Team Records:
Red Wings: 7 - 4 - 3 (17 pts)
Kings: 9 - 6 - 1 (19 pts)
Kings Notes:
The Kings aim for their fifth consecutive win at home (4-2 W, Oct. 29 vs. TOR; 5-4 W, Nov. 5 vs. FLA; 1-0 W, Nov. 8 vs. MIN, 2-1 W OT vs. CHI).
The LA Kings are 4-0-0 against Atlantic Division opponents this season.
The Kings enter tonight's game with the league's highest special team differential overall at +23:09 while Detroit (18:41) sits third in overall special teams' differential.
Four different Kings skaters currently hold active point streaks of three games against the Red Wings while Kevin Fiala holds a five-game streak against Detroit dating back to Jan. 22, 2020, which is tied for the fourth-longest streak among NHL skaters against Detroit (Fiala, 5 GP, 1-7=8; Trevor Moore, 3 GP, 1-4=5; Phillip Danault, 3 GP, 5-0=5; Adrian Kempe, 3 GP, 3-1=4; Drew Doughty, 3 GP, 1-2=3).
Red Wings Notes:
Former LA Kings draft pick Dominik Kubalik leads the Red Wings in goals (6), assists (10) and points (16).
The Red Wings rank 12th in the NHL in penalty kill percentage (81.4%) and 27th in the NHL in power-play percentage (17.0%).
Who to Watch:
Adrian Kempe who is looking to snap a five-game pointlwess streak. On Thursday versus Chicago, Kempe recorded five shots on 22:07 time on ice.
Olli Maatta, who returns to Crypto.com Arena for the first time since signing with Detroit in the offseason. Maatta played two seasons with LA (2020-22), registering 12 points (1-11=40) with a plus-9 rating over the span of 107 games.
