Preview: Game Day #77, Oilers @ Kings
The top six, top pair, and goalie are the same. That's pretty much it.
Edmonton Oilers @ Los Angeles Kings (Staples Center)
Time: 7:30 PM PST
TV: Fox Sports West, SportsNet West
Enemy Reading: Copper & Blue
Lineups:
Los Angeles Kings
Gaborik–Kopitar–Williams
King–Carter–Toffoli
Brown–Stoll–Lewis
Clifford–Shore–Nolan
Muzzin–Doughty
Regehr–Martinez
McNabb–Greene
Quick
(Jones)
Scratched: Richards, McBain, Andreoff; Injured: Pearson, Sekera; Suspended: Voynov
Edmonton Oilers
Pouliot–Nugent-Hopkins–Eberle
Purcell–Roy–Yakupov
Hall–Lander–Miller
Gazdic–Hendricks–Klinkhammer
Klefbom–Schultz
Marincin–Nikitin
Davidson–Aulie
Scrivens
(Bunz)
Scratched: Fraser; Injured: Fasth, Ference, Fayne, Pakarinen, Gordon
(top three seeds in Pacific Division, top two seeds in Wild Card qualify for playoffs)
Game Notes:
- Mike Richards is scratched.
- Andrej Sekera is injured.
- Jarret Stoll is healthy.
- Brayden McNabb is... now in!
- Nick Shore is... still in!
- The Avs are done.
- The Stars are basically done.
- The Sharks might be done.
- Edmonton's got a new backup goalie, as of yesterday's call-up.
- His name is Tyler Bunz.
- Jordan Eberle leads Edmonton with 61 points.
- Anze Kopitar leads LA with 60 points.
- Dustin Byfuglien got suspended for four of Winnipeg's last five games.
- LA is back in a playoff spot, ahead of Winnipeg, with a win.
- The Kings have to win. HAVE TO.
- PREDICTION: The Kings win.
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