Thread: ***GDT - Dallas Stars @ Los Angeles Kings - 03/07/13*** (7:30 PM)

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Los Angeles Kings (12-7-2) 26 pts
Previous Game: St. Louis Blues @ Los Angeles Kings - Kings win 6-4

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Dallas Stars (11-9-2) 24 pts
Previous Game: St. Louis Blues @ Dallas Stars - Stars win 4-1

Game Time: 7:30 PM PST | 10:30 PM EST
Location: Staples Center | Los Angeles, CA

Promotional Giveaway: T-shirt giveaway presented by Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles (All fans in attendance)



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Facts on the Fly: 3/7/2013 Dallas Stars @ Los Angeles Kings
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Season series: First of five overall, three at Staples Center. Last season's matchup took on an interesting pattern in that each team took two of three on the road. In Dallas' past two trips to L.A., it won two one-goal games.

Big story: Thursday night's matchup in Los Angeles pits one of the hottest teams overall, particularly at home, with one of the better road teams in the NHL of late.

The Kings have won six in a row at Staples Center and nine of 11 total since starting the season 3-5-2. The Stars have scored at least three goals in seven consecutive road games while going 5-1-1. For Dallas, it's a short trip out west, including a stopover to play the Phoenix Coyotes on Saturday before returning home to face the Nashville Predators on Tuesday. The Kings will face the Calgary Flames twice at home before venturing to Phoenix. One thing the teams have in common is that each comes off a win against the St. Louis Blues.

Team Scope:

Stars: After giving the Edmonton Oilers nine power-play opportunities in a 5-1 loss last Thursday, the Stars paid close attention to their defense and discipline when they faced the Blues on Sunday. The result was one penalty to kill in a 4-1 win.

"That was the first thing we said in the pregame meeting: Stay out of the box," said forward Derek Roy, who had a goal and two assists. "They can’t score on the power play if they’re not on the power play, so they got one that we did a good job killing, but we also stayed disciplined."

Coach Glen Gulutzan said, "We didn’t take any penalties; we just had one, so we were the Boy Scouts of America today. We did all the little things. It wasn’t a pretty game to watch, but at the end of the day, you do enough of those in the right way, you’re going to get results and we got it."

Kings: The Kings took a little longer to get the message in their win over the Blues as the end of a back-to-back. Pulling Jonathan Bernier for Jonathan Quick didn't quite do it, but a second wind in the third period resulted in four goals and a 6-4 win. With three more games on the homestand, the objective is clear.

"Every good team tries to establish an identity, on home ice especially," forward Anze Kopitar said to the Los Angeles Times. "I think overall with our identity we've done a pretty good job with what we're all about. We've shown that on the road too. We definitely want to be a hard team to play against on home ice and I think we're doing a pretty good job right now."

Injury report: Roy (groin) skipped practice Tuesday but was on the ice Wednesday. Forward Ray Whitney (foot) practiced briefly Tuesday and traveled with the team, but is not expected to play in Los Angeles or Phoenix. … Kings defenseman Willie Mitchell (knee) underwent treatment last week but no return date is set.

Who's hot: Stars forward Loui Eriksson scored his third goal in four games Sunday, and has four goals and two assists in his past five against the Kings. Forward Jaromir Jagr has scored in his past two; they are tied for the team lead with seven. Roy's three-point day gave him five in his past three games. … King forward Jeff Carter scored a third-period goal Tuesday, his NHL-leading sixth game-winner and his 11th in his past 11 games. Defenseman Slava Voynov has a goal and three assists in his past two games. Forward Mike Richards has points in nine of his past 11 games. Quick likely will get the start Thursday; he holds a 1.95 goals-against average in his past five games, winning four, and has a 7-0-2 record with a 1.98 GAA against the Stars.





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For more quotes, please go to Jon Rosen's blog at LA Kings Insider.

Jake Muzzin (game recap): "We continue to believe in here. We've got a confident group in here. We got a calm group in here, and we've got great leaders on the team. To stay with it and fight – we kind of said in here that maybe they're waiting for us to come out at them. That's what we did. We got an early one, and we got another one, and it we just kept building."

Anze Kopitar (game recap): "We got away with one tonight, didn't have the best start, not the best second period but when you get four goals in the third that helps a lot and we came out firing. We said that after the second that we're going to throw everything at them and we did and it worked out."

Darryl Sutter (game recap): "The four kids tonight were really, really good. I thought Muzzin, [Keaton] Ellerby, [Slava] Voynov and Drew [Doughty] were outstanding on the back end."

Jake Muzzin on how the team was able to shift momentum in their favor: “Just believing in here. Like I’ve said, we’ve got a great group of guys that believe that we can come back. We’ve got the skill. We’ve got the confidence. We’ve got great goalies. We just believe and continue working and we ended up coming back and winning.”

