Tonight's lineups

By Rich Hammond on October 14, 2007 4:56 PM | Permalink | Comments (3) |

The Kings' scratches tonight are Brady Murray, Brian Willsie and Kevin Dallman, with Tom Preissing and John Zeiler rejoining the linup. Derek Meech, Mikael Samuelsson and Johan Franzen are scratched for the Wings.

In goal, it's Jonathan Bernier against Chris Osgood. Osgood has played one game this season, Wednesday against Calgary, and stopped 19 of 21 shots in a victory.

3 Comments

dominic lavoie said:

Rich,

Any idea why Willsie keeps getting scratched?

Interesting that B. Murray is scratched after getting a goal last game...

Happy to see Bernier get a chance to bounce back from a tough game. If tonight goes badly I wouldn't be surprised if he gets sent back to junior...

October 14, 2007 5:09 PM

anthony said:

Brady Murray scores a great goal last game and Crawford benches him.
Even worse, benches him in favor of Zeiler.
I feel sorry for Wilsie. He's only played one game this year. And he's more talented than Zeiler, Thornton, or Ivanans.
I guess this is what happens when you have a backwards coaching method.

October 14, 2007 5:09 PM

dominic lavoie said:

Zeiler just showed anthony why he is in the line up. Forced two turnovers, made a good hit and setup a scoring chance with a nice centering pass....

October 14, 2007 5:25 PM

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