Preview, Game Day #72: Los Angeles Kings @ Nashville Predators
Feels a little less meaningful. Still meaningful.
Los Angeles Kings @ Nashville Predators
Time: 5:00 Pacific
TV: Fox Sports West, MSG
Enemy Reading: On the Forecheck
Los Angeles Kings
Lucic - Kopitar - Toffoli
Clifford - Carter - Brown
Pearson - Lecavalier - Lewis
King - Shore - Andreoff
Scuderi - Doughty
Muzzin - Martinez
McNabb - Schenn
Quick
(Enroth)
Injured: Gaborik, Greene, Nolan, Versteeg Scratched: McBain
Nashville Predators
Jarnkrok - Johansen - Neal
Forsberg - Ribeiro - Smith
Salomaki - Fisher - Arvidsson
Wilson - Sissons - Nystrom
Josi - Weber
Jackman - Ellis
Ekholm - Granberg
Rinne
(Hutton)
Stats & Such
(Fancy stats courtesy War on Ice)
| Team | Kings | Predators |
| Record | 44-22-5 | 36-23-13 |
| Points | 93 | 85 |
| Division Rank | 1st | 4th |
| Streak | Won 4 | Lost 1 |
| Goals For/Game | 2.72 | 2.74 |
| Goals Against/Game | 2.22 | 2.57 |
| ES Goal % | 54.8 | 51.7 |
| ES Shot % | 54.6 | 52.7 |
| ES PDO | 99.7 | 100.1 |
| ES Corsi % | 55.9 | 52.6 |
| ES Fenwick % | 55.8 | 53.5 |
| ES Scoring Chance % | 54.2 | 53.5 |
| ES High-Danger SC % | 54.3 | 55.2 |
| Power Play % (Rank) | 21.1 (7th) | 19.6 (10th) |
| Penalty Kill % (Rank) | 81.5 (14th) | 80.6 (20th) |
| Starting Goalie (today) | Quick | Rinne |
| Goalie Record | 37-17-4 | 29-19-10 |
| Save % | .921 | .910 |
| ES Save % | .932 | .924 |
Notes:
- The Kings are missing Kris Versteeg, who took a shot off the top of his foot on Saturday. (He's listed as day-to-day. Aren't we all?)
- Despite the absence of Versteeg, the Kings are icing an extremely similar lineup. Only changes: Toffoli takes Versteeg's place on the first line, while Andy Andreoff slots in on the vacated right wing spot next to Nick Shore.
- It goes without saying that the Kings, whatever the line combination, have played well as of late. The Boston game was a bit of a grind, but not an unexpected one, and they preceded it with a big comeback win and two road dismantlements of Central contenders.
- Over the last month, though, the Predators have been quite good themselves. Since losing 2-1 to LA in overtime on February 20, Nashville is 9-2-2 despite playing ten of their thirteen games on the road. That 2-1 loss was at Bridgestone Arena, though!
- PREDICTION: Kings 3, Predators 2 (OT). Nick Shore with the winner off Barret Jackman's skate.
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