KINGS TODAY

at San Jose, 3, Channel 4

Site -- HP Pavilion.

Radio -- 1150.

Records -- Kings 26-38-14, Sharks 48-26-4.

Record vs. Sharks -- 2-5-0.

Update -- The Kings are tantalizingly close to ensuring they won’t finish last in the Western Conference, with a three-point lead over the Phoenix Coyotes. Sure, it will cost them a few ping-pong balls in the draft lottery, but in a season of diminishing returns, it gives them another positive. Forward Dustin Brown has emerged as a more consistent force, with five goals and 11 points in the last 10 games.

-- Chris Foster