Watch Dallas Stars vs Los Angeles Kings Live Online
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Watch Dallas Stars vs Los Angeles Kings Live Online
10:30 pm EDT Thu Oct 22, 2009
10:30 pm EDT Thu Oct 22, 2009
The Los Angeles Kings salvaged a .500 record on their recent road trip with a win over the Dallas Stars. While they won’t have much time to enjoy their return to the Staples Center, the Kings are hoping for another successful game against the Stars on Thursday night. Los Angeles (5-4-0) opened its six-game trip with wins over St. Louis and the New York Islanders to extend an overall winning streak to four games. The Kings lost their next three, though, getting outscored 13-5. They did, however, gain a split of the trip with a 4-1 victory at Dallas on Monday. “I thought we started out on a really good road trip, then we went into a little funk,” said Ryan Smyth, who is tied for the team lead with 13 points. “To end it off like this gives us some confidence going back home.”
The Kings are only home for one game before going back on the road to play three of five, but the brief reprieve is especially welcome after the team was hit by the flu last weekend. A dozen players became sick during the nine-day trip, which may have contributed to the poor play. Los Angeles got off to another slow start Monday, but outshot the Stars 18-4 while scoring three times in the second period. Justin Williams and Anze Kopitar also had goals during the period
while Jon Quick finished with 29 saves after giving up seven goals in the previous two contests.
Dallas (4-2-3) seeks a second consecutive win after bouncing back from its loss to the Kings with a 4-2 victory over Anaheim on Wednesday, improving to 3-0-2 on the road. Dallas led 3-0 after two periods on goals by Loui Eriksson, Brenden Morrow and Trevor Daley. The Stars outshot the Ducks 27-12 in the first two periods and Daley’s power-play goal snapped an 0-for-12 stretch with the man advantage in the previous three games.
