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Kings @ Avalanche: Reaction Thread

The Kings scored 6 goals tonight. They only scored 6 goals total in their 5 previous games combined.
There were 5 goals scored tonight at even strength and 5 scored on the power play.
The Kings shot 21% tonight. That is their highest single game shooting percentage mark of the season.
Despite all the ebb and flow caused by all the goals, it ended up being a very closely contested game in terms of puck possession. The Avs out-attempted the Kings 38-37 at 5v5. The Kings had a big edge through two but the Avs came on hard late as they tried to comeback.

(graph courtesy of extraskater)

Tyler Toffoli, Tanner Pearson and Linden Vey were all in the line-up for the first time in a while. How did the kids do tonight?
Toffoli ended up +3 in Corsi, 2 assists and attempted 5 shots on goal (3 were blocked, 2 on net). A pretty active and successful night for Toffoli.
Vey ended up +2 with no points or shots. He had the 2nd least ice time of any other King as he centered the 4th line with Trevor Lewis and Jordan Nolan.
Pearson was on the 2nd line with Mike Richards and Jeff Carter. He ended up -3 with no points or shot attempts. His line had a tough match-up as they saw most of their time against the Parenteau-O'Reilly-Duchene and started a whopping 8 shifts in the D-zone.
Anze Kopitar was by far the Kings best player tonight. In addition to logging three points, he was very active in terms of shooting the puck. He's usually a little gun shy when it comes to shooting the puck, but not tonight. Kopitar recorded 6 attempts at the net (4 on goal, 1 missed, 1 blocked).