AriGold Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Canucks (25-27-12, 62 pts) Kings (38-22-4, 80 pts) Tickets 10:30 PM ET, March 7, 2016 STAPLES Center, Los Angeles, California Points Goals Assists VAN D Sedin 55 D Sedin 25 H Sedin 38 LA A Kopitar 55 T Toffoli 24 A Kopitar 36 Los Angeles leads 2-1 Game 1: Tuesday, October 13th Canucks 3 Final Kings 0 Recap »Boxscore » Game 2: Tuesday, December 1st Canucks 1 Final OT Kings 2 Recap »Boxscore » Game 3: Monday, December 28th Kings 5 Final Canucks 0 Recap »Boxscore » Game 4: Monday, March 7th Canucks 10:30 PM ET Kings Preview » Game 5: Monday, April 4th Kings 10:00 PM ET Canucks Preview » The Los Angeles Kings have finally ceded the top spot in the Pacific Division to a rampaging opponent that has dominated them of late. They've mostly handled Vancouver over the past three seasons, though, and Los Angeles looks to bounce back when it hosts the Canucks on Monday night. The Kings (38-22-4) saw what was once a 16-point lead over Anaheim fully erased Saturday, losing 3-2 to the visiting Ducks as their city-area rivals moved two points ahead in the Pacific. Anaheim has gone 18-1-1 since being 16 back Jan. 20, while Los Angeles is 9-9-1 in that span. Los Angeles has dropped 11 of the past 13 regular-season meetings with its chief rival in the division. "Every win and loss is a matter of home ice in the playoffs, so yes, we do realize what's at stake here," center Anze Kopitar told the team's official website. "We fell behind here today and we're going to have to catch up ground." Penalty killing continued to be a problem for the Kings. They allowed the Ducks to go 2 for 2 on the power play and have given up five goals in nine chances with the man advantage over the past three games -- a 1-2-0 stretch that's followed a four-game win streak. Los Angeles has killed off 76.8 percent of short-handed situations since Jan. 20 -- one of the league's worst marks in that span. "The majority of the time, special teams are the difference. And that wasn't any different today," Kopitar said. The level of offensive production also wasn't any different. The Kings have scored 17 times in their last 10 contests. Both of their goals came on the power play, but they lost despite a 34-22 shot advantage. Jonathan Quick, expected to start again Monday, made 19 saves and has posted a 3.06 goals-against average and .864 save percentage in his last three outings. His numbers are considerably better against the Canucks (25-27-2), with a 1.64 GAA in 29 career regular-season matchups and 1.07 mark in the past 13 -- a stretch in which he's posted three shutouts and hasn't allowed more than two goals. Quick made 27 saves in a 5-0 victory at Vancouver on Dec. 28, the Kings' ninth win in 13 meetings. Vancouver, though, brings a dangerous power play into Monday, having scored three times in seven chances to snap a three-game skid with a 4-2 win at San Jose on Saturday. Dan Hamhuis scored the final one with the man advantage in the third period for the Canucks, who recorded just their third game of more than two goals in the past 11. Vancouver generated only 11 power plays over the previous six games, though it's gone 9 for 26 in the last nine. "It was exactly what we talked about before the game," Hamhuis told the team's website. "We were only drawing one or two penalties a game. We need teams to start getting frustrated with us and skating where they are forced to take penalties. I thought our guys did a really good job of that tonight." The victory, though, was tempered by the loss of captain Henrik Sedin, who suffered an upper-body injury early in the first period after taking a forearm to the chest. Sedin took his next shift but played only 3:36 in the first and did not come out for the second. Vancouver also lost defenseman Christopher Tanev in the third to an injury. "I have to talk to them to make sure, but I don't think Hank will be with us in L.A.," coach Willie Desjardins said. The Canucks have gone 2-0-1 in their last three at Staples Center. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye Fruit Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Sigh....go canucks go. I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AriGold Posted March 7, 2016 Author Share Posted March 7, 2016 6-2 Kings Toffoli gets a hatty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 2-0 Canucks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerridwen Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 That would be 7:30 PM PST - 7:30 Vancouver time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimberWolf Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwags Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 This is gonna be ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davydgoliath Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 3-2 Canucks. Lucic takes a 5 min major in the 3rd for being a big dirty prick, canucks score twice on ensuing power play. Nucks: Daniel Bo Marcus Kings: Anze Dustin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift-4 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Would love to see Virtanen run over Dru Poughty GO CANUCKS GO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathew Barzal Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 LUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU... ... ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tre Mac Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 It's actually Canucks vs. Kings @ 7:30pst. 3-0 Kings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spotted Zebra Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 I'm not going to be able to watch much if any of the game tonight, but this one has the potential to get ugly. Can't imagine the Kings are happy with how the ducks game went down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackcanuck Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Could be a good tank night BUF @ TOR ARI @ COL SJS @ CGY VAN @ LAK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davydgoliath Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 7 minutes ago, Spotted Zebra said: I'm not going to be able to watch much if any of the game tonight, but this one has the potential to get ugly. Can't imagine the Kings are happy with how the ducks game went down. Get big Tryamkin in there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great 8 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Henrik Sedin should be shut down the rest of the year. This years a wash too many injuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerridwen Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 15 minutes ago, Tre Mac said: It's actually Canucks vs. Kings @ 7:30pst. 3-0 Kings About 18 minutes late. 4-1 Kings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Fig Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 I'm warming up to the idea of drafting Jakob Chychrun, so a close loss in reg tonight fits the plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 2 minutes ago, Jack Fig said: I'm warming up to the idea of drafting Jakob Chychrun, so a close loss in reg tonight fits the plan. Is he going 2nd or 5th or later? I wonder if Edmonton will take him over any forward not named Austin Matthews? Although the Oilers could use a guy like Tkutchuk too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizmo2337 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 This one might be ugly. 6-0 Kings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AriGold Posted March 7, 2016 Author Share Posted March 7, 2016 4 minutes ago, Alflives said: Is he going 2nd or 5th or later? I wonder if Edmonton will take him over any forward not named Austin Matthews? Although the Oilers could use a guy like Tkutchuk too. Edmonton has always had the theory to take the best player available. I hope they keep doing it this year as it's clearly not working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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