Los Angeles Kings dynasty (BAGM NHL11)

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Chicago Blackhawks at Los Angeles Kings

January 3rd, 2011

1st Period:
LA - Mitchell(5)(Kopitar) 11:12
LA - Smyth(11)(unn) 18:39 (PP)

2nd Period:
LA - Holloway(5)(Parse, Greene) 16:08

3rd Period:
LA - Williams(8)(Mitchell, Doughty)
CHI - Bolland(Brouwer, Sharp) 18:27 (PP)


Final Score:
Chicago 1 - Los Angeles 4

3 Stars:
1- Ryan Mitchell 1G1A
2- Ryan Smyth 1G
3- Justin Williams 1G

Goaltending:
LA - Jonathan Quick 11/12 saves
CHI - Cristobal Huet 23/27 saves

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Nashville Predators at Los Angeles Kings

January 6th, 2011

1st Period:
LA - Brown(14)(Kopitar, Doughty) 11:33
LA - Kopitar(10(Mitchell, Quick) 13:49

2nd Period:
LA - Smyth (12)(unn) 16:43 (PP)

3rd Period:
NSH - Weber(Legwand) 1:34 (PP)
LA - Kopitar(11)(unn) 6:02

Final Score:
Nashville 1 - Los Angeles 4

3 Stars:
1- Anze Kopitar 2G1A
2- Dustin Brown 1G
3- Jonathan Quick 19 saves, 1A

Goaltending:
LA - Jonathan Quick 19/20 saves
NSH - Pekka Rinne 13/17 saves

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Columbus Blue Jackets at Los Angeles Kings


January 8th, 2011


1st Period:
CBJ - Moreau(Umberger, Tyutin) 2:06
LA - Lewis(8)(Mitchell, Holloway) 2:55
LA - Doughty(17)(Brown, Richardson) 8:48

2nd Period:
CBJ - Voracek(Clark) 3:03
LA - Ponikarovsky(14)(Brown) 7:43
CBJ - Umberger, Voracek) 8:35

3rd Period:
CBJ - Huselius(Moreau) 7:35

Final Score:
Columbus 4 - Los Angeles 3

3 Stars:
1- Ethan Moreau 1G1A
2- RJ Umberger 2A
3- Dustin Brown 2A

Goaltending:
LA - Jonathan Quick 32/36 saves
CBJ - Steve Mason 27/30 saves

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Simmonds assigned to AHL, Stoll cleared

(Los Angeles, CA) -- The Los Angeles Kings have received some very good news as both Wayne Simmonds and Jarret Stoll have been cleared to play by the medical staff.

Simmonds has been assigned to the Kings AHL affiliate, the Manchester Monarchs, while Stoll will join the Kings once again for their home stand, continuing with a game of the Toronto Maple Leafs

It has been speculated that Simmonds might spend the rest of the season in the AHL after the impressive playing of both Oscar Moller and Bud Holloway this season.

"Honestly, we don't want to break any of the chemistry the team has right now by taking someone out who has been playing great as of late, and put in a player that's coming back from a pretty long time out from an injury. It just wouldn't be fair on either side." said GM Dean Lombardi.

In 24 games this season, Simmonds has registered five goal and one assist for six points.

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NHL Standings - Updated: Jan 10, 2011
East Playoff Race	W	L	OTL	PTS	HOME	ROAD	GF	GA
Pittsburgh	27	14	2	56
Tampa Bay	43	15	6	51
Toronto	20	14	6	46
New York Rangers	23	17	3	49
Carolina	23	15	3	49
Atlanta	21	18	6	48
Florida	21	15	4	46
Buffalo	19	15	7	45
New Jersey	19	16	7	45
Boston	20	18	2	42
Ottawa	19	19	4	42
Washington	18	18	6	42
Montreal	18	23	1	37
New York Islanders	16	20	4	35
Philadelphia	12	29	0	24
West Playoff Race	W	L	OTL	PTS	HOME	ROAD	GF	GA
Los Angeles	31	7	3	65
Columbus	24	14	4	52
Colorado	23	17	2	48
San Jose	26	12	5	57
St. Louis	24	14	2	50
Phoenix	23	15	3	49
Detroit	22	16	4	48
Chicago	22	19	3	47
Edmonton	21	16	3	45
Vancouver	20	17	4	44
Dallas	20	19	4	44
Anaheim	20	22	3	43
Calgary	19	19	4	42
Nashville	18	17	6	42
Minnesota	15	22	5	35

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Los Angeles Kings Stats - 2010/11
Skaters	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	ATOI	PIM	SOG	SPCT
Drew Doughty	41	17	13	30
Jack Johnson	41	7	21	28
Willie Mitchell	41	5	22	27
Ryan Smyth	41	12	15	27
Anze Kopitar	41	11	16	27
Dustin Brown	41	14	12	26
Alexei Ponikarovsky	41	14	8	22
Justin Williams	41	8	9	17
Jarret Stoll	31	6	10	16
Michal Handzus	41	12	4	16
Matt Greene	41	5	11	16
Davis Drewiske	41	1	13	14
Trevor Lewis	41	8	4	12
Scott Parse	41	4	7	11
Brad Richardson	41	4	6	10
Rob Scuderi	41	1	9	10
Oscar Moller	27	7	1	8
Bud Holloway	17	5	2	7
Wayne Simmonds	24	5	1	6
Rich Clune	28	1	4	5
Goalies	GP	W	L	T	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO
Jonathan Bernier	12	9	2	0	1.66			87.4	0
Jonathan Quick	30	22	8	0	1.96			87.0	5

