The Dallas Stars face the Los Angeles Kings Friday night for the second time this season. Entering Friday's match, the Stars are 34-18-1 while the Kings are 28-17-6. The teams face each other once more this season on Feb. 28 in Dallas. Dallas is 124-81-43 all-time vs. Los Angeles, including a 51-46-27 mark on the road.

In their last game before the league pauses its schedule to hold the 4 Nations Face-Off, the Sharks gave up three goals in a lopsided first period. They never fully recovered in an 8-3 loss to the playoff-bound Dallas Stars on Saturday before an announced sellout crowd of 17,435 at SAP Center.