The Kings had something of a rarity this week: two days of practice between games. The Kings normally take Sundays off, but this week they were able to practice Tuesday and Wednesday in preparation from tomorrow night’s game against Washington. Here are Terry Murray’s thoughts on how the Kings prepared, and what they might be up against in facing the Caps…

MURRAY: “Well, we’ve gone through quite a few things here in the last couple days, with meetings and on ice, just trying to fine tune things. Sometimes when you get away from playing a lot of games, every second day, you get away from fundamentals and you want to bring a focus back to them again. We know we’re going to have to have good execution against this team. They’re high skilled and have some top players, and we’re going to have to make sure we’re checking on every shift. It’s not checking the puck. You’re going to have to stay above the puck and stay above the man. They’re very good on the attack one-on-one, so we have to be heads up to it.”