The red line is the trade deadline. In general, the Kings need to win 4 for every 2 they lose.

R is days of rest. Hr is hours between games. TP is total points. P is points needed for that block of games. Rec is record.

As you can see, I targeted 57 points through game 50. Which means we're one point away with one game left. So far so good.

One day he'll hit puberty and sound like Edward James Olmos.

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