Preview: Blues vs. Kings

BLUES VS. KINGS

TEAM SNAPSHOTS

BLUES The Blues trailed 3-0 and 4-1 but rallied back to tie the game with a four-goal second period on Saturday against the San Jose Sharks, but it wasn't enough.
Logan Couture scored the lone goal in the third period to seal a 5-4 win for San Jose.
"We did a great job of coming back in the second, we had a lot of momentum going our way, and it's tough," Jordan Kyrou - who scored in the second period - said. "We've just got to be a little more solid defensively. We can't give up some of those goals."
"We definitely scored enough to win the game, but too many mistakes defensively," Blues Head Coach Craig Berube said after the game. "We've just got to tighten that up. Got to be better."
The Blues are battling a significant amount of injuries and played Saturday without Jaden Schwartz, Tyler Bozak, Robert Thomas, Vladimir Tarasenko, Ivan Barbashev, Sammy Blais and Colton Parayko.

KINGS The Los Angeles Kings won their fourth straight game Saturday when they beat the Arizona Coyotes 4-2 at Gila River Arena.
Alex Iafallo scored twice, Anze Kopitar and Drew Doughty each picked up two assists and goalie Calvin Peterson made 22 saves in the win.
Los Angeles improved to 7-6-3.
"It's looking a lot better, our team's looking a lot better this season and is going to continue to," Kings defenseman Drew Doughty told NHL.com. "It's means a lot."
Kopitar is on a seven-game point streak (three goals, six assists), while Iafallo has seven points (three goals, four assists) in the last six games.
HEAD TO HEAD The Blues and Kings have split the season series so far this season.
Jordan Binnington has won three straight games against Los Angeles, posting a 1.67 goals-against average and a .943 save-percentage in those games.

THE SERIES SO FAR

Jan. 23: Blues 4, Kings 2
Torey Krug scored his first goal as a Blue to open the scoring, and Vince Dunn, David Perron and Jaden Schwartz also scored to lift the Blues to a 4-2 win at Enterprise Center.
Jan. 24: Kings 6, Blues 3
Anze Kopitar had a goal and two assists in a 6-3 win for the Kings at Enterprise Center. It was the Kings first road win of the season. Brayden Schenn scored two goals, Jordan Kyrou had two assists and Ville Husso made 29 saves in his first NHL start.