Kings Notes:
The Kings enter tonight riding a six-game home winning streak, dating back to Feb. 11 (6-0 W vs. PIT). Over those six games, the Kings have outscored their opponents 27-13 and have averaged a goals-for per game of 4.50, the second-highest home average since the resumption of the regular-season following the NHL All-Star Break on Feb. 6. With a win tonight, the Kings would extend their home winning streak to a season-long seven games. The last time the Kings had a seven-game home winning streak was from April 4 to April 27, 2013. There have been only nine different instances in franchise history that the team has had a home winning streak of at least seven games.
With his assist Thursday night in Denver, forward Quinton Byfield extended his point and assist streaks into a fifth game (0-5=5). Should he tally an assist tonight, Byfield would become the third different skater 20 years of age or younger in Kings history to have an assist streak of at least six games, joining Jimmy Carson (2x, 3-8=11, Nov. 11 to Nov. 14, 1987; 4-7=11, Dec. 17 to Dec. 30, 1986) and Bernie Nicholls (4-6=10, Mar. 22 to Mar. 31, 1982).
Forward Adrian Kempe skates into Crypto.com Arena fresh off reaching the 50-point plateau (32-19=51) for the second time in his career (35-19=54 in 2021-22) following his two-goal outing on Thursday. Kempe's two-goal effort marked his 18th career multi-goal game. No Kings skater as more multi-goal performances than Kempe's 18 since his debut NHL season in 2016-17.
The Kings have outshot their opponents in nine of their last 10 games at Crypto.com Arena.
The Kings power play ranks 5th in the NHL (24.2%).
The Kings penalty kill ranks 23rd in the NHL (75.9%).
The Kings are 6th in faceoff win percentage (52.8%).
Predators Notes:
The Predators are 40-28-(3)-9 all-time against the Kings, including a 22-13-(0)-6 record on the road. This is the third and final matchup between Nashville and Los Angeles in 2022-23 and the first and only at Crypto.com Arena.
The Predators power play ranks 25th in the NHL (18.5%).
The Predators penalty kill ranks 11th in the NHL (81.3%).
The Predators are 10th in faceoff win percentage (51.8%).
Who to Watch:
Defenseman Matt Roy, who enters tonight riding a career-long four-game point and assist streak (0-4=4). The longest point streak by a Kings defenseman this season is six games set by Sean Durzi from Nov. 25 to Dec. 6, 2022 (1-8=9).
Matt Duchene, who's totaled 25 points (10-15=25) in 30 career games vs. the Kings, including multi-point efforts in three of his last seven contests. He scored twice in Nashville's win against the Kings on January 21st.
