Los Angeles at St. Louis

The LA Kings, fresh off their upset of Vancouver in the first round, face another difficult challenge against St. Louis. The Blues were shocked in game one of their series vs. San Jose, but then won four straight, winning by a combined score of 12-5. The Kings also won in five games, but by a total of just four goals and their games were much tighter. St. Louis will take that opening game loss to heart and will be ready to deliver their "A" game in game one of this series.  That will help as they are 37-15 here in their last 52. The Kings have been overmatched against the Blues for quite sometime as they are a woeful 18-37-5 in the last 60 meetings, including an even worse 8-20-2 in the last 30 in St. Louis as well as a loss their last time here this season. Play on St. Louis.