Up next for the Kings: Friday at Buffalo

Kings today

AT BUFFALO

When: 4:30 PST.

Where: HSBC Arena.

On the air: TV: FS West; Radio: 1150.

Records: Kings 12-5-0, Sabres 7-10-3.

Record vs. Sabres (2009-10): 1-0-0.

Update: The Kings haven’t won in Buffalo since Feb. 21, 2003 — but they have played there only three times since. Losses at San Jose on Monday and at home to Columbus on Wednesday are the Kings’ first back-to-back defeats this season. Justin Williams has an 11-game point streak, with seven goals and 14 points in that span, and his linemate Jarret Stoll has an eight-game point streak, with three goals and 10 points in that span. Left wing Scott Parse was placed on injured reserve retroactive to Tuesday and is expected to undergo hip labrum surgery next week. The Sabres are merely 2-6-1 at home. Overall, they had won four of five games before losing at Washington on Wednesday.

--Helene Elliott