GDT: Game #41 : Kings vs. Coyotes - Thursday, 1/5/’12 @ 7:30 pm PST

[Puck U]

GAME #41 : Los Angeles KINGS vs. Phoenix COYOTES MATCHUP vs. LOS ANGELES KINGS PHOENIX COYOTES (40 gp : 19-14-7 = 45 pts) (40 gp : 19-17-4 = 42 pts) 2nd Pacific / 8th West / 13th NHL 4th Pacific / 11th West / 21st NHL Lost OT 1 STREAK Lost 1 56.3 % WINNING PCT. 52.5 % 11-9-2 @ Home HOME/AWAY 12-9-1 @ Away 6-1-3 LAST 10 4-5-1 2.10g = 30th GOALS PER GAME 2.52g = 22nd 2.20g = 4th GOALS AGAINST 2.62g = 10th -5 GOAL DIFFERENTIAL -4 13.9% = 25th POWER PLAY PCT. 13.5% = 28th 88.4% = 2nd PENALTY KILL PCT. 83.6% = 11th 51.4% FACE-OFF WIN PCT. 49.7% Game Time: Thursday Jan./5th/2012 7:30 PM PST Location: Staples Center - Los Angeles, CA. USA TV Broadcast: FOXSPORTS WEST (HD) : FS-A Plus (HD) : NHLN-CA (HD) : NHL CenterIce * (check your local area listings, black-out restrictions may apply) Radio Broadcast : LA Kings.com Radio Player /or KTLK 1150 AM On-Line Link Note : * (Kings Radio Pre-Game w/ Nick Nickson & Daryl Evans on 30 min before game time, and Kings Talk on after every Home Game) FREE Online Video Streams: FirstRowSports.TV : myp2p.eu : SportLEMON.tv : ************* : AtdheNet.TV : atdhe.tv : LiveStreamHunter.tv : hockeywebcasts.com : Yahoo Online Stream : HockeyStreams.com {Pay-Site} * (links to online feeds provided but not guaranteed to always be active or working.) = - = Game Not Started = - = Scoreboards: NHL : CBS : Yahoo : TSN.ca : ESPN

Can KINGS make road kill of COYOTES and regain top spot in the Pacific ?

POSSIBLE ROSTER MATCH UPS LOS ANGELES KINGS PHOENIX COYOTES Forwards Forwards #10 Mike Richards - #11 Anze Kopitar ‘A’ - #23 Dustin Brown ‘C’ #89 Mikkel Boedker - #22 Daymond Langkow - #19 Shane Doan ‘C’ #25 Dustin Penner - #28 Jarret Stoll - #14 Justin Williams #13 Ray Whitney - #26 Cal O‘Reilly - #17 Radim Vrbata #15 Brad Richardson - #48 Andrei Loktionov - #22 Trevor Lewis #18 Patrick O’Sullivan - #24 Kyle Chipchura - #28 Lauri Korpikoski #13 Kyle Clifford - #24 Colin Fraser - #47 Trent Hunter #12 Paul Bissonnette - #43 Marc Antoine-Pouloit - #14 Taylor Pyatt {scratched} #19 Kevin Westgarth, #48 Andrei Loktionov {scratched} #37 Raffi Torres Defense Defense #7 Rob Scuderi - #8 Drew Doughty #3 Keith Yandle ‘A’ - #6 David Schlemko #33 Willie Mitchell - #27 Alec Martinez #23 Oliver Ekman-Larsson - #33 Adrian Aucoin #3 Jack Johnson - #2 Matt Greene‘A’ #16 Rostislav Klesla - #32 Michael Rozsival {scratched} #44 Davis Drewiske, #27 Slava Voynov {scratched} #2 David Rundblad, #53 Derek Morris Goaltending Goaltending #32 Jonathan Quick {expected starter} #41 Mike Smith {expected starter} #45 Jonathan Bernier #1 Jason LaBarbera

GO !!! KINGS !!! GO !!! . . . GO !!! KINGS !!! GO !!! . . . GO !!! KINGS !!! GO !!! . . .

