Rickenbach NHL Thursday 8* Los Angeles