Tonight at 8:00 p.m. ET, the Los Angeles Kings (28-14-5, 61 points) and St. Louis Blues (32-8-5, 69 points) faceoff live from the Scottrade Center in St. Louis for the third and final meeting against each other this season. The game can be live streamed here. Los Angeles fans can hear all of the hard-hitting action on KTLK 1150 while St. Louis fans can do the same on KMOX 1120.
The Kings embark on a five-game road trip starting tonight while St. Louis has won eight of its last nine games.
The Blues have been torn between using Brian Elliott and Jaroslav Halak between the pipes.
"Brian had the shutout [against Los Angeles], Brian has played well, Jaro has played really well, both guys deserve to keep playing so we're going to keep playing both guys," coach Ken Hitchcock told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Wednesday.
Given his success against Los Angeles, Elliott is likely to go again and is 13-2-2 with a 1.86 GAA and a .925 save percentage.
The Kings had a bit of a goalie problem with Jonathan Quick returning, leading to the team trading Ben Scrivens to the Oilers and re-calling goalie Martin Jones from the KHL.
"Part of that deal was to bring Jones back," assistant general manager Rob Blake told the Kings website Wednesday. "The people here are pretty familiar with his start to the season. He established himself at this NHL level, so it's nice to have him back."
With Quick sidelined, Jones was 8-3-0 with a 1.41 goals-against average, .950 save percentage and three shutouts.
The Kings have been paced offensively by Anze Kopitar (13-25-38), Mike Richards (6-24-30) and Jeff Carter (16-13-29). Kopitar has a three-game point streak and nine points in his last 11 games while Carter has 17 points in 16 games.
St. Louis has been led by T.J. Oshie (10-29-39), Alex Steen (24-14-38) and David Backes (17-18-35). Steen remains one of the team's top scorers despite being sidelined with a concussion. He skated Wednesday but there is no timetable for his return.
The Kings look to start off their five-game road trip in a good way while St. Louis looks to win their ninth game in their last 10 tries when the puck drops tonight at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis.
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