With a Game 1 victory in the books, LA coach Todd McLellan has already turned the page. Nobody wins a playoff series in the first game, so it’s all about Game 2 for now and that’s coming up later tonight in Edmonton.
On Monday, several Kings put up some impressive underlying stats that supported the old ‘eye test’ of watching the game live:
Game Score leaderboard after yesterday. The Three Kings! pic.twitter.com/0GOWdkEIYO
— Corey Sznajder (@ShutdownLine) May 3, 2022
Adrian Kempe had the highest game score in the EDM-LA game and a lot of it was through having zone entries leading to scoring chances. Only a couple direct plays but he had some good cycle chances with Kopitar & Athanasiou off carry-ins too. pic.twitter.com/0HsyEziSNq
— Corey Sznajder (@ShutdownLine) May 4, 2022
Don’t sleep on Carl Grundstrom in the above graphic. The Kings need support from their bottom-6 fowards and he more than got the job done in Game 1.
From all indications, Viktor Arvidsson will miss Game 2, so McLellan is expected to use the same lineup again.
When I asked Todd, he would not say if Arvidsson status is no longer day-to-day but with consecutive days of not skating, I would not expect a quick return. https://t.co/fdsB6LkWHq
— Dennis Bernstein (@DennisTFP) May 4, 2022
In an interesting trivia note regarding this date in Kings Playoff History, there have been two impressive 1-0 shutouts. Could history be on their side again tonight? Another 1-0 shutout would have to be considered a longshot, but so was that Potvin performance back in 2001.
On May 4, 2001, Felix Potvin made 20 saves and earned his first playoff shutout with the @LAKings in a 1-0 win against Colorado. Luc Robitaille's goal in Game 5 established a franchise record for most goals (41) and game-winning goals (9) in #LAKings' playoff history.#GoKingsGo pic.twitter.com/XiSf4ySqUJ
— The Kingstorian (@Kingstorian) May 4, 2022
On May 4, 2013, Jonathan Quick recorded his fifth career playoff shutout in a 1-0 win over the St. Louis Blues. Quick's 30 saves in Game 3 gave the @LAKings their first win in the Western Conference Quarterfinals.#LAKings #GoKingsGo pic.twitter.com/HHCQU06tqe
— The Kingstorian (@Kingstorian) May 4, 2022
LA KINGS PROJECTED LINEUP vs. EDMONTON OILERS
Athanasiou – Kopitar – Kempe
Moore – Danault – Iafallo
Grundstrom – Lizotte – Brown
Lemieux – Byfield – Kaliyev
Other options: Andersson, Arvidsson, Kupari, Vilardi
Edler – Roy
Anderson – Durzi
Maatta – Spence
Other options: Bjornfot, Moverare, Strand, Stecher
LTIR: Doughty, Walker
Quick (starter)
Petersen
Puck drop is scheduled for 7:00pm PST and the game will be televised on Bally Sports Network.
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