Already dealing with a less than .500 record on the road, the Kings now have the unenviable task of playing in Detroit tonight without their captain (more on that below).
Additionally, the Kings are in a dog fight for the fourth seed, the only way they’ll secure home-ice advantage for the first round of the playoffs.
Despite the outcome of the game though, you could win a Dustin Brown themed-prize in tonight’s First Goal Contest.
To enter, simply follow these three steps…
STEP 1 – Some required reading:
– Full details on Brown suspension and Tyler Toffoli call-up
– Minnesota Wild players react to Brown’s elbow on Pominville
– Mark Hardy and Kings prospects continue to push for more
STEP 2 – Click here to check out all the artwork Chris Thorne has to offer – not just hockey related, but all sorts of interesting items. The randomly selected winner of today’s contest will be shipped the 11×17 print of Kings captain Dustin Brown shown above.
STEP 3 – Place a comment below with the LAST NAME of the LA Kings player you think will score first vs. the Red Wings (one entry per person). We’ll pool all the correct entries and one person will be randomly selected to receive a free Hockey Soda Energy prize pack featuring a hockey puck and a 4-pack of Hockey Energy Soda (must be 16 years of age or older).
To get you started, here are the line combinations and D-pairings that coach Darryl Sutter is expected to use:
FORWARDS
Justin Williams – Anze Kopitar – Jeff Carter (unconfirmed)
Kyle Clifford – Mike Richards – Tyler Toffoli
Dwight King – Jarret Stoll – Trevor Lewis
Brad Richardson – Colin Fraser – Jordan Nolan
DEFENSE
Robyn Regehr – Drew Doughty
Rob Scuderi – Slava Voynov
Jake Muzzin – Matt Greene
Healthy Scratches: Dustin Brown, Keaton Ellerby, Alec Martinez and Dustn Penner
Goaltender Jonathan Quick is expected to get the start in net for LA.
Good luck in the contest!
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Lewis
Stoll
Carter
Carter
clifford
Regehr
Toffoli
Stoll
Go KINGS Go!!
Kopitar
Carter
Trevor Lewis!
Toffoli
Voynov!
Mike Richards
Clifford
Congratulations – you were the randomly selected winner! Please see your email for more info.
Doughty!
Wow, those prints are great. Chris Thorne, your work is badass.
First goal goes to Stolly Moly, Jarret Stoll!
Penner
Carter!!!
Richards
Carter
Kopitar
Toffoli!
Richards
Richards
Toffoli
Kopi
Carter
Richards
Richards
Kopitar
Jarret Stoll
Kopitar.
Carter
Muzzin
Greene
Carter
Brown…. heh just making sure you guys were paying attention. My real guess is Richards.
Carter
Carter
Richards
Toffoli
Williams
Toffoli
Toffoli
Kopitar for first goal
Williams
Kopitar
Kopitar.
Kopitar will score first
Carter for first goal
williams
WILLIAMS
Toffoli
King….go kings go!!!!
Kopitar
Carter
Clifford
Carter. Go KINGS go!
Kopitar
Toffoli scores first tonight vs. Det.
Doughty
Richardson
Williams..
I’m going kopitar
Carterrrrrrr
D. King
Carter
Carter, just sayin’
Stoll #28
Carter
Penner
Williams
Clifford
Reghre
Williams
Carter
Fraser
Richards