A chance at revenge

Tonight the Kings get a chance to avenge a frustrating loss when they host Nashville. The Kings lost to the Predators, 5-4, on Oct. 25 in Nashville, one night after an impressive 4-0 victory over St. Louis. In that loss, the Kings fell behind 3-0 in the first 13 minutes and goalie Jason LaBarbera got pulled in favor of Erik Ersberg, The Kings trailed 5-2 in the third period before they scored twice to make a game of it.

Question: Anything in particular that you take away from that last game?

TERRY MURRAY: ``They're a very good hockey club. They have a team that gets on the attack. They have a blue-line core that has very high-end skill players who really are jumping up and getting involved in the offensive part of the game. The one thing that we took away from the last game, in my mind, is the puck management through the middle of the ice. We did get into some turnover situations. That's a transition team, and they come at you very hard with five guys, so the decisions we have to make against this team with the puck are crucial, once you get across the neutral-zone red line.''

Question: I imagine you pretty much know what you're going to get with that team, after all these years...

MURRAY: ``Their M.O. is well known. They've gone through an awful lot of adversity since their team has come into being. They've had a lot of player movement and been forced to make deals because of financial reasons, and now losing a good player like they did this year going back to Russia, those are devastating situations. But their mental toughness, as an organization, is a great example for the rest of us in the league.''