Coyotes: 42-27-13, (97 points), 3rd in Western Conference
Kings: 40-27-15, (95 points), 8th in Western Conference
SEASON SERIES: Kings won 3-2 (Not counting shootouts)
Players to watch: Doan(PHX), Smith (PHX), Quick (LA),Brown (LA), Hanzal (PHX), Carter (LA),Vermette (PHX),Richards (LA), Brule (PHX), Gagnet (LA), Kopitar (LA), Doughty (LA) & Penner (LA)
Sunday night in Phoenix, the LA Kings will make the trip over to battle the Coyotes in a Conference final Match up. The 8th placed Kings are surprising everybody. They beat the Presidents trophy Champions (the Vancouver Canucks) in 5 games. In Round 2, LA beat the 2nd Place St.Louis Blues in 4 games. That means that LA will be the more rested team in the conference final because they only played 9 games. The real reason why the Kings are where they are is their stellar offense and their outstanding goaltender, Johnathan Quick (who makes on average 39 saves a game).As for Phoenix, they surprised everyone on route to their first Conference final in Franchise history. In round 1, they beat the Blackhawks in 6 games and in Round 2 they beat the favourite Predators in 5 games.
Mike Smith is the reason why the Coyotes are where they are.Throughout the post season, the Coyotes had a percentage of 89.5 % on the PK and a percentage of 16.1% on the Powerplay. Mike Smith played 11 games in the Playoffs and he has a record of 8-3-2 with 2 shutouts and a save percentage of 0.948.As for the Kings, they had a percentage of 92.1 % on the PK and a percentage of 8.1% on the Powerplay. Johnathan Quick played 9 Post season games and has a record of 8-1-0 with 1 shutout and a save percentage of 0.949.So overall I think that the Goaltending and the defense are equal.As for the offense I think the Kings have a big advantage with players like Richards, Carter,Kopitar and many more. So due to that I think the Los Angeles Kings will win the series in 6 games.
Written By Andrew Di Pardo
| 2012 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINAL | |||
| series N |
Time | #3  vs.  #8 |
Networks |
| Sunday, may 13, 2012 | 8 pm | Los Angeles at Phoenix | NBCSN, TSN, RDS |
| tuesday, may 15, 2012 | 9 pm | Los Angeles at Phoenix | NBCSN, TSN, RDS |
| TBD | TBD | Phoenix AT Los Angeles | TBD |
| TBD | TBD | Phoenix AT Los Angeles | TBD |
| *TBD | TBD | Los Angeles at Phoenix | TBD |
| *TBD | TBD | Phoenix AT Los Angeles | TBD |
| *TBD | TBD | Los Angeles at Phoenix | TBD |
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