Let’s try this hockey thing again.
Here’s a motivating fact:
Forgot this nugget: #Sabres are 0-5-1 in last six at Staples Center. Haven’t beaten #LAKings here in nearly 15 years — a 5-1 win on Oct. 23, 2003. Yeesh.
— Mike Harrington (@ByMHarrington) October 20, 2018
Just the Facts
| Los Angeles Kings | Stats | Dallas Stars |
|---|---|---|
| 2-5-1 (5 pts) | Record | 3-4-0 (6 pts) |
| 10.7% | Power Play % | 33.3% |
| 71.4% | Penalty Kill % | 80.0% |
| 1.88 | Goals For/Game | 2.70 |
| 3.50 | Goals Against/Game | 3.00 |
| 27.3 | Shots For/Game | 34.4 |
| 31.9 | Shots Against/Game | 30.3 |
| Iafallo (7) | Points Leader | Radulov, Seguin (10) |
| Iafallo, Kopitar, 3 more (2) | Goals Leader | Radulov, Benn, Klingberg (4) |
| Iafallo (5) | Assists Leader | Seguin (7) |
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The Opposition: Die By The Blade
Lineups
Los Angeles Kings
#LAKings showing forward groups of
Iafallo-Kopitar-Toffoli
Kovalchuk-Carter-Rempal
Wagner-Kempe-Lewis
Clifford-Thompson-Amadio
Pearson-JADToffoli not in blue AGAIN, @JoshuaCooper
— Jon Rosen (@lakingsinsider) October 19, 2018
Unless something else happens, it looks like Tanner Pearson might be out of this one. Yikes.
UPDATE: Pearson gets a reprieve. Mike Amadio and Jaret Anderson-Dolan are your scratches up front; Paul LaDue is out on the blue line.
#LAKings showing
Iafallo-Kopitar-Toffoli
Kovalchuk-Carter-Rempal
Wagner-Kempe-Lewis
Pearson-Thompson-CliffordForbort-Doughty
Muzzin-Martinez
Phaneuf-FantenbergQuick
Pearson remains in. Will play in his 170th consecutive game.
— Jon Rosen (@lakingsinsider) October 20, 2018
Buffalo Sabres
New #Sabres lines this afternoon in LA:
Skinner-Eichel-Pominville
Rodrigues-Mittelstadt-Okposo
Sheary-Sobotka-Reinhart
Girgensons-Larsson-Berglund
Thompson extraMcCabe-Ristolainen
Scandella-Nelson
Elie skating with Dahlin
Beaulieu, Bogosian absent— Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) October 19, 2018
Backup goaltender Linus Ullmark gets his second start of the season tonight for the Sabres.