This game gives Toronto fans their first chance to see Ilya Kovalchuk in a long, long time. He’s been busy scoring a lot in the KHL since he last played in the NHL. He had 63 points in 53 games last year, and so far in the NHL he has one goal and two assists in five games played.
The Kings have been renowned for years for a very high Corsi percentage and some really bad (relatively speaking) results. They suffered first from what we’ve come to think of as Carolina disease — lots of shots, not many good ones.