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By Rich Hammond on October 20, 2008 5:33 PM | Permalink | Comments (1) |

Peter Budaj will get the start for the Avalanche tonight, despite some recent struggles. Budaj is 0-3 with a 4.38 goals-against average and an .824 save percentage, while Andrew Raycroft is 2-0 with a 3.00 GAA and an .875 save percentage. On the other hand, Raycroft has a career 5.20 GAA against the Kings (four games) while Budaj has a career 2.41 GAA against the Kings (six games). Jason LaBarbera? He has a 3.45 career GAA against the `Lanche. Of course, different years, different teams...

Colorado has won back-to-back games after starting 0-3 and has scored seven power-play goals in its last three games. That should be a good challenge for the Kings' suddenly-strong penalty-kill unit.

I'll open up the chat later for those who want to hang out during the game...

1 Comments

diehardkingsfan38 said:

lol he sucks

October 20, 2008 7:11 PM

J.P. Hoornstra writes about NHL and IHL hockey for the Los Angeles Newspaper Group. He welcomes any and all dialogue on the finer points of hockey. E-mail J.P. at jp.hoornstra
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Jill Painter joined the Daily News in 2000 and during the last eight years she's covered the Dodgers, Cal State Northridge, UCLA, Kings, golf and everything in between. Even though she's from Colorado, she still freezes in the Staples Center press box but always manages to thaw her fingers in time to make deadline. E-mail Jill at jill.painter@dailynews
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