Kings Notes:
The Kings will wrap up their 2022-23 regular-season schedule tonight at Honda Center. With their 3-0 victory over the visiting Vancouver Canucks on Monday, the Kings improved their season record to 46-25-10 (102 points) to match the 1990-91 (46-24-10, 102 points) and 2015-16 (48-28-6, 102 points) campaigns for the second-most points in a single season in franchise history. The highest such total was set in 1974-75 (105 points). A win tonight would give the Kings their 47th win of the season, securing the second-most wins in a single season in franchise history behind only the 2015-16 season (48 wins).
Adrian Kempe skates into Honda Center riding a seven-game point streak against Anaheim (5-5=10), dating back to May 1, 2021. No Kings skater has more points vs. Anaheim in that time and only Anze Kopitar (7-17=24) has tallied more points than Kempe's 20 (12-8=20) since his NHL debut season (2016-17). Should Kempe record a point tonight, he would be become one of six skaters in franchise history to establish a point streak of at least eight games vs. Anaheim.
Captain Anze Kopitar has consistently found the scoring sheet throughout his career against the Pacific Division rival Ducks. Kopitar leads all active skaters in points vs. Anaheim with 83 (29-54=83) and is tied with Mike Modano for most points all-time. The next closest active skater behind Kopitar is New York's Patrick Kane with 52 points (16-36=52). Kopitar enters tonight with multi-point outings in four of his last six matchups vs. the Ducks and 23 in his career. No skater has more multi-point efforts all-time vs. Anaheim than Kopitar.
Arthur Kaliyev scored his 13th goal of the season for his 28th point on the year Monday vs. Vancouver, establishing a new single-season career high in points (13-15=28). Only three Kings skaters since 1990-91 have scored more goals for the franchise at 21 years of age or younger than Kaliyev (28): Anze Kopitar (79), Alex Frolov (38) and Drew Doughty (35).
The Kings power play ranks 3rd in the NHL (25.3%).
The Kings penalty kill ranks 23rd in the NHL (75.7%).
The Kings are 3rd in faceoff win percentage (53.2%).
Ducks Notes:
With a record of 23-46-12 and 58 points, the Ducks will set the record for the least amount of points in franchise history over an 82-game season.
The Ducks will have some new faces on the ice, as Drew Helleson (2 NHL games), Jackson Lacombe (1 NHL game) and Nikita Nesterenko (8 NHL games) are all expected to be in the lineup after signing ELC's following their college seasons.
The Ducks power play ranks 30th in the NHL (15.9%).
The Ducks penalty kill ranks 31st in the NHL (72.1%).
The Ducks are 27th in faceoff win percentage (46.8%).
Who to Watch:
Anze Kopitar, who is set to appear in his 645th career road game tonight, moving one game shy of tying Dustin Brown (646) for the most road games played in franchise history. Entering tonight, Kopitar (1,291) sits just five regular-season games behind Brown (1,296) for most all-time in Kings history.
Trevor Zegras, who leads the Ducks in goals (22), assists (42) and points (64).
