Tag: Los Angeles Kings

KINGS-MAPLE LEAFS PREGAME NOTES




2021-22 Matchups vs. Los Angeles: First of Two
2020-21 Record vs. Los Angeles: N/A
Next Game vs. Los Angeles: Wednesday, November 24 at Los Angeles
Toronto Season Record: 7-4-1
Toronto Home Record: 6-1-1
TV: Sportsnet RADIO: Sportsnet 590


RECENT TRANSACTIONS
November 7, 2021
Forward Joey Anderson has been recalled from the Toronto Marlies
(AHL)
November 7, 2021
Forward Kirill Semyonov has been recalled from the Toronto Marlies
(AHL)
November 6, 2021
Goaltender Joseph Woll has been recalled from the Toronto Marlies
(AHL)

LAST GAME
Score: Toronto 5 vs. Boston 2
Date: Saturday, November 6, 2021
TOR Goals: Tavares (2), Matthews (2), Marner
BOS Goals: Hall, Pastrnak
TOR Goaltender: Campbell, 42/44, .955 SV%
BOS Goaltender: Ullmark, 31/35, .886 SV%
TOR Power Play: 2-for-4
BOS Power Play: 1-for-4


NEXT GAME

Date: Wednesday, November 10, 2021
Opponent: at Philadelphia Flyers
Broadcast Information: Sportsnet (TV), TSN 1050 (Radio)INJURY REPORT
Petr Mrázek (Groin) *On Injured Reserve
Ilya Mikheyev (Thumb) *On Injured Reserve
Man Games Lost: 19


ALL-TIME VS. LOS ANGELES KINGS:
First Matchup between Clubs: October 25, 1967 (Toronto 4 vs. Los Angeles 2)
All-Time Record: 65-64-21-3 (153 Games)
All-Time Record at Home: 40-26-11-1 (78 Games)
All-Time Record on the Road: 25-38-10-2 (75 Games)
Last Home Win vs. Opponent: November 5, 2019 (Toronto 3 vs. Los Angeles 1)
Record in Last Five Games: 3-1-0-1
Record in Last 10 Games: 5-3-0-2

ACTIVE LEADERS VS. LOS ANGELES KINGS:
Games Played: TJ Brodie (36), Jason Spezza (25), John Tavares (19)
Goals:
Jason Spezza (4), John Tavares (4), Alexander Kerfoot (3), Wayne
Simmonds (3), Michael Bunting (3), TJ Brodie (3)
Assists:
John Tavares (12), Jason Spezza (9), TJ Brodie (9), Mitch Marner (5),
Ondej Kaše (5)
Points: John Tavares (16), Jason Spezza (13), TJ Brodie (12)
Penalty Minutes: Nick Ritchie (29), Wayne Simmonds (12), Jason Spezza (12)

2021-22 AVERAGES &RANKINGS
Points % GF/Game GA/Game PP% PK% SF/G SA/G FO%
Toronto .625 2.67 2.67 22.9% 83.8% 34.7 30.6 55.5%
NHL Rank 12th-T 20th-T 9th-T 12th 14th 6th 20th-T 1st-T

THE MAN ADVANTAGE IN 2021-22
Power Play: 8/35 (22.9%)
Power Play Goal Leader: 3 – Matthews
Power Play Point Leader: 4 – Matthews, Nylander, Marner
2020-21 Power Play: 31/155 (20.0%)


ON THE PK IN 2021-22
Penalty Kill: 31/37 (83.8%)
Shorthanded Goal Leader: N/A
Shorthanded Point Leader: N/A
2020-21 Penalty Kill: 113/144 (78.5%)

FAST FACTS
Monday games 3rd of 7 (3 home, 4 road)
Back-to-Backs played 2 of 13
Record in first game of Back-to-Back 1-1-0
Record in second game of Back-to-Back 0-2-0
November games 4th of 14 (8 home, 6 road)


