9:07 pm
February 18

Kings @ Coyotes

Who will WIN this matchup?

Los Angeles Kings (5-6-3)

@ Arizona Coyotes (7-6-2)

 

Starting Goalies:

Jonathan Quick (LAK): Unconfirmed

Darcy Kuemper (ARI): Confirmed

 

Current odds:

Los Angeles Kings: (+135)

Arizona Coyotes: (-155)

 

• The Arizona Coyotes will play a different opponent for the first time in three weeks when they begin a back-to-back against the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night in Glendale, Ariz. Because of COVID-19-related scheduling gymnastics, the Coyotes played seven consecutive games against the St. Louis Blues. Arizona last played a game against a team other than St. Louis on Jan. 28 when it defeated the Anaheim Ducks, 3-2.

• The Coyotes earned an impressive nine points (4-2-1) in their seven games with the Blues, which concluded with a 1-0 victory on Monday night. Clayton Keller scored the lone goal early in the second period, and Darcy Kuemper made it stand up with a 24-save performance for his 19th career shutout. Arizona blocked 15 shots, had 30 hits and killed two penalties, including a 5-on-3, to grind out the win, which had a playoff feel to it.

• Los Angeles brings in a two-game winning streak, the most recent a shutout against the visiting Minnesota Wild, 4-0, on Tuesday night. Jonathan Quick, yanked in his previous start, a 5-2 loss at Vegas on Feb. 5, bounced back to stop 28 shots for his 53rd career shutout and first of the season.

• The two-game set at Arizona kicks off a six-game road trip for Los Angeles, which will also have back-to-backs at St. Louis and Minnesota.

• Tocchet said Wednesday that defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson, who left a 4-1 loss to the Blues on Feb. 12 with an upper-body injury, “is a good possibility” to play in Thursday’s game.

5/10
Confidence
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Arizona Coyotes
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