Since we last tangled with the New Jersey Devils…
IN: No line changes for either the Devils or Kings.
OUT: Adam Larsson, Peter Harrold (Devils); Kyle Clifford, Brad Richardson, Andrei Loktionov (Kings)
Enemy Reading: In Lou We Trust
Lineups:
Parise-Zajac-Kovalchuk
Sykora-Elias-Zubrus
Ponikarovsky-Henrique-Clarkson
Carter-Gionta-Bernier
Greene-Fayne
Salvador-Zidlicky
Volchenkov-Tallinder
Brodeur
Kings lineup:
Brown-Kopitar-Williams
Penner-Richards-Carter
King-Stoll-Lewis
Gagne-Fraser-Nolan
Scuderi-Doughty
Mitchell-Voynov
Martinez-Greene
Quick
Every Devils player has been trying to push the notion that the other team has more anxiety at this point. They are trying to distract themselves from the fact that they’re the ones on the brink of elimination.
Put all the mainstream articles aside. The Kings played well in their last two games. Now they need to be better.
Every win for the Kings seems to have a different star carry them to victory. Goals have come from every pairing and every line. Sometimes Quick has carried them, sometimes Doughty, sometimes Stoll or Kopitar or King or Brown. It could be the top line that gets it done, or it could be the fourth. It could be Matt Greene. The truth is, they need everyone to be heroes. Let’s hope we see their best top-to-bottom team effort yet.