Arena: STAPLES Center
Time: 27 March, 2010 at 10:30 PM ET
League: NHL – United States of America

Last 10 matches: Dallas 4-4-2; Los Angeles 4-4-2
Fortunately for the Stars, they don’t play the Kings every night. It’s the final meeting for these Pacific Division rivals, and the Kings have won all of them, twice this month alone. If they complete the sweep, it will be their first since 1990-91.The Kings have failed to break the 25-shot mark in three of their last six games, which has been a concern for Murray. They did top 30 in their last two, but most of those came in the third period trying to overcome two-goal deficits.

“I think we’ve gotten away from and the stats back it up away from the shots, putting pucks to the net,” Murray said Friday on the Kings’ official Web site. “That is a very clear stat that’s popping up in the recent games. I know, whenever we come back to the bench after a shift, we’re talking to the line about the net presence. We seem to be looking to cycle the puck more than getting possession, having the net presence established and getting pucks to the net.”
Unfortunately for the Kings, they only had the Stars these three times on the post-Olympic schedule. They had been riding a 10-1-1 wave going into the break, but have only managed a 5-5-2 clip since. The Stars haven’t been much better, especially on the road, where they’ve been 2-3-0 since the break.
A couple of Stars had point streaks broken in the Sharks’ shutout, namely Brad Richards at six and Loui Eriksson at five. Mike Ribeiro has 11 goals and 21 assists for 32 points in 32 career games against Los Angeles. Anze Kopitar has six goals in the Kings’ five wins over Dallas so far while Alexander Frolov sets the pace with seven total points (2g, 5a). We will post results of this match, as soon as posible.