Thread: ***GDT - Los Angeles Kings @ Columbus Blue Jackets - 02/05/13*** (4:00 PM)

Los Angeles Kings (2-3-2) 6 pts
Previous Game: Los Angeles Kings @ Anaheim Ducks - Ducks win 7-4

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Columbus Blue Jackets (3-5-1) 7 pts
Previous Game: Detroit Red Wings @ Columbus Blue Jackets - Blue Jackets win 4-2

Game Time: 4:00 PM PST | 7:00 PM EST
Location: Nationwide Arena | Columbus, OH



TV Broadcast:
Away Team: FS-W (HD)
Home Team: FS-O (HD)
Radio Broadcast: KTLK 1150 AM
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Facts on the Fly: 2/5/2013 Los Angeles Kings @ Columbus Blue Jackets
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Season series: This is the first of three meetings between the teams. They split their four meetings last season.

Big story: While the Blue Jackets have played two more games, no one thought they'd be ahead of the defending champions in the standings two-plus weeks into the season. The Kings rank in the bottom third of the League in goals per game, goals-allowed per game and power play, and they've killed off just 79.4 percent of penalties. This is the second game of a stretch for the Kings of eight of nine on the road.

Team Scope:

Kings: Jonathan Quick was an impregnable fortress between the pipes last season, but has been allowing goals early and often this season. He was pulled after giving up two goals on three shots in the Kings' 7-4 loss to the Ducks on Saturday and has an .897 save percentage in seven games.

Yanking Quick was something coach Darryl Sutter didn't want to do.

"We want our goalies to play better. They're not protected species, that's for sure," Sutter told reporters Sunday. Jonathan Bernier replaced Quick and allowed four goals on 21 shots. "Both of them have to play a hell of a lot better. They both want to be starting goalies, right? Our save percentage right now has to be a lot better."

Blue Jackets: After losing six of seven, Columbus broke through with a 4-2 home win against the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday. Goalie Steve Mason made 32 saves, Artem Anisimov scored twice, and Jack Johnson played 34:59 after fellow defenseman James Wisniewski left early in the second period after crashing hard into the boards.

Anisimov, who was acquired in the Rick Nash trade this summer, now has four goals this season.

"I'm still learning Artie and his game," coach Todd Richards said. "Maybe as he starts to figure out his teammates and they figure him out, there may be a lot more there."

Injury report: The Kings will be without defensemen Matt Greene, who is out for the season with a back injury, and Willie Mitchell (knee). … For the Blue Jackets, defensemen Wisniewski and Nikita Nikitin are out. Right wing Cam Atkinson is out with a high ankle sprain.

Who's hot: Kings captain Dustin Brown has three goals in his past two games. … Anisimov’s four goals lead the team, and three have come in the past five games.





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Justin Williams (game recap): "We've let ourselves down and shot ourselves in the foot by poor defensive play. For whatever reason, we've been having tough times starting games. We've been getting behind early and trying to battle back. Once we do get back, we seem to just relax a bit. We're a much better team than we're showing and it's extremely disappointing at this point to see where we are."

Dustin Brown (game recap): "We need them both going at the same time. That's been a staple of our game and probably an indication of the mistakes we were making. Giving up that many power play goals, for this team, is uncharacteristic. How you play on the PK generally correlates how you play five-on-five."

Drew Doughty on the penalty kill: “PK was not good [Saturday] night. We all know that. All of us that are on the PK, we feel responsible for that, and we’re not happy about it. So we’re going to definitely get back to that. Like you said, the PK has been a cornerstone of this franchise for every year I’ve been here, so for the last for or five years. We need to get back to that 90%, you know, letting maybe one in every 10 games or something like that. We’re not happy with that.”

Trevor Lewis on his line's forechecking: “I think that’s what our line needs to focus on that more. I think that’s what we were so good at in the playoffs. I think we were starting to do a better job at it, and you we just need to keep getting better as to where we were.”

Darryl Sutter on the team's Power Play the last 3 games: “It’s not much different than earlier in the year. Just, they finished. They finished the opportunities. I felt we wanted to get more from the points in terms of – not so much opportunities – but just creating or presenting different looks to the other teams, and Mike gives us that playing on the point. It’s not something we really wanted to do, but that’s what works best right now.”





