LOS ANGELES KINGS NOTES:
JAN. 21 vs. NASHVILLE PREDATORS – 7:00 PM CT (5:00 PM PT) // Venue: Bridgestone Arena // TV: Bally Sports West // Radio: iHeartRadio
- The LA Kings visit the Nashville Predators for the second of three meetings between these two clubs this season (4-3 SOW on Oct. 18; March 11).
- The Kings aim for their third consecutive win over the Predators (6-1 W on March 22, 2022; 4-3 SOW on Oct. 18, 2022).
- Tonight’s game marks the first stop of a six-game road trip prior to the NHL All-Star Break (Jan. 22 at CHI; Jan. 24 at PHI; Jan. 27 at FLA; Jan. 28 at TBL; Jan. 31 at CAR).
WARM-UPS
1) Tonight is the first game of the Kings’ sixth set of back-to-backs this season. Prior to this weekend, the team is 5-2-1 in back-to-backs 4-1-0 in the first game, 1-1-3 in the second).
2) Captain Anze Kopitar skates into Bridgestone Arena with the most points against Nashville among Pacific Division skaters with 39 (12-27=39).
3) Quinton Byfield has four points (2-2=4) in two career games against Nashville. With a point tonight, Byfield can tie Dustin Brown (3 GP, 2-3=5) and Adam Deadmarsh (3 GP, 4-2=6) for the longest point streak by a Kings skater in club history.
4) Mikey Anderson is one point shy of establishing a new career-high point total. In 47 games this season, Anderson has tallied two goals and nine assists for 11 points.
5) The LA Kings begin their road trip with points in eight of their last 10 road games (6-2-2).
vs. NASHVILLE ALL-TIME:
All-Time Record: 37-33-3-6
Home: 19-18-0-4
Away: 18-15-3-2
OT: 9-6 (3 ties)
Shootout: 3-2
2021-22: 1-2-0
2022-23: 1-0-0
FRANCHISE LEADERS vs. NASHVILLE:
Anze Kopitar* – 49 GP, 39 PTS (12-27=39)
Dustin Brown – 52 GP, 27 PTS (12-15=27)
Drew Doughty* – 42 GP, 21 PTS (7-14=21)
Alex Frolov – 27 GP, 18 PTS (10-8=18)
L’ubomir Visnovsky – 23 GP, 17 PTS (4-13=17)
*-denotes active roster player
LAST MEETING vs. NASHVILLE: Oct. 18, 2022 – LAK 4 vs. NSH 3 (SO)
Venue: Bridgestone Arena
LAK Goals: Vilardi (4, SO GDG), Roy (2, 3)
NSH Goals: Glass (1), Forsberg (2), Jeannot (1)
Goalies: LAK: Petersen (W, 29 saves, 32 shots) NSH: Saros (L, 32 saves, 35 shots)
LAK PP: 1-for-8
LAK PK: 5-for-5
THE NEXT THREE:
Sun., Jan. 22 | at Chicago Blackhawks | 6:00 p.m. CT (4:00 p.m. PT) | Bally Sports West | LA Kings iHeart Radio Audio Network
The Kings and Blackhawks have gone to overtime the past two consecutive games between the clubs (2-1 OTL on Nov. 3; 2-1 OTW on Nov. 10).
Tues., Jan. 24 | at Philadelphia Flyers | 7:00 p.m. ET (4:00 p.m. PT) | Bally Sports West | LA Kings iHeart Radio Audio Network
The LA Kings have points in nine of their last 10 outings versus the Flyers in Philadelphia (7-1-2), dating back to Feb. 13, 2011.
Fri., Jan. 27 | at Florida Panthers | 7:00 p.m. ET (4:00 p.m. PT) | Bally Sports West | LA Kings iHeart Radio Audio Network
Anze Kopitar has 10 points (3-7=10) in his last six games against the Panthers.
INJURY & MGL REPORT
Player, Games Missed, Date(s), Status
F Alex Iafallo, 23 games, Oct. 18 – Dec. 3 (lower-body)
F Brendan Lemieux, 18 games, Nov. 14 – Dec. 20 (lower-body)
F Arthur Kaliyev, 12 games, Dec. 22 – Pres. (lower-body)
F Trevor Moore, 10 games, Dec. 27 – Pres. (upper-body)
F Quinton Byfield, 6 games, Oct. 27 – Nov. 5 (illness)
F Viktor Arvidsson, 3 games, Oct. 13 (illness); Oct. 25 (illness); Jan. 11 (illness)
D Sean Durzi, 2 games, Nov. 19 – Nov. 22. (lower-body)
F Carl Grundstrom, 1 game, Jan. 19 – Pres. (lower-body)
D Drew Doughty, 1 game, Dec. 11 (lower-body)
F Gabriel Vilardi, 1 game, Nov. 27 (lower-body)
2022-23 Total Regular-Season Man-Games Lost: 77
RECENT TRANSACTIONS (as of 1/20/23)
Jan. 9 – Jordan Spence (D) recalled from Ontario (AHL).
