Los Angeles plays Pittsburgh after Kempe's hat trick

Pittsburgh Penguins (5-9-2, in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Los Angeles Kings (5-7-2, in the Pacific Division)

Los Angeles; Saturday, 9 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: The Los Angeles Kings host the Pittsburgh Penguins after Adrian Kempe recorded a hat trick in the Kings' 7-2 win against the San Jose Sharks.

Los Angeles has gone 2-4-0 at home and 5-7-2 overall. The Kings have conceded 47 goals while scoring 43 for a -4 scoring differential.

Pittsburgh has a 5-9-2 record overall and a 1-6-1 record in road games. The Penguins have a 2-4-1 record in games decided by one goal.

The matchup Saturday is the first meeting of the season between the two clubs.

TOP PERFORMERS: Artemi Panarin has eight goals and nine assists for the Kings. Kempe has five goals and four assists over the last 10 games.

Erik Karlsson has three goals and 13 assists for the Penguins. Rickard Rakell has scored five goals with two assists over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Kings: 5-5-0, averaging 3.3 goals, 5.2 assists, four penalties and 10.2 penalty minutes while giving up 2.6 goals per game.

Penguins: 2-7-1, averaging 2.9 goals, 5.3 assists, 2.7 penalties and 6.2 penalty minutes while giving up 3.9 goals per game.

INJURIES: Kings: Jakub Dvorak: out (upper-body), Mats Zuccarello: out (upper-body), Kevin Fiala: out (leg), Jan Jenik: out (undisclosed), Alex Turcotte: out (undisclosed).

Penguins: Bryan Rust: out (lower-body), Trevor van Riemsdyk: out (lower body), Ryan Graves: out (lower-body), Elmer Soderblom: out (upper-body).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.