Arena: STAPLES Center
Time: Tuesday, 19 January, 2010 at 10:30 PM ET
League: NHL – United States of America

Last 10 matches: San Jose 7-2-1; Los Angeles 5-5-0
They don’t often get to see their names in this segment, so let’s mention Nichol who tied his career high with three points and registered the 100th of his career with his goal Monday as well as Malhotra (one goal, two assists) and Ortmeyer (one goal, one assist) for their multi-point performances in San Jose’s big win Monday.

Los Angeles captain Dustin Brown has goals in two straight games and three of his last four. Leading scorer Anze Kopitar has two goals and two assists during a four-game points streak. While San Jose is battling it out with Chicago for the Western Conference’s top seed, Los Angeles is fighting just to make the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time in eight years. The Kings begin play Tuesday with a one-point lead over the Red Wings, which can’t be a comfortable feeling once you consider the postseason pedigree of the Detroit franchise. L.A. understands it must keep winning hockey games.
San Jose set a franchise record Monday with eight different players scoring goals. … Los Angeles has already tied its best mark for shootout wins in a season with six (previously set in 2005-06). Jonathan Quick has all six of those wins, tying him for the League lead.
Sixth and final meeting of the regular season between these Pacific Division rivals. The Sharks may be tied for the lead in the Presidents’ Trophy race, but the Kings have earned their respect in going 3-1-1 in their head-to-head matchups. Both of San Jose’s victories have come by 2-1 scores, including the most recent game at Staples Center on Jan. 11. Dany Heatley’s power-play goal in the second period held up as the winner and Evgeni Nabokov stopped 33 shots. Highlights, live score and results will be available soon.. stay tuned.