Anze Kopitar after several years of L.A. struggling to score, how Carter’s presence feels: “Yeah, it’s pretty nice to see, to be honest with you, not worrying about goals all the time, because he’s been getting [them] pretty regularly. Hopefully he continues plays like that and scoring goals for us. We obviously need him.”

Darryl Sutter on the Dallas Stars: “[We] haven’t played them yet. [They’re a] big skilled team, especially up front. They got their goalie back healthy again now. He was out for a while. They’re a big, skilled team up front. They’re a division team, and we look forward to playing somebody different.”





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Dallas Stars
(subject to change)

#21 Loui Eriksson "A" - #14 Jamie Benn - #68 Jaromir Jagr
#60 Antoine Roussel - #11 Derek Roy - #72 Erik Cole
#10 Brenden Morrow "C" - #20 Cody Eakin - #18 Reilly Smith
#24 Eric Nystrom - #38 Vernon Fiddler - #40 Ryan Garbutt

#4 Brenden Dillon - #3 Stephane Robidas "A"
#58 Jordie Benn - #6 Trevor Daley
#43 Jamie Oleksiak - #33 Alex Goligoski

#32 Kari Lehtonen
#31 Richard Bachman



Los Angeles Kings
Matt Greene (Back injury) IR
Willie Mitchell (Knee surgery) IR

Dallas Stars
Philip Larsen (Upper body injury) day-to-day
Aaron Rome (Broken bone in foot) IR
Ray Whitney (Broken foot) IR



Leading Scorers:

Forwards:

Anze Kopitar, LA - 20 points (7 G, 13 A, +7) | Jaromir Jagr, DAL - 15 points (7 G, 8 A, -2)



Defensemen:

Slava Voynov, LA - 13 points (4 G, 9 A, +10) | Alex Goligoski, DAL - 10 points (0 G, 10 A, +0)



Probable Starters: (subject to change)

Jonathan Quick, LA - 16 GP Record: 7-6-2 GAA 2.49 SV% .900 | Kari Lehtonen, DAL - 14 GP Record: 8-3-1 GAA 2.26 SV% .930



Players you might want to keep an eye on:

Jake Muzzin, LA - 7 points (4 G, 3 A, +6) | Cody Eakin, DAL - 13 points (3 G, 10 A, +3)



Legend:
OT: Overtime
SO: Shootout

02/12/12 - Kings @ Stars (Kings win 4-2)
01/12/12 - Stars @ Kings (Stars win 5-4 SO)
12/10/11 - Stars @ Kings (Stars win 2-1)
11/23/11 - Kings @ Stars (Stars win 3-2 OT)
10/27/11 - Kings @ Stars (Kings win 5-3)
10/22/11 - Stars @ Kings (Kings win 1-0)



Goals Per Game:
LA – 2.81 (T-13th)
DAL – 2.73 (17th)

Goals Against Average:
LA – 2.43 (T-6th)
DAL – 2.86 (18th)

Power Play %:
LA – 16.5 (T-16th)
DAL – 17.7 (13th)

Penalty Kill %:
LA – 83.3 (T-10th)
DAL – 83.8 (9th)

Shots Per Game:
LA – 28.9 (T-15th)
DAL – 27.3 (T-26th)

Shots Against Per Game:
LA – 24.5 (2nd)
DAL – 30.5 (22nd)

Faceoff Win %:
LA – 51.9 (7th)
DAL – 47.8 (T-23rd)





(As of 03/07/13)

Pacific Division Standings:
1. Anaheim Ducks (16-3-3) 35 pts
2. Los Angeles Kings (12-7-2) 26 pts
3. San Jose Sharks (11-7-4) 26 pts
4. Phoenix Coyotes (11-9-3) 25 pts
5. Dallas Stars (11-9-2) 24 pts

Western Conference Standings:
1. Chicago Blackhawks 45 pts
2. Anaheim Ducks 35 pts
3. Vancouver Canucks 27 pts
4. Los Angeles Kings 26 pts
5. San Jose Sharks 26 pts
6. Detroit Red Wings 26 pts
7. Phoenix Coyotes 25 pts
8. Dallas Stars 24 pts
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9. St. Louis Blues 24 pts
10. Minnesota Wild 24 pts
11. Nashville Predators 23 pts
12. Calgary Flames 22 pts
13. Edmonton Oilers 21 pts
14. Colorado Avalanche 20 pts
15. Columbus Blue Jackets 18 pts



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Go Kings!! I want a sexy party!!!

Thanks TCL

We gotta get some karma in here. We gotta get some likes in here.

- Jake Muzzin

Which team will show up tonight?

Or should I say... which team will show up for the first 2 periods vs. the 3rd period?

go kings!!!

Thanks TC for your shooting down the Stars and Game winning GDT.