We’ll save the long, insightful intro today. There’s only one thing people want to know about… Quinton Byfield.
STATS CHECK
Byfield played 11 AHL games during his unofficial conditioning assignment.
His last game was Monday (the tail end of 3 games in 4 days). He didn't record a point, yet had 6 SOG, his season high.
Prior, QB had a 5 game point streak, w/goals in 4 of previous 5 games. https://t.co/D7izZfI1gp
— The Mayor | John Hoven (@mayorNHL) January 20, 2022
Just in case McLellan reads this tweet while waiting for LA Kings morning skate at 10:30am…
Iafallo – Kopitar – Kaliyev
Moore – Danault – Arvidsson
Turcotte – Byfield – Brown
Lemieux – Lizotte – Kupari#YoureWelcome— The Mayor | John Hoven (@mayorNHL) January 20, 2022
Kings coach Todd McLellan had other ideas, despite our best efforts to nudge him along on twitter.
Toddfather shuffling the deck tonight. In addition to Byfield, Grundstrom in for LAK as well.
— Dennis Bernstein (@DennisTFP) January 20, 2022
LA KINGS PROJECTED LINEUP vs. COLORADO AVALANCHE on 1/20
Iafallo – Kopitar – Fagemo
Moore – Danault – Arvidsson
Grundstrom – Byfield – Brown
Lemieux – Lizotte – Kaliyev
Other options: Kupari, Turcotte
IR: Andersson, Athanasiou
Protocol: Kempe
Anderson – Doughty
Maatta – Roy
Bjornfot – Durzi
Other options: Moverare
Quick (starter)
Petersen
On the Colorado side of things:
Per Mike Chambers of the Denver Post, Darcy Kuemper is expected to start in goal vs. LA.
Against the Ducks on Wednesday night, the Avs went with the following lineup (and it’s expected to be the same)…
Game #️⃣3️⃣7️⃣#GoAvsGo pic.twitter.com/0Vlv4FqXFP
— Colorado Avalanche (@Avalanche) January 20, 2022
Fighting majors: Kurtis MacDermid and Nicolas Deslauriers wow crowd in Anaheim https://t.co/XBSIkOIRd7 via @denverpost
— Mike Chambers (@MikeChambers) January 20, 2022
KINGS MILESTONES WITHIN REACH
Anze Kopitar – needs 35 points to pass Dave Taylor for third on the Kings all-time scoring list
Dustin Brown — 6 goals away from passing Bernie Nicholls for fifth place in Kings franchise history
Drew Doughty — 4 games away from playing in his 1,000th NHL regular season game
Puck drop is scheduled for 6:30 pm PST tonight and the game will be televised on Bally Sports West.
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