Team Records:
Lightning: 3 - 3 - 0 (6 pts)
Kings: 3 - 4 - 0 (6 pts)
Kings Notes:
Gabriel Vilardi is one of seven skaters 23 years or younger to have recorded seven points or more this season.
LA Kings forwards have combined for 49 points this season (18-31=49), ranking fifth-most in the league among team forwards.
No team has a better penalty killing percentage all-time against the Lightning than the Kings (87.4%).
The Kings' 109 blocked shots rank fifth in the league
Lightning Notes:
Tampa Bay has won 10 consecutive regular season games over the Kings. That is the second longest active streak in the NHL (longest: BOS 19 straight wins vs. ARI)
Tampa Bay is playing the first game of the team's third back-to-back set this season. The Lightning are playing in three back-to-back sets over the first eight games of the season for the first time in franchise history. Tampa Bay is 2-0-0 in the first game of a back-to-back this season.
Who to Watch:
Anze Kopitar's 67.7% even-strength faceoff winning percentage ranks first in the league among all skaters (min. EV faceoffs: 100), while is overall faceoff winning percentage (61.7%) ranks third (min. face-offs: 120).
Corey Perry is the active leader in the NHL for goals scored against the Kings. Perry has notched 47 points (24-23=47) in 75 career games versus the Kings and is a -5 plus/minus.
