Game Thread: Boston Bruins at Los Angeles Kings 1/9/14 | 10:30pm

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Game Time: 10:30pm EST/7:30pm PST - FS-West​

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BRUINS (28-13-2) at KINGS (26-13-5)

TV: NESN, FS-W

Last 10: Boston 6-4-0; Los Angeles 4-5-1

Season series: This is the first game between the Boston Bruins and Los Angeles Kings this season. The teams will play again Jan. 20 in Boston. They last faced each other in the 2011-12 season with the Bruins winning both games.

Big story: In a matchup between two of the past three Stanley Cup champions, the Bruins (2011) and Kings (2012) look to solidify their positions in the standings with a win.

The Bruins continue a tough three-game road trip in Los Angeles before heading to San Jose. Boston, which has a very impressive 18-4-2 home record, is 10-9-0 on the road.

The Kings look to turn things around having lost six of seven, scoring 10 goals in that span.

Team Scope:

Bruins: Boston enters the game after a 5-2 defeat loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday in which the Bruins allowed three second-period goals and two in the third. Daniel Paille and Dougie Hamilton had the goals for Boston.

"We knew they are a strong home team, but in the first period, we totally outshot them and outchanced them and even continued in the second," goalie Tuukka Rask said.

Coach Claude Julien agreed the Bruins deserved a better fate. The Bruins outshot the Ducks 16-3 in the first period and 32-20 for the game.

"It is unfortunate that the final score doesn't indicate it, but I thought we played a good solid game. In the first period, I thought we should have come out with at least a couple-goal lead with the quality chances that we had," Julien said.

Kings: It took four rounds in a shootout, but the Minnesota Wild topped the Kings 2-1 on Tuesday. Jonathan Quick had 16 saves in his second game after being activated off injured reserve; he has allowed two goals in two games.

"Quick didn't have a lot of work, but he had to make some good saves for us," coach Darryl Sutter said after the game. "You can't expect the big guys to score all the time. We need to get more out of the secondary scoring."

Jeff Carter, who leads the team with 15 goals, had an assist on the Kings' only goal Tuesday.

"We had a lot of chances. Their goalie played well you have to give them credit. … It’s been a problem for us lately, getting some goals, so it's something we really need to work on," Carter said.

Who's hot: Paille has seven goals, four of which have come in his past four games. Jarome Iginla has five goals in seven games for the Bruins. … Carter has four goals in six games for the Kings.

Injury report: Forwards Chris Kelly (ankle) and Loui Eriksson (concussion) and defenseman Dennis Seidenberg (knee) are on injured reserve for the Bruins, though Eriksson has been cleared for contact and could return as soon as Saturday. Milan Lucic (illness) and Jordan Caron (back) missed the game Tuesday. …The Kings enter the game with a healthy lineup.

Boston Bruins at Los Angeles Kings - 01/09/2014

 

[Brahmsian]

GO BRUINS!

BEAT LA! BEAT LA! BEAT LA!

 

[SLY]

We need a win tonight.

 

[Cobiemonster]

Boston Projected Lineup

Milan Lucic – David Krejci – Jarome Iginla
Brad Marchand – Patrice Bergeron – Reilly Smith
Carl Soderberg – Ryan Spooner – Matt Fraser
Justin Florek – Gregory Campbell – Daniel Paille

Zdeno Chara – Dougie Hamilton
Matt Bartkowski –Johnny Boychuk
Torey Krug – Adam McQuaid

Tuukka Rask
Chad Johnson

Los Angeles Projected Lines

Dwight King – Anze Kopitar – Jeff Carter
Dustin Brown – Jarret Stoll – Justin Williams
Matt Frattin – Mike Richards – Tyler Toffoli
Kyle Clifford – Colin Fraser – Trevor Lewis

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

Jonathan Quick
Ben Scrivens

 

[Brahmsian]

We need a win tonight.

A Bruins win would be nice tonight, no question.

Especially one where we take the lead early, keep adding toit,and give our PK units the
night off!

GO BRUINS!

DEPOSE THE KINGS!

 

[Cobiemonster]

Go Kings Go!!!

 

[Brahmsian]

Go DOWN Kings!

DOWN, DOWN, DOWN!

Go UP, BRUINS!

 

[BF4L]

Maybe if we actually play in the 2nd period we will have a fighting chance.

 

[Cobiemonster]

Kings getting a power play - let's get the lead! Go Kings Go!

 

[Brahmsian]

That was a very iffy penalty but don't gripe about it, Bruins.

KILL IT!

 

[BF4L]

Well 11:00 here and I am beat tired. Gonna watch in bed. Good luck to both teams but a little more to the Bruins.

 

[Cobiemonster]

Cartsy!!! 1-0 Kings!!! Go Kings Go!!!

 

[Brahmsian]

Frustrating but not the end of anything, Bruins!

GO BOSTON!

 

[Brahmsian]

An idea that just occurred to me.

Replays of Bruins goals being sponsored by Kentucky Fried Chicken!

 

[davnlaguna]

A forat period goal. Yea

 

[Cobiemonster]

Kopi draws a penalty, Kings are going on the power play - let's get another goal here before the end of the period! Go Kings Go!

 

[Cobiemonster]

Kings lead 1-0 after one period of play - let's keep pushing the pace offensively! Go Kings Go!

 

[Brahmsian]

LA's #32 should only be quick when getting out of the puck's way!

Only 1 period played though.

GO BRUINS!

 

[Cobiemonster]

J-Will!!! 2-0 Kings!!! Go Kings Go!!!

 

[Cobiemonster]

A-Mart!!! 3-0 Kings!!! Go Kings Go!!!