LOS ANGELES KINGS NOTES:
NOV. 18 vs. VANCOUVER – 7:00 PM PT // Venue: Rogers Arena // TV: Bally Sports West // Radio: iHeartRadio
-The LA Kings visit the Vancouver Canucks for the first of four meetings between the clubs (March 8, April 2; April 10).
-Tonight is the third game of LA’s four-game road trip (6-5 L, Nov, 14 at CGY; 3-1 W, Nov. 16 at EDM; Nov. 19 at SEA).
-Tonight marks the first game in LA’s third back-to-back this season (5-4 W, Oct. 17 at DET and 4-3 W, Oct. 18 at NSH; 5-1 W, Oct. 31at STL and 5-2 L Nov. 1 at DAL ). The team is 3-1 in back-to-backs (2-0 in first game, 1-1 in second).
WARM-UPS
1) LA Kings forwards have combined for 139 points (56-83=139) this season, the most among any team’s forwards.
2) The Kings have won seven one-goal games, the most in the NHL.
3) The Kings are 8-1 when leading after two periods of play. Only New Jersey (11-0-0), Boston (10-0-0) and Dallas (10-0-0) have more wins in that scenario.
4) The Kings have generated 80 high-danger scoring chances when Drew Doughty is on the ice, the most by a team when a certain player is on the ice.
5) Following the Kings’ win in Edmonton Wednesday night, the Kings have now amounted for five of the 81 times that both Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl have both been held off the score sheet in a game (regular season and playoffs combined). Only one team has done so more: Calgary (9).
VS. VANCOUVER ALL-TIME:
All-Time Record: 112-109-32-7
Home: 68-44-16-3
Away: 44-65-16-4
OT: 13-10 (20 ties)
Shootout: 6-4
2021-22: 1-1-1
2022-23: 0-0-0
Franchise Leaders vs. VANCOUVER:
Marcel Dionne – 68 GP, 97 PTS (46-51=97)
Dave Taylor – 96 GP, 87 PTS (37-50=87)
Luc Robitaille – 81 GP, 84 PTS (39-45=84)
Bernie Nicholls – 59 GP, 78 PTS (25-53=78)
Wayne Gretzky – 47 GP, 75 PTS (20-55=75)
*-denotes active roster player
LAST MEETING vs. VANCOUVER: April 28, 2022 – LAK 2 vs. VAN 3 (OT)
Venue: Rogers Arena
LAK Goals: Vilardi (5), Kempe (35)
VAN Goals: Boeser (22, 23 OT), Chiasson (13)
Goalies: LAK: Petersen (L, 26 saves, 29 shots) VAN: Martin (W, 33 saves, 35 shots)
LAK PP: 0-for-4
LAK PK: 1-for-2
THE NEXT THREE:
Sat., Nov. 19 | at Seattle | 7:00 p.m. PT | Bally Sports West | LA Kings iHeart Radio Audio Network
o The LA Kings return to Climate Pledge Arena for third time in franchise history. Last season, the Kings swept both games in Seattle against the Kraken.
Tues., Nov. 22 | vs. NY Rangers | 7:30 p.m. PT | Bally Sports West | LA Kings iHeart Radio Audio Network
o Blake Lizotte scored his first NHL game-winning goal last season against the Rangers on Jan. 10, 2022. Fri., Nov. 25 | at San Jose | 7:30 p.m. PT | Bally Sports West | LA Kings iHeart Radio Audio Network
o No active skater has more points (66) against the San Jose Sharks than Anze Kopitar.
INJURY & MGL REPORT
Player, Games Missed, Date(s), Status
F Alex Iafallo, 15 games, Oct. 18 – Pres. (lower-body)
F Quinton Byfield, 6 games, Oct. 27 – Nov. 5 (illness)
F Viktor Arvidsson, 2 games, Oct. 13 (illness); Oct. 25 (illness)
2022-23 Total Regular-Season Man-Games Lost: 23
RECENT TRANSACTIONS (as of 11/18/22)
Nov. 6 – Quinton Byfield (F) loaned to Ontario (AHL).
Nov. 8 – Alex Turcotte (F) activated from IR, loaned to Ontario (AHL).
Nov. 13 – Brandt Clarke (D) assigned to Ontario (AHL) on conditioning loan.
