Kings at Oilers
The Los Angeles Kings look to extend a pair of impressive streaks on Sunday, when they visit former teammate Ben Scrivens and the Edmonton Oilers. The Kings posted a 3-1 triumph over Winnipeg on Thursday to record their second six-game winning stretch of the season. Los Angeles hasn't faced much resistance from the Oilers, winning both meetings this campaign while collecting points in each of its last 10 contests (8-0-2) in Edmonton.
Jonathan Quick has keyed the Kings' surge by stopping 83-of-86 shots in his last four starts. The 2012 Conn Smythe Trophy winner has posted a sizzling 10-1-4 mark with a stingy 1.50 goals-against average versus the Oilers. Edmonton enters the game on the strength of consecutive 3-2 victories over Ottawa and the New York Islanders and is 7-2-2 in its last 11 contests.
TV: 8 p.m. ET, FSN West (Los Angeles), RSN West (Edmonton)
ABOUT THE KINGS (36-22-6): Mike Richards scored for the second time in three games on Thursday and also tallied in Los Angeles' 2-1 shootout victory over Edmonton on Oct. 27. Anze Kopitar netted the decisive tally in the third round of the bonus format in that contest and welcomes the opportunity to face his team's former netminder. "I'm sure The Professor's going to be fired up, and so will we, so it's going to be fun," Kopitar said.
ABOUT THE OILERS (22-34-8): Signed to a two-year, $4.6 million contract extension on Monday, Scrivens did his best to downplay his meeting with Los Angeles. "All I'm going to do is try to stop the puck," the 27-year-old Edmonton native said in regard to facing the Kings, with whom he saw a fair amount of time while Quick rehabilitated from a Grade 2 groin strain. Scrivens has yielded just eight goals to win three of his last four starts.
OVERTIME
1. Los Angeles captain Dustin Brown, who scored on Thursday, had an empty-net tally in his team's 3-0 triumph over Edmonton on Dec. 17.
2. Oilers LW Taylor Hall netted the overtime winner against the Islanders on Thursday. It was his team-leading 21st goal and 59th point.
3. The Kings have scored a power-play goal in three straight games and six of their last nine.