Good evening from high above the Staples Center ice, where I’m having trouble concentrating due to the two fans behind the net talking. Both the Wild and Kings just took the ice for warmups.

Couple notes:

– Josh Harding in net for the Wild. Harding is known as a very nervous goalie when starting, and he seemed particularly jittery this morning. We’ll see how it goes, but he said it’s very important to him to keep the team’s trust.

– GM Chuck Fletcher said before the game that Derek Boogaard (concussion) may begin skating next week. Nothing new on Pierre-Marc Bouchard.

– Jonathan Quick was 3-0 against the Wild last season. The Kings line of Anze Kopitar, Ryan Smyth and Justin Williams is the one to watch. The trio had three goals and nine assists in the first two games.

– The Kings are 4 for 8 on the power play through two games. The Wild is 4 for 9 through two.

I’ll tweet at @russostrib through the first two periods and as much as I can in the third, but I have to file a story the second the game’s over, so probably won’t hear much from me in the third.

Have fun.

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