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Los Angeles Kings at Dallas Stars
Saturday January 17
1:00 pm
TV: FSN | Radio: WBAP-820 AM

The Stars are coming off a 5-4 shootout loss to Buffalo Thursday. The Stars squandered leads of 3-0 and 4-2 in the game.

"It's an embarrassment and a joke," said Stars forward Steve Ott, who had a goal and an assist in the game. "We came to the first period and we dominated. We knew the task at hand and it slipped. It's plain not good enough."

The Stars are 2-2-2 in their last six games. 

Injuries: RW Fabian Brunnstrom (ankle), RW Landon Wilson (ribs), D Sergei Zubov (hip) and LW Brenden Morrow (knee) are out.

The Kings lost their third straight game and fourth in their last five, falling 4-0 to the Detroit Red Wings in Los Angeles Thursday.

“It’s very disappointing,”  Kings forward Patrick O’Sullivan said. “The season can go one way or another right now, and that’s what’s happened with this organization in the past. Right around this time, everything falls apart. Games start to get away from you, and then the season is over.”

The Kings' three straight losses all came at home and they were outscored 12-2 by their opponents.

Injuries:  D Jack Johnson (shoulder) is probable. D Drew Doughty (thigh) is doubtful. C Oscar Moller (clavicle) and RW Brad Richardson (foot) are out.

• This is the third of six meetings between the two teams. The Kings are 2-0-0 in the season series and the Stars are 0-1-1.

• Eight of the Stars' last 13 games have gone beyond regulation. The Stars are 5-3 in those eight games.
• The Stars are 7-29 on the power play over their last six home games.
• The Kings have allowed seven power play goals over their last five games.
• The Stars are 16-21 on the penalty kill over their last six home games.
• The Kings are 0-12 on the power play over their last three games.
• The Kings have been shutout twice in the last seven games and have scored more than two goals just once during that stretch.