2020-21 Regular Season Pregame: Game 32 Los Angeles Kings Vs Vegas Golden Knights

 Good Evening Hockey Fans! The Kings play game three of this four game road trip as they take on the Vegas Golden Knights for the first game of the two game series. Tonight’s game is a 7:00 pm start time from T Mobile Arena from Las Vegas Nevada. Tonight’s game will be streamed on Fox Sports Go for your Kings. Alex Faust and Jim Fox will have the call on Fox Sports West and Nick Nickson and Daryl Evans will have the radio feed on the Kings IHeartRadio Network. For the Golden Knights fans you can tune in to AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain as David Goucher and Shane Hindy will have play by play and color commentary and Stormy Buonantony will cover ringside reporting. For the English radio feed Dan D'Uva and Gary Lawless will have the call on Fox Sports Radio Las Vegas and Spanish radio feed Jesus Lopez and Herbert Castro will call the game on 1460 Deportes Vegas

Kings Record Before The Game

(13-13-6)

Golden Knights Record Before The Game

(23-8-1)

Pregame Notes: The Kings will have two new players into the lineup as they acquired forward Brendan Lemieux from the New York Rangers in exchange for a 4th round pick in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, and the team also dealt forward Micheal Amadio to the Ottawa Senators for defenseman Christian Wolanin.

Tonight's Starting Lineup For Your Kings

Alex Iafallo-Anze Kopitar-Dustin Brown 

Andreas Athanasiou-Adrian Kempe-Jeff Carter

Carl Grundstrom-Blake Lizotte-Gabriel Vilardi 

Austin Wagner-Jaret Anderson-Dolan-Trevor Moore 

Defense Pairings

Mikey Anderson-Drew Doughty 

 Kurtis MacDermid-Matt Roy

Tobias Bjornfot-Sean Walker

Tonight's Starting Goalie For Your Kings is Cal Petersen (Backup Goalie Is Jonathan Quick)

 
Scratches For Tonight's Game: Austin Strand, Matt Luff

Taxi Squad Players: Forwards: Rasmus Kupari, Lias Andersson Defensemen: Daniel Brickley, Mark Alt Goaltender: Troy Grosenick 

Players On The Injury Reserve List: Martin Frk (Lower Body), Olli Maatta (Upper Body)

COVID-19 Protocol: Brendan Lemieux

Tonight’s Lineup For The Vegas Golden Knights 

Max Pacioretty-Chandler Stephenson-Mark Stone

Jonathan Marchessault-William Karlsson-Reily Smith

Keegan Kolesar-Cody Glass-Alex Tuch 

William Carrier-Tomas Nosek-Ryan Reaves

Defense Pairings 

Alec Martinez-Shea Theodore 

Brayden McNabb-Dylan Coghlan

Nicolas Hague-Zach Whitecloud

Tonight’s Starting Goalie Is Robin Leinher (Backup Is Marc-Andre Fleury)

Scratches For Tonight’s Game: Nick Holden, Nicolas Roy

Players On Injury Reserve: Alex Pietrangelo

(Lower Body Injury) 

COVID-19 List: None

2020-21 Regular Season Game 31 Los Angeles Kings Vs San Jose Sharks

1st Period Goals: None

1st Period Penalties: Sharks penalty number 20 Marcus Sorensen Erik Karlsson, 2 minute minor for Delay of game (puck over glass). Time of the penalty 4:14. Kings penalty to number 22 Kurtis Macdermid, 2 minute minor for Hooking Time of the penalty 9:34. Sharks penalty number 36 Logan Couture, 2 minute minor for Hooking. Time of the penalty 13:30. Kings penalty to number 28 Jaret Anderson-Dolan, 2 minute minor for Slashing. Time of the penalty 15:47. 

Shots on goal in the 1st period

Kings 13

Sharks 6

2nd Period Goals: Sharks goal scored by number 92 Rudolfs Balcers, the goal was his (1st of the game and 3rd of the season). Time of the goal 2:14. Sharks goal scored by number 9 Evander Kane, the goal was his (1st of the game and 13th of the season). Time of the goal 13:39. KINGS GOAL! Scored by number 19 Alex Iafallo, the goal was his (1st of the game and 8th of the season). Assisted by number 23 Dustin Brown and number 8 Drew Doughty. Time of the goal 19:47

2nd Period Penalties: None

Shots on goal in the 2nd period

Kings 16

Sharks 12

3rd Period Goals: Sharks goal scored by number 9 Evander Kane, the goal was his (2nd of the game and 14th of the season). Time of the goal 21 seconds.  Sharks goal scored by number 48 Tomas Hertl, the goal was his (1st of the game and 9th of the season). Time of the goal 1:43. KINGS GOAL! Scored by number 9 Adrian Kempe, the goal was his (1st of the game and 12th of the season). Assisted by number 8 Drew Doughty and number 13 Gabriel Vilardi. Time of the goal 4:27. 

