Before the season started, I said I thought the Kings needed to score 250 goals in order to make the playoffs. The Kings are almost exactly on course to reach the 250 plateau. The last time I looked at the numbers was around game 18. Since then, it’s interesting to note that Kopitar has scored but one measly goal. He was projecting to around 70 goals; now he’s projecting to 35. Interestingly, the projected underage from Moller, Lewis and Purcell (-20) has been made up by Parse and Richardson (+20). The combined projected underages of Williams, Brown and Frolov (-27) is canceled out by the combined overages of Jones, Doughty, Stoll and Simmonds (+29).
Goals36 = goals after 36 games.
Target36 = target prorated to 36 games.
Target82 = original target for full season.