2021-22 Regular Season Pregame Game 5: LA Kings Vs St. Louis Blues

 

Good Evening Hockey Fans! Tonight the LA Kings play game three on this four game road trip, the Kings play game one of a two game series, against the St Louis Blues from the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The game will have a 7:00 CST (5:00 PST) start time. Tonight’s game will be able to stream on Bailly Sports App for both the Kings and Blues, Alex Faust and Jim Fox will have the call on Bailly Sports West and Nick Nickson and Daryl Evans will have the radio feed on the Kings IHeartRadio Network. For Blues fans you can tune into Bailly Sports Midwest as John Kelly will have play by play and Dareen Pang will provide color commentary, and for radio listeners you can tune into 101 ESPN as Chris Kerber and Joe Vitale will have the call 

Kings Record Before The Game

(1-2-1)

Blues Record Before The Game

(3-0-0)

Pregame Notes: 

Kings Pregame Stats: The Kings come into tonight’s game with a total Corsi percentage of 56.71% which ranks them 2nd in the league. 

Blues Pregame Stats: The Blues come into tonight’s game with a total Corsi percentage of 46.52% which ranks them 27th in the league. 

Kings Goaltender Comparisons: Jonathan Quick and Cal Petersen have a combined total of a 1.82% save percentage. And a 5.14 goals against average (GAA). 

Blues Goaltender Comparisons: Jordan Binnington has a 2.67% save percentage and a .921 goals against average (GAA). Villie Husso has not started a game yet 

Tonight's Starting Lineup For Your Kings

Viktor Arvidsson-Anze Kopitar-Dustin Brown 

Alex Iafallo-Phillip Danault-Adrian Kempe

Arthur Kaliyev-Gabriel Vilardi-Trevor Moore

Carl Grundstrom-Blake Lizotte-Rasmus Kupari 

Defense Pairings

Mikey Anderson-Tobias Bjornfot 

Alex Edler-Olli Maatta

Sean Walker-Matt Roy

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

 
Scratches For Tonight's Game: Austin Strand, Vladimir Tkachev

Players On The Injury Reserve List: Andreas Athanasiou (Undisclosed injury, duration day to day), Lias Andersson (Groin injury, duration of injury unknown), Drew Doughty (Lower body, duration of injury unknown)

COVID Protocol: Brendan Lemiuex

Tonight’s Lineup For The St. Louis Blues 

Klim Kostin-Ryan O’Reilly-David Perron 

Jordan Kyrou-Brayden Schenn-James Neal 

Ivan Barbashev-Robert Thomas-Vladimir Tarasenko 

Jake Neighbours-Tyler Bozak-Kyle Clifford

Defense Pairings 

Jake Walman-Colton Parayko

Torrey Krug-Justin Faulk 

Marco Scandella-Robert Bortuzzo 

Tonight’s Starting Goalie Is Jordan Binnington (Backup Is Ville Husso)

Scratches For Tonight’s Game: Niko Mikkola

Players On Injury Reserve: Oskar Sundqvist (Lower body injury, duration of injury week to week)

Suspended: Pavel Buchnevich

COVID-19 Protocol: None