{"id":13081,"date":"2022-05-13T00:01:23","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T00:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/round-1-game-6-preview-potential-lineups-raising-the-level-elimination-game-analyzing-pressure\/"},"modified":"2022-05-13T00:01:23","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T00:01:23","slug":"round-1-game-6-preview-potential-lineups-raising-the-level-elimination-game-analyzing-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/round-1-game-6-preview-potential-lineups-raising-the-level-elimination-game-analyzing-pressure\/","title":{"rendered":"Round 1, Game 6 Preview – Potential Lineups + Raising The Level, Elimination Game, Analyzing Pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"
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TONIGHT’S MATCHUP:<\/strong> The Kings are back home with an opportunity to advance to the second round of the postseason. With a 3-2 series lead, LA is one win away from its first series victory since 2014, with tonight marking the first elimination game of the series. <\/p>\n HEAD-TO-HEAD:<\/strong> Each Kings win has featured a three-point effort, with Adrian Kempe (2-1-3) joining the club in Game 5. Kempe also scored the overtime game-winner, the third-fastest in LA Kings history. Kempe (2-3-5) is now tied with Phillip Danault (3-2-5) and Trevor Moore (2-3-5) for the series lead in scoring amongst Kings players. <\/p>\n KINGS VITALS:<\/strong> Win and you’re through. Simple situation tonight for the LA Kings, who have two opportunities to advance to the second round of the playoffs, the first of which comes this evening on home ice. <\/p>\n Jonathan Quick was not on the ice for morning skate, which has been his process thus far throughout the postseason. Quick’s win on Tuesday was his 25th career playoff victory on the road, tying Tom Barrasso for the most by an American-born goaltender. In the series to date, Quick is 3-2 with a .887 save percentage, a 3.80 goals-against average and one shutout. <\/p>\n The Kings did not hold a formal practice yesterday, as the team had a morning flight home from Edmonton. The full group was back on the ice earlier today for morning skate, giving us a potential glimpse into a Game 6 lineup for this evening. <\/p>\n Just one change was made in advance of Game 5, as forward Andreas Athanasiou checked back into the lineup in place of forward Gabe Vilardi. While not necessarily an expected change, it was a change that was impactful, with Athanasiou scoring the team’s third goal in a 5-4 overtime victory. The Kings have made changes in all but Game 2 of this series, with Todd McLellan and his staff di lui pushing the right buttons so far, getting four goals in total from players entering the lineup after not playing the game prior. <\/p>\n McLellan said this morning the team would know closer to game time if any lineup changes would be made. With that in mind, the lineup from how Game 5 ended is listed below, with the group lining up that same way this morning – <\/p>\n Iafallo – Kopitar – Kempe Anderson – Roy Quick For those looking for daily Viktor Arvidsson updates, Todd McLellan ruled the forward out for the series earlier today. Arvidsson has not skated in nearly two weeks, with McLellan expressing that \u201cmoving forward, we’ll worry about that if we need to\u201d regarding any additional games should the Kings progress. <\/p>\n VITALS OILERS:<\/strong> The Oilers enter tonight’s game facing elimination for the first time in the 2022 postseason. Edmonton has faced elimination four times over its last three playoff runs, posting a 1-3 record in that span. <\/p>\n There’s no notion of a goaltending change from an Edmonton point of view heading into Game 6, with Mike Smith expected to make his sixth start of the series. Smith has faced elimination four times during his postseason career, posting a 1-3 record, with a .920 save percentage in those games with one shutout that came in Los Angeles back in 2012.<\/p>\n Per Daniel Nugent-Bowman of The Athletic here’s how the Oilers aligned this morning – <\/p>\n Oilers lines and pairings at morning skate ahead of Game 6 at LAK: Kulak-Ceci Smith
Grundstrom – Danault – Moore
Athanasiou – Lizotte – Brown
Lemieux – Kupari – Kaliyev<\/p>\n
Edler – Stecher
Maatta – Durzi<\/p>\n
Petersen<\/p>\n\n
Draisaitl-McDavid-Yamamoto
Kane-RNH-Hyman
Archibald-McLeod-Puljujarvi
Foegele-Ryan-Kassian<\/p>\n
Keith-Bouchard
Russell-Barrie
Broberg- (Shore)<\/p>\n
Koskinen<\/p>\n