KINGS ROYAL REPORT: Injury Updates, Stats, News & Notes LOS ANGELES KINGS : - #21 Scott Parse (LW), On LT-IR w/ Lower-body injury, will have season-ending surgery on both hips in the near future. - #12 Simon Gagne (LW), On IR w/ Upper-Body Injury (concussion), out indefinitely. - #27 Slava Voynov (D), Day-toDay w/ Upper-Body Injury (bruised & banged up), will sit out another game to rest up. Current man games lost due to injury: 72 PHOENIX COYOTES : - #44 Kurt Sauer (D), On LT-IR w/ Post-concussion symptoms, Out indefinitely expected to miss the entire Season. - #11 Martin Hanzal (C), On IR w/ Upper-Body injury (Facial Laceration), Day-to-Day, OUT for Thursday's game against Los Angeles. - #15 Boyd Gordon (C), On IR w/ Lower-Body injury, Day-to-Day. - #37 Raffi Torres (LW), NHL SUSPENSION for 2 games, OUT for Thursday's game against Los Angeles. Current man games lost due to injury: 66 NHL.com Standings :DIVISION : CONFERENCE : LEAGUE NHL.com Team Stats: LOS ANGELES KINGS : PHOENIX COYOTES ESPN Team Stats : LOS ANGELES KINGS : PHOENIX COYOTES FOX Spots - GAME TRAX : http://msn.foxsports.com/nhl/gameTrax?gameId=2012010508 FOX Spots - Head to Head Team Results : http://msn.foxsports.com/nhl/headToH...Id=2012010508& TSN.ca ( Game Day ) : http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/scores/gameday/?hubname=nhl-kings The Hockey News, FORECASTER - Tale Of The Tape : http://forecaster.thehockeynews.com/...ey/tott.cgi?LA LAKings.com e-Media Guide 2011-12 : http://kings.nhl.com/v2/ext/publicat...mediaguide.pdf L.A. Kings Home Page's : LA Times : Daily News : CBS Spotsline : TSN : Yahoo : ESPN Clubhouse : The Fourth Period : The Hockey News Magazine LAKings.com News (Loud & Clear, Hickey and Zatkoff Named AHL All-Stars) : http://kings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=609958 LAKings.com News (Monarchs, Hickey and Zatkoff Named AHL All-Stars) : http://kings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=609958 LAKings.com News (Monarchs, Zatkoff Named Reebok/AHL Goaltender Of The Month) : http://kings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=609954 LAKings.com News (Off The Post: HAPPY NEW YEAR'S !!! Edition) : http://kings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=608906 LAKings.com News (Off The Post: HAPPY NEW YEAR'S !!! Edition) : http://kings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=608906 LAKings.com News (Kings place Gagne on IR) : http://kings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=608504 LAKings.com News (Mike Richards activated) : http://kings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=607800 LAKings.com News (Kings Hire Darryl Sutter as Head Coach) : http://kings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=607323 LAKings.com News (Moreau Joins Manchester Monarchs) : http://kings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=606808 LAKings.com News (Manchester Monarchs take over 1st Place) : http://kings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=606614 LAKings.com News (LA Kings Ice Crew Calendar Release 2011-12) : http://kings.nhl.com/club/page.htm?i...DL|LAK|IceCrew LA Kings: In The Media (The Hub for ALL the Latest News & Media about Our LA KINGS) : http://lakings.tumblr.com/ NHL.com News (Quick Named NHL Star of the Week) : http://kings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=609388 NHL.com News (NHL approves 4-conference realignment) : http://kings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=604903 NHL.com News (NHL 2011-12 ALL-STAR Ballot VOTING) : http://vote.nhl.com/:b=ie9/?intcmpid...banner#/ballot TSN.ca (Power Rankings Week 14 - Jan 3, Kings #16 (25th last week)) : http://tsn.ca/fantasy_news/rankings/nhl/ ESPN.com (Power Rankings Week 14 - Jan 2, Kings #15 (22nd last week)) : http://espn.go.com/nhl/powerrankings ESPN.com (Melrose On Sutter's Arrival In L.A.) : http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=7374354 ESPN.com (Kings seem misguided in hiring Sutter) : http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/73...ed-calculation FOXSpots.com: (Power Rankings Week 12 - Dec 26, Kings #20 (22nd last week)) : http://msn.foxsports.com/nhl/powerRankings LATimes.com (Darryl Sutter is ready to make some noise with the Kings) : http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-...,625592.column LAKings.com RECAP of Last Game, vs. COLORADO AVALANCHE : http://kings.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020573 LAKings.com Post-Game BoxScore : AVALANCHE = 2 : KINGS = 1 http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreport...2/GS020573.HTM [B]LAKings.com Post-Game Summary/Notes : http://kings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=609912 Kings Talk Radio Replay (Jan. 2nd vs. AVALANCHE) : http://kings.nhl.com/club/podcastplayer.htm?pid=59 LAKings.com Pre-Game Notes vs. PHOENIX COYOTES, File : http://kings.nhl.com/v2/ext/news/gam...05-12vsPHX.pdf *(PDF file, printable & packed full of Info!) LAKings.com Game Preview Link : http://kings.nhl.com/club/preview.htm?id=2011020591 LAKings.com Notebook (Jan 4 : Bernie Nicholls invited by Darryl Sutter to contribute in practice) : http://kings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=609942 LAKings.com Notebook (Jan 3 : Loud and Clear, Kings 4-0-3 start under Sutter is making noise) : http://kings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=609695 LAKings.com Notebook (Dec 28 : Road trip becomes family affair) : http://kings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=608556 LAKings.com Notebook (Dec 21 : Sutter Takes on His First Practice) : http://kings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=607659 LAKings.com Notebook (Dec 20 : Lombardi Gets His Man) : http://kings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=607461 L.A. Kings (Official Twitter) : https://twitter.com/LAKings L.A. Kings (Official FaceBook) : http://www.facebook.com/LAKings TSN.ca ( ICECHIPS ) : http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/icechips/ PHOENIX COYOTES: Official NHL Website : HF Coyotes Board GDT Coyotes.com (Official Twitter) : http://twitter.com/phoenixcoyotes Coyotes.com (Official Game Day Twitter) : http://twitter.com/coyotesgameday Coyotes.com (FaceBook) : http://www.facebook.com/thephoenixcoyotes Arizona Republic Newspaper, Coyotes Page : AZCentral.com - Jim Gintonio Coyotes Blog : Coyotes .com - The Desert Dog Blog w/ Jim Vest