Jan. 15 – Rasmus Kupari (F) loaned to Ontario (AHL).
Jan. 17 – Rasmus Kupari (F) recalled from Ontario (AHL).
Jan. 19 – Tobias Bjornfot (D), Samuel Fagemo (F) and Alex Turcotte (F) recalled from Ontario (AHL).
Jan. 19 – Carl Grundstrom (F) placed on injured reserve.
NASHVILLE PREDATORS NOTES:
ALL-TIME vs. LOS ANGELES
OVERALL (79 GP) 39-28-(3)-9
HOME (38 GP) 17-15-(3)-3
ROAD (41 GP) 22-13-(0)-6
LAST MEETING Oct. 18, 2022 at NSH (SOL, 4-3)
PLAYOFFS Never Met
− The Predators are 39-28-(3)-9 all-time against the Kings, including a 17-15-(3)-3 record at Bridgestone Arena.
− This is the second of three matchups between Nashville and Los Angeles in 2022-23; it is the second and final at home.
− Nashville is 0-0-1 against Los Angeles this season, dropping a 4-3 decision in a shootout on Oct. 18. The game saw Cody Glass open the scoring for Nashville, his first goal with the Predators.
− The Predators are 3-1-1 in their last five games against the Kings; they are 7-2-1 in their last 10; and 4-0-1 in their last five at home.
− Nashville has not lost to Los Angeles in regulation at home since Dec. 22, 2016, a five-game span.
− Overall, the Predators have lost only three times in regulation to the Kings in their last 24 meetings (14-3-7), with Nashville having won nine of 12.
− Current Predators TV Analyst Chris Mason made 33 saves in his first NHL shutout as Nashville and Los Angeles played to the first scoreless tie at Bridgestone Arena on Jan. 13, 2004.
NOTABLES vs. LOS ANGELES
− Matt Duchene owns 23 points (8g-15a) in 29 career games vs. the Kings, including multi-point efforts in two of his last six contests.
− Roman Josi has tallied 22 points (5g-17a) in 28 career games vs. the Kings, including 11 points (1g-10a) in his last nine meetings against Los Angeles.
− Filip Forsberg has eight points (3g-5a) in his last 11 contests against Los Angeles, and 12 points (4g-8a) in 22 career games vs. the Kings. He matched his career high for shots in a game for the third time with nine on Oct. 12, 2019 at Los Angeles.
− Tommy Novak made his NHL debut on Oct. 19, 2021 vs. Los Angeles.
− Predators Defense Development Coach Rob Scuderi won the 2012 Stanley Cup as a member of the Kings.
− Kings forward Viktor Arvidsson played in 387 games for Nashville from 2014-21, tallying 241 points (128g-113a).
− Kings forward Kevin Fiala recorded 97 points (45g-52a) in 204 games with the Predators from 2015-19.
LAST TIME OUT
− Nashville Predators 2, St. Louis Blues 5 – Jan. 19 (Enterprise Center)
− NSH goals: Sissons (7), Ekholm (5)
− STL goals: Schenn (11), Saad (14), Kyrou – PP/GWG (21), Thomas (12), Toropchenko (3)
− Goaltenders: NSH – Saros (L, 28/33); STL – Binnington (W, 24/26)
− Power plays: NSH 0-4; STL 1-5
− Notes: Nashville moved to 10-11-3 on the road in 2022-23… The Predators are now 1-1-1 against the Blues this season… Juuse Saros made 10 first-period saves to keep it a 0-0 game through the first period… Colton Sissons, skating in his 500th career NHL game, scored to give him eight points (4g-4a) in his last 12 games… Mattias Ekholm scored his fifth goal of the season; he has nine points (4g-5a) in his last 16 appearances… Roman Josi fired a team-high seven shots on goal.
INJURY REPORT
Player Designation Dates Missed Games Missed
Mark Borowiecki Upper body – IR Oct. 27-Jan. 17 38
Total man-games lost: 92
Individual man-games lost: Borowiecki – 39; McCarron – 20; McDonagh – 7; Smith – 6; Carrier – 5; Trenin – 5; Glass – 3; Lauzon – 3; Jankowski – 2; Duchene – 1; Lankinen – 1
NASHVILLE PREDATORS GAME NOTES
Jan. 21, 2023 vs. Los Angeles Kings
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
− Jan. 19: Assigned forward Michael McCarron to Milwaukee (AHL).
− Jan. 18: Reassigned defenseman Roland McKeown to Milwaukee (AHL).
− Jan. 14: Recalled defenseman Roland McKeown from Milwaukee (AHL).
− Jan. 13: Reassigned goaltender Yaroslav Askarov to Milwaukee (AHL).
− Jan. 11: Recalled goaltender Yaroslav Askarov from Milwaukee (AHL). Reassigned defenseman Roland McKeown to Milwaukee (AHL).
− Jan. 2: Recalled defenseman Roland McKeown from Milwaukee (AHL).
