Arena: American Airlines Center
Time: 02 March, 2010 at 8:30 PM ET
League: NHL – United States of America

Last 10 matches: Los Angeles 8-1-1; Dallas 6-3-1
The push for the playoffs is officially underway, but Los Angeles and Dallas combined to have six players already experience a playoff atmosphere at the Winter Olympics, skating in the bronze and gold medal games.

“The players coming back from the Olympics, I think they’re going to be energized rather than being tired,” Kings coach Terry Murray said. “All these players that we have there … that’s a pretty exciting and a very special time for those guys. So they’re going to bring a lot of energy back to our team and I’m sure will play with a high-end kind of game through the whole remaining part of the season.” This is the fourth of six meetings. On Oct. 19, the Kings scored four consecutive goals three in the third period for a 4-1 road win. Ryan Smyth got the comeback started with a power-play goal, and he was followed by Justin Williams, Anze Kopitar and Wayne Simmonds. On Oct. 22, Michal Handzus scored 55 seconds into overtime to give the Kings a 5-4 win at home. Earlier in the contest, Kopitar scored his first career hat trick, and James Neal scored twice for Dallas. On Dec. 12, Handzus again delivered the winning score, this time in a shootout for a 3-2 home win.
From the Kings, Jack Johnson was 0-1-1 for the United States, Drew Doughty was 0-2-2 for Canada, and Handzus was 3-3-6 for Slovakia at the Winter Olympics. From the Stars, Loui Eriksson was 3-1-4 for Sweden, and Brenden Morrow was 2-1-3 for Canada.
With his next victory, goaltender Jonathan Quick of the Kings will break the single-season franchise record of 35 set by Mario Lessard in 1980-81. … Turco is one game away from 500 in his NHL career. His record is 259-149-26-35. We will post information about results of this match, as soon as posible.