KINGS look to make Road-Kill out of COYOTES again and keep Winning

COACH & PLAYER QUOTES Originally Posted by Forward & Alternate Captain ANZE KOPITAR, on GAME : "The goalies were on their game tonight. We had some chances and we didn’t bear down on them. It came back to bite us. (on how the Kings can improve the power play…) I don’t know. I wish I knew right now. We’ve got to keep working on it and keep practicing on it. We’re going to break through. That’s our mindset right now, and we’ve got to keep on pushing for that. (on strong puck possession…) We’ve done that, for the most part, since Darryl got here, because he really encourages that. holding onto pucks and everything. We had a few good shifts. We had some scoring chances. We just couldn’t bury them. We had a bunch of 2-on-1s. I had a chance in overtime and I don’t know why I didn’t shoot it, but I should have put it on net, and something could happen on that. The chances are there. We just have to bear down on them. (on Varlamov’s strong game…) Yeah. Even the power-play save he made on Jack (Johnson) there. I want to say, 70 percent of the time, that’s a tap-in goal. Again, we’ve got to keep on working on it and get better at it." Originally Posted by Defenseman ROB SCUDERI, on Team : "(on the Brown, Richards, Kopitar line…) All three of them are good hockey players. Sometimes guys don’t mix as far as chemistry goes, but all three of those guys are just what I would call good hockey players. They move the space, they work well together and they understand the offensive zone and where we should always have a guy. I’m not surprised they connected for a nice goal. (on the upcoming games…) We’ve got a lot of conference games here coming up. If we want to climb the standings, which we do, then we’ve got to get these points all the way up to the All-Star break. I don’t remember how many conference games it is, but it’s a heavy, heavy amount. If we want to climb the standings and set ourselves up well after the All-Star break, then we’ve got to pile up some wins." Originally Posted by Head coach DARRYL SUTTER, on S/O LOSS : "(on whether he thought the Kings let up in the third period…) No, not at all. They’re not machines. I thought we played hard. Five (games) in eight nights. We played hard. Quite honestly, the second period, we stopped shooting. We played our game. We just stopped shooting the puck in the second. We played hard. That’s a pretty simple way of putting it. (on whether the Kings deserved a better fate…) I don’t know. When you get the opportunities, we start trying to make that little play across the net and those sort of things, in the second period, instead of putting it to the net and getting to the net. I like the percentages better when the goalie has to make the save. I don’t even know how I’d say it. We deserved a point. (on the no-goal call in the first period…) I disagree with the way we handle that. I think every puck that goes in the net, unless the whistle went, should be called a goal, and because of what we have in Toronto, then they should rule from there. You look at what we talk about, with goal scoring and offense in the league, that’s what I believe. Every puck that goes in the net, unless there’s a whistle or the act of blowing a whistle, should be a goal, and then they can rule it that way. To me, it makes more sense that way. Hey, we can critique it and look at the replay and say, `It’s a goal,’ but it shouldn’t be left to (being) inconclusive, and then the call on the ice stands. It should be the other way. That’s how I see it. (on the Kings not losing in regulation under him…) We’re just trying to battle and get everybody to play hard. Even on the tying goal they scored, Cliffy makes a mistake along the wall. It’s one of those things where you’re just trying to get him to do it right, over and over and over. You just learn from it. I don’t look three or four games back or anything like that, or ahead. I just keep it real even in there." * ( see for more details and other game day news, notes & quotes.)

