Devils at Kings preview

DEVILS (9-12-5) at KINGS (10-17-1)
10:30 p.m. ET; FS-W, MSG+, NHL.TV

The Devils are 0-3-3 during their six-game skid, having been outscored 28-15; a defeat to the Kings would give New Jersey its longest losing streak since they lost 10 straight (0-8-2) from Dec. 19, 2017-March 11, 2018.
Los Angeles is 1-3-0 in its past four games and 3-5-0 in its past eight. The Kings have scored two goals or fewer in five consecutive games.
Goalie Jonathan Quick will start for Los Angeles; he's 1-2-0 with a 1.69 goals-against average and .943 save percentage in three starts since returning from knee surgery.

Players to watch

Devils goalie Keith Kinkaid is 3-0-0 with a 0.27 goals-against average and .990 save percentage in four games against the Kings, including two shutouts.
Kings center Anze Kopitar has nine points (one goal, eight assists) in his past seven games.

They said it

"I don't think anybody can be OK with where we're at. You can call it frustration, you can call it anger, you can call it whatever you want. Nobody is enjoying this stretch." -- Devils forward Brian Boyle
"I think they have lots of guys that work hard. They have good team speed. I think they are a little bit of a team where they get on streaks where they play so well, so we have to make sure we're ready." -- Kings coach Willie Desjardins on the Devils

Devils projected lineup

Taylor Hall -- Nico Hischier -- Kyle Palmieri
Marcus Johansson -- Pavel Zacha -- Jesper Bratt
Miles Wood -- Travis Zajac -- Blake Coleman
Brian Boyle -- Brett Seney -- Stefan Noesen
Andy Greene -- Damon Severson
Egor Yakovlev -- Sami Vatanen
Will Butcher -- Ben Lovejoy
Keith Kinkaid
Cory Schneider
Scratched: Steven Santini, Drew Stafford, Mirco Mueller
Injured: Joey Anderson (ankle)

Kings projected lineup

Alex Iafallo -- Anze Kopitar -- Dustin Brown
Brendan Leipsic -- Jeff Carter -- Tyler Toffoli
Nikita Scherbak -- Adrian Kempe -- Matt Luff
Kyle Clifford -- Nate Thompson -- Michael Amadio
Derek Forbort -- Drew Doughty
Jake Muzzin -- Alec Martinez
Dion Phaneuf -- Oscar Fantenberg
Jonathan Quick
Cal Petersen
Scratched:Paul LaDue, Austin Wagner
Injured: Ilya Kovalchuk (ankle), Carl Hagelin (knee), Trevor Lewis (foot), Jack Campbell (knee), Jonny Brodzinski (shoulder)

Status report

Scherbak, claimed off waivers from the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday, will make his Kings debut if his work visa is approved in time. He has not played this season because of a lower-body injury.

Stat pack

Hall, who needs one goal for 200 in the NHL, has eight points (three goals, five assists) in his past seven games. … Brown has eight points (five goals, three assists) in his past six games. … Los Angeles is an NHL-worst 1-15-1 when allowing the first goal. New Jersey and the San Jose Sharks each have a 1-8-1 record when the opponent scores first.