After starting their west coast road trip with a bang on Sunday night, the Rangers are set to meet an old nemesis at the Staples Center tonight. In a rematch of the 2014 Stanley Cup Finals, the Los Angeles Kings will welcome the Blueshirts back into the building that saw them beat New York in overtime three separate games en route to a Stanley Cup title.
Both teams have fallen far from grace since Alec Martinez’s double overtime Stanley Cup winning goal on June 13, 2014. Both teams are mired in rebuilds, and while the Rangers appear to be on the upswing, the same can’t be said for the Kings.