LET'S GO KINGS !!!

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[kingsholygrail]

Go Kings! Moar points!

[Telos]

Big game. It's a 4 point game, need to come out with all guns blazing. GO KINGS!

[Holden Caulfield]

You are late today Puck. Shame on you and your whole family...

[Buddy The Elf]

Originally Posted by Puck U

There is that girl again.. she gets me every time!

[Quattro]

Originally Posted by Telos

Big game. It's a 4 point game, need to come out with all guns blazing. GO KINGS!

LMAO - has anyone here ever proclaimed a game "relatively meaningless" or "not too important in the grand scheme" beforehand? I think we get a "big game" before every single game of the season.

[Buddy The Elf]

Originally Posted by Quattro

LMAO - has anyone here ever proclaimed a game "relatively meaningless" or "not too important in the grand scheme" beforehand? I think we get a "big game" before every single game of the season.

Preseason games are semi-big games. They are like having a chubby. You aren't all the way there, just kinda starting to get there.

[MN14]

Just win, baby.

[Telos]

Originally Posted by Quattro

LMAO - has anyone here ever proclaimed a game "relatively meaningless" or "not too important in the grand scheme" beforehand? I think we get a "big game" before every single game of the season.

I don't care about giving a point to the Jets, but I do against the Coyotes. Divisional opponents are obviously more important, not that any night's 2 points aren't important, stopping the other team becomes most important when facing divisional opponents.

[The Dingo]

I am going to replace Shane Doans' stick with an Acme stick.

I am then going to secretly replace Dave Tippett's coffee with Folger's crystals.

[The Big Giant Head]

Tonight's my sons first ever kings game, got great seats so he can really enjoy it! Pleeease win tonight! If not, at least score 1 goal so he has something to cheer about.

Go kings!!

[KingsKnight]

Score at least 3 please

speaking of which...has anyone scored a hat trick yet this season? I think we're due for one of those

[kingsholygrail]

Originally Posted by KingsKnight

Score at least 3 please

speaking of which...has anyone scored a hat trick yet this season? I think we're due for one of those

The Kings almost never get hat tricks during any season, let alone one annually.

[Puck U]

Originally Posted by The Big Giant Head

Tonight's my sons first ever kings game, got great seats so he can really enjoy it! Pleeease win tonight! If not, at least score 1 goal so he has something to cheer about.

Go kings!!

[Puck U]

Originally Posted by Holden Caulfield

You are late today Puck. Shame on you and your whole family...

Blame the young lady I had over last night ... you're lucky I was still able to get one up at all had to get several up for her, if ya know what I mean

[CTKingsFan]

So excited for tonight's game! Flew out from Connecticut for the next 3 games!!

[LA Kings Drummer]

Originally Posted by Puck U

LOVE THIS! Get em started young!

My uncle from Ohio took me to my first game at the Forum in 89 when I was just a young tike, told me to keep my eye on 99 and 9. Needless to say they put on a show that night and I was absolutely addicted since. Went home and FORCED my parents to become hockey fans.

The rest is history, we've been a Kings family ever since.

[DocWest]

Originally Posted by CTKingsFan

So excited for tonight's game! Flew out from Connecticut for the next 3 games!!

Badass, man. I'm from CT and just got back from visiting family there. Enjoy the weather.

[LA Kings Drummer]

Originally Posted by CTKingsFan

So excited for tonight's game! Flew out from Connecticut for the next 3 games!!

Going to me 3rd game this year tonight. They are 3-0 when I'm in attendance

[Sydor25]

Originally Posted by lakingsdrummer

Going to me 3rd game this year tonight. They are 3-0 when I'm in attendance

Are you guaranteeing a victory tonight?

[LA Kings Drummer]

Originally Posted by Sydor25

Are you guaranteeing a victory tonight?

Virtually.

[KingsKnight]

Originally Posted by kingsholygrail

The Kings almost never get hat tricks during any season, let alone one annually.

Actually, there's been two per season since 2007. I would love to see one this season, especially with our offensive woes.

[KingCanadain1976]

go kings go

[Puck U]

IF we lose tonight ... I'm all for blaming it on THIS

Originally Posted by kingsholygrail

WTF ? someone's going to have to explain this whole my little pony thing to ... me ... wait ... no ... nevermind, thought about it, and I really don't want to know

[Ollie Weeks]

Originally Posted by Puck U

IF we lose tonight ... I'm all for blaming it on THIS



WTF ? someone's going to have to explain this whole my little pony thing to ... me ... wait ... no ... nevermind, thought about it, and I really don't want to know

Run, save yourself. Do NOT watch an episode.