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Los Angeles Kings (3-3-2) 8 pts
Previous Game: Los Angeles Kings @ Columbus Blue Jackets - Kings win 4-2
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Nashville Predators (4-2-3) 11 pts
Previous Game: Nashville Predators @ St. Louis Blues - Predators win 6-1
Game Time: 5:00 PM PST | 8:00 PM EST
Location: Bridgestone Arena | Nashville, TN
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TV Broadcast:
Away Team: FS-W (HD)
Home Team: FS-TN (HD)
Radio Broadcast: KTLK 1150 AM
XM Radio Channel: (Away Team) XM Internet 932 | (Home Team) XM 203 (Internet 936)
Online Radio broadcast stream: KTLK 1150 AM Stream
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Facts on the Fly: 2/7/2013 Los Angeles Kings @ Nashville Predators
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Season series: Second of three meetings. Nashville picked up a key two points in Los Angeles during its lengthy seven-game road trip, as Sergei Kostitsyn provided the decisive goal in the eighth round of the shootout for a 2-1 victory. Brandon Yip and Dustin Brown traded first-period scores in regulation.
Big story: Nashville returns home to Bridgestone Arena having found a way to survive its early-season trek while remaining right in the thick of the typically competitive Central Division. The Predators dropped three of the first four and found themselves at 1-2-3 on the season, but rebounded to capture three straight against top-rate opposition in Los Angeles, San Jose and St. Louis.
Team Scope:
Kings: A bounce-back effort by its defense and goaltending highlighted Los Angeles' 4-2 win in Columbus on Tuesday night. A few days after Jonathan Quick gave up two goals on three shots before being pulled and the Kings were porous in yielding seven goals altogether against the Ducks, they tightened things up against the Blue Jackets. Jeff Carter scored in his return to Nationwide Arena, Mike Richards had his first goal of the season and an assist, while Justin Williams set up three goals. Quick stopped 18 shots.
"It's good to see [Williams] score points," coach Darryl Sutter said. "It's good to see [Richards] score. Hopefully that's a step for them."
Predators: Eight of Nashville's next 11 games come on home ice, where the Predators lost each of their first two games of the season in shootouts. They'll try to carry over the momentum that comes from having beaten the defending Stanley Cup champs and a pair of teams ahead of them in the standings. Ryan Ellis opened the scoring early Tuesday in St. Louis with a power-play goal, and Martin Erat picked up a goal and two assists to pace a 6-1 thumping of the Blues. Pekka Rinne was solid with 31 saves.
"We were happy with the games we played in L.A. and San Jose," Erat said. "We played tight defense and we didn't give up that many shots. … It's huge for our confidence and for the young kids who scored today. It's great to see some of the other guys score and the offense go so high."
Injury report: Los Angeles has defensemen Willie Mitchell (knee) and Matt Greene (back) on injured reserve, while Nashville has forward Patric Hornqvist (knee) on injured reserve.
Who's hot: Kings captain Dustin Brown finished with an assist and five shots on Tuesday after scoring three goals in the previous two games. … Rinne has allowed just a single goal during each game in the Predators' win streak, stopping 80 of 83 shots, a .964 save percentage. Colin Wilson has four assists in the last two games.
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Jeff Carter (game recap): "You just go out and you play your game. It's a huge game for us, for both teams. We both need wins, so it was a big one."
Darryl Sutter on his view of the hit on Rob Scuderi: “You don’t really get a good [view]. You just see the player go down. Dubinsky’s going to play hard. That’s the bottom line. I don’t even pass judgement on those plays anymore unless I see it and it’s plain, right in front of me…because you can’t tell.”
Mike Richards on what he saw of the hit on Scuderi: “I didn’t really see much, to be honest with you. It happened pretty quick, and I was the closest to him and it really happened quickly.”
Mike Richards on whether or not the Philly/New York rival will continue in the western conference: “I hope not. I’m tired of fighting him. He’s strong. But he’s a good player. He works hard and finishes his hits, and it was just obviously something that happens in hockey.”
Justin Williams on the strong second period after trailing 1-0: “We got that goal disallowed, and then got one scored on us…Obviously, we knew that goal wasn’t going to beat us. Hockey’s a 60, sometimes 65 minute game. Whether or not you break a team in the first period, or whether it’s midway through the second or third doesn’t really matter as long as you play the same way. Eventually you’ll wear a team out. I think that’s what we did.”
Jeff Carter on his goal in the 2nd period: “It was just a rebound, and I was obviously below the goal line. I knew I had some guys coming in straight to the net there, so I just kind of tried to throw it out. Actually, it probably would’ve went right to Kopi, but it hit Toots’ skate there. A lucky bounce. I’ll take it.”
