Time: 30 December, 2009 at 9:30 PM ET
League: NHL – United States of America

Last 10 matches: Los Angeles 5-4-1; Calgary 3-5-2
Kings defenseman Drew Doughty had a goal and an assist against Minnesota and is now tied for the NHL lead among defensemen with 9 goals. His 26 points are one fewer than he scored all last season. Kings forward Brad Richardson is 1-4-5 during a four-game points streak. … Calgary forward Rene Bourque is coming off a hat trick at Edmonton. Defenseman Mark Giordano, who had the other goal on Monday, has scored twice in his last three games. Eleven of the Kings’ last 13 games have been decided by one goal. The Kings are 8-3-0 in those games. … The Flames have always owned the Kings at home; going back to the founding of the franchise in Atlanta in 1972, the Flames are 72-32-12 in home games, outscoring L.A. 517-378. However, the Flames have still dropped three straight home games and will try to avoid their first four-game winless streak at the Pengrowth Saddledome in nearly six years. They were 0-3 with a tie at home from Dec. 26, 2003-Jan. 3, 2004.
Kings forward Justin Williams had surgery on his broken leg on Monday, two days after being injured at Phoenix. He’s expected to miss about 12 weeks. Center Jarret Stoll is out with a groin injury, and defenseman Randy Jones hasn’t played for two weeks with a head injury.… The Flames are still without defenseman Cory Sarich, who’s been out for a month with an undisclosed injury.
It’s the fourth and final meeting between the teams. Calgary has won two of the first three, 5-2 at Los Angeles on Nov. 21 and 2-1 at home on Dec. 17. The Kings’ only victory was a 2-1 win at home on Dec. 7. Los Angeles has lost its last eight visits to the Pengrowth Saddledome and has been outscored 34-14. Goal’s highlights, results and more will be on site, as soon as posible.. don’t miss it.