Dallas @ Los Angeles preview

Last Meeting ( Jan 17, 2019 ) Los Angeles 2, Dallas 1

The Dallas Stars are surrendering a high volume of shots and not generating enough of their own en route to losing five of their last seven games. The Stars bid to change the narrative on Thursday when they play the third contest of their four-game road trip against the reeling Los Angeles Kings, who have lost nine in a row (0-6-3).

"It's two games in a row, we've taken a lot of penalties and that's where we've given up those shots, on the PK," Dallas coach Jim Montgomery said after Tuesday's 4-1 loss to Vegas. "But you're never happy with more than 40 shots in four of our last five games." Spending a considerable time attempting to kill penalties and playing in the defensive zone has obviously hampered the Stars, whose 29th-ranked offense has scored just 13 goals in the last seven games. The Kings and their 30th-ranked offense know those issues all too well as the club has just 10 tallies in its last six contests. "Everyone is frustrated, obviously. We've lost (nine) in a row," forward Trevor Lewis said after Tuesday's 6-1 setback to Carolina. "We have to go home and regroup and do a little bit of soul searching, get some pride going and play for each other."

TV: 10:30 p.m. ET, FS Southwest (Dallas), FS West (Los Angeles)

ABOUT THE STARS (31-27-5): Ben Bishop turned aside a season-high 44 shots against the Golden Knights while playing in his second game after spending two weeks on injured reserve. "There were some unlucky bounces there. Not much you can do about it," said the 32-year-old Bishop, who made 17 saves in Dallas' 2-1 setback to Los Angeles on Jan. 17 to fall to 5-4-0 with one shutout against the club. Alexander Radulov, who set up defenseman Esa Lindell's goal in that contest, has six of his club-best 33 assists in his last 11 games.

ABOUT THE KINGS (23-33-7): Captain Anze Kopitar (team-leading 17 goals, 44 points), who scored in a 4-2 loss to Dallas on Oct. 23, has been held off the scoresheet in four straight contests and is mired in an eight-game goal drought. Former captain Dustin Brown, however, scored for the second time in three outings and also had a power-play tally in the last meeting with the Stars. Jonathan Quick, who owns a 17-11-2 mark with two shutouts in his career against Dallas, has surrendered six goals in back-to-back outings and three of his last five.

OVERTIME

1. Los Angeles Drew Doughty has notched two of his club-best 28 assists against Dallas.

2. Stars captain Jamie Benn is expected to return to action Thursday after sitting out one game with an upper-body injury.

3. The Kings have surrendered 38 goals scored during their losing streak.

PREDICTION: Stars 2, Kings 1