Intent on closing out a monster six-game road trip with a flourish, the Los Angeles Kings will at least be back in their home state when they face the San Jose Sharks on Thursday.

The Kings started their journey on Nov. 9 with a victory at Pittsburgh then stormed through Canada with victories over the Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators.

With goals harder to come by as the trip has progressed, Los Angeles fell 2-1 to the Washington Capitals on Monday. It was the second consecutive one-goal game for Los Angeles, which pulled off a shutout at Ottawa on Saturday.

Anze Kopitar scored on the power play just past the midway point against the Capitals to cut the deficit in half, but neither team scored the rest of the way. The Capitals' Alex Ovechkin scored his NHL-best

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