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NHL League Leaders - Updated: Jan 10, 2011
Goals		G	Assists		A
	1. Ilya Kovalchuk - NJ	28		1. Devin Setoguchi - SJ	34
	2. Sidney Crosby - PIT	27		2. Shane Doan - PHX	34
	3. Dustin Byflugien - ATL	24		3. Brian McCabe - FLA	31
	4. Alexander Semin - WAS	22		4. Lee Stempniak - PHXX	31
	5. Evgeni Malkin - PIT	22		5. Brent Seabrook - CHI	30
Points			Goaltender Wins		W
	1. Devin Setoguchi - SJ	54		1. Jonathan Quick - LA	22
	2. Sidney Crosby - PIT	53		2. Marc-Andre Fleury - PIT	22
	3. Ilya Kovalchuk - NJ	50		3. Cam Ward - CAR	21
	4. Lee Stempniak - PHX	49		4. Ilja Bryzgalov - PHX	21
	5. Brian Gionta - MTL	47		5. Mike Smith - TB	20
Goaltender GAA		GAA
	1. Jonathan Quick - LA	1.96
	2. Ryan Miller - BUF	2.39
	3. Marc-Andre Fleury - PIT	2.56
	4. Jaroslav Halak - MTL	2.62
	5. Cam Ward - CAR	2.63

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Stoll leads Kings to win over Leafs


Bud Holloway scores against J.S. Giguere and the Toronto Maple Leafs.

1/10/11

(Los Angeles, CA) -- In his first game back with the Los Angeles Kings after being sidelined for 10 games with a hip injury, Jarret Stoll made an impact as he tallied two goals and an assist as the Kings defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1.

Stoll scored his seventh goal of the season in his first game back in the lineup at 4:41 of the second period with Jack Johnson and Alexei Ponikarovsky earning the assists.

Willie Mitchell and Jarret Stoll teamed up to earn the assists on Justin Williams ninth goal of the season at 18:25 to give the Kings a 2-0 lead.

Stoll added his second of the night on a breakaway run at 5:22, on an unassisted play that saw the Kings take complete control over the game.

Toronto did manage to get a consolation goal a minute later at 6:22 with Fredrik Sjostrom scoring for the Leafs, as he took a swipe at the puck in front of net, beating Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick on the glove side.

Rookie Bud Holloway continued his great stint with the Kings as he scored his sixth goal of the season at 9:05 to regain the three goal lead for Los Angeles and secure the 4-1 victory.

After spending the better part of December out of the lineup, Jarret Stoll was pushing himself to recover earlier than expected, but knew he had to take his time.

"After an injury like that, you tend to feel fine after a few days and when I felt good I just wanted to get back to playing, but it wasn't going to happen. My hip wasn't feeling good enough to skate so I stayed off it as much as possible which really sucks because I wanted to get out and play again."


Kings head coach Terry Murray had a difficult decision to make before the start of the game, sitting out winger Scott Parse as a healthy scratch to make room for Stoll.

"It was definitely a hard decision to make tonight, I hate taking a player that's been pulling his weight and playing for the team out of the lineup like that, but it was something that had to be done. For the time being, Scott will stick with the Kings, I don't plan on having him move down to Manchester."

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Berglund, Blues sink Kings



1/13/2011

(Los Angeles, CA) -- A rather dismal performance from Jonathan Quick in the first period, allowing three goals, was all that the St. Louis Blues needed as they earned a 3-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings.

Patrik Berglund and Brad Winchester scored back to back goals within 1:40 of each other to give the Blues a 2-0 lead.

Berglund's goal came early on at the four minute mark on the Blues first shot on goal with Brad Boyes and Carlo Colaiacovo earning the assists.

Boyes earned his second assist while Berglund earned his second point of the night as Brad Winchester scored at 5:40 to give the Blues an early 2-0 lead, scoring two goals on their first two shots on goal.

BJ Crombeen added the third of the night for St. Louis after he tipped the puck into the net after Jonathan Quick let it slip past his pads and right behind him.

Los Angeles tried to fight back during the remainder of the game and managed to score a consolation goal in the third period with Alexei Ponikarovsky scoring his 15th goal of the season at 7:11 on an unassisted play.

Kings head coach Terry Murray was disappointed on his team's performance and made it clear during the post game interviews.

"We clearly were out of the game from the start. We weren't playing like a team out there, they were scrambled around, not holding a position or even the puck long enough to make a chance happen."


Jaroslav Halak made 11 saves tonight against the Kings while Quick managed to make 13 saves from a total of 15 shots taken by St. Louis.

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Bernier shines in Kings victory



1/15/2011

(Los Angeles, CA) -- Rookie Jonathan Bernier took a step forward in a possible Calder trophy nomination as he earned his first shutout of the season tonight, making 13 saves as the Kings defeated the Edmonton Oilers, 3-0.

Jack Johnson scored the first goal for the Kings in the second period, with his eighth at 16:08 on an unassisted play for the single goal lead.

Fellow defenseman and leading scorer Drew Doughty scored his 18th goal of the season on the powerplay at 4:42 with Dustin Brown earning the lone assist on the goal.

Brown added his own goal late in the game as Edmonton pulled goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin for the extra attacker in the final minute of the game.

His 15th goal of the season came after a scramble in the neutral zone that ended with Anze Kopitar and Ryan Smyth making passes to connect with Brown for the 3-0 victory.

Bernier earned the third star of the game for his performance tonight, while Dustin Brown and Jack Johnson earned the first and second stars, respectively.