The Canes close out the homestand with the Kings.
The Canes moved back into the wild card with their win over the Avs on Saturday. Nothing happened on Sunday or Monday to change that. Everyone plays tonight though...the Devils are in Philly, Columbus are in Brooklyn and the Rangers are in Minnesota. So one of those teams will have 62 points when the night is over and both have the tiebreaker advantage should the Canes not win. By the same token, a win and Devils loss moves the Canes into the first wild card slot...rarefied air.
Some line changes at the morning skate too.
McGinn/Staal/Lindholm
Skinner/Aho/Stempniak
Teravainen/Rask/Williams
Nordstrom/Ryan/PDG
Slavin/Pesce
Hanifin/TVR
Fleury/Faulk
Michael Smith says Ward is likely in goal.
The Kings are in the 3rd game of a 7 game road trip that started in Florida. They beat the Panthers on Friday and lost to the Lightning on Saturday. They'll be without Dustin Brown, suspended for a game for kneeing Mikhail Sergachev on Saturday. The Kings sit 1 point out of the playoffs with 65 points in 55 games. Anze Kopitar leads with 22 goals and 37 assists. Brown is their 3rd leading scorer. Almost every Kings regular is a plus player too, very few minuses on that team.
Jonathan Quick has started 41 games and has a 2.46 GAA, 11th in the league and a .921 Save %, tied for 10th. They're 2nd in the league in goals against/game at 2.42, 18th in goals for/game at 2.85. They're 27th in road PP% at 13.8% but 3rd in road PK% at 84.5%.
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The Canes moved back into the wild card with their win over the Avs on Saturday. Nothing happened on Sunday or Monday to change that. Everyone plays tonight though...the Devils are in Philly, Columbus are in Brooklyn and the Rangers are in Minnesota. So one of those teams will have 62 points when the night is over and both have the tiebreaker advantage should the Canes not win. By the same token, a win and Devils loss moves the Canes into the first wild card slot...rarefied air.
Some line changes at the morning skate too.
McGinn/Staal/Lindholm
Skinner/Aho/Stempniak
Teravainen/Rask/Williams
Nordstrom/Ryan/PDG
Slavin/Pesce
Hanifin/TVR
Fleury/Faulk
Michael Smith says Ward is likely in goal.
The Kings are in the 3rd game of a 7 game road trip that started in Florida. They beat the Panthers on Friday and lost to the Lightning on Saturday. They'll be without Dustin Brown, suspended for a game for kneeing Mikhail Sergachev on Saturday. The Kings sit 1 point out of the playoffs with 65 points in 55 games. Anze Kopitar leads with 22 goals and 37 assists. Brown is their 3rd leading scorer. Almost every Kings regular is a plus player too, very few minuses on that team.
Jonathan Quick has started 41 games and has a 2.46 GAA, 11th in the league and a .921 Save %, tied for 10th. They're 2nd in the league in goals against/game at 2.42, 18th in goals for/game at 2.85. They're 27th in road PP% at 13.8% but 3rd in road PK% at 84.5%.
Fox Sports Carolinas for TV.