Nov. 13 – Brendan Lemieux (F) placed on IR due to lower-body injury.
Nov. 13 – Lias Andersson (F) and Jacob Moverare (D) recalled from Ontario (AHL).
CALIFORNIA KID
Trevor Moore led the Kings past the Edmonton Oilers Wednesday night, recording his first career hat trick and third multi-goal game of his career. Moore became the first California-born skater to record a hat trick for a California-based team in NHL history. The Thousand Oaks, Calif. native is the sixth California-born skater overall to record a hat trick in league history. It marked the first three-goal performance by an LA King since Viktor Arvidsson on March 4, 2022 versus Columbus. With four points (3-1=4) in his last two games and 15 (5-10=15) on the year, Moore sits tied for second-most points on the team with Gabriel Vilardi (10-5=15):
California-born skaters with hat tricks in NHL history
Player Birthplace # of hat tricks (most recent)
Rocco Grimaldi Anaheim, Calif. 1 (March 25, 2021 vs. DET, with ANA)
Auston Matthews San Ramon, Calif. 7 (April 4, 2022 at TBL, with TOR)
Trevor Moore Thousand Oaks, Calif. 1 (Nov. 16, 2022 at EDM, with LAK)
Matt Nieto Long Beach, Calif. 1 (Oct. 24, 2017 vs. DAL, with COL)
Jason Robertson Arcadia, Calif. 2 (March 6, 2022 at MIN, with DAL)
Jason Zucker Newport Beach, Calif. 2 (March , 2019 at TBL, with MIN)
SWISS-SATIONAL
Kevin Fiala, who leads the Kings scoring with 18 points (6-12=18), scored his sixth goal of the season and fifth multi-point game of the season on Monday night in Calgary to surpass the 300-point plateau for his NHL career. Fiala (130-171=301) became the fifth Swissborn skater in league history to record 300 career NHL points and eighth member of the 2014 NHL Draft class to reach such mark:
Swiss-born skaters with 300+ NHL points
Player GP Points
Roman Josi* 777 556 (143-413=556)
Mark Streit 786 434 (96-338=434)
Nino Niederreiter* 749 378 (189-189=378)
Mark Hardy 915 368 (62-306=368)
Kevin Fiala* 438 301 (130-171=301)
*denotes active player
Fiala has racked up a team-leading 18 points (6-12=18) through 19 games this season with 13 coming at even-strength, tied for the most on the team with Gabriel Vilardi. Fiala has found the scoring sheet in nine of his last 12 games (5-8=11), dating back to Oct. 25, and leads multiple categories among Kings skaters:
Fiala vs. Team Splits since Oct. 25
Category Team Rank
Goals (5) T-2nd
Assists (8) T-1st
Points (13) 1st
Plus/Minus (+4) T-2nd
Points/GP (1.08) 1st
Even-strength PTS (10) 1st
Shots (32) T-3rd
Fiala eclipsed the 15-point mark (4-11=15) in his 16th game on the season last Thursday against the Blackhawks with his game-winning overtime Goal with 1.4 seconds to go in the sudden death period. Per NHL PR, Fiala became the first Kings player to record his first 15 points with the team in 16 games or fewer since Ryan Smyth in 2009-10 (6-9=15 in 11 GP).
RETURN OF THE VET
Alex Edler returns to Vancouver for the third time since signing with the LA Kings on July 28, 2021, after 15 seasons with the Canucks. In 925 games played with the Canucks, Edler accumulated 409 points (99-310=409) with 177 power-play points and 2,021 shots. During his time with Vancouver, Edler’s 409 points sat third-most on the team behind Henrik Sedin (176-658=834) and Daniel Sedin (305-500=805). To this date, no defenseman in Canucks history has more games (925), goals (99), assists (310), points (409), even-strength goals (52), power-play points (177), shots (2,021) and takeaways (295) on their resume than Edler. Additionally, no skater in Canucks history has recorded more hits (1,432) or blocked shots (1,762) than Edler.
Since joining the Kings, Edler has scored three goals, 19 assists and 22 points in 57 games with a plus-17 rating. In 982 career NHL games, Edler has amassed 431 points (102-329=431). With 18 more games, Edler can become the 12th active defenseman to skate in 1,000 career NHL games, the second defenseman from the 2004 NHL Draft class (Alex Goligoski, 1,001 GP) and seventh overall skater from his draft class.
