The 2012–13 NHL season is the 96th season of operation (95th season of play) of the National Hockey League (NHL). Excitement reigns through much of the league as a condensed 48-game season begins Saturday.


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The National Hockey League 2013 is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States. Headquartered in New York City, the NHL is widely considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world,and one of the major professional sports leagues of the United States and Canada. The Stanley Cup, the oldest professional sports trophy in North America,is awarded annually to the league playoff champion at the end of each season.

Los Angeles Kings vs Chicago Blackhawks
DATE:Sunday, January 19,2013
TIME:3:00 PM ET



After a Stanley Cup championship run that stunned everybody but the players in the Los Angeles Kings' locker room, they've all returned to attempt the improbable again. Really. They're all back in black -- every player who touched the ice during that magical run to a long-suffering franchise's first NHL title. The Kings will raise their first championship banner in the Staples Center rafters Saturday before facing the Chicago Blackhawks.

NHL starts today and I am excited about it. The lines are still not sharp, because I believe bookmakers still don’t know how to set them. After all there was a lockout and there was no games until now. Some players didn’t play anywhere, some players played in Europe and nobody really knows in what conditions are. We also have to wait for couple of games to collect some statistical information. However, some information we still have and I like this game.

Their fans are still on a high from last season, when the Kings took a 3-0 lead in all four playoff series, never played an elimination game, and only trailed for about 184 minutes in the entire postseason. While their roster hasn't changed, their reputation will never be the same -- but the Kings are confident they can handle the scrutiny in an abbreviated season after going 40-27-15 last year.

Team comparison

Averages per game (NHL rank)

HAWKS CATEGORY KINGS 2.94 (5) Goals for 2.29 (29) 2.82 (22) Goals against 2.07 (2) 15.2 (25) Power-play pct. 17.0 (16) 78.1 (27) Penalty-kill pct. 87.0 (4)


2011-12 season statistics

Storyline: The Hawks kick off the season with back-to-back games. The Kings will be without last season's leading scorer Anze Kopitar, who is out with a sprained right knee. Defenseman Willie Mitchell (knee) is also out.


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