Los Angeles Kings @ Colorado Avalanche
Time: 6:00 Pacific
TV: NBCSN
Enemy Reading: Mile High Hockey
Los Angeles Kings
Lucic-Kopitar-Toffoli
Pearson-Shore-Gaborik
King-Lewis-Brown
Mersch-Andreoff-Nolan
McNabb-Doughty
Muzzin-Martinezy
Ehrhoff-McBain
Enroth
(Quick)
Scratched: Weal, Forbort Injured: Carter, Clifford, Greene
Colorado Avalanche
Martinsen-MacKinnon-Duchene
Tanguay-Grigorenko-Iginla
Landeskog-Soderberg-Comeau
McLeod-Mitchell-Skille
Beauchemin-Johnson
Holden-Barrie
Gormley-Redmond
Varlamov
(Pickard)
Stats & Such
(Fancy stats courtesy War on Ice)
| Team | Kings | Avalanche |
| Record | 25-11-2 | 18-18-3 |
| Points | 52 | 39 |
| Division Rank | 1st | 6th |
| Streak | Won 5 | Lost 2 |
| Goals For/Game | 2.68 | 2.69 |
| Goals Against/Game | 2.16 | 2.23 |
| ES Goal % | 53.5 | 50.0 |
| ES Shot % | 54.0 | 46.5 |
| ES PDO | 99.9 | 101.1 |
| ES Corsi % | 56.0 | 43.8 |
| ES Fenwick % | 55.5 | 45.6 |
| ES Scoring Chance % | 55.4 | 44.5 |
| ES High-Danger SC % | 52.8 | 44.7 |
| Power Play % (Rank) | 20.2 (9th) | 20.3 (8th) |
| Penalty Kill % (Rank) | 83.2 (7th) | 80.0 (14th) |
| Starting Goalie (tonight) | Enroth | Varlamov |
| Goalie Record | 3-2-1 | 12-10-3 |
| Save % | .939 | .911 |
| ES Save % | .944 | .919 |
Notes
- The Avalanche are a terrible team, yet sit eighth in the Western Conference largely due to the Pacific Division being a complete turd.
- Before Christmas, they were on a six-game winning streak. I have no idea where they are now.
- They lost badly to the Flames, though! There is that…
- Jarome Iginla is one goal shy of 600. He’s #1 on the Kings Killer list so it seems inevitable that he’ll score tonight.
- The Kings are on a five-game winning streak and have largely held their annual winter blues at bay by posting a .500 or better December record for only the 10th time in franchise history.
- After giving up eight goals during this 5-game win streak, Jonathan Quick will get a well-earned rest tonight.
- Let’s hope Jhonas Enroth hasn’t quite returned to earth and he can stop the Avs’ best (and worst) shooters.