GDT: Game #40 : KINGS vs. AVALANCHE - Monday, 1/2/’12 @ 7:30 pm PST

[Puck U]

GAME #40 : Los Angeles KINGS vs. Colorado AVALANCHE   MATCHUP   vs. LOS ANGELES KINGS COLORADO AVALANCHE (39 gp : 19-14-6 = 44 pts) (40 gp : 21-18-1 = 43 pts) 1st Pacific / 3rd West / 12th NHL 3rd NorthWest / 9th West / 17th NHL Won 1 STREAK Won 2 56.4 % WINNING PCT. 53.8 % 11-9-1 @ Home HOME/AWAY 8-8-1 @ Away 6-2-2 LAST 10 8-2-0 2.13g = 30th GOALS PER GAME 2.55g = 22nd 2.23g = 5th GOALS AGAINST 2.88g = 20th -4 GOAL DIFFERENTIAL -7 14.4% = 25th POWER PLAY PCT. 19.4% = 7th 88.3% = 3rd PENALTY KILL PCT. 81.4% = 21st 51.3% FACE-OFF WIN PCT. 52.1% Game Time : Monday Jan./2nd/2012 7:30 PM PST Location : Staples Center - Los Angeles, CA. USA TV Broadcast : FOXSPORTS-WEST (HD) : ALT (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 continue to gain points in the NEW YEAR against the AVALANCHE?

POSSIBLE ROSTER MATCH UPS LOS ANGELES KINGS COLORADO AVALANCHE Forwards Forwards #10 Mike Richards - #11 Anze Kopitar ‘A’ - #23 Dustin Brown ‘C’ #39 TJ Galiardi - #26 Paul Stastny ‘A’ - #34 Daniel Winnik #25 Dustin Penner - #28 Jarret Stoll - #14 Justin Williams #92 Gabriel Landeskog - #37 Ryan O’Reilly - #23 Milan Hejduk ‘C’ #15 Brad Richardson - #48 Andrei Loktionov - #22 Trevor Lewis #17 Chuck Kobasew - #16 Jay McClement - #54 David Jones #13 Kyle Clifford - #24 Colin Fraser - #47 Trent Hunter #55 Cody McLeod - #7 David Van Der Gulik - #12 Kevin Porter {scratched} #19 Kevin Westgarth {scratched} #18 Brandon Yip, #42 Brad Malone Defense Defense #7 Rob Scuderi - #8 Drew Doughty #5 Shane O‘Brien - #6 Erik Johnson #33 Willie Mitchell - #27 Alec Martinez #8 Jan Hejda - #3 Ryan O‘Byrne #3 Jack Johnson - #2 Matt Greene ‘A’ #27 Kyle Quincey - #46 Stefan Elliot {scratched} #27 Slava Voynov, #44 Davis Drewiske {scratched} #22 Matt Hunwick Goaltending Goaltending #32 Jonathan Quick {expected starter} #1 Semyon Varlamov {expected starter} #45 Jonathan Bernier #35 Jean-Sebastien Giguere

