A five-game winning run and an eight-game point streak takes the Carolina Hurricanes (1st in Metropolitan Division) to the last contest of their current three-date homestand, with the Los Angeles Kings (3rd in Pacific) paying a visit on the back of a defeat in Tampa.
A three-game winning streak ended for the Los Angeles Kings (28-18-6), who went 3-2-0 on their current six-date road trek following a 5-2 defeat against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena on Saturday. Jaret Anderson-Dolan (6 goals, 9 points this year) cut the initial 2-0 lead of the Bolts in half midway through the first period, while Phillip Danault (14 goals, 36 points) got the Kings to within 4-2 at the end of the following frame before the hosts tallied their fifth marker of the night in the final third. It was the fourth setback for Los Angeles in its last seven overall outings (3-4-0), but only the second loss on its previous seven travels (5-2-0).
Goalie Jonathan Quick stopped 20 shots on Saturday to take his current performance status to 8-12-4 for the season with a 3.41 GAA and a .881 save percentage. He has picked up a 6-6-0 career record versus Carolina with a 2.96 GAA and a .907 save percentage, while Pheonix Copley (15-3-0 on the year with a 2.82 GAA and a .901 save percentage) has never faced the Hurricanes before. The Kings, meanwhile, are scoring the 14th highest amount of goals per game in 2022-23 (3.17), while conceding the 10th highest quantity defensively (3.40). They are 10th in power play (23.7%) and 23rd in penalty kill (75.0%).