Tonight at 7:00 p.m. ET, the Los Angeles Kings (12-6-1, 25 points) and the New Jersey Devils (6-7-5, 17 points) faceoff in the first of two meetings this season live from the Prudential Center in New Jersey. The game can be live streamed here. Los Angeles fans can hear all the action on KTLK-AM 1150 while Devils fans can do the same on 101.9 FM The Fan.
These two teams go head-to-head for the first time since Game 6 of the 2012 Stanley Cup Finals where the Kings hoisted up the Stanley Cup.
Los Angeles will be without goaltender Jonathan Quick, who is gone for at least six weeks with a Grade 2 groin strain suffered during a 3-2 shootout loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday. The team bounced back Thursday with a 3-2 comeback win over the New York Islanders.
"Impossible to replace Quickie," Ben Scrivens, who has taken over as the starter, said via NHL.com. "I thought we played a very solid road game and did well on special teams. It was a solid team win all-around."
For New Jersey, Cory Schneider looked as though he was going to take over the No.1 job from Martin Brodeur, but since Brodeur's job has been threatened the veteran backstop has gone 5-1-0 with two shutouts and a 1.17 save percentage in six stars.
Brodeur is 5-3-2 this season with a 2.08 GAA and a .913 save percentage for the Devils while Scrivens is 2-1-1 with a 1.92 GAA and a .923 save percentage for the Kings.
The Devils had to play the last 46 minutes of their 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers Tuesday without Anton Volchenkov, who was injured during the game.
"I thought we did a good job of battling through there," defenseman Andy Greene said per NHL.com. "You never want to see a fellow D man go down, but it happens and everyone just picked up a little bit more and stepped up their game and it was good."
The Devils have been led offensively by Jaromir Jagr who has a team-high 14 points off of five goals and nine assists while Marek Zidlicky has two tallies and nine helpers for 11 points. The Kings, meanwhile, have been paced by Anze Kopitar (4-14-18), Mike Richards (5-12-17) and Justin Williams (7-7-14).
The Kings will look to go on without their starting goaltender while the Devils look to win again when these teams hit the ice in New Jersey tonight.
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