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Game Time: 7:00 PM PST | 10:00 PM EST
Location: General Motors Place | Vancouver, BC
TV Broadcast: Away Team: No TV
Home Team: No TV
National TV: CBC (HD)
Radio Broadcast: 1150 AM; XM 204 Online broadcast: NHL Radio Internet Stream: Must use Sopcast
(Thanks to
Die Radio Die for the suggestion.)
Returning home might be what the Vancouver Canucks need to snap out of their current slump. That's if they can finally beat the Los Angeles Kings.
The Canucks look to avoid losing a season-high third straight game overall, as well as a third straight to the Kings, when the teams meet Saturday night at GM Place.
Vancouver (25-17-5) returns home after falling 3-2 in a shootout at Detroit on Thursday to finish 1-1-1 on a brief road trip that included stops in St. Louis and Columbus.
The Kings (18-28-2), who look to take a series from the Canucks for the second time in three seasons, had their three-game winning streak Friday with a 6-1 loss at Calgary.
Derek Armstrong scored the lone goal - assisted by Raitis Ivanans - for Los Angeles, which struggled in every facet of the game after outscoring its opponents 12-6 during the win streak.
Jason LaBarbera was pulled for Jean-Sebastien Aubin after giving up five goals in two periods Friday. Each Kings goaltender has started a game versus Vancouver this season.
Armstrong, who recorded a point for the third time in four games, has a goal and two assists versus Vancouver in 2007-08.
The Kings have a road record of 7-13-1, and their last 10 games is a record of 6-4.
The Canucks have a home record of 13-7-2, and their last 10 games is a record of 5-4-1.
The Canucks are 12-1-2 at home since losing six of their first seven at GM Place.
The Kings return home on Tuesday night against the Detroit Red Wings at Staples Center.
"We made far too many mistakes both in the offensive zone and the defensive zone," Kings coach
Marc Crawford said. "In the second, we started to play a little bit better but the bounces kind of went their way and probably because they worked extremely hard tonight".
Craig Conroy on beating LaBarbera last night:
"Ugh. Feel bad for Barb but I'm happy for us," said
Conroy, a good friend and former teammate of Labarbera's. "He can celebrate it next game against (Vancouver)."
**Can't find any other quotes by the Kings at the moment. I will post more if they show up.**
Los Angeles Kings
Mike Cammalleri (Injured ribs on 12/26/07) IR
Kevin Dallman (Broken foot on 12/23/07) day-to-day
Brian Willsie (Sore lower back injury on 1/15/08) day-to-day
Vancouver Canucks
Kevin Bieksa (Lacerated right calf on 11/2/07) IR
Brendan Morrison (Wrist surgery on 12/11/07) IR
Mattias Ohlund (Concussion on 12/23/07) IR
10/19/07 - Kings @ Canucks 4-2 (Kings win)
12/10/07 - Canucks @ Kings 4-2 (Kings win)
Leading Scorers:
Forwards: 
Kopitar, LA - 44 points (18 G, 26 A, -11) |
H. Sedin, VAN - 48 points (9G, 39 A, +18) Defensemen: 
Visnovsky, LA - 27 points (5 G, 22 A, -17) | Krajicek, VAN - 11 points (2 G, 9 A, -3)
Probable Starters: (subject to change) 
Aubin, LA - 17 GP Record: 5-6-1 GAA 3.20 SV% .889 |
Luongo, VAN - 39 GP Record: 21-14-4 GAA 2.04 SV% .928 
Players you might want to keep an eye on: 
Dustin Brown, LA - 38 points (23 G, 15 A, -3) | Markus Naslund, VAN - 37 points (16 G, 21 A, +4)
Former (Recent) Kings: 
Aaron Miller, 7 points (1 G, 6 A, +1) | Jeff Cowan, 1 point (0 G, 1 A, -1) | Mike Weaver, 0 points (0 G, 0 A, +0)
**Stats are updated completely as of 1:15 PM**GAA:
LA – 3.33 (30th in NHL)
VAN – 2.26 (2nd in NHL)
Avg. Goals:
LA – 2.77 (12th in NHL)
VAN – 2.55 (22th in NHL)
Power Play %:
LA – 20 (4th in NHL)
VAN – 17.6 (15th in NHL)
Penalty Kill %:
LA – 77.2 (29th in NHL)
VAN – 82.1 (15th in NHL)
(As of 1/19/08)
Pacific Division Standings:
1. Anaheim Ducks (27-17-6) 60 pts
2. San Jose Sharks (25-14-7) 57 pts
3. Dallas Stars (26-18-5) 57 pts
4. Phoenix Coyotes (24-21-1) 49 pts
5. Los Angeles Kings (18-28-2) 38 pts
Western Conference Standings:
1 Red Wings 72
2 Ducks 60
3 Flames 56
4 Stars 57
5 Sharks 57
6 Wild 55
7 Canucks 55
8 Avalanche 54
9 Blue Jackets 52
10 Blues 50
11 Coyotes 49
12 Predators 48
13 Blackhawks 48
14 Oilers 47
15 Kings 38
Key/Division Games Tonight:
Rangers @ Bruins 10:00 AM PT | 1:00 PM EST
Blue Jackets @ Stars 11:00 AM PT | 2:00 PM ET
Predators @ Blues 11:00 AM PT | 2:00 PM ET
Sabres @ Maple Leafs 4:00 PM PT | 7:00 PM ET
Penguins @ Canadiens 4:00 PM PT | 7:00 PM ET
Lightning @ Senators 4:00 PM PT | 7:00 PM ET
Flyers @ Islanders 4:00 PM PT | 7:00 PM ET
Panthers @ Capitals 4:00 PM PT | 7:00 PM ET
Blackhawks @ Coyotes 6:00 PM PT | 9:00 PM ET
Red Wings @ Sharks 7:30 PM PT | 10:30 PM ET