GO !!! KINGS !!! GO !!! . . . HAPPY !!! NEW !!! YEAR !!! . . . 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-to-Day w/ coach says Voynov is a little banged up and will sit out tonight's game to rest up. Current man games lost due to injury: 69 COLORADO AVALANCHE : - #40 Mark Olver (C), On IR w/ Head Injury, is out indefinitely. - #88 Peter Mueller (LW), On IR w/ Head Injury (concussion), remains out indefinitely. - #44 Ryan Wilson (D), On IR w/ Head Injury, is sidelined indefinitely. - #9 Matt Duchene (LW), On IR w/ Left Knee Injury, is sidelined 4 - 6 weeks. Current man games lost due to injury: 138 NHL.com Standings :DIVISION : CONFERENCE : LEAGUE NHL.com Team Stats: LOS ANGELES KINGS : COLORADO AVALANCHE ESPN Team Stats :LOS ANGELES KINGS : COLORADO AVALANCHE FOX Spots - GAME TRAX : http://msn.foxsports.com/nhl/gameTrax?gameId=2012010208 FOX Spots - Head to Head Team Results : http://msn.foxsports.com/nhl/headToH...Id=2012010208& 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 (Kings to honor Daryl Evans, Jan 2nd) : http://kings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=607925 LAKings.com News (Monarchs grab 2-1 win on New Year’s Eve) : http://kings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=609286 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 Statement on Murray Decision) : http://kings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=606136 LAKings.com News (Terry Murray Relieved of his Duties) : http://kings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=606083 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 13 - Dec 28, Kings #25 (25th last week)) : http://tsn.ca/fantasy_news/rankings/nhl/ ESPN.com (Power Rankings Week 13 - Dec 26, Kings #22 (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 HockeysFuture.com (Hockey's Future Organization Rankings, Fall 2011, Kings #5) : http://www.hockeysfuture.com/article...s_fall2011110/ LAKings.com RECAP of Last Game, vs. VANCOUVER CANUCKS : http://kings.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020567 LAKings.com Last-Game BoxScore : CANUCKS = 1 : KINGS = 4 http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreport...2/GS020567.HTM [B]LAKings.com Post-Game Summary / Notes : http://kings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=609284 Kings Talk Radio Replay (Dec. 31st vs. CANUCKS) : http://kings.nhl.com/club/podcastplayer.htm?pid=59 LAKings.com Pre-Game Notes vs. COLORADO AVALANCHE: http://kings.nhl.com/v2/ext/news/gam...02-12vsCOL.pdf *(PDF file, printable & packed full of Info!) LAKings.com Game Preview Link : http://kings.nhl.com/club/preview.htm?id=2011020573 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 LAKings.com Notebook (Dec 14 : A Major Shake-Up) : http://kings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=606471 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/ COLORADO AVALANCHE: Official NHL Website : HF AVALANCHE Board GDT COLORADO AVALANCHE(Twitter) : http://twitter.com/avalanche COLORADO AVALANCHE (FaceBook) : http://www.facebook.com/Avs Denver Post Newspaper, Av's Page : Denver Post's Adrian Dater & Terry Frei All things Av's Blog : Rocky Mountain Newspaper, Av's Page

Can KINGS maintain effort from last game to beat AVALANCHE to start off the Year?

COACH & PLAYER QUOTES Originally Posted by Forward & Alternate Captain ANZE KOPITAR, on VICTORY & Goal : "It was big. Always when you go through struggles like that it feels good when you get it off your back. Not better place and time to do it, I guess, than [against] Vancouver. It was a huge win for us and we need those two points and end this year on a good note...I thought overall tonight the second period was good for us and that’s what we have to build on and play like that. (Re beating Vancouver): It says we have a lot of character. We can definitely do it. Now it’s just a matter of doing it night in and night out. That’s what Darryl [Sutter]’s pushing for us. We have to recognize it and build on this win and get going." Originally Posted by Defensemen & Alternate Captain MATT GREENE, on Game & Team Confidence: "We’ve been having success on all four lines. That’s what we did. We got a big goal out of our third line tonight and that’s what it takes sometimes…They score and then we get one right away. That’s a confidence boost knowing that they’re not going to push us back and we’re going to keep going. I think (team confidence) it’s still a work in progress but we’ve been having some success over the last little bit with Darryl [Sutter] coming in and this was a good game for us obviously but we’ve got to keep going. We can’t rest on this game. (Re changes under Sutter): The mechanics? Not too much. I think it’s just kind of a different attitude right now. We kind of needed a little change and that’s what we got. He’s getting a lot of good play out of a lot of guys right now. (Re Kopitar): Maybe you guys have been making a big deal out of it, but he’s been doing everything for us. He hasn’t been scoring but he still logs 27 minutes of ice. He plays well. He does everything. He’s on the ice in every situation. If you ask a guy in here if his play’s dipped at all I don’t think so. It’s just he’s not finding the back of the net and for him to do that, that’s great, but he’s been the best player throughout the whole year." Originally Posted by Goalie JONATHAN QUICK, on NHL 3rd Star of Week & Vezina Trophy talk : "Has Shellz been posting on the internet again ? That darn girl." Originally Posted by Head coach DARRYL SUTTER, on Game : "We’ve been playing pretty good. If you get a chance like the Chicago game or the Winnipeg game there are a lot of steps that we’ve tried to make and tonight there was contribution from different guys which was really good. (Re: Kopitar) He scored a big goal and that makes him feel good again. He’s been struggling with scoring but he’s getting a lot of shots and that’s what we’ve been trying to re-enforce, keep shooting. We had two or three of those plays. Mike Richards had that same type of play. I thought [Jarret] Stoll’s line had a lot of those opportunities, too, and the kid’s, [Andrei] Loktionov’s line. They’re all good.” * ( see for more details and other game day news, notes & quotes.)

