GTD – Kings @ Flames – 7:30 – SNet-W(HD)
March 28th, 2012 | Posted in Game Takes
By: Mike Fawcett
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37-27-12
86 points – 9th in the West
VS
35-27-15
85 points – 11th in the West
| Team Stat Comparison | ||
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | Category | Calgary |
| 21-14-4 | Home/Road Record | 21-10-6 |
| 6-4-0 | Last 10 | 5-2-3 |
| Lost 2 | Streak | Won 1 |
| 175 | Goals | 191 |
| 165 | Goals Against | 212 |
| 15.6% 23rd | PP% | 18.1% 13th |
| 41 | PP Goals | 44 |
| 2 | SH Goals Against | 5 |
| 87.8% 4th | PK% | 83.7% 9th |
| 33 | PP Goals Allowed | 41 |
| 8 | SH Goals | 3 |
| 842 | PIM | 823 |
| 51.2% 8th | Face Off % | 45.8% 30th |
| Goaltenders | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | |||||||
| Name | Games Played | Wins | Goals Against | GAA | Shutouts | Saves | Save % |
| Jonathan Quick | 64 | 32 | 124 | 1.96 | 8 | 1633 | 0.929 |
| Jonathan Bernier | 15 | 5 | 32 | 2.33 | 1 | 328 | 0.911 |
| Calgary | |||||||
| Name | Games Played | Wins | Goals Against | GAA | Shutouts | Saves | Save % |
| Miikka Kipprusoff | 67 | 34 | 155 | 2.35 | 4 | 1799 | 0.921 |
| Leland Irving | 7 | 1 | 21 | 3.20 | 0 | 218 | 0.912 |
| Henrik Karlsson | 7 | 0 | 19 | 3.45 | 0 | 161 | 0.894 |
| Team Leaders | ||
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | Category | Calgary |
| Anze Kopitar 65 | Points | Jarome Iginla 64 |
| Anze Kopitar 24 | Goals | Jarome Iginla 31 |
| Anze Kopitar 41 | Assists | Olli Jokinen 37 |
| Willie Mitchell +14 | +/- | Alex Tanguay +10 |
| Kyle Clifford 113 | PIM | Tim Jackman 88 |
| Dustin Brown 6 | Game Winning Goals | Iginla & Jokinen 5 |
| Justin Williams 222 | Shots | Jarome Iginla 245 |
| Dustin Brown 276 | Hits | Tim Jackman 151 |
| Willie Mitchell 127 | Blocked Shots | Scott Hannan 123 |
| Anze Kopitar 97 | Missed Shots | Jarome Iginla 94 |
| Injuries |
|---|
| Los Angeles |
| Simon Gagne LW 12/27/2011 is on injured reserve and is out indefinitely IR concussion |
| Scott Parse LW 11/09/2011 is on injured reserve and is expected to miss the remainder of the season IR hip surgery |
| Calgary |
| Mikael Backlund C 02/12/2012 is on injured reserve IR left arm |
| TJ Brodie D 03/10/2012 is out indefinitely Out upper body |
| Cory Sarich D 03/28/2012 is doubtful for Wednesday’s game against Los Angeles Doubtful upper body |
| Derek Smith D 03/28/2012 is questionable for Wednesday’s game against Los Angeles Questionable upper body |
| Matchup | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | |||||||
| Kings are 8-1 in their last 9 after allowing 2 goals or less in their previous game. | |||||||
| Kings are 9-2 in their last 11 Wednesday games. | |||||||
| Kings are 6-2 in their last 8 overall. | |||||||
| Kings are 3-8 in their last 11 games playing on 1 days rest. | |||||||
| Kings are 1-5 in their last 6 vs. Northwest. | |||||||
| Calgary | |||||||
| Flames are 5-1 in their last 6 home games.v | |||||||
| Flames are 4-1 in their last 5 games following a win. | |||||||
| Flames are 1-4 in their last 5 games playing on 1 days rest. | |||||||
| Flames are 1-5 in their last 6 overall. | |||||||
| Flames are 16-6 in the last 22 meetings. | |||||||
| Past 10 Meetings | ||
|---|---|---|
| Visitor | Category | Home |
| 02-18-12 | Calgary 1 | Los Angeles 0 |
| 01-19-12 | Calgary 2 | Los Angeles 1 (SO) |
| 01-14-12 | Los Angeles 4 | Calgary 1 |
| 03-21-11 | Calgary 1 | Los Angeles 2 (SO) |
| 02-05-11 | Los Angeles 4 | Calgary 3 (SO) |
| 12-09-10 | Calgary 1 | Los Angeles 2 |
| 10-10-10 | Los Angeles 1 | Calgary 3 |
| 12-30-09 | Los Angeles 1 | Calgary 2 |
| 12-17-09 | Los Angeles 1 | Calgary 2 |
| 12-07-09 | Calgary 1 | Los Angeles 2 |
| HD’s Gut Feeling |
|---|
| Kiprusoff has reigned over the Kings in his career, turning aside all 28 shots in a 1-0 win on Feb. 18 to run his record to 19-8-3. We REALLY need Kipper to continue that trend. With both teams sitting so close to 8th this game goes a long way to determining the post season picture. Throw all clichés out the window.4-1 Flames – Iginla, Cammalleri (X2) & Giordano |
| Projected Lines | ||
|---|---|---|
| Alex Tanguay | Mike Cammalleri | Jarome Iginla |
| Curtis Glencross | Olli Jokinen | David Moss |
| Lee Stempniak | Matt Stajan | Blake Comeau |
| Tom Kostopoulos | Blair Jones | Tim Jackman |
| Projected Pairings | ||
| Jay Bouwmeester | Chris Butler | |
| Mark Giordano | Scott Hannan | |
| Anton Babchuk | Clay Wilson | |
| Projected Starting Goaltender | ||
| Miikka Kiprusoff | ||
