This is a 10* on LOS ANGELES

The league’s three California teams are at the bottom of the Pacific right now, however we believe the Kings to pretty clearly be the best of the trio. They’ve got a positive goal differential this season, which is an encouraging sign even though they come into tonight having dropped five of the last six games. The last loss came here vs. Anaheim on Monday. That was the Ducks second straight victory (they also won at Colorado on Saturday). Note that both wins came in OT, however. Before those two wins, the Ducks had lost nine straight games. While seven of those losses were by one goal, three of them coming after regulation, Anaheim can’t hide from the fact they are tied for the third fewest number of wins in the entire league right now. Their -20 goal differential is also near the bottom of the league. Scoring six goals on only 25 shots, like the Ducks did Monday, isn’t likely to happen again. The Kings should have #1 goalie Jonathan Quick back between the pipes tonight (did not play Monday) and they’ll take this game quite seriously considering they are 0-2 vs. Anaheim this season. Over the past month, they’ve been beaten in regulation only two times. Play on LOS ANGELES

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