3rd Period Penalties: Kings penalty to number 77 Jeff Carter, 2 minute minor for Hi-sticking. Time of the penalty 17:03.

Shots on goal in the 3rd period

Kings 15

Sharks 10

2020-21 Regular Season Pregame: Game 31 Los Angeles Kings Vs San Jose Sharks

 

Good Evening Hockey Fans! The Kings play game two of this four game road trip as they take on the Sharks for the second game of the two game series. Tonight’s game is a 7:30 pm start time from SAP Center in San Jose from San Jose, California. Tonight’s game will be available to watch on NBCSN or streaming on the NBC Sports app or NBCSports.com as Randy Hahn and Bret Hedican will have the call.

Kings Record Before The Game

(13-12-6)

Sharks Record Before The Game

(12-14-4)

Tonight's Starting Lineup For Your Kings

Alex Iafallo-Anze Kopitar-Dustin Brown Adrian Kempe

Andreas Athanasiou-Adrian Kempe-Jeff Carter

Austin Wagner-Blake Lizotte-Gabriel Vilardi 

Carl Grundstrom-Jaret Anderson-Dolan-Trevor Moore 

Defense Pairings

Mikey Anderson-Drew Doughty 

 Kurtis MacDermid-Matt Roy

Tobias Bjornfot-Sean Walker

Tonight's Starting Goalie For Your Kings is Cal Petersen (Backup Goalie Is Jonathan Quick)

 
Scratches For Tonight's Game: Austin Strand, Matt Luff

Taxi Squad Players: Forwards: Michael Amadio, Rasmus Kupari Defensemen: Daniel Brickley, Mark Alt Goaltender: Troy Grosenick

Players On The Injury Reserve List: Martin Frk (Lower Body), Olli Maatta (Upper Body)

COVID-19 Protocol: None

Tonight’s Starting Lineup For The San Jose Sharks

Evander Kane-Logan Couture-Kevin Labanc

Timo Meier-Tomas Hertl-Patrick Marleau 

Marcus Sorensen-Dylan Gambrell-Rūdolfs Balcers

John Leonard-Ryan Donato-Kurtis Gabriel  

Defensive Pairings 

Mario Ferraro-Brent Burns

Nikolai Knyzhov-Erik Karlsson   

Radim Simek-Marc-Edouard Vlasic

Tonight’s Starting Goalie For The San Jose Sharks Martin Jones (Backup Is Devin Dubnyk)

Healthy Scratched: Antti Suomela, Fredrik Claesson 

Players on the Injured Reserve: Matt Nieto

(Lower Body)

Taxi Squad: Forwards Fredrik Händemark Joel Kellman Defenseman: Christian Jaros Goaltender: Alexei Melnichuk

Covid-19 Protocol: None

2020-21 Regular Season Game 30 Los Angeles Kings Vs San Jose Sharks

 

1st Period Goals: Sharks goal scored by number 39 Logan Couture, the goal was his (1st of the game and 14th of the season). Time of the goal 8:22.

 

2nd Period Goals: KINGS GOAL! Scored by number 3 MAT ROY, the goal was his (1st of the game and season). Assisted by number 27 Austin Wagner and 13 Gabriel Vilardi. Time of the goal 17:31. 

1st Period Penalties: Sharks penalty number 65 Erik Karlsson, 2 minute minor for Holding. Time of the penalty 3:00. Kings penalty to number 77 Jeff Carter, 2 minute minor for  Tripping. Time of the penalty 4:47. Kings penalty to number 22 Kurtis Macdermid, 5 minute major for Fighting. Time of the penalty 10:52. Sharks penalty number 29 Kurtis Gabriel, 5 minute major for Fighting. Time of the penalty 10:52. Sharks penalty to number 45 Timo Meier, 2 minute minor for Hi-Sticking. Time of the penalty 12:44. Sharks penalty to number 71 Nikolai Knyzhov, 2 minute minor for Tripping. Time of the penalty 16:26. 

2nd Period Penalties: 

Kings penalty to number 26 Sean Walker, 2 minute minor for Holding. Time of the penalty 5:58.  Sharks penalty to number 44 Marc Edward-Valsic, a 2 minute minor for Tripping. Time of the penalty 9:38. 

