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Los Angeles Kings at Dallas Stars
Saturday March 22
2:00 PM
TV: KDFI Channel 27 | Radio: WBAP-820 AM

About the Stars

The Stars lost 2-1 to Anaheim Wednesday. It was their sixth loss in the last seven games. "I thought [that] game was a very competitive game," said Stars coach Dave Tippett. "That's a positive sign for me because I felt we got into a few games where I felt our work ethic and desperation levels weren't at the other teams' levels, and we got beat. [Wednesday] night I thought our work ethic and that part of the game was very strong." Forward Steve Ott will return from his three-game suspension Saturday.

Injuries:  D Philippe Boucher (shoulder) and D Sergei Zubov (groin/foot) are out.

About the Kings
The Kings are coming off a 6-5 shootout win at Phoenix on Thursday. "We have to play every game like we are fighting for a playoff spot," said Kings goalie Erik Ersberg, who improved to 3-3-2 with the victory. "We can't just lay down and quit. For me, it is just fun to play games [in the NHL]." The win was just the third in the last 12 games (3-6-3) for the Kings.

Injuries: F Kyle Calder (finger), D Jack Johnson (foot), G Jason LaBarbera (sports hernia), LW Ladislav Nagy (neck) and LW Scott Thornton (upper body) are out.

 Season Series
  • This is the seventh of eight meetings between the two teams. The Stars are 3-1-2 in the series and the Kings are 3-3-0. 
Date Location Result
Wednesday October 10 Dallas Dallas 5, Los Angeles 1
Thursday October 25 Los Angeles Los Angeles 2, Dallas 1
Saturday November 10 Los Angeles Los Angeles 6, Dallas 5 (OT)
Monday November 19 Dallas Dallas 3, Los Angeles 0
Thursday December 13 Dallas Dallas 4, Los Angeles 1
Saturday January 12 Los Angeles Los Angeles 4, Dallas 3 (SO)
     
Statistical tidbits
  • The Stars are 3-33 on the power play over their last seven games.
  • The Stars have given up four power play goals on 13 shorthanded opportunities over the last three games.
  • The Stars haven't scored a third period goal in six straight games.
  • The Kings are 2-21 on the power play over their last five games.
  • The Kings have surrendered five power play goals on eight chances over the last two games.
  • The Kings have scored two goals or fewer in eight of their last ten games.
  • The Kings have allowed 40 shots in three of their last seven games.
Team Stats
Category Dallas Stars Los Angeles Kings
Overall Record 42-28-5 29-40-6
Home 22-14-2 15-19-3
Away 20-14-3 14-21-3
Last 5 1-4-0 2-2-1
Streak Lost 3 Won 1
Goals Per Game 2.85 (8th) 2.75 (15th)
Goals Against Per Game 2.47 (7th) 3.23 (28th)
Shots Per Game 26.5 (27th) 28.9 (15th)
Shots Against Per Game 26.1 (4th) 31.9 (27th)
Shooting Percentage 10.8 (1st) 9.5 (14th)
Save Percentage 90.5 (16th) 89.9 (25th)
Power Play
Overall 18.0 (11th)
Home 17.1 (17th)
Away 19.0 (9th)
Overall 17.6 (15th)
Home 22.4 (4th)
Away 12.6 (29th)
Penalty Kill
Overall 86.2 (1st)
Home 87.3 (4th)
Away 85.3 (4th)
Overall 78.6 (28th)
Home 79.6 (26th)
Away 77.4 (27th)
Shorthanded Goals For 12 10
Shorthanded Goals Against 7 4
PP Chances Per Game 4.2 4.6
PP Chances Against Per Game 4.3 3.7
Faceoffs 50.5 (12th) 47.7 (27th)
Overtime Record 3-3 2-4
Shootout Record 5-2 5-2
Shootout Shooting Pct. 36.0 (9-25) 47.8 (11-23)
Shootout Save Pct. 73.1 (29-37) 73.1 (19-26)
Roster Statistics
Dallas Stars Los Angeles Kings
Average Height 6-1
Average Weight 200
Average Age 28.9
Average Height 6-1
Average Weight 204
Average Age 28.8
Player Statistics
Dallas Stars Los Angeles Kings
Pos Name GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SHG S
C Mike Ribeiro 72 27 50 77 20 44 7 0 100
LW Brenden Morrow 75 28 38 66 21 99 10 2 193
C Brad Richards 70 20 40 60 -25 15 9 2 243
C Mike Modano 75 19 32 51 -15 44 5 1 181
LW Niklas Hagman 75 25 12 37 4 51 4 4 164
D Sergei Zubov 46 4 31 35 6 12 2 0 84
RW Jere Lehtinen 42 13 20 33 8 14 8 0 97
RW Antti Miettinen 63 14 19 33 4 28 5 0 127
LW Loui Eriksson 62 12 16 28 7 24 3 0 96
D Matt Niskanen 71 6 17 23 19 32 1 0 90
D Stephane Robidas 75 7 15 22 0 64 5 0 134
D Trevor Daley 75 4 17 21 -2 71 0 0 79
C Steve Ott 66 10 10 20 0 133 0 1 82
C Stu Barnes 72 9 10 19 -8 16 0 2 65
D Philippe Boucher 32 1 11 12 1 26 0 0 56
C Joel Lundqvist 50 3 9 12 -2 20 0 0 41
D Mattias Norstrom 59 1 9 10 1 34 1 0 53
D Nicklas Grossman 58 0 7 7 8 22 0 0 34
RW Chris Conner 22 3 2 5 0 6 0 0 27
RW Krys Barch 45 1 2 3 -3 95 0 0 21
LW Brad Winchester 38 1 2 3 -7 42 0 0 35
D Mark Fistric 33 0 1 1 5 22 0 0 14
C Toby Petersen 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
RW B.J. Crombeen 3 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 4
D Dan Jancevski 4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 3
Name GPI Min GAA W L OTL ShO GA SA Sv%
Marty Turco 56 3263 2.28 30 19 4 3 124 1386 .911
Johan Holmqvist 46 2489 3.06 20 16 6 2 127 1141 .889
Tobias Stephan 1 60 1.97 0 0 1 0 2 40 .950

