Tonight at 10:30 p.m. ET, the Ottawa Senators (1-0-1) and Los Angeles Kings (1-2-0) do battle live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The game can be live streamed here. Ottawa fans can hear all the action on the ice by turning their dials to TSN 1200 while Los Angeles fans can hone in on the action on KTLK AM 1150.
The Senators are continuing their six-game road trip to open up the season and are looking to get their top line going while the Kings will look to get their goaltender Jonathan Quick on the right track.
Quick, known as one of the NHL's premier goaltenders, has had a rough start to the season after allowing an embarrassing short-handed goal to defenseman Ryan McDonagh in a 3-1 loss against the New York Rangers Monday night from 163-feet away after he dropped his stick and it trickled in. Quicks troubles began after he was pulled in the team's loss to the Winnipeg Jets three days earlier when he allowed four goals on 27 shots.
Quick's frustration boiled out of him and to reporters following his gaffe on Monday.
"You guys are writing a story on that one goal?" Quick asked reporters following the embarrassing short-hander after the game, according to NHL.com. "The stick fell out of my hand. I tried to stop it with my blocker."
After posting an 18-13-4 record along with a 2.45 GAA and a .902 save percentage last season, Quick has allowed nine goals while saving 75 of 84 shots through the first three games of the season.
Ottawa, meanwhile, is looking to bounce back as it continues its road swing following a 5-4 shootout loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday. While the road trip is going to be a tough test, Sens net minder Craig Anderson thinks it will be good for camaraderie.
"It gives a lot of guys' time to come together and get to know each other quite a bit on the plane and on the road," Anderson told NHL.com. "There are not a lot of distractions other than the ones you create with your teammates. It's usually a good thing and we're just looking forward to playing some games."
Anderson has allowed four goals while saving 73 of 77 shots thus far this season after going 12-9-2 with a 1.69 GAA and a .941 save percentage last season.
Ottawa is looking to get its top line going as newly acquired Bobby Ryan, Jason Spezza and Milan Michalek have amounted to just three points between all of them with Spezza notching a goal and Ryan and Michalek grabbing an assist each thus far. They've watched video to try to correct their mistakes but Ryan, who was acquired in a trade with the Ducks this offseason, doesn't think there should be an uprising over it.
"Two games, I don't understand why it is such a panic button," Ryan told The Ottawa Sun. "There is plenty to work out and plenty to work on. Two games isn't a long time. We're figuring it out. We gave up too many opportunities as a line [in a loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday]. There's a little bit of kinks to work out."
Kyle Turris leads the Sens with four points thus far on one goal and three assists while Jeff Carter paces the Kings in goals with two.
The Senators will look for their top line to find its scoring touch, while the Kings hope to shore up their problems in net when these two teams hit the ice tonight in Los Angeles.
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