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Nashville Predators
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***Nashville has gone with 7 defensemens and 11 forwards for the past two games***
#74 Sergei Kostitsyn - #12 Mike Fisher "A" - #10 Martin Erat "A"
#15 Craig Smith - #11 David Legwand - #57 Gabriel Bourque
#13 Nick Spaling - #33 Colin Wilson - #18 Brandon Yip
#28 Paul Gaustad - #16 Rich Clune
#22 Scott Hannan - #6 Shea Weber "C"
#59 Roman Josi - #8 Kevin Klein
#75 Hal Gill - #4 Ryan Ellis
#7 Jonathon Blum
#35 Pekka Rinne
#30 Chris Mason
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Los Angeles Kings
Matt Greene (Back injury) IR
Willie Mitchell (Knee surgery) IR
Nashville Predators
Patric Hornqvist (Sprained knee) IR
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Leading Scorers:
Forwards:
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Justin Williams, LA - 5 points (1 G, 4 A, +3) | Martin Erat, NSH - 7 points (3 G, 4 A, +1)
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Defensemen:
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Drew Doughty, LA - 4 points (0 G, 4 A, -6) | Ryan Ellis, NSH - 4 points (2 G, 2 A, +0)
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Probable Starters: (subject to change)
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Jonathan Quick, LA - 8 GP Record: 3-2-2 GAA 2.62 SV% .897 | Pekka Rinne, NSH - 8 GP Record: 3-2-3 GAA 2.02 SV% .923
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Players you might want to keep an eye on:
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Mike Richards, LA - 5 points (1 G, 4 A, -6) | David Legwand, NSH - 3 points (2 G, 1 A, +3)
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Former King:
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Rich Clune
1 point (1 G, 0 A, +2)
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Legend:
OT: Overtime
SO: Shootout
01/31/12 - Predators @ Kings (Predators win 2-1 SO)
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Goals Per Game:
LA – 2.38 (21st)
NSH – 2.00 (T-28th)
Goals Against Average:
LA – 3.00 (T-21st)
NSH – 2.00 (T-2nd)
Power Play %:
LA – 12.5 (25th)
NSH – 17.2 (17th)
Penalty Kill %:
LA – 81.1 (15th)
NSH – 80.0 (16th)
Shots Per Game:
LA – 28.6 (T-16th)
NSH – 21.8 (30th)
Shots Against Per Game:
LA – 25.9 (4th)
NSH – 27.9 (10th)
Faceoff Win %:
LA – 48.6 (21st)
NSH – 50.8 (13th)
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(As of 02/07/13)
Pacific Division Standings:
1. Anaheim Ducks (7-1-1) 15 pts
2. San Jose Sharks (7-2-1) 15 pts
3. Dallas Stars (5-5-1) 11 pts
4. Phoenix Coyotes (4-4-2) 10 pts
5. Los Angeles Kings (3-3-2) 8 pts
Western Conference Standings:
1. Chicago Blackhawks 18 pts
2. Anaheim Ducks 15 pts
3. Vancouver Canucks 12 pts
4. San Jose Sharks 15 pts
5. St. Louis Blues 12 pts
6. Nashville Predators 11 pts
7. Edmonton Oilers 11 pts
8. Dallas Stars 11 pts
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9. Phoenix Coyotes 10 pts
10. Minnesota Wild 9 pts
11. Detroit Red Wings 9 pts
12. Los Angeles Kings 8 pts
13. Colorado Avalanche 8 pts
14. Columbus Blue Jackets 7 pts
15. Calgary Flames 6 pts
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Canadiens @ Sabres 4:00 PM PST | 7:00 PM EST
Lightning @ Devils 4:00 PM PST | 7:00 PM EST
Islanders @ Rangers 4:00 PM PST | 7:00 PM EST
Panthers @ Flyers 4:00 PM PST | 7:00 PM EST
Capitals @ Penguins 4:00 PM PST | 7:00 PM EST
Flames @ Blue Jackets 4:00 PM PST | 7:00 PM EST
Hurricanes @ Senators 4:30 PM PST | 7:30 PM EST
Maple Leafs @ Jets 5:00 PM PST | 8:00 PM EST
Red Wings @ Blues 5:00 PM PST | 8:00 PM EST
Canucks @ Wild 5:00 PM PST | 8:00 PM EST
Blackhawks @ Coyotes 6:00 PM PST | 9:00 PM EST
**(Some images and sources are courtesy of RinkRat, NHL.com, lakings.com, TSN.ca, gettyimages.com, ESPN.com and Yahoo.com)**
Special thanks to the following people:
KingsWord for providing the graphics you see on the GDT.
RinkRat for allowing me to use the images he shoots.
Blueline for his format and images.