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Columbus Blue Jackets
(subject to change)

#16 Derick Brassard - #17 Brandon Dubinsky - #71 Nick Foligno
#18 RJ Umberger - #42 Artem Anisimov - #15 Derek Dorsett
#22 Vinny Prospal "A" - #19 Ryan Johansen - #36 Jonathan Audy-Marchessault
#24 Derek MacKenzie - #10 Mark Letestu - #40 Jared Boll

#20 Tim Erixon - #7 Jack Johnson
#51 Fedor Tyutin - #58 David Savard
#29 Nick Holden - #48 Cody Goloubef

#1 Steve Mason
#72 Sergei Bobrovsky



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

Columbus Blue Jackets
Cam Atkinson (Lower body injury) IR
Adrian Aucoin (Lower body injury) IR
Matt Calvert (Upper body injury) IR
John Moore (Lower body injury) day-to-day
Ryan Murray (Shoulder surgery) IR
Nikita Nikitin (Head injury) IR
James Wisniewski (Concussion) IR



Leading Scorers:

Forwards:

Kyle Clifford, LA - 5 points (1 G, 4 A, +1) | Artem Anisimov, CBJ - 5 points (4 G, 1 A, -1)



Defensemen:

Drew Doughty, LA - 3 points (0 G, 3 A, -5) | Fedor Tyutin, CBJ - 7 points (1 G, 6 A, -5)



Probable Starters: (subject to change)

Jonathan Quick, LA - 7 GP Record: 2-2-2 GAA 2.72 SV% .897 | Steve Mason, CBJ - 5 GP Record: 1-3-0 GAA 2.77 SV% .906



Players you might want to keep an eye on:

Jeff Carter, LA - 3 points (3 G, 0 A, -1) | Brandon Dubinsky, CBJ - 4 points (0 G, 4 A, -4)



Former King:

Jack Johnson
3 points (1 G, 2 A, -2)



Legend:
OT: Overtime
SO: Shootout

03/08/12 - Kings @ Blue Jackets (Blue Jackets win 3-1)
02/01/12 - Blue Jackets @ Kings (Kings win 3-2)
01/07/12 - Blue Jackets @ Kings (Blue Jackets win 1-0)
12/15/11 - Kings @ Blue Jackets (Kings win 2-1)



Goals Per Game:
LA – 2.14 (27th)
CBJ – 1.89 (29th)

Goals Against Average:
LA – 3.14 (24th)
CBJ – 3.00 (T-20th)

Power Play %:
LA – 10.8 (27th)
CBJ – 14.6 (23rd)

Penalty Kill %:
LA – 79.4 (17th)
CBJ – 85.7 (7th)

Shots Per Game:
LA – 28.3 (21st)
CBJ – 27.2 (26th)

Shots Against Per Game:
LA – 26.7 (4th)
CBJ – 31.1 (22nd)

Faceoff Win %:
LA – 49.8 (16th)
CBJ – 46.3 (28th)





(As of 02/05/13)

Pacific Division Standings:
1. San Jose Sharks (7-1-1) 15 pts
2. Anaheim Ducks (6-1-1) 13 pts
3. Phoenix Coyotes (4-4-2) 10 pts
4. Dallas Stars (4-5-1) 9 pts
5. Los Angeles Kings (2-3-2) 6 pts

Western Conference Standings:
1. Chicago Blackhawks 16 pts
2. San Jose Sharks 15 pts
3. Vancouver Canucks 12 pts
4. Anaheim Ducks 13 pts
5. St. Louis Blues 12 pts
6. Edmonton Oilers 10 pts
7. Phoenix Coyotes 10 pts
8. Detroit Red Wings 9 pts
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9. Nashville Predators 9 pts
10. Minnesota Wild 9 pts
11. Dallas Stars 9 pts
12. Colorado Avalanche 8 pts
13. Columbus Blue Jackets 7 pts
14. Los Angeles Kings 6 pts
15. Calgary Flames 4 pts



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Lets go boys get back on track! First time first!

Thanks Melf!

Thank you TC! Let's hope for a win tonight!

Turnaround time begins in Columbus. Big Kings win in Ohio tonight!

Except for Doughty and occasionally Muzzin... our defensemen are garbage.

Thanks TC. Hope we can somehow, miraculously, pull out a victory.

Great GDT as usual TC.

thanks, as always, mel.

i won't get to watch this one so here's hoping i miss a great one.