*stats based on playoffs.

Match-up - Kings (15-3) @ Devils (13-9)
Road/Home records*- 10-0 -------------- 6-6
TV - NBCSN (HD), CBC (HD), RDS (HD)
Puck drop - 8:00 PM ET
Series score - Kings lead 3-1
Projected starting goalies - Jonathan Quick (L.A.) vs. Martin Brodeur (NJ)

Battle of the stats

Goals for/against per game *

Los Angeles - 2.78 / 1.50
New Jersey - 2.54 / 2.32

Powerplay/Penalty Kill percentage *

Los Angeles - 10.8% / 93.1%
New Jersey - 14.8% / 73.2%

Here are the projected lines (subject to change) for the Kings:

Dustin Brown - Anze Kopitar - Justin Williams
Dustin Penner - Mike Richards - Jeff Carter
Dwight King - Jarret Stoll - Trever Lewis
Simon Gagne - Colin Fraser - Jordan Nolan

Rob Scuderi - Drew Doughty
Willie Mitchell - Slava Voynov
Alec Martinez - Matt Greene

Here are the projected lines (subject to change) for the Devils:

Zach Parise - Travis Zajac - Ilya Kovalchuk
Petr Sykora - Patrik Elias - Dainius Zubrus
Alexei Ponikarovsky - Adam Henrique - David Clarkson
Ryan Carter - Stephen Gionta - Steve Bernier

Henrik Tallinder - Marek Zidlicky
Andy Greene - Mark Fayne
Bryce Salvador - Anton Volchenkov

Notes: Martin Brodeur will start...Cam Janssen, Eric Boulton, Tim Sestito, Adam Larsson, Peter Harrold and Jacob Josefson will sit as healthy scratches...Henrik Tallinder and Petr Sykora will remain in the lineup.

Kings to watch out for:

Jeff Carter - He was minus-3 and had just two shots in Game 4. The Kings will need more from him if they want to close out the series tonight.

Dustin Brown - Brown has been very physical in this series, but he hasn't produced much offense. He has just one point and five shots in the series.

Drew Doughty - He recorded another point in Game 4 and now has points in every game of the series.

Devils to watch out for:

Ilya Kovalchuk - With two full days off, Kovalchuk had an extra day to get treatment on his back. Let's see if it makes a difference.

Patrik Elias - He has been the Devils best forward in this series, in my opinion, and has been getting better every game. L.A. will need to do a better job against him tonight if they want to hoist the Stanley Cup in Newark.

Martin Brodeur - This could be Brodeur's last time in the Stanley Cup Final. There's nothing he would like to do more than grab another title in historic fashion. He'll need to be good tonight, and in Game 6 and 7 (if necessary), if he's going to make it happen.

Keys to the game

Los Angeles - Get an early lead

The Devils have regained some confidence and they're playing an elimination game in front of their home crowd. The fans will try to give the Devils a boost early, no doubt, so if the Kings can jump out to an early lead they'll be in excellent position to close things out.

New Jersey - Convert on powerplay chances

The Devils have had a fair amount of powerplay's in this series and they haven't been able to capitalize on their changes. They'll need to start doing so if they have any hope of coming back in this series. That starts tonight.

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