Game Thread: Calgary Flames at Los Angeles Kings 11/30/13 | 10:00pm

[Cobiemonster]

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Game Time: 10:00pm EST/7:00pm PST - FS-West/CBC​

FLAMES (8-13-4) at KINGS (16-6-4)

TV: CBC, FS-W

Last 10: Calgary 2-6-2; Los Angeles 6-0-4

Season series: This is the second of five games between the Calgary Flames and the Los Angeles Kings. The Flames won 3-2 at Staples Center on Oct. 21. The final three will be played in Calgary.

Big story: The injury-plagued Flames complete a two-day swing through Southern California against a Kings team that's been piling up points but not wins. Los Angeles is 1-0-3 in its past four games, including a 3-2 shootout loss to the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday.

Team Scope:

Flames: Calgary continues to have trouble at the start of games. The Anaheim Ducks scored twice in a 54-second span in the first period Friday and the Flames never recovered, ending up 5-2 losers. Calgary has lost 18 in a row at Honda Center.

The Flames have been outscored 27-14 in the first period.

"A pretty weak start for us for the first period, once again," defenseman Ladislav Smid said. "The second period we played our game. We played our system and we scored some goals. We can't afford these kinds of first periods. We fall back and then you're trying to make it even. It causes you to [use too] much energy."

Kings: Goalie Ben Scrivens has been terrific since starting goaltender Jonathan Quick went down with a groin injury 2 1/2 weeks ago. Scrivens, acquired from the Toronto Maple Leafs during the summer, is 5-0-3 in eight starts since Quick went down and leads the NHL with a 1.48 goals-against average and .947 save percentage.

Coach Darryl Sutter said Friday he intends to ride Scrivens as much as possible until Quick returns.

"Our schedule, we play three back-to-backs in December, but … days in between games, we go two, three, two, four, Christmas," he told the media. "Really, there's 15 games, counting Nov. 30, in 32 days. It's set up for one guy."

Who’s hot: David Jones had both of Calgary's goals in the loss to Anaheim. He has four points in the past four games. … Scrivens has allowed 11 goals in his eight starts since Quick's injury.

Injury report: The Flames were already dealing with injuries to captain Mark Giordano (ankle), forward Curtis Glencross (knee) and forward TJ Galiardi (back spasms) before defenseman Dennis Wideman (broken hand) and rookie center Sean Monahan (hairline fracture in foot) were injured this week. None of the five played Friday. … In addition to Quick (groin), the Kings are without forwards Matt Frattin (lower body) and Trevor Lewis (lower body), and defenseman Matt Greene (upper body).

Calgary Flames at Los Angeles Kings - 11/30/2013

 

[LALakersboy24.7]

Let's get this win boys & stack up the points, we have been a good home team no excuse to get it done!

GO KINGS GO!!

 

[davnlaguna]

Saturday game
HNIC
Flames played last night
All trouble areas for the Kings

 

[PuckinUgly57]

Saturday game
HNIC
Flames played last night
All trouble areas for the Kings

Totally agree.

This is a game I expect the Kings to take lightly and end up with egg on their face. They need to come out and put the throttle on and not let up for even a second.

Sucks to be in Calgary's situation right now with major players out with injuries but if the shoe was on the other foot no one would feel sorry for LA; they sure didn't when LA set an NHL record 520+ man games lost in 2002-03 (which Boston beat the next season I believe).

Also want to see someone flatten Cammalleri. Dude always thought he was bigger than the game, fitting he is a pretty irrelevant player these days. Still see him putting one past Scrivens, so abuse the shrimp.

 

[Cobiemonster]

Totally agree.

This is a game I expect the Kings to take lightly and end up with egg on their face. They need to come out and put the throttle on and not let up for even a second.

Sucks to be in Calgary's situation right now with major players out with injuries but if the shoe was on the other foot no one would feel sorry for LA; they sure didn't when LA set an NHL record 520+ man games lost in 2002-03 (which Boston beat the next season I believe).

Also want to see someone flatten Cammalleri. Dude always thought he was bigger than the game, fitting he is a pretty irrelevant player these days. Still see him putting one past Scrivens, so abuse the shrimp.

Last game against the Flames should be complete motivation for the Kings to come out and wallop these guys tonight

 

[Cobiemonster]

Calgary Projected Lineup

Mike Cammalleri – Matt Stajan – Lee Stempniak
Paul Byron – Joe Colborne – Jiri Hudler
Lance Bouma – Mikael Backlund – David Jones
Blair Jones – Max Reinhart – Brian McGrattan

Kris Russell – TJ Brodie
Chris Butler – Ladislav Smid
Derek Smith – Shane O’Brien

Karri Ramo
Reto Berra

Los Angeles Projected Lineup:

Dustin Brown – Anze Kopitar – Justin Williams
Dwight King – Mike Richards – Jeff Carter
Daniel Carcillo – Jarret Stoll – Jordan Nolan
Kyle Clifford – Linden Vey – Tyler Toffoli

Jake Muzzin – Drew Doughty
Robyn Regehr – Slava Voynov
Willie Mitchell – Alec Martinez

Ben Scrivens
Martin Jones

 

[Cobiemonster]

Go Kings Go!!!

 

[davnlaguna]

nothing after one

 

[Cobiemonster]

Kings getting a five minute power play! Smid gets a game misconduct and five minute major

 

[Cobiemonster]

Are you kidding me - Ben Scrivens stumbled getting the puck and Flames score a short handed goal

 

[LALakersboy24.7]

WOW!

 

[pete6835]

Fox calling players out.. Wow

 

[Cobiemonster]

Fox calling players out.. Wow

Who was he calling out exactly? I'm not watching, just listening on radio

 

[smackdown380]

Make them pay, come on no more inept PP

 

[Cobiemonster]

Some power play time to start the third but this is ugly right now - real ugly

 

[Cobiemonster]

Kings need to have a great third period here!

 

[pete6835]

Who was he calling out exactly? I'm not watching, just listening on radio

He said Muzzin isn't playing well when needed.

 

[davnlaguna]

:moony:

 

[pete6835]

JWIL!!

 

[LALakersboy24.7]

Very NICE!!