Up next for the Kings: Wednesday at Phoenix

By Helene Elliott

Dec. 28, 2010 12 AM PT

Kings tonight

AT PHOENIX

When: 6 PST.

Where: Jobing.com Arena.

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

Records: Kings 22-12-1, Coyotes 16-12-7.

Record vs. Coyotes: 0-1.

Update: Goaltender Jonathan Quick, who earned his fourth shutout of the season Monday with a 24-save performance in San Jose, is scheduled to start against the Coyotes as the Kings begin another back-to-back sequence. Coach Terry Murray said he’s leaning toward starting Jonathan Bernier on Thursday at home against Philadelphia. Left wing Alexei Ponikarovsky, who missed Monday’s 4-0 victory because of an unspecified lower-body injury, received treatment Tuesday while his teammates had the day off. Murray said he will wait until Wednesday’s morning skate to determine whether Ponikarovsky can play. The Kings have won three of their last four road games but are still below .500 (9-10-0) on the road. The Coyotes widll be playing the second of back-to-back games after losing to the Ducks on Tuesday.

helene.elliott@latimes.com

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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: Wednesday at Phoenix

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