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Thursday, December 7, 2023

2023-24 NHL Regular Season PreGame 22 LA Kings At Montréal Canadiens

Good Afternoon Hockey Fans! Your Los Angeles Kings face off tonight against the Montréal Canadiens as the team plays the second game of this east coast road trip.

The Kings head into tonight's game coming of a thrilling 4-3 comeback win over the Columbus Blue Jackets in overtime on Tuesday night.

The Kings previously played Montreal back in November which resulted in a 4-0 Kings win.

The team improved to a (10-0-0) record on the road tying the 2006-07 Buffalo Sabres for most wins on the road in the regular season with their last win. With a win tonight the team will hold sole possession of that record.

Some notable stats for the Kings are that

The Kings have the 2nd best penalty kill percentage in the league with 88.4%. 
Blake Lizotte is back tonight after missing the past six games

Tonight’s game is at 7:30 pm EST 4:30 pm PST from Bell Centre from Montreal Quebec The game can be streamed on Bally Sports app or website for the Kings.

Nick Nickson, Jim Fox and Daryl Evans will have the call simulcasted on Bally Sports West and the Kings IHeartRadio Network.

For the Canadiens TV broadcast you can tune into TSN2 as Bryan Mudryk and Mike Johnson will have the English call of the game, while Pierre Houde and Marc Denis will have the French call of the game on RDS. For the radio calls of today’s game for Montreal will be Victor Findlay and Sergio Momesso for the English call on TSN 690 and the French call with Martin McGuire and Danny Dubé on 98.5 FM.

Kings Record Before The Game

(15-4-3)

Canadiens Record Before The Game

(11-11-3)

Pregame Notes:

Adrian Kempe is tied for 3rd in the plus minus in the league with a +14

Can Talbot is also 2nd in the league with a GAA of 1.96 and ranks 4th with a save percentage of .930 and also is tied for 3rd with 11 wins on the season.

Goaltender Notes

Kings Goaltender Comparisons: Phoenix Copley and Cam Talbot have a combined total of a 1.74% save percentage.
 

Canadiens Goaltender Comparisons: Jake Allen and Samuel Montembeault have a combined 1.81% save percentage. 

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