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The Los Angeles Kings (0-1-1, 1 point) begin a road trip on Tuesday with a visit north of the border to play the Winnipeg Jets (1-1-0, 2 points). Los Angeles is 0-1-1 with one point through its first two games of the season after opening with a 5-2 loss to Colorado followed by a 6-5 loss in a shootout with Carolina. Winnipeg has opened its regular season at 1-1-0 with two points after a 5-3 loss on opening night to Calgary followed by a 6-4 victory over the Florida Panthers on Saturday. Los Angeles will play without Viktor Arvidsson. Winnipeg will play without Ville Heinola.
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Through two games of the NHL regular season, the LA Kings have allowed 10 goals (one posted for shootout loss) for an average of 5.00 per game. That ranks the Kings next to last in goals against. What is even more disheartening is the Kings are next to last in goals against yet are 8th in shots against at just 28 per game and have had a successful penalty kill unit at 85.7% which is 11th best. Cam Talbot is 0-1-0 with a 4.02 against average and .889 save percentage. Phoenix Copley is 0-0-1 with a 4.66 goals against average and .737 save percentage allowing five goals in only 19 shots on goal.
LA has started solid on attack averaging 3.5 goals per game which ranks the Kings 12th. LA is averaging 33 shots per game which is 11th. The power play could be improved as LA is 18th, with a 16.7% success rate with the man ad vantage. LA is winning 52.3% of its faceoffs which is 12th best in the league. Anze Kopitar has a team best two goals, while five others have scored one goal each. Kevin Fiala leads the Kings in assists with three and Fiala and Kopitar share the points lead with three.
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