The Pittsburgh Penguins and Los Angeles Kings are playing on Thursday night and the NHL game will be live streaming online from the league website and the matchup starts at 10:30 pm ET with Sidney Crosby and the game is from the STAPLES Center and comes with both teams playing well and it comes before the Winter Olympics break in Sochi Russia for the players participating in the games.
The Penguins come into the matchup after winning against the Buffalo Sabres in a shootout and they next will play on the road against the Phoenix Coyotes and they come into the game as one of the best scoring teams in the league. Crosby has the team fourth in goals scored with over three goals per game and the team is in the top 10 in goals against with two and they are first in both power play percentage and penalty kill percentage. The Penguins are the best team in the east and first in the Metro division and they are totally clear of everyone else in the division and they have 76 points on the season already. Crosby is leading the team in scoring with 27 goals and he is also tops in both points and assists and he will be serving as captain for Team Canada at the Olympics in Sochi in Russia.
The Kings are coming in with 66 points and they are third in in the Pacific division and their goalie in Jonathan Quick will be playing for Team USA in the Olympics. The team comes in after a 3-0 loss against the Coyotes on the road and after playing against the Penguins at home, the team plays against the Philadelphia Flyers and they have been playing well, ranked third in goals against this season and 17th in goals per game. Anze Kopitar is leading the team in scoring this season and Crosby will be looking to get off to a good start at the Olympics and that means he will want to play well heading into the games.
