A preview of the Kings.
When and where: 10:30 p.m. Staples Center.
TV: FSN Pittsburgh, FSN West.
Internet: Yahoo is scheduled to provide a broadcast feed for folks within the United States and outside the Pittsburgh and Los Angeles markets. Click here to watch.
Record: 9-4-2, 20 points. The Kings are in fourth place in the Western Conference and second place in the Pacific Division.
Leading Scorer: Anze Kopitar, 24 points (11 goals, 13 assists).
Last Game: 5-3 road win against the Coyotes, Sunday. Ryan Smyth had two goals and two assists.
Last Game against the Penguins: 4-1 road loss, March 20. Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin each had a goal and an assist.
Kings Player We Would Bet Money On Scoring: We're going to go off the beaten path here a bit and pick Drew Doughty. He has points in five of his past six games.
Ex-Penguins on the Kings: Bob Berry, pro scout; Luc Robitaille, president, business operations; Rob Scuderi (above), D.
Ex-Kings on the Penguins: Dan Bylsma, head coach; Tony Granto, assistant coach; Kevin Stevens, pro scout.
Useless Kings Trivia Vaguely Related to the Penguins: Four players have recorded a hat trick for both the Penguins and Kings. They are Lowell MacDonald, Luc Robitaille, Eddie Shack and Rick Tocchet.
Best Kings YouTube Video We Could Find: This is... stunningly bad. Someone apparently thought it would be a good idea to have the members of the Kings' famed Triple Crown line of Marcel Dionne, Charlie Simmer and Dave Taylor record a song titled "Forgive My Misconduct" as well as an accompanying music video. Here are the results:
-This note probably has nothing to do with anything tonight, but Simmer, a former Penguin, was once married to 1981 Playmate of the year Terri Welles. Therefore, he should be your favorite Penguin.
-Ever.
Notes:
-Marc-Andre Fleury (10-2-0, 2.14 GAA, .916 SV%) and Jonathan Quick (9-3-2, 2.62 GAA, .901 SV%) are your expected starters in net.
-For the Penguins, forward Evgeni Malkin (shoulder) is out. Defenseman Sergei Gonchar (wrist) and forward Maxime Talbot (shoulder) are on injured reserve.
-For the Kings, forward Alexander Frolov (hip flexor) is probable. Defenseman Alec Martinez (ankle) is on injured reserve.
-Pascal Dupuis is working for his ice time.
-Talbot has resumed skating.
-"He’s a piece..." - Sidney Crosby on former teammate Rob Scuderi (And yes, we intentionally left that sentence incomplete.).
-"There's no bitterness, no nothing. I think the only thing you can call it is mutual respect." - Scuderi on leaving the Penguins.
-Did you know Rob Scuderi used to be a Penguin?
-Luc Robitaille is a fan of Sidney Crosby.
-Frolov has been reunited on a line with Michal Handzus and Wayne Simmonds.
-Speaking of Simmonds, he won't be able to get any revenge on Evgeni Malkin:
-Defenseman Davis Drewiske's plus-10 has been a nice surprise for the Kings this season.
-Defenseman Randy Jones, acquired off waivers from the Flyers last week, is still trying to crack the Kings' top six.
-Tickets were still available for this game as of 2 a.m.
-The Kings will be wearing their black and white third jerseys.
-Our live blog begins at approximately 10:30 p.m. Grab yourself some Dunkin Donuts' coffee, curl up on the couch in your pj's and please tune in.
(Photo: Danny Moloshok/Associated Press)
Posted
Nov 05 2009, 03:48 AM
by
Seth Rorabaugh