RECENT MILESTONESTJ BRODIE Appeared in his 700th career NHL game, Nov. 2, 2021 vs. VGK
PIERRE ENGVALL Appeared in his 100th career NHL game, Nov. 2, 2021 vs. VGK
AUSTON MATTHEWS
Recorded his 200th NHL goal on Oct. 25 at CAR. Per NHL Stats,
Matthews required the second-fewest games to reach 200 goals in Maple
Leafs history among players who debuted with the team, trailing only
Charlie Conacher (317 games).
AUSTON MATTHEWS
Recorded his 300th NHL point with a goal on Feb. 8 vs. VAN, tying Charlie
Conacher to become the second-fastest Maple Leaf to reach the mark at
294 games.
MORGAN RIELLY
Recorded his 300th NHL point with an assist on Apr. 13 vs. CGY to
become the sixth defenceman in franchise history to record 300 points with
the club.
MORGAN RIELLY Recorded his 250th career NHL assist on Oct. 27 at CHI
WAYNE SIMMONDS Skated in his 950th career NHL game on Oct. 16 vs. OTT
JOHN TAVARES Recorded his 200th point with the Maple Leafs on Oct. 18 vs. NYR.


UPCOMING MILESTONES
TJ BRODIE One goal away from 50 career NHL goals
JACK CAMPBELL Four wins away from 50 career NHL wins
JACK CAMPBELL Four games away from 100 career NHL games played
TRAVIS DERMOTT Two points away from 50 career NHL points
JUSTIN HOLL Nine points away from 50 career NHL points
ONDREJ KAŠE Six goals away from 50 career NHL goals
ONDREJ KAŠE One point away from 100 career NHL points
DAVID KÄMPF Nine assists away from 50 career NHL assists
ILYA MIKHEYEV Seven games away from 100 career NHL games played

Kings take off for Canada road trip trying to extend streak — Press Enterprise

The Kings crossed the Canadian border seeking to continue their newfound success against a pair of old-line franchises, as they will visit the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday and the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday. This four-game trip will see the Kings travel to four Canadian cities, beginning with Toronto, which has won five straight games…

Kings take off for Canada road trip trying to extend streak — Press Enterprise

Jonathan Quick helps Kings steal a win from the Ducks — Press Telegram

ANAHEIM — Jonathan Quick dived to his left and sprawled to his right and crawled on his stomach and fell on his back and thrust his blocker into the air and raised his glove and did all he could do to keep the Kings in the game Friday at Honda Center. The Ducks fired pucks…

Jonathan Quick helps Kings steal a win from the Ducks — Press Telegram

Kings games postponed after 3rd member of Avalanche franchise tests positive for COVID-19 — Daily Breeze

The Avalanche is shutting down operations through Tuesday after after a third member of the franchise tested positive for COVID-19. Following the third positive test, Colorado canceled its morning skate Friday ahead of the night’s scheduled game against the Kings at Ball Arena. 419 more words

Kings games postponed after 3rd member of Avalanche franchise tests positive for COVID-19 — Daily Breeze

Golden Knights win 5th straight, end 1st half in 1st place — Las Vegas Review-Journal

Max Pacioretty scored two goals and William Karlsson and William Carrier each had one as the Golden Knights wrapped up the first half of their season with a win at Los Angeles.

Golden Knights win 5th straight, end 1st half in 1st place — Las Vegas Review-Journal

Nathan MacKinnon reaches 500 career points as Avalanche improves to 2-1 — The Denver Post

He’s doesn’t much care for the nickname but Nate the Great is indeed that. Nathan MacKinnon reached Avalanche legendary status at age 25 on Tuesday night by assisting on two goals in Colorado’s 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings at Staples Center. MacKinnon’s 499th and 500th career points made him the fourth player in…

Nathan MacKinnon reaches 500 career points as Avalanche improves to 2-1 — The Denver Post

Kings approach new season with playoff aspirations — Whittier Daily News

While the opening-game roster and new taxi squad aren’t what the Kings has envisioned, they’re ready to pick up where they left off last season in Thursday’s opener against Minnesota at Staples Center.

