Los Angeles Kings @ New York Islanders
Time: 4:00 Pacific
TV: Fox Sports West, MSG+, SportsNet
Enemy Reading: Lighthouse Hockey
Los Angeles Kings
Lucic-Kopitar-Brown
King-Carter-Toffoli
Gaborik-Lecavalier-Lewis
Clifford-Andreoff-Nolan
Muzzin-Doughty
Martinez-Schenn
Gravel-McNabb
Enroth
(Budaj)
Injured: Quick, Greene Scratched: Shore, Pearson, Gravel
New York Islanders
Grabovski-Tavares-Strome
Kulemin-Nielsen-Okposo
Lee-Nelson-Bailey
Martin-Cizikas-Clutterbuck
Hamonic-de Haan
Leddy-Boychuk
Strait-Hickey
Greiss
(Halak)
Injured: Boulton, Pelech
Scratched: Berube, Bernier, Zidlicky
Injured: Kelly, McQuaid Scratched: Miller
Stats & Such
(Fancy stats courtesy War on Ice)
| Team | Kings | Islanders |
| Record | 32-17-3 | 28-18-6 |
| Points | 67 | 62 |
| Division Rank | 1st | 3rd |
| Streak | Won 1 | Won 2 |
| Goals For/Game | 2.77 | 2.79 |
| Goals Against/Game | 2.29 | 2.48 |
| ES Goal % | 51.9 | 51.9 |
| ES Shot % | 54.4 | 50.5 |
| ES PDO | 99.0 | 100.0 |
| ES Corsi % | 56.2 | 51.1 |
| ES Fenwick % | 55.8 | 50.9 |
| ES Scoring Chance % | 55.2 | 50.3 |
| ES High-Danger SC % | 53.9 | 49.5 |
| Power Play % (Rank) | 23.4 (3rd) | 19.2 (12th) |
| Penalty Kill % (Rank) | 82.4 (9th) | 86.8 (2nd) |
| Starting Goalie (today) | Enroth | Greiss |
| Goalie Record | 4-3-1 | 14-6-2 |
| Save % | .931 | .929 |
| ES Save % | .946 | .938 |
Notes:
- It’s an NHL debut for Kevin Gravel!
- The Kings goals per game went from 2.69 to 2.77 after Tuesday’s contest! They’re still tenth in the league in goalscoring, but they’re a lot further ahead of 11th now.
- I’m always here to keep you updated on former #4 pick Thomas Hickey, but he actually has been a much talked-about figure lately. Last week against the Washington Capitals, Hickey delivered an elbow to Tom Wilson and followed it up with this:
tfw Tom Wilson is laying in front of you pic.twitter.com/EKqcVGGkXW
— connor (@ConIsles) February 5, 2016
Backstory: Wilson knocked out Lubomir Visnovsky out of the 2014-15 playoffs with this charging hit, and Visnovsky hasn’t played since. The justification for Hickey’s hit depends entirely on whether you’re asking someone from DC or Long Island. Or if you are still #TeamLubo.
- JF Berube is scratched 🙁
- Tanner Pearson and Nick Shore are still scratched 🙁 🙁
- (Those two had their first career goals against the Islanders. Too bad.)
- Steve Bernier is also scratched 🙁 🙁 🙁
- The Islanders have the same record the Bruins had when LA played them. (In fact, I didn’t have to change any of the top four lines of the chart below the team name, which saved me a good ten seconds.)
- PREDICTION: 9-2.