7:07 pm
November 11

Kings @ Senators

Who will WIN this matchup?

Los Angeles Kings (7-5-1)

@ Ottawa Senators (3-8-1)

 

Starting Goalies:

Jonathan Quick (LAK): Unconfirmed

Filip Gustavsson (OTT): Confirmed

 

Current odds:

Los Angeles Kings: (-110)

Ottawa Senators: (-110)

 

• The Los Angeles Kings won Stanley Cup titles in 2012 and 2014 with solid defense, superb goaltending and a grind-and-grit approach on the offensive end. They seem to have rediscovered that style of play in recent weeks, despite playing with a patch-work defensive corps. Los Angeles has won six in a row, allowing two goals or fewer in each victory. The Kings will try to continue the streak when they visit the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night.

• Many figured the Kings were in for a major slide when they lost former Norris Trophy winner Drew Doughty for two months because of a bruised right knee sustained against the Dallas Stars on Oct. 22. Sure enough, Los Angeles gave up seven goals the following night in another loss to the St. Louis Blues, and then saw another defenseman, Sean Walker, go down with a season-ending knee injury in a 3-0 loss to the Blues on Oct. 25.

• The Kings returned home and blew a 2-1 lead against the Winnipeg Jets in a 3-2 loss for their sixth straight defeat. They regrouped during the homestand, however, winning the next four games before heading on the road and beating the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-1 on Monday and the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 in overtime on Tuesday.

• Calvin Petersen and Jonathan Quick have shared the goaltending duties during the winning streak, each starting three games.

• Ottawa has lost five in a row (0-4-1) and continues to reel from a COVID-19 outbreak that has sidelined six players since Friday. Josh Brown was added to the list on Wednesday, joining fellow defensemen Nick Holden and Victor Mete, and forwards Austin Watson, Connor Brown and Dylan Gambrell. Anton Forsberg, a goalie, missed a 3-2 loss at the Boston Bruins on Tuesday with a non-COVID illness.

• Zach Sanford played a season-high 15:29 against the Bruins and scored his first goal of the season. Nikita Zaitsev also notched his first goal of the season against Boston.

• Alex Iafallo and Adrian Kempe have been the hot skaters for Los Angeles lately. Iafallo has five goals and five assists in a seven-game point streak, and Kempe has a goal in four straight games, including the overtime winner in Montreal on Tuesday.

5/10
Confidence
StreakSmarter Pick
Los Angeles Kings
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