Kings approach new season with playoff aspirations — Whittier Daily News

Ducks, Kings and rest of NHL inching closer to mid-January return to the ice — Orange County Register

Several critical issues remained to be resolved, including how to deal with the surge in COVID-19 cases in North America

Ducks, Kings and rest of NHL inching closer to mid-January return to the ice — Orange County Register

Kings part ways with Ontario Reign coach Mike Stothers — Press Telegram

In the same week that the Kings learned their season had officially ended, they made their first move of the offseason. They announced on Saturday morning they would not retain their top minor league affiliate’s head coach Mike Stothers had been a head coach with the Kings’ American Hockey League affiliates for the past six…

Kings part ways with Ontario Reign coach Mike Stothers — Press Telegram

Kings begin extended homestand with 4th win in a row — Daily News

Toronto’s John Tavares, right, and the Kings’ Trevor Lewis battle for the puck during the first period of Thursday’s game at Staples Center. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 05: Blake Lizotte #46 of the Los Angeles Kings jumps over the puck in a game against the Toronto Maple Leafs during…

Kings begin extended homestand with 4th win in a row — Daily News

LOS ANGELES — On a night when the Kings welcomed back some old friends, they continued their season-best winning streak with a 1-0 shootout victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday at Staples Center. The Kings have won four straight for the first time this season.

Jonathan Quick held off the Leafs for 65 minutes, making 36 saves in his 52nd career shutout, and former Ducks goalie Freddie Andersen did the same for the Leafs, stopping 30 shots. It was the fourth shootout for the Kings this season but the first time they went into it scoreless. The previous three were all losses.

Center Anze Kopitar and left wing Adrian Kempe scored in the shootout for the Kings, while left wing William Nylander was the lone Leafs scorer. Kopitar also made a number of crucial defensive plays in the game.

“When you have the head of the snake, if you will, it makes it a lot easier for a coaching staff, the coach and players to respond,” Kings coach Todd McLellan said

KINGS 1, LEAFS 0 (SO). WHAT THEY SAID: “It was a great game, a beautiful game. It was great to play behind a team like that. The way we played made it easy for me. It was unfortunate, obviously, we couldn’t get the extra point.” –FREDERIK ANDERSEN.

HEAD COACH SHELDON KEEFE

On tonight’s game:

I thought it was a pretty even hockey game all the way through. I thought our team did a good job in the game, especially as we got through that first period, staying with the process just with the way that they play, clogging the neutral zone and defend really well. I thought as we found our way through that, adjusted in the second and third I thought we did a good job as a team. It’s a game that really could have gone either way. We’re happy to get one point, we could have two in overtime or the shootout, it didn’t go our way in that sense, but not a lot to complain about for us as a group.

On how the team managed frustration when it couldn’t convert scoring chances:

I thought they dealt with it pretty well at times. I think they were 0-for-3 on breakaways so the guys that are missing those type of chances, you can see there’s a little frustration setting in, but in terms of the way the game was going I thought we managed it okay. At times I felt we turned it over a little bit through the neutral zone, but that’s the number one team in the NHL at holding their blueline. They’re going to make it hard on you, you know that going into the game and they did that at times. I thought we stayed with it, Fred in net was outstanding for us. We just couldn’t find a way to get one in. Tonight is a night where we need our power play to be the difference. So if there’s an area we’d like to certainly be better in, that would be it.

FREDERIK ANDERSEN (30 SAVES)

On playing behind tonight’s defensive effort:

It was a great game, a beautiful game. It was great to play behind a team like that. The way we played made it easy for me. It was unfortunate, obviously, we couldn’t get the extra point.

On how he felt after a few days without playing:

I felt pretty dialed in.

On how unusual it is for the team to be shutout:

I mean, he played incredible down there too. So I don’t think that’s odd. He’s one of the best in the League, I think, when he’s on his game. We could have easily scored but he pulled out some nice saves when we had our chances.

KYLE CLIFFORD (5 HITS)

On Jonathan Quick’s performance tonight:

Yeah, he’s a — Quick is a competitor. Obviously, he had a pretty good game and I felt like he stole it for them.

On tonight’s performance:

I thought for the most part we controlled the game, we played pretty well. We had a lot of scoring chances. I’m familiar with them, I know they’re a tight defensive team. It just would have been nice to come out with the win here.