The New York Islanders hope the Southern California sun will continue to benefit them as they face a weakened Los Angeles Kings team that’s still managing to win some games, oddly enough.
It’s not that this team is the Montréal Canadiens of the west. When Jonathan Quick went down with injury at the start of the season bad things were projected. But oddly enough the tandem of Peter Budaj and Jeff Zatkoff, till he too got injured, so Jeff Campbell have been great for the Kings.
Budaj is sitting with a .915 SV% and 2.11 GAA and a 10-6-0 record in 16 starts for the Kings this season.