Team Records:
Predators: 37 - 22 - 4 (78 pts)
Kings: 34 - 22 - 8 (76 pts)
Kings Notes:
The following players are not expected to be active tonight due to injury: Mikey Anderson, Viktor Arvidsson, Andreas Athanasiou, Tobias Bjornfot, Dustin Brown, Drew Doughty, Brendan Lemieux and Matt Roy.
Predators Notes:
The Predators also added yesterday at the trade deadline ahead of the playoff push. Nashville acquired defenseman Jeremy Lauzon from the Seattle Kraken in exchange for a 2022 2nd round pick.
Juuse Saros picked up his Western Conference leading 31st win on Monday night in Anaheim. Saros trails only Tampa Bay's Andrei Vasilevskiy 32 wins for the league lead.
Who to Watch:
Troy Stecher, who is set to make his LA Kings debut tonight. Stecher was acquired at the deadline in exchange for a seventh round draft pick. This season, the defenseman has appeared in 16 games and has recorded two points.
Upcoming unrestricted free agent Filip Forsberg, who notched two goals on Monday night against the Anaheim ducks, giving him 35 on the year. Forsberg has tallied 63 points (35-28=63) in 50 games this year.
