Kings vs. Devils by the Numbers

The Los Angeles Kings and New Jersey Devils have never faced each other in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and they don't have a lot of history against each other in the regular season either. The teams have met just 57 times in the 29 seasons since the then-Colorado Rockies moved to New Jersey in 1982.

But both teams have had unexpected playoff runs this postseason -- their combined finish in the overall standings (22) is the lowest for the two teams in the Final since Pittsburgh (7) and Minnesota (16) in 1991. The Devils would match their own mark for the lowest seed to win a Stanley Cup; the Kings, seeded No. 8 in the West, would easily be the lowest-seeded club to win it all.

Here's a statistical look at the Kings-Devils matchup:

Kings		Devils
27-25-3-2	Record vs. opponent (since '82-83)	27-25-3-2
16-10-2-0	Home	17-11-1-0
11-15-1-2	Road	10-14-2-2
191	Goals scored	189
2	Shutouts	2
40-27-15	2011-12 regular-season record	48-28-6
95	Points	102
8th in West	Finish in conference	6th in East
13th	Finish in overall standings	9th
188 (29th)	Non-shootout goals for	216 (15th)
170 (2nd)	Non-shootout goals against	205 (10th)
49-289 (17.0 percent)	Power play	46-267 (17.2 percent)
255-293 (87.0 percent)	Penalty kill	232-259 (89.6 percent)
12-2	2011-12 playoff record	12-6
4-2	Home	6-2
8-0	Road	6-4
41	Goals for	51
22	Goals against	42
6-74 (8.1 percent)	Power play	12-66 (18.2 percent)
5-57 (91.2 percent)	Penalty kill	16-62 (74.2 percent)
2	Shutouts	1
7-1	Score first	8-2
6-0	Leading after two periods	7-0
0	Stanley Cups won	3
2	Trips to Final	5
1993	Last trip to Final	2003

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