I'll try to stick to this format from Blueline. I DO NOT want to take over, but I'm doing it this time for LGK's sake (and have some free time to spare). Please do this again Blueline, don't let a few jerks set you off. :(
By the way, this GDT took me 1 hour to finish because I suck at this... and I totally left out the notes section for now too!
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Game Time: 7:30 PM PST | 10:30 PM EST
Location: Staples Center | Los Angeles, CA
TV Broadcast: Home Team: No TV
Away Team: LEAFS TV (HD)
From Cross Traffic: Center Ice, channel 784 on DIREC
TV.
Radio Broadcast: 1150 AM, XM (No idea) Online broadcast: NHL Radio In their last games, the Toronto Maple Leafs and Los Angeles Kings showed why they are at the bottom of their respective divisions.
Each look to bounce back from decisive shutout losses when they meet on Thursday night at Staples Center.
Though the Maple Leafs haven't played in Los Angeles since a 4-4 tie on Nov. 13, 2003, the Kings won 2-1 at Toronto on Dec. 6, 2005 in the teams' most recent meeting.
Los Angeles will try to bounce back from its worst loss of the season, 7-0 to Nashville on Tuesday to fall to 1-3-0 on its six-game homestand. It was the third time this season an opponent shut out the Kings, who have been outscored 13-4 in their last two games.
The Kings have a home record of 9-15-1, and their last 10 games is a record of 3-7.
The Maple Leafs have a road record of 8-11-3, and their last 10 games is a record of 2-6-2.
The Kings face the Dallas Stars on Saturday afternoon at Staples Center
"If nothing else, I think we talked about being committed to our team and how we need to play,''
Patrick O'Sullivan said. "We really have played well since Christmas with the exception of last night. We kind of got away from what we’ve been doing, so we’ve got to get back to that and I think we’ll be fine.''
We hadn't done anything like that in a while,'' O'Sullivan said. "I don’t think it necessarily had anything to do with the game but, at the same time, we had a hard practice today and I think that’s good for us to forget about yesterday, come to rink today and work as hard as we could.''
We have to move forward from last night,'' Crawford said. "That game was not us. We know how we have to play, the effort we have to give and how we have to prepare to get that effort. That’s what we concentrated on today.
"I told players let's just control the things that we can control. The things we can control certainly start and end with effort, then we control our habits and the structure in which we play. That is the answer. It is the answer when you play well and it's definitely the answer when you play poorly.''
Obviously, we got to get back to basics and part of basics is working hard,'' Dustin Brown said. "I think that’s what today's practice was all about, getting back into that mindframe of working hard day in and day out. Sometimes that’s what a team needs. We responded well to how hard that practice was. It's not every day you get a practice like that.''
Kings
Cammalleri (Injured ribs on 12/26/07) day-to-day
Dallman (Broken foot on 12/23/07) day-to-day
Maple Leafs
Bell (Cracked Orbital Bone on 1/5/08) day-to-day
Colaiacovo (Right Knee Contusion on 1/6/08) day-to-day
McCabe (Broken Left Hand on 12/16/07) IR
First and *only* meeting this season
Here are the old meetings...
11/13/03 - Maple Leafs @ Kings 4-4 (Tie)
12/06/05 - Kings @ Maple Leafs 2-1 (Kings win)
Leading Scorers:
Forwards: 
Kopitar, LA - 40 points (17 G, 23 A, -12) |
Sundin, TOR - 48 points (20G, 28 A, +10) Defensemen: 
Visnovsky, LA - 25 points (4 G, 21 A, -17) |
Kaberle, TOR - 27 points (6 G, 21 A, -1) Probable Starters: (subject to change) 
LaBarbera, LA - 28 GP Record: 8-16-1 GAA 2.97 SV% .906 | Raycroft, TOR 14 GP Record: 2-6-4 GAA 3.79 SV% .878
GAA:
LA – 3.36 (29th in NHL)
TOR – 3.21 (27th in NHL)
Avg. Goals:
LA – 2.75 (15th in NHL)
TOR – 2.77 (13h in NHL)
Power Play %:
LA – 20.2 (4th in NHL)
TOR – 13.8 (27th in NHL)
Penalty Kill %:
LA – 76.9 (29th in NHL)
TOR – 79.5 (26th in NHL)
(As of 1/10/08)
Pacific Division Standings:
1. Dallas Stars (25-16-4) 54 pts
2. San Jose Sharks (23-12-6) 52 pts
3. Anaheim Ducks (23-17-6) 52 pts
4. Phoenix Coyotes (22-18-1) 45 pts
5. Los Angeles Kings (15-27-2) 32 pts
Western Conference Standings:
1 Red Wings 69
2 Stars 54
3 Canucks 52
4 Sharks 52
5 Ducks 52
6 Flames 51
7 Wild 48
8 Blues 47
9 Avalanche 47
10 Coyotes 45
11 Blue Jackets 44
12 Predators 44
13 Oilers 42
14 Blackhawks 42
15 Kings 32
Key/Division Games Tonight:
Is anything really *Key* at this point?
***GDT Toronto @ Los Angeles 01-10-08*** 
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