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The Los Angeles Kings (1-1-1, 3 points, 3rd Pacific) complete a short two-game road trip on Thursday with a visit to the Minnesota Wild (2-1-0, 4 points, 2nd Central). Los Angeles defeated the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday night 5-1 as Cam Talbot stopped 26 of 27 shots he faced in goal. Minnesota defeated the Montreal Canadiens 5-2 on Tuesday night behind a strong performance in goal from Marc-Andre Fleury who stopped 27 of 29 shots he faced. Los Angeles will play without Viktor Arvidsson. Minnesota will play without Matt Boldy and Jared Spurgeon.
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Los Angeles is scoring an average of 4.00 goals per game which is 5th highest in the NHL. Los Angeles is averaging 31.7 shots per game which is only 17th while scoring only 17.6% of the time on the power play which is 15th. Los Angeles is winning 50.3% of its faceoffs which is 19th. Trevor Moore is the leading goal scorer for Los Angeles with three and is tied with four others for the lead in points with four. The leader in assists is Kevin Fiala with four. Los Angeles has three power play goals in three games played.
Los Angeles is allowing an average of 3.67 goals per game which is 23rd in hockey, while giving up 27.7 shots per game which is sixth lowest. The Kings have an excellent penalty kill unit that is holding opposing teams scoreless 90.9% of the time that Los Angeles is shorthanded. Goalie Cam Talbot is 1-1-0 w ith a 2.51 goals against average and .921 save percentage. Talbot has stopped 58 of 63 shots faced in goals through two games. Phoenix Copley is 0-1-0 with a 4.66 goals against average and a very low .737 save percentage.
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