The Kings are 4-5-1 in their last 10, but are coming off a victory against the sinking Boston Bruins last night. The Kings are a comeback team, especially recently. They have come back from 5 or 6 2 or 3 goal deficits to win games in the past month and a half.
At the trade deadline, LA acquired All-Star Justin Williams. Williams, however, has been recovering from a broken hand. He will make his Kings debut tonight at the Igloo. Also of note, Interim Head Coach Dan Bylsma started his career as a King and played 5 seasons with the club.
LA has the 7th ranked penalty kill at 82.84% so the Penguins will have to maintain the level of consistency on the power play as they have the past two games or so. LA also has the 11th ranked power play at roughly 20% so the penalty kill has got to be in top form.
The Kings have not been producing as well as they would like but they have some young stars. Captain Dustin Brown is 3rd in hits, sandwiched between Brooks Orpik and Matt Cooke who are 2nd and 4th respectively. He also came out with the game winning overtime goal in last night’s game. Anze Kopitar leads the team in points with 60 (25G-35A) and Alexander Frolov is a sniper to be feared. Also, the Kings have an outstanding young defenseman in Drew Doughty. Second overall in the 2008 draft, Doughty has the highest ice time of all rookie defenseman and also of the Kings. He also netted his 4th goal last night.
The Kings are working a two goalie system right now with Eric Ersberg and rookie Jon Quick. It’s a toss up who will start tonight, but it will most likely be Quick.
The Kings have no injuries but the Penguins will be playing again without Philippe Boucher and Mike Zigomanis.
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Quick
Do it.
LET'S GO PENS!
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