LET'S GO KINGS !!!

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[TonySCV]

If the Kings win tonight, they will officially be 1 point ahead of where the Kings were after this same # of games last season.

[The Dingo]

Hoppy New Year!

[DaAnimal]

just keep winning boys

[Telos]

Just get it done, GO KINGS!

[DAkings20]

Voynov out tonight, ****.

[johnjm22]

2 points please.

[Puck U]

Originally Posted by TonySCV

If the Kings win tonight, they will officially be 1 point ahead of where the Kings were after this same # of games last season.

Originally Posted by DAkings20

Voynov out tonight, ****.

Mehhhhhh, I still feel good with Alec Martinez in that spot, plus it will be interesting to see what A-Mart can do alongside Willie Mitchell instead of Matt Greene for a change
... it just might up his trade value

[Muzzinga]

Originally Posted by DAkings20

Voynov out tonight, ****.

not a major problem, we all know A-Mart is more than capable of filling his place

[bobafettish*]

Originally Posted by DAkings20

Voynov out tonight, ****.

injury or giving Amart ice time?

[KopitarFAN]

Duchene is out?

Jim emphasized he and Landeskog when previewing the Avs on saturday. Weird.

[jonrazor12]

Big test for Loktionov tonight. Needs to show he can play well on a consistent level.

Amart needs to impress to even be considered as a valuable asset again.

Kopitar should be motivated playing alongside Richards.

Going to be a very interesting game tonight.

[Reaper45]

Voynov got banged up the other game when the cheese burglar ran into him.

[butteryslugz]

Kings gettin it done tonight. Brownie with the first star of the game

[BigBrown]

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[Puck U]

Originally Posted by BigBrown

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[markisonfire]

This should be a good test for the Kings. Colorado is on an even bigger roll than the Kings are. The Avalanche have players that can give the Kings fits. Call me crazy, though, but I think Richardson will score at least one goal tonight. Kings win 4-2.

[HansH]

Well, according to the 'Nucks fans, the reason the Kings won Saturday was only because of the officiating conspiracy theory. So, since they won't benefit from that against Colorado, clearly we're going to have no shot tonight *laughs*. Is the 'Nucks HFboard -always- that tin-foil-hat?

[JBernierFan]

I'm excited for the game tonight, though I won't be watching it until tomorrow night as I'll be out. Thank god for DVRs

[Sydor25]

Originally Posted by HansH

Well, according to the 'Nucks fans, the reason the Kings won Saturday was only because of the officiating conspiracy theory. So, since they won't benefit from that against Colorado, clearly we're going to have no shot tonight *laughs*. Is the 'Nucks HFboard -always- that tin-foil-hat?

How do they explain the too many men penalty that wasn't called when they scored their only goal?

[acrethrills]

Originally Posted by Sydor25

How do they explain the too many men penalty that wasn't called when they scored their only goal?

or the gloved puck in their crease?!

Colorado is the type of team who you'll get results against throwing the puck at the net 40+ times. Just need to keep that going, as well as the good team D.

[onlyalad]

Originally Posted by Sydor25

How do they explain the too many men penalty that wasn't called when they scored their only goal?

that was a make up non call made prior to all the non calls they were planning to not call on the Kings later.

[Hatter]

Originally Posted by HansH

Well, according to the 'Nucks fans, the reason the Kings won Saturday was only because of the officiating conspiracy theory. So, since they won't benefit from that against Colorado, clearly we're going to have no shot tonight *laughs*. Is the 'Nucks HFboard -always- that tin-foil-hat?

Yes. They are hands down theeee most annoying fan base in professional hockey.

[Tonellisghost]

Go Kings Go!!!!

The Avs do allot of running around and if we are patient we should be able to capitalize on that fact.

No need to try and run with them, stick to our gp and win.

[Telos]

These are games we have to capitalize on. Can't let off the gas just because we aren't playing Chicago or Vancouver. This is a very favorable month for us schedule wise. We have to capitalize. This will be the true test of our entire season that begins with this game tonight.