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playoff chances Friday night at Honda Center
The Kings (43-28-7) enter the second contest of a back-to-back set on a two-game winning streak. They defeated the Arizona Coyotes 4-2 on Thursday night
at Staples Center.
Jeff Carter registered his sixth career hat trick and his first since March 4, 2013 against the Nashville Predators. Anze Kopitar added an empty-netter to
set a career high with 35 goals and Jack Campbell stopped 20 of 22 shots for the
victory.
The victory extended Los Angeles’ lead over Anaheim for third place in the Pacific to two points with the Ducks holding a game in hand. This will be the
final road game for the Kings as they finish the season with three consecutive
home contests against Colorado, Minnesota and Dallas.
Kings coach John Stevens knows his team is far more formidable with Carter in the lineup. After missing 55 games because of an ankle tendon injury, Carter has
returned with a flourish
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“His presence in a lot of areas just checks a lot of boxes, but he’s a production guy,” Stevens said. “He ends up in the scoring areas, he goes to the
tough areas. He scores goals that other guys can’t. That last goal for me was
very impressive. He pulled the puck off the wall and he got at the net
quickly.
“Jeff’s a production guy
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anyone you play him with. He’s been a big addition back in our lineup.”
The Ducks (39-25-13) are looking to make amends after one of their worst performances of the season. In the midst of a hotly contested Western Conference
playoff race
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second wild card in the West, they realize their sense of urgency must be far
greater in their final five games of the season.
Anaheim has made the playoffs for five consecutive seasons and like the Kings they have an advantageous home schedule to close out the season. The Los Angeles
contest starts a four-game homestand as the Ducks face similar opponents in
Colorado, Minnesota and Dallas before concluding the season in Arizona on April
7.
The Ducks addressed their lack of intensity with frankness as arguably the biggest non-playoff game in the Southern California rivalry known as “The
Freeway Faceoff” approaches.
“We just don’t feel that we’ve played enough consistently to the level we’re capable of,” coach Randy Carlyle said after the Vancouver loss.
Captain Ryan Getzlaf went into more depth about the team’s mental approach that has been questioned given their inconsistent play.
“Most of it’s mental
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year where we’re grinding. We’re pedaling to get in. Every game is really
important. Every day. You don’t get days off. And that’s the hardest thing this
time of year brings. That grind of a season is now on your back and now you’ve
got five games left.”
The Kings won the first two games of the season series, 4-3 in overtime on Nov. 7 and a 2-1 shootout victory on Nov. 25 but the Ducks evened the series
with a 4-2 win Jan. 13 and a 2-1 victory Jan. 19. Both teams have recorded a
road win in their two victories.
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