The Los Angeles Kings made sure to pack their offense when they traveled across country to begin their season-high seven-game road trip. After erupting for their highest offensive goal output in over six years, the Kings look to carry their good fortune into the Barclays Center on Thursday when they face the New York Islanders.

The Philadelphia Flyers were aware they were in for an uphill climb without the services of forward Sean Couturier, who is sidelined until the end of February with a lower-body injury. The reeling Flyers have dropped three straight and are 2-8-2 without the second-line center heading into Thursday's home game against the Buffalo Sabres.

The Anaheim Ducks are 7-1-0 in their last eight games - a stretch which has moved them comfortably into third place in the Pacific Division as they continue their season-long seven-game road trip in Columbus against the Blue Jackets on Thursday. Anaheim bounced back from a 6-2 loss to Pittsburgh on Monday with a 4-1 victory over Philadelphia on Tuesday with Rickard Rakell serving as the face of the turnaround with two goals after he was a career-worst minus-4 versus the Penguins.

The Colorado Avalanche attempt to redeem themselves after a disastrous homestand when they begin a three-game road trip Thursday against the Ottawa Senators. Colorado is clinging to the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference after an 0-3-1 stretch at Pepsi Center that concluded Tuesday with a 3-1 setback against Vancouver.

The Minnesota Wild are mired in the worst home losing streak in team history and the prospect of ending the slide appears dim with the league's best team coming to town. Minnesota has dropped six in a row overall (0-4-2) and six straight (0-3-3) at Xcel Energy Center as they prepare to host Alex Ovechkin and the red-hot Washington Capitals.

There have been times when the Boston Bruins have lacked crispness this season, but they figure to be focused when they take the ice Thursday against the host Winnipeg Jets following a dreadful showing at home on Tuesday. Boston allowed 57 shots, its highest total since 1965, in an ugly 9-2 loss to visiting Los Angeles - leading Patrice Bergeron to tell reporters afterward that plenty of work remains for the club over its final 29 games.

Patrick Sharp hopes to end a 5 1/2-week goal drought on Thursday when the veteran forward leads the Dallas Stars into the United Center to face the Chicago Blackhawks. Shuffled to Dallas mere weeks after Chicago claimed its third Stanley Cup title in six seasons, Sharp collected a goal and an assist in the Stars' 4-0 win over Chicago on Dec. 22 before being held off the scoresheet in a 5-1 setback to the Blackhawks on Saturday.

Having shaken up their roster with a blockbuster nine-player deal in which they parted ways with captain Dion Phaneuf, the Toronto Maple Leafs continue their five-game road trip against the skidding Edmonton Oilers on Thursday. Toronto has been outscored 10-4 in the first two games of its trek following Tuesday's 4-3 loss at Calgary.

The San Jose Sharks look to continue their rise in the Western Conference and improve their unimpressive home record when the Calgary Flames pay them a visit on Thursday. The Sharks won at Chicago 2-0 on Tuesday to gain at least one point for the 12th time in their last 14 games (10-2-2) but own just a 10-12-2 record on home ice.