Sometimes, a team needs to get out on the road to get healthy. Or perhaps the Kings just needed Adrian Kempe back in the lineup. Either way, LA secured a 3-2 victory in New Jersey on Sunday and will now be looking for back-to-back wins when they face the Rangers at Madison Square Garden.
Despite being a rematch of the 2014 Stanley Cup Final, any game between LA and New York is usually a pretty big deal.
Outside of sliding Jonathan Quick into the crease, kings coach Todd McLellan is not expected to make any other lineup changes. Quick was the goalie in the aforementioned 2014 Final and he has helped secure victories in three of his last four starts against the Rangers.
LA KINGS PROJECTED LINEUP vs. NEW YORK RANGERS on 1/24
Iafallo – Kopitar – Kempe
Moore – Danault – Arvidsson
Grundstrom – Byfield – Brown
Lemieux – Lizotte – Kaliyev
Other options: Kupari
IR: Andersson, Athanasiou
Taxi Squad: Fagemo, Turcotte
Anderson – Doughty
Maatta – Roy
Bjornfot – Durzi
Other options: Strand
Taxi Squad: Wolanin
Quick (starter)
Petersen
On the New York side of things:
It sounds like Gallant is giving serious consideration to playing with 11 forwards and 7 D tonight. He hinted at one of the defenseman being "banged up" and said he liked the way it worked against Arizona with Rooney rotating between the third and fourth lines. #NYR
— Vince Z. Mercogliano (@vzmercogliano) January 24, 2022
Sounds like it could be a while before we see Kaapo Kakko again. Gallant says it’ll be at least a couple games and called him “week-to-week” with the upper-body injury. Chytil should be back sooner. #NYR
— Vince Z. Mercogliano (@vzmercogliano) January 24, 2022
PP1- Fox, Mika, Strome, Panarin and Kreider
PP2- Trouba, Miller, Laf, Goodrow and Gauthier #NYR
— Vince Z. Mercogliano (@vzmercogliano) January 24, 2022
KINGS MILESTONES WITHIN REACH
Anze Kopitar – needs 34 points to pass Dave Taylor for third on the Kings all-time scoring list
Dustin Brown — 6 goals away from passing Bernie Nicholls for fifth place in Kings franchise history
Drew Doughty — 2 games away from playing in his 1,000th NHL regular season game
Puck drop is scheduled for 4pm PST tonight and the game will be televised on Bally Sports West.
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