Tonight at 7:00 p.m. ET, the Los Angeles Kings (40-25-6, 86 points) and Philadelphia Flyers (38-25-7, 83 point) faceoff live from the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia for the second and final meeting between each other this season. The game can be live streamed here. Los Angeles fans can hear all of the action on KLAA 830 while Philadelphia fans can do the same on 97.5 The Fanatic.
Los Angeles comes into play in search for its third straight win while Philadelphia is on a five-game winning streak entering tonight. The first time these two teams met, the Flyers defeated the Kings 2-0 on Feb. 1 in Los Angeles.
Daryl Sutter is hoping to get Mike Richards going after he has just four goals since the Olympic break and has started to see his ice time reduced.
"We're trying to get some energy in his game," Sutter told the team's website. "So if that means fewer minutes and a higher pace to his game, then so be it. You know what? In that age group of our guys, they just want to win. It's not about the individual stuff at all. ... You know, those guys just want to win. That's sort of what we do."
Richards is third on the team with 40 points off of 10 goals and 30 assists while Jeff Carter has 24 markers and 21 helpers for 45 points to rank second. Both men will be playing their old teams and it will mark the first time that Carter visits Philadelphia since being dealt by the team. Anze Kopitar paces the Kings with 58 points while lighting the lamp 22 times and adding 36 assists.
The Flyers' Wayne Simmonds knows about playing old teams as this will be the third time he faces the Kings since being dealt by them.
"That last game there when I played in L.A., that was my first game back in L.A.," Simmonds said, according to NHL.com. "It was nice to go back there and play, but obviously it's going to be a little bit different. They're coming to our building this time. It's nice to play against your old team."
Simmonds is second on the team with 54 points off of 20 goals and 30 assists while Jakub Voracek is second with 52 points off of 19 markers and 33 helpers and Claude Giroux leads the way with 74 points while finding the back of the net 24 times and adding 50 assists.
In net, the Flyers will likely turn to Steve Mason, who is 30-16-6 with a 2.53 goals-against average and a .916 save percentage while Jonathan Quick is the probable starter to man the crease for Los Angeles and boasts a 23-15-2 record along with a 2.01 GAA and a .917 save percentage.
Familiar faces go head-to-head when the puck drops on the Kings and Flyers at the Wells Fargo Center tonight in Philadelphia.
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