{ "blocks": [ { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "The Los Angeles Kings head into the fourth of a five-game road trip against the Vancouver Canucks." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "This is the second of three meetings between these two clubs this season. The Canucks picked up a 4-2 victory in Los Angeles on November 7^th, 2024." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "The Kings are 1-2-0 so far on this road trip, all-three games decided by one goal." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Vancouver is coming off a 6-1 loss to the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday. The Canucks are 3-4-3 in their last ten games." } }, { "type": "header", "data": { "text": "LAFTERMATH", "level": 2 } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "During Monday’s game against the Edmonton Oilers, Kings Forward Alex Laferriere took a hard hit along the boards via Oilers’ Captain Connor McDavid. Laferriere, visibly upset by the hit, grabbed McDavid by the left leg and threw him to the ice." } }, { "id": "0w31pkdq-mzzolk7l", "type": "embed", "data": { "service": "twitter", "source": "https://twitter.com/LARoyalty1967/status/1879020031390208413", "embed": "https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?id=1879020031390208413", "caption": "" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Laferriere was given a two-minute penalty for holding McDavid, while Oilers Forward Kasperi Kapanen two-minutes for roughing Laferriere. The penalties resulted in four-on-four play where McDavid would score the only goal of the game." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "In his postgame press conference, Kings Head Coach Jim Hiller called Laferriere’s penalty, \"poor,\" adding, \"[t]hat was probably the part of the game – the moment of the game – I liked the least.”" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Hiller was asked if he could share any information as to why Laferriere didn’t play during the third period. Hiller, while sipping his water, begrudgingly retorted, “[n]o, nothing to share.”" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Yesterday, LA Kings Insider Zach Dooley shared that Laferriere will miss today's game due to an undisclosed injury." } }, { "id": "zqadobyv-bc6fgfpt", "type": "embed", "data": { "service": "twitter", "source": "https://twitter.com/DooleyLAK/status/1879643330960928996", "embed": "https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?id=1879643330960928996", "caption": "" } }, { "type": "header", "data": { "text": "BROCK ON THE BLOCK?", "level": 2 } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "In his last ten games played, Canucks Forward Brock Boeser has recorded six points (5G, 1A) with a -2 rating." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "During the game against LA on November 7^th, 2024, Boeser took a hit in the jaw by Kings Forward Tanner Jeannot who was given a match penalty and three-game suspension." } }, { "id": "zslg8muj-4jjcyixs", "type": "embed", "data": { "service": "twitter", "source": "https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/1854745969943851291", "embed": "https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?id=1854745969943851291", "caption": "" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Boeser wouldn’t return to the lineup until November 26^th, 2024, missing seven games." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Despite the injury, Boeser has recorded twenty-seven points (15G, 12A) in thirty-six games, this season." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Boeser is on the last year of his deal which carries a $6.65M AAV and a ten team no trade clause. For several years, rumors have circulated – more like gossip spreading across the school playground – that Boeser could be on the Kings’ radar." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "In need of a right-shot, scoring Forward, today's meeting would be an ideal opportunity for Kings General Manager Rob Blake to discuss the feasibility of a trade with Canucks General Manager Patrik Allvin." } }, { "type": "header", "data": { "text": "-10 WITH 10 IN 10", "level": 2 } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "LA Forward Kevin Fiala is currently the only Kings player with a double-digit negative +/- rating (-10)." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "In his last ten meetings against the Canucks, Fiala has recorded ten points (6G, 4A)." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Fiala is often excoriated by fans who are quick to play the Good Kevin, Bad Kevin blame game. It's a conversation I don't entertain." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "In my opinion, Fiala is the most offensively creative player the Kings have had since Zigmund Palffy. Kings Captain Anze Kopitar has heralded Fiala as the team’s, “gamebreaker,” and it’s only a matter of time before we get Excellent Kevin." } }, { "id": "pfyhkbx7-nscn78gs", "type": "embed", "data": { "service": "twitter", "source": "https://twitter.com/LARoyalty1967/status/1863055194377888044", "embed": "https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?id=1863055194377888044", "caption": "" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Puck drop is slated for 7:05 PM PST. 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