Bruins take on LA Kings to wrap up West Coast trip

by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Jan 16, 2010 2:38 PM EST in Game Previews

Fresh off a gutsy 2-1 shootout win over the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night, the Bruins will look to wrap up their 3-game California road trip with a win over the Los Angeles Kings this afternoon at the Staples Center. The Kings also put an end to their own 3-game slump on Thursday night when they shutout the Anaheim Ducks 4-0.

Know Your Enemy

Los Angeles Kings (26-18-3)

Head Coach: Terry Murray

SB Nation's Left Coast Hockey Blog: Battle of California

Leading Goal Scorer:

Anze Kopitar

#11 / Center / Los Angeles Kings

Height: 6-3

Weight: 222

Born: Aug 24, 1987

	G	A	P	+/-	PIM
2009 - Anze Kopitar	18	27	45	2	8

Goaltending:

Jonathan Quick

#32 / Goalie / Los Angeles Kings

Height: 6-1

Weight: 223

Born: Jan 21, 1986

	GP	MIN	W	L	EGA	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
2009 - Jonathan Quick	42	2509	24	15		106	2.53	1150	1044	.908	1

Erik Ersberg

#31 / Goalie / Los Angeles Kings

Height: 6-0

Weight: 165

Born: Mar 08, 1982

	GP	MIN	W	L	EGA	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
2009 - Erik Ersberg	7	336	2	3		18	3.21	152	134	.882	0

Injury Report

Boston Bruins Injuries

Probable

Player	Injury Type	Injury Date
Mark Stuart	sternum	12/15/2009

Questionable

Player	Injury Type	Injury Date
David Krejci	lower body	01/15/2010

Out (IR / Out / Suspended / Physically unvailable)

Player	Injury Type	Injury Date
Andrew Ference	groin	01/06/2010
Patrice Bergeron	thumb	01/05/2010
Marc Savard	knee	01/07/2010

Los Angeles Kings Injuries

Out (IR / Out / Suspended / Physically unvailable)

Player	Injury Type	Injury Date
Justin Williams	ankle	12/27/2009
Davis Drewiske	shoulder	01/05/2010
Andrei Loktionov	shoulder	11/26/2009

Defensemen Matt Greene (lower body) and Thomas Hickey (shoulder) are also injured for the Kings.

Notes:

- According to Fluto Shinzawa of the Boston Globe, Mark Stuart should be considered probable for this afternoon's game. David Krejci will be a game-time decision. Krejci missed Thursday's game against the Sharks with what we now know is a lower body injury.

- Former Bruins netminder Bill Ranford is in his fourth season as the Kings goaltending coach.

- In an effort to promote Hollywood's latest ~~steaming pile of turd~~ family comedy "The Tooth Fairy", the LA Kings are making Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson an honorary King for today's game. This comes just days after the Kings hosted the cast of "Jersey Shore" at a game. It has been reported that the arena crew at Staples Center has been hard at work the past couple of days trying to clean up spray tan and hair product stains from the arena's seats.

- Stanley Cup of Chowder correspondent Tim Morrison is on the scene at the Staples Center for today's game.

- I don't think the Bruins held a morning skate today, so there is no word yet on whar the lineup will look like.

- Puck drop is scheduled for 4:00 PM ET and can be seen on NESN. The Public Skate open thread starts right here at 3:30.

Today's Obligatory Embarrassing Kings Fan YouTube Video

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here in l.a.

I’m here at the original pantry cafe….have yet to find our reader Nick….have already been heckeled a good bit by the kings “fans” that are here…….updates to follow….

by timmorrison23 on Jan 16, 2010 2:48 PM EST via mobile reply actions