Game Thread: St. Louis Blues at Los Angeles Kings 12/2/13 | 10:30pm

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

BLUES (18-4-3) at KINGS (16-7-4)

TV: NHLN-CA, FS-MW, FS-W

Last 10: St. Louis 7-2-1; Los Angeles 5-1-4

Season series: This is the first of three games between the St. Louis Blues and Los Angeles Kings. They will also play twice in a two-week span in January.

Big story: Monday night marks the first time the Blues and Kings will face each other since the opening round of the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Los Angeles eliminated St. Louis in six games, winning four straight after the Blues raced out to a 2-0 series lead. Each of the six games was decided by one goal.

Team Scope:

Blues: St. Louis saw its five-game winning streak come to an end Friday when it suffered a 6-3 loss to the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center. Jaden Schwartz had a goal and an assist for the Blues, but goalie Brian Elliott was pulled after allowing four goals on 12 shots.

It was only the second time in November the Blues had allowed three goals or more in a game.

"Tough to say what happened, one way or the other," defenseman Ian Cole told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Sunday. "But it's obviously not acceptable, regardless of what time of day it is or what holiday it was the day before.

"It's not acceptable to come out with the start we did and we know we can't play that way against LA."

Kings: Los Angeles was moments away from extending its point streak to 11 games Saturday night, but Mike Cammalleri broke a 1-1 tie with 29.2 seconds remaining in regulation to lift the Calgary Flames to a 2-1 victory at Staples Center. The Kings had gone 7-0-4 in their previous 11 games.

"I think Scrivs [goalie Ben Scrivens] said it best … park it and move on," defenseman Willie Mitchell told LA Kings Insider on Sunday. "As [Kings coach] Darryl [Sutter] says, park and ride, right? He said it best. We've done that since he's been here with games we've won, and I think you've got to do that with games you lose. You're always consciously aware of what you did well and what you didn't, but you've got to prepare for your next opponent, and everyone knows how much respect we have for that team. It's a great team. Good depth, four great lines, good mix of experience, heavy, great team. That's what I mean … we're looking forward to St. Louis."

Who's hot: Schwartz extended his point streak to six games Friday. He has three goals and four assists over that span. Blues forward Alexander Steen had an assist against the Sharks. He has three goals and two assists during a four-game point streak. … Kings forward Anze Kopitar has five points (two goals, three assists) in the past six games.

Injury report: St. Louis forward Ryan Reaves (hand) had surgery and will be re-evaluated in six weeks. Defenseman Jordan Leopold (hand) is on injured reserve. … Los Angeles will be without goalie Jonathan Quick (groin), forwards Matt Frattin (lower body) and Trevor Lewis (lower body), and defenseman Matt Greene (upper body).

St. Louis Blues at Los Angeles Kings - 12/02/2013

 

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[davnlaguna]

Same source
Line rushes from today’s morning skate at Toyota Sports Center:

King – Kopitar – Carter
Brown – Stoll – Williams
Nolan – Richards – Toffoli
Clifford – Fraser – Frattin
Pearson – Vey – Carcillo

Muzzin – Doughty
Regehr – Voynov
Mitchell – Martinez
Greene

Ben Scrivens
Martin Jones

 

[PuckinUgly57]

Interesting seeing the top line split up, but it looks to me Sutter is trying to jump start a few guys - Carter by putting him with Kopitar, Brown by putting him with Williams and Toffoli by putting him with Richards.

Offense has been really stagnant the last several games, hopefully this gets some of the guys going.

 

[davnlaguna]

Coaches have never seen a line they would not change

 

[Kings4OT]

I think I would put all the names in a hat and start pulling them out filling in the lines

 

[Kings4OT]

Im hoping the Blues smash some sense into LA, Muffin is going to get mauled

 

[Cobiemonster]

Go Kings Go!!!

 

[Cobiemonster]

Kings going on the power play - let's get an early goal here boys!

 

[pete6835]

Stoll?

 

[Cobiemonster]

Stolly!!!!! Go Kings Go!!!

 

[Kings4OT]

Toffoli

 

[pete6835]

Toffoli!!!

 

[Cobiemonster]

Top Titty!!!!! Go Kings Go!!!

 

[Cobiemonster]

Kings lead 2-0 after one period, keep this up boys! Go Kings Go!!!

 

[pete6835]

TT x 2

 

[Cobiemonster]

Top Titty again!!!!! Go Kings Go!!!

 

[LALakersboy24.7]

 

[Cobiemonster]

Kings lead 3-0 after two periods, let's close this game out strong boys! Go Kings Go!!!

 

[Cobiemonster]

Blues get a goal, 3-1 game - let's put the foot on the gas Kings and not let them get anything else! Go Kings Go!!!