SOPHOMORE YEAR
Defenseman Sean Durzi, who is in his second career NHL season, enters tonight with nine points (3-6=9) in 18 games, one point shy of tying Drew Doughty for most among team defensemen. Durzi collected his second and third goals of the season for his first career multi-point game last Saturday against the Red Wings. Durzi is one goal from surpassing his total from last year of three in 64 games and establishing a new career high. With his assist on Moore’s game-deciding second period goal Wednesday night in Edmonton, Durzi tallied his 30th career assist, tied for the seventh-most by an LA Kings defenseman through their first 82 games from the start of their career:
Most assists by LA Kings defenseman through first 82 games of career
Player GP Assists
Larry Murphy 82 61
Alexei Zhitnik 82 37
Craig Redmond 82 35
Rob Blake 82 35
L’ubomir Visnovsky 82 32
Bill White 82 31
Sean Durzi 82 30
Gary Galley 82 30
SACRIFICING THE BODY
The LA Kings haven’t been afraid to sacrifice the body as of late, including getting in front of shots. The Kings had a collective 29 blocked shots against the Oilers on Wednesday, marking just the third time in franchise history the Kings have blocked 29 or more shots in a game (31 blocks, Feb. 19, 2018 vs. CHI; 29 blocks, Dec. 22, 2018 vs. SJ). LA’s 301 blocked shots so far this season sit third in the league behind Vegas (364) and Philadelphia (312):
Teams with most blocked shots
Player GP Blocks
Vegas Golden Knights 18 364
Philadelphia Flyers 17 312
Los Angeles Kings 19 301
New York Islanders 18 297
Detroit Red Wings 17 294
Anze Kopitar contributed to four of the Kings’ 29 blocked shots Wednesday night versus the Oilers and tied his single game career-high five Blocked shots two games earlier last Saturday night for the fourth time in his career and second time this season (Oct. 25 vs. Tampa). No forward has blocked more shots in the league than Kopitar:
Most blocked shots among NHL forwards
Player GP Blocks
Anze Kopitar (LAK) 19 27
Boone Jenner (CBJ) 16 24
Garnet Hathaway (WSH) 19 23
Nick Bonino (SJS) 16 21
Elias Pettersson (VAN) 17 21
Adam Erne (DET) 17 21
300 FOR #33
Viktor Arvidsson assisted on all three of Moore’s goals Wednesday night for his third career three-assist game to surpass the 300-point plateau for his NHL career, one day after teammate Kevin Fiala accomplished such feat. Arvidsson became the ninth member of the 014 NHL Draft class and 20th active Swede skater to reach such mark. Arvidsson officially hit 300 career points on his second assist of the night. At the time of hitting his milestone, Arvidsson sat at 150 goals and 150 assists. He is the 11th player in NHL history to record an even 150 goals and 150 assists at the 300-point mark and the first since Matt Moulson (Feb. 20, 2015).
KING ARTHUR
Arthur Kaliyev continued his recent scoring success with his fifth and sixth goals of the season on Monday night against the Calgary Flames, including his team-leading fourth power-play goal, marking his second career multi-goal game and second consecutive multipoint game (0-2=2, Nov. 12 vs. DET; 2-0=2, Nov. 14 at CGY). With the first of his two goals Monday, Kaliyev eclipsed the 20-goal mark in his career. Per NHL PR, Kaliyev (98 GP) is the sixth Kings skater in the past 25 years to score his first 20 NHL goals in less than 100 games (Anze Kopitar, 72 GP; Michael Cammalleri, 77 GP; Tyler Toffoli, 83 GP; Gabriel Vilardi, 92 GP; Alex Frolov, 94 GP). Kaliyev, who is the only Uzbekistan-born skater to ever play in the NHL, has recorded 13 points (6-7=13) in 18 games this season, ranking fourth on the team. On top of his team-leading four power-play goals, Kaliyev has six power-play points in total, which also leads all Kings skaters. Kaliyev is two power-play goals shy of tying his career-best of six set last season through 80 games, which placed second among all rookies behind Anaheim’s Trevor Zegras (9):
Most PPGs among rookies last season
Player GP PPG
Trevor Zegras (ANA) 75 9
Arthur Kaliyev (LAK) 80 6
Lucas Raymond (DET) 82 5
Cole Caufield (MTL) 67 5
Six Players 3
Since his NHL debut, no Kings skater has found the back of the net on the man-advantage more than Kaliyev: Most PPGs among Kings skaters since Feb. 2, 2021
Player PPG
Arthur Kaliyev 10
Adrian Kempe 10
Drew Doughty 9
Anze Kopitar 9
Alex Iafallo 7
Dustin Brown 7
At 99 career NHL games, Kaliyev sits one shy of becoming the eighth member of the 2019 NHL Draft class to play in 100 career NHL games.
