Game Thread: Nashville Predators at Los Angeles Kings 11/2/13 | 10:30pm

[Cobiemonster]

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10:30pm EST/7:30pm PST - FS-West​

PREDATORS (6-5-2) at KINGS (9-5-0)

TV: FS-TN, FS-W

Last 10: Nashville (5-3-2); Los Angeles (7-3-0)

Season series: It's the second of three meeting this season. On Oct. 17 Anze Kopitar of the Los Angeles Kings scored the only goal in a shootout, giving the Kings a 2-1 win against the Nashville Predators in Nashville. The teams will play a final time Dec. 28 in Nashville.

Big story: The Kings haven't been the most prolific offensive team, and now will might have to make due without one of their top goal-scorers, Jeff Carter.

Team scope:

Predators: Roman Josi is healthy and has joined Kevin Klein to create a solid second defense pair for the Nashville Predators.

Josi played Thursday for the first time since sustaining a concussion Oct. 4 against the Colorado Avalanche. He played 22:41 and had two shots on goal.

"He's one of our key pieces to our team," Klein told the Tennessean. "He skates really well. He has that experience under his belt now and he knows his game. He's used to playing a lot of minutes for us and it's nice he's back in the lineup and I get to play with him."

Josi started the season on the top pair opposite Shea Weber, but rookie Seth Jones has emerged as a strong partner for Weber, pushing Josi down to the second defense group.

However, coach Barry Trotz believes it just makes the defense group as a whole better.

"Both of them [Josi and Klein] understand what they both do," Trotz told the Tennessean. "Josi looks like he's excited to be back in the lineup and that's good for us. We need our pairings to be strong and I think it’s pretty diverse now."

Kings: The Kings entered the weekend 18th in the League in scoring and will be without Carter for as much as a week due to a lower-body injury. LAKingsinsider.com reported Carter would be placed on injured reserve. Carter is tied with Justin Williams for the team lead in goals with five.

"With Jeff, the guy going down, it's definitely a loss for us," Kings forward Anze Kopitar told LAKingsinsider.com. "But that's the way it is and we're going to have to find a way to score goals and put up points and win hockey games at the end of the day. With him or without him we're going to have that, but it's certainly a loss."

Tyler Toffoli was call up to replace Carter's production. Toffoli has seven goals and five assists in 10 games with the Kings' American Hockey League affiliate, the Manchester Monarchs. He had five points in 10 regular-season NHL games last season, and two goals and four assists in 12 Stanley Cup Playoff games. Center Linden Vey also was recalled.

Who's hot: Predators forward David Legwand has five points in the past three games. … Kings forward Mike Richards has five points in his past five games.

Injury report: The Predators continue to be without goalie Pekka Rinne, who is recovering from surgery to clean a bacterial infection in his left hip. … Carter will be placed on injured reserve with his lower-body injury.

Nashville Predators at Los Angeles Kings - 11/02/2013

 

[pete6835]

10:30 Eastern Stupid Time -

 

[ouendan1]

I'm so amused that displaying the game time in EST is one major vice for you Pete.

If I recall there's a decent number of us on here who actually live in the EST, myself included.

 

[pete6835]

I'm so amused that displaying the game time in EST is one major vice for you Pete.

If I recall there's a decent number of us on here who actually live in the EST, myself included.

The game is in Los Angeles PST - Now go to bed

 

[ouendan1]

The game is in Los Angeles PST - Now go to bed

can't. work nights. It's 3:50 a.m. over here and it's my afternoon, I'll probably go to sleep around 9-10 a.m. Thanks for the concern though.

so when LA plays next week in the east coast are we allowed to use EST?

 

[Kings4OT]

can't. work nights. It's 3:50 a.m. over here and it's my afternoon, I'll probably go to sleep around 9-10 a.m. Thanks for the concern though.

so when LA plays next week in the east coast are we allowed to use EST?

Negative, you used up all your EST postings already

 

[pete6835]

so when LA plays next week in the east coast are we allowed to use EST?

Allowed?

 

[ouendan1]

Negative, you used up all your EST postings already

curses, foiled again!

as for the game, where is Bernier when you need him for tonight?

 

[pete6835]

curses, foiled again!

as for the game, where is Bernier when you need him for tonight?

Vancouver

 

[ouendan1]

Vancouver

you're just a bundle of joy today.

 

[LALakersboy24.7]

Suck no Carter tonight

 

[davnlaguna]

The game is in Los Angeles PST - Now go to bed

The game is 730 pm PDT

 

[Cobiemonster]

Go Kings Go!!!!!

 

[davnlaguna]

refs missed a high stick/
worse refs ever.
ok that is out of my system.
no big deal

 

[ouendan1]

Doughty has been heavily involved in the offense so far, pinching down low and cycling with the forwards. I like it a lot!

I don't like the penalties though.

 

[Cobiemonster]

Legwand PP goal - Preds lead 1-0 - Kings have given up the first goal in four straight games now

 

[Cobiemonster]

PP coming up - let's get this game tied

 

[pete6835]

you're just a bundle of joy today.

You meant Steve Bernier, right?

 

[Cobiemonster]

Shea Weber PP goal - Preds lead 2-0

Penalties are killing the Kings

 

[pete6835]

Kopi