Faceoffs

Player FOW FOL Tot FO%
Steve Ott 169 119 288 58.7
Stu Barnes 311 251 562 55.3
Mike Modano 512 527 1039 49.3
Brad Richards 499 525 1024 48.7
Joel Lundqvist 91 97 188 48.4
Mike Ribeiro 380 462 842 45.1
Pos Name GP G A Pts +/- PIM PP SHG S
C Anze Kopitar 75 29 41 70 -17 22 12 2 188
LW Alexander Frolov 64 23 40 63 2 20 5 0 145
RW Dustin Brown 71 31 23 54 -15 53 11 2 203
C Patrick O'Sullivan 75 19 28 47 -10 20 2 2 203
LW M. Cammalleri 56 18 25 43 -16 26 10 0 188
D Lubomir Visnovsky 75 7 32 39 -19 20 3 0 135
C Derek Armstrong 70 8 23 31 1 59 1 0 111
D Rob Blake 64 7 22 29 -18 92 4 0 135
LW Ladislav Nagy 38 9 17 26 -2 18 2 0 78
D Tom Preissing 70 8 14 22 -8 14 6 0 84
LW Kyle Calder 65 7 13 20 -11 18 3 0 70
C Michal Handzus 75 5 14 19 -20 43 0 3 85
D Jack Johnson 74 3 8 11 -19 76 0 0 81
LW Matt Moulson 22 5 4 9 2 4 0 0 35
RW Brian Willsie 46 2 7 9 -11 26 0 0 56
LW Matt Ellis 47 3 5 8 4 22 0 1 57
LW Scott Thornton 42 5 2 7 -2 33 0 0 28
LW Raitis Ivanans 66 4 2 6 -9 119 0 0 40
C Brian Boyle 8 4 1 5 4 4 0 0 19
D Kevin Dallman 27 1 4 5 1 4 0 0 24
LW Jeff Giuliano 46 0 5 5 -9 12 0 0 27
D Peter Harrold 18 2 3 5 0 0 0 0 15
RW Teddy Purcell 10 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 10
LW Brady Murray 4 1 0 1 -2 6 0 0 2
RW John Zeiler 34 0 1 1 -6 23 0 0 16
LW Gabe Gauthier 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
D Jon Klemm 15 0 0 0 -5 8 0 0 4
RW Lauri Tukonen 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Name GPI Min GAA W L OTL ShO GA SA Sv%
Jason LaBarbera 45 2420 3.00 17 23 2 1 121 1341 .910
J-S Aubin 19 827 3.19 5 6 1 0 44 385 .886
Dan Cloutier 8 430 3.35 2 3 1 0 24 221 .891
Erik Ersberg 8 455 2.37 3 3 2 1 18 254 .929
J. Bernier 4 238 4.03 1 3 0 0 16 118 .864
Jon Quick 3 140 3.86 1 2 0 0 9 62 .855

Faceoffs

Player FOW FOL Tot FO%
Mike Cammalleri 188 160 348 54.0
Derek Armstrong 346 349 695 49.8
Anze Kopitar 516 532 1048 49.2
Michal Handzus 488 583 1071 45.6
Patrick O'Sullivan 188 242 430 43.7


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