BARCLAYS DEBUT: Tonight marks the 2nd and final meeting with the Islanders this season and the Kings’ first-ever visit to Brooklyn’utes Barclays Center. New York is enjoying a one-game stint on house ice; they’re coming away from a 3-2 SO win over the particular Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night. The Kings are playing the second of a seven-game road trip; they’lso are coming off of a 9-2 win over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday evening.
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LINEUP: The Kings held meetings and off-ice workouts at the team hotel Thursday morning pending tonight’s game; the team used at Boston University’s Agganis Industry on Wednesday prior to visiting New York.Reebok Montreal Canadiens #11 Brendan Gallagher Authentic Camo Veterans Day Practice Jersey The lines proven below are not confirmed.
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JQ STATUS: Jonathan Quick is still with the team after getting a bit shaken upward when Boston’s Jimmy Hayes collided with him in his crease with 15 seconds left in Tuesday night’utes game against the Bruins.Youth Reebok Montreal Canadiens #9 Maurice Richard Premier Blue Third Jersey Quick did not practice with the team Thursday, and is still deemed ‘day-to-day’. “Simply take it day-to-day,” Darryl Sutter said Thursday morning hours. “I know he wants to play, but I think I’ll have to handle that one.”
BACKUP IN BROOKLYN?: Regardless of the severity of Quick’s shake-up, Jhonas Enroth will likely get the nod to start one of the 2 games in the Kings’ back-to-back set Thursday night or Friday. Enroth made Thirty one saves in the Kings’ 2-1 win over the Islanders on November 12. “Clearly I’m hoping to get one of the game titles,” Enroth said Tuesday. “But you never know,
HEY, KID: Defenseman Christian Ehrhoff cleared waivers about Thursday and is expected to become assigned to the Ontario Rule. Kevin Gravel is reportedly being called up to the Nobleman and will meet the team in the Barclays Center prior to tonight’s sport. Gravel, 23 years old, had been drafted by the Kings within the fifth-round of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, and in 42 games with the Reign this season, has submitted 16 points (5G, 11A) and a plus-five ranking.
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THE LAST TIME AROUND: Inside the Kings’ previous meeting with the Islanders on November 12 at Basics Center, they beat New York 2-1. Brock Nelson gave the Islanders a 1-0 lead midway through the first period of time, Drew Doughty whistled home the game-tying objective late in the opening framework, and Milan Lucic buried the game’utes eventual winning goal a few minutes into the second. Jhonas Enroth halted 31 of the 32 pictures he faced in the Kings’ acquire.
GETTING THE FEEL: The Kings is likely to make their Barclays Center debut today. In 51 regular season visits to the Islanders’ former home of 42 years, the actual Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, the Leaders posted a 20-25-5-1 record. “An individual check the boards, like how much they bounce,” Dustin Brown mentioned of getting the feel for a new rink. “You rim a couple pucks to see if there are any boards which stick out, Zamboni doors and you type of get a feel for that within warm-ups.”
LOCATION, LOCATION: The Kings’ 17-7-2 mark on the highway is second-best in the Western Meeting, while New York has had little difficulty getting acclimated to their new digs in Brooklyn, posting the Far eastern Conference’s fourth-best home record using a 17-8-3 mark. The Islanders have obtained 13 goals in their last two home games, the Nobleman 15 in their last two traveling. The Kings have won their last two road video games against the Islanders, both by a 3-2 report, and have only lost as soon as in regulation in their last 10 visits dating back to October 27, 1998.
WE’RE Doing the work LIVE: Catch the ‘Leaders Live’ pregame show at 3:30 PM PST on Fox Sporting activities West, followed with Chip Nickson and Jim Fox around the live play-by-play call from the Barclays Heart at 4:00. You can listen to Jon Rosen and Daryl Evans call the action over the radio airwaves about AM 790 KABC.