Blues, Kings look to make up playoff ground against each other

The Los Angeles Kings will look to jump back into the win column and keep pace in the Western Conference wild-card race when they host the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday night.

Los Angeles (29-26-18, 76 points) trails the Nashville Predators by one point for the second wild-card seed in the Western Conference entering Tuesday's action.

The Kings, losers of five of six (1-2-3), have been off since being thumped 6-2 by the visiting Utah Mammoth on Saturday night.

"We're definitely...