3rd Period Penalties: Sharks penalty to number 71 Nikolai Knyzhov, 2 minute minor for Tripping. Time of the penalty 58 seconds. 

3rd Period Goals: Sharks goal scored by number 16 Ryan Donato, the goal was his (1st of the game and 5th of the season). Time of the goal 3:48.

2020-21 Regular Season Pregame: Game 30 Los Angeles Kings Vs San Jose Sharks

 Good Evening Hockey Fans! The Kings head out on a four game road trip as the team heads up the coast to San Jose to take on the Sharks for a two game series. Tonight’s game is a 7:30 pm start time from SAP Center in San Jose from San Jose, California. Tonight’s game will be streamed on Fox Sports Go for your Kings. Alex Faust and Jim Fox will have the call on Fox Sports West and Nick Nickson and Daryl Evans will have the radio feed on the Kings IHeartRadio Network. For the Sharks TV broadcast you can tune into NBC Sports California as Randy Hahn and Bret Hedican will have the call, while for radio you can listen to the game on Sharks Audio Network (the call of the game can we be found on sjsharks.com or the Sharks+SAP Center app) as Daniel Rusanowsky and Scott Hannan.

Kings Record Before The Game

(13-11-6)

Sharks Record Before The Game

(11-14-4)

Pregame Notes: The Kings rank 23rd in the league with a 48.14 Corsi percentage, while the Sharks 24th rank with a 47.90 percentage. The Kings also are ranked 28th for scoring chance percentages with 48.72, while the Sharks rank 18th with 49.25. Kings forward Anze Kopitar ranks 5th among points in the NHL with a total of 37 points, and tied for 4th in assists with 29. 

Goaltender Comparisons: Jonathan Quick and Cal Petersen have combined a total of 2.71 goals against average and a .911 save percentage coming into tonight’s game for the Kings. Martin Jones and Devin Dubynk have combined for a total of 3.32 goals against average and a .894 save percentage for San Jose.

Tonight's Starting Lineup For Your Kings

Alex Iafallo-Anze Kopitar-Dustin Brown Adrian Kempe

Andreas Athanasiou-Adrian Kempe-Jeff Carter

Austin Wagner-Blake Lizotte-Gabriel Vilardi 

Carl Grundstrom-Jaret Anderson-Dolan-Trevor Moore 

Defense Pairings

Mikey Anderson-Drew Doughty 

 Kurtis MacDermid-Matt Roy

Tobias Bjornfot-Sean Walker

Tonight's Starting Goalie For Your Kings is Jonathan Quick (Backup Goalie Is Cal Petersen)

 
Scratches For Tonight's Game: Austin Strand, Matt Luff

Taxi Squad Players: Forwards: Michael Amadio, Rasmus Kupari Defensemen: Daniel Brickley, Mark Alt Goaltender: Troy Grosenick

Players On The Injury Reserve List: Martin Frk (Lower Body), Olli Maatta (Upper Body)

COVID-19 Protocol: None

Tonight’s Starting Lineup For The San Jose Sharks

Evander Kane-Logan Couture-Kevin Labanc

Timo Meier-Tomas Hertl-Patrick Marleau 

Marcus Sorensen-Dylan Gambrell-Rūdolfs Balcers

John Leonard-Ryan Donato-Kurtis Gabriel  

Defensive Pairings 

Mario Ferraro-Brent Burns

Nikolai Knyzhov-Erik Karlsson   

Radim Simek-Marc-Edouard Vlasic

Tonight’s Starting Goalie For The San Jose Sharks Martin Jones (Backup Is Devin Dubnyk)

Healthy Scratched: Antti Suomela, Fredrik Claesson 

Players on the Injured Reserve: Matt Nieto

(Lower Body)

Taxi Squad: Forwards Fredrik Händemark Joel Kellman Defenseman: Christian Jaros Goaltender: Alexei Melnichuk

COVID-19 Protocol: None

2020-21 Regular Season Postgame: Game 27 St. Louis Blues Vs LA Kings

Blues Record After The Game

(14-10-5) 

Kings Record After The Game

(12-10-6)

Advanced Stats

Blues Shots On Goal 20

Kings Shots On Goal 24

Blues power play 0 for 1 

Kings power play 1 for 2

Blues Faceoff Percentage 41.1%

Kings Faceoff Percentage 58.9%

Blues Hits 29

Kings Hits 17

Blues Blocked Shots 7

Kings Blocked Shots 10

Blues Giveaways 1

Kings Giveaways 7

Blues Takeaways 3

Kings Takeaways 2