OUR PAL, CAL
Cal Petersen has won three of his last four starts, including his best performance of the season Wednesday night in Edmonton. Petersen stopped 22 of the Oilers’ 23 shots while posting a season-high .957 save percentage and 1.00 goals-against average in route to his fifth win of the season and improving his record to 5-2. With his 44th career victory, Petersen tied Mathieu Garon (44) for ninth-most wins by a goaltender in LA Kings history. In 92 starts, Petersen has a built a 44-41-8 record with four shutouts. Sitting at 98 games played, Petersen can become the 12th netminder in Kings history to appear in 100 career NHL games as well as the third goaltender from the 2013 NHL Draft class and second Iowa-born to reach such feat:
Most wins by a goaltender in LA Kings history
Player GP GS Wins
Jonathan Quick 725 716 365
Rogie Vachon 389 383 171
Kelly Hrudey 360 334 145
Maria Lessard 240 222 92
Jamie Storr 205 178 85
Stephane Fiset 200 192 80
Felix Potvin 136 134 61
Gary Edwards 155 146 54
Cal Petersen 98 92 44
Mathieu Garon 95 89 44
DIFFEREN(TIAL) MAKERS
The Kings enter tonight’s game with the league’s third-highest special team differential overall at +23:32. 2022-23 Special Teams Time Differential
Team PP T PK T DIFF
Detroit Red Wings 105:13 79:14 +25:32
Washington Capitals 119:55 96:22 +23:33
LA Kings 122:26 98:54 +23:32
Buffalo Sabres 108:06 86:07 +21:59
Winnipeg Jets 81:31 61:43 +19:48
Additionally, LA’s special teams’ differential on the road sits fourth in the league:
2022-23 Special Teams Time Differential on the road
Team PP T PK T DIFF
Florida Panthers 63:41 42:14 +21:27
Seattle Kraken 46:35 34:45 +11:50
Washington Capitals 70:00 58:32 +11:28
LA Kings 60:02 48:48 +11:14
Detroit Red Wings 47:46 37:18 +10:28
FACEOFF FEVER
The LA Kings have found consistency in the face-off circle this season, especially at even-strength where the team’s faceoff winning percentage at EV has been 54% or higher in 12 of their 19 games on the year. LA’s even-strength faceoff winning percentage is fourth in the league, .01% behind Boston for third:
Highest EV faceoff winning %
Team GP EVFO’s EV FOW %
Chicago Blackhawks 16 707 57.6%
Carolina Hurricanes 17 838 56.0%
Boston Bruins 17 749 55.5%
LA Kings 19 848 55.4%
Nashville Predators 17 786 54.7%
Forwards Anze Kopitar and Phillip Danault have been the driving forces for consistency in the face-off circle this season, centering the club’s top two lines. On Nov. 8, Kopitar’s even-strength faceoff winning percentage of 81.8% marked the second time this season he has had an EV FOW% of 80% or higher. In 13 of his 19 games played this season, Kopitar has had an even-strength faceoff winning percentage of 54% or higher.
Kopitar (61.4%) and Danault (57.1%) sit second and fourth, respectively, in the league in even-strength faceoff winning percentage (min. EV faceoff: 220):
Highest EV Faceoff winning % among all skaters (min. EV Faceoffs: 220)
Player GP EV FO’s EV FOW %
Patric Bergeron (BOS) 17 264 62.1%
Anze Kopitar (LAK) 19 267 61.4%
Jean-Gabriel Pageau (NYI) 18 243 60.1%
Phillip Danault (LAK) 19 233 57.1%
John Tavares (TOR) 18 223 56.5%
MULTI-POINT MANIA
The LA Kings have had contributions on the scoring sheet from 21 different skaters. Of the 21, 14 of them have had multi-point games with the most courtesy of Gabriel Vilardi (5), Kevin Fiala (5). Since Nov. 1, eight different Kings skaters have found the score sheet more than once in a game (Arvidsson, 1-1=2, Nov. 5; 0-3=3, Nov. 16; Danault, 1-1=2, Nov. 10; 0-2=2, Nov. 12; Doughty, 0-2=2, Nov. 14; Durzi, 2-0=2, Nov. 12; Fiala, 1-1=2, Nov. 14; Kaliyev, 0-2=2, Nov. 12; 2-0=2, Nov. 14; Kopitar, 0-2=2, Nov. 5; Moore, 1-1=2, Nov. 5; 3-0=3, Nov. 16). LA has had 36 multi-point performances from their players this season, the second-most in the league while their seven multi-goal games are fourth-most and one behind Vancouver:
Most multi-point games from players
Team # of multi-point performances
Tampa Bay Lightning 41
Dallas Stars 38
LA Kings 36
Boston Bruins 35
Colorado Avalanche 34
Most multi-goal games from players
Team # of multi-goal performances
Buffalo Sabres 9
Colorado Avalanche 8
Vancouver Canucks 8
Dallas Stars 7
Minnesota Wild 7
LA Kings 7
VANCOUVER CANUCKS NOTES:
MATCH-UP INFO
• Tonight marks the first of four meetings between the Canucks and the Kings this season: Nov. 18 (home), Mar. 18 (away), Apr. 2 (home), and Apr. 10 (away).
• The Canucks are 116-101-32-11 all-time against the Kings including a 69-38-16-6 record at home.
• Vancouver is 8-0-2 in their last 10 games vs Los Angeles (4-0-1 in their last 5).
• Among active Canucks skaters, Oliver Ekman-Larsson leads the team in games played and career points vs Los Angeles with 24 points (9-15-24) in 56 career games.
• Elias Pettersson has 16 points (5-11-16) in 10 career games against the Kings.
• J.T. Miller and Bo Horvat have 17 career points against the Kings (5-12-17 in 16 games and 4-13-17 in 26 games respectively).
• Brock Boeser has 15 points (10-5-15) in 12 career games against the Kings.
• Thatcher Demko is 2-0-0 in his career against the Kings, posting a 0.96 GAA and .971 save-percentage.
• Spencer Martin is 1-1-0 in his career against Los Angeles, posting a 3.38 GAA and .907 save-percentage.
QUICK NUMBERS
• Bo Horvat ranks second in the NHL in goals (14 in 17 games).
• Quinn Hughes is tied for second in the NHL for assists, among defencemen (14 in 13 games).
• Elias Pettersson has 13 points (4-9-13) in his last 10 games.
• J.T. Miller has 11 points (6-5-11) in his last 10 games.
• Brock Boeser has recorded an assist in five straight games.
LAST MEETING – APR. 28/22: VAN 3 vs LAK 2 (OT)
Brock Boeser opened up scoring for the Canucks with a power play goal at 6:52 in the third period…Elias Pettersson and J.T. Miller recorded assists on the play…Alex Chiasson tied up the game at 14:31 in the third, pushing the game into overtime…Quinn Hughes collected the helper on the play…Brock Boeser scored the GWG in OT to grant the Canucks a win at their final home game of the season…Elias Pettersson notched the assist, registering a multi-point game (0-2-2)…Brock Boeser led the team in shots (5)…Juho Lammikko led the team in hits (6)…Quinn Hughes led in TOI (28:15)…J.T. Miller won 15 face-offs (65%)…Spencer Martin faced 35 shots.
2022.23 TEAM RANKS
VAN LAK
Goals For/Game 3.41 (10th) 3.32 (13th)
Goals Against/Game 4.06 (30th) 3.37 (23rd)
Power Play % 29.5 (5th) 19.5 (23rd)
Penalty Kill % 63.8 (32nd) 75.0 (t-25th)
Penalty Min./Game 13:07 (29th) 8:44 (11th)
*Rankings are accurate as of 3:30pm PT on November 17
LAST GAME PLAYED – NOV. 15/22: VAN 5 at BUF 4
Dakota Joshua scored his third goal of the season at 8:01 in the first…William Lockwood tallied his first point as a Canuck on the assist along with Nils Åman…Ethan Bear doubled the lead at 9:18 with his first goal as a Canuck…Bo Horvat and Conor Garland registered assists…Elias Pettersson would make it 3-1 at 0:31 seconds into the second…Oliver Ekman-Larsson was credited with the solo assist…J.T. Miller notched his 10th goal of the season with an assist from Horvat at 7:13 on the power play…Horvat would get the power play, game-winning goal at 8:25 in the second…Brock Boeser and Pettersson got assists on the play…Horvat led the team in shots (8), tying the season high, and won 17/26 faceoffs (65%)…Luke Schenn led in hits (3)…Spencer Martin collected his first win against the Sabres and stopped 28 shots.
LAST 5 vs LOS ANGELES
• Apr. 28/22: VAN 3 vs LAK 2 (OT)
• Dec. 30/21: VAN 1 at LAK 2 (SO)
• Dec. 6/21: VAN 4 vs LAK 0
• Dec. 28/19: VAN 3 vs LAK 2
• Oct. 30/19: VAN 5 at LAK 3
HUGHES’ HELPING HANDS
Picking up a power play assist to extend his personal assist streak to 10 games (0-13-13) on Nov. 13 at BOS, Quinn Hughes passed Jiri Bubla (1983.84) for the second-longest assist streak by a defenceman in Canucks history. He is only one of two Canuck defencemen to ever hit a double-digit streak, being one game short of tying Dennis Kearns for the franchise record (11 games in 1976.77).
• Hughes’ next assist will also mark the 161st of his career and will break a tie with Harold Snepsts for 10th-most assists by a defenceman in team history.
HARD HITTING SCHENN
Matching his personal career-high and the Canucks franchise-high (set by himself) with 12 hits on Nov. 12 at TOR, Luke Schenn became the first player in NHL history to record at least three games with 12+ hits in his career. With 2,916 career hits, Schenn is only 30 hits away from tying Brooks Orpik (2,946) for most in League-history by a defencemen. Schenn has collected the most hits in the NHL this season (76 in 17 GP).
*The NHL began tracking hits in 2005.06.
BO’S BLAZING START
Scoring his team-leading 14th goal on Nov. 15 at BUF, Bo Horvat tied Darcy Rota (1983.84) and Greg Adams (1987.88) for fourth-most goals hrough the first 17 games of a season in Canucks history, trailing only Alexander Mogilny (15, 1995.96), Pavel Bure (17, 1992.93) and Tony Tanti (17, 1983.84).
• Scoring his sixth power play goal of the season, Horvat surpassed Ryan Kesler and Henrik Sedin for 9th most power play goals in franchise history (62).
• Tallying eight goals in five games (Oct. 28-Nov. 8), Horvat tied Mikael Samuelsson (2009.10) and Alexandre Burrows (2009.10) as the only Canucks to do so in the last 26 years.
• Horvat is also the first player in franchise history to have five multi-goal games in the first 13 games.
• With 28 goals in 35 games since March 9, 2022, Horvat has the highest goals per game (0.80) in the League during that stretch (minimum 5 GP).
HORVAT HITS 200
Picking up an assist on J.T. Miller’s first period goal on Nov. 5 vs NSH, Bo Horvat recorded his 200th career assist, become the 22nd Canuck in team history to hit that mark.
HATS OFF TO KUZ
Recording a hat-trick with three goals, including the game-winner, on Nov. 3 vs ANA, Andrei Kuzmenko became just the fourth Russian-born skater in Canucks history to record a hat-trick, joining Pavel Bure (9x), Alexander Mogilny (4x), and Igor Larionov (2x). The winger became the fourth Canucks player in the past 20 years to record three goals in a single frame joining Horvat (Oct. 22/19), Mikael Samuelsson (Mar. 9/10) and Markus Naslund (Oct. 21/02).
FIVE-POINT PETEY
Posting one goal and four assists on Nov. 3 vs ANA, Elias Pettersson recorded his third career five-point game, joining Alexander Mogilny as the only other player in Canucks history to do so. He currently leads the team in assists (10) and points (15) in 11 games so far this season.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
• Karel Plasek on loan to HC Olomouc, Nov. 17
• William Lockwood recalled from Abbotsford, Nov. 15
• Jack Studnicka placed on injured reserve, Nov. 15
