Up next for the Kings: Saturday at Nashville

By Helene Elliott

Dec. 17, 2010 12 AM PT

Kings tonight

VS. NASHVILLE

When: 5 PST.

Where: Bridgestone Arena.

On the air: TV: Channel 13; Radio: 1150.

Records: Kings 17-11-1, Predators 16-8-6 through Thursday.

Record vs. Predators: 1-0.

Update: After splitting the first two games of this five-game trip, the Kings will pass the halfway point of their journey in Nashville, where they’re 11-7-3-1 since the Predators joined the NHL for the 1998-99 season. This starts a back-to-back sequence for the Kings, who have split their previous four back-to-back sets. They’ve lost six of their last eight road games and rank near the bottom of the NHL with 12 road points (6-9-0). Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne has nearly recovered from arthroscopic surgery on his left knee and might return Saturday after missing seven games.

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

Up next for the Kings: Saturday at Nashville

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