Hurricanes at Kings preview

HURRICANES (11-10-6) at KINGS (19-8-3)
10:30 p.m. ET; FS-W, FS-CR, NHL.TV

The Kings won their seventh straight game, 4-3 in overtime against the Ottawa Senators on Thursday. They have outscored opponents 27-11 during the streak. Drew Doughty scored the winner against Ottawa, giving him five points (one goal, four assists) in his past two games.
Jonathan Quick, who has allowed seven goals during a personal five-game winning streak, will be back in net for Los Angeles.
The Hurricanes lost 5-4 in overtime at the San Jose Sharks on Thursday, the second of a six-game road trip. Sebastian Aho scored twice in the first period as Carolina jumped to a 3-0 lead. They were his first goals since scoring in five straight games Nov. 13-22.
The Hurricanes are 0-2-2 in their past four road games and 2-4-2 in their past eight games overall.

Players to watch

Hurricanes forward Jeff Skinner has five points (two goals, three assists) in his past seven games.
Kings forward Dustin Brown has five points (two goals, three assists) during a three-game point streak. Brown has 12 goals in 30 games this season after needing 77 games to score that many in 2016-17.

They said it

"Probably my worst two games of the season are the last two games and I have five points in them, so it's kind of funny how it works." -- Kings defenseman Drew Doughty
"I think the desperation has had to have hit before now. This team recently hasn't had any playoff success and it's important for this team to take the next step." -- Hurricanes forward Justin Williams

Hurricanes projected lineup

Jeff Skinner -- Jordan Staal -- Justin Williams
Sebastian Aho -- Derek Ryan -- Teuvo Teravainen
Brock McGinn -- Victor Rask -- Elias Lindholm
Joakim Nordstrom -- Marcus Kruger -- Phillip Di Giuseppe
Jaccob Slavin -- Brett Pesce
Klas Dahlbeck -- Justin Faulk
Noah Hanifin -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Scott Darling
Cam Ward
Scratched:Haydn Fleury, Josh Jooris
Injured:Lee Stempniak (upper body)

Kings projected lineup

Alex Iafallo -- Anze Kopitar -- Dustin Brown
Tanner Pearson -- Nicholas Shore -- Tyler Toffoli
Marian Gaborik -- Adrian Kempe -- Trevor Lewis
Jussi Jokinen -- Torrey Mitchell -- Jonny Brodzinski
Jake Muzzin -- Drew Doughty
Kurtis MacDermid -- Alec Martinez
Derek Forbort -- Christian Folin
Jonathan Quick
Darcy Kuemper
Scratched:Oscar Fantenberg, Andy Andreoff
Injured:Kyle Clifford (upper body), Jeff Carter (lower body)

Status report

Andreoff did extra conditioning work after practice Saturday and will be a heathy scratch for the second straight game after coming off injured reserve Thursday.

Stat pack

The Hurricanes are 2-1-3 against the Pacific Division and 5-5-4 against the Western Conference. ... The Kings are 4-0-0 against the Metropolitan Division and 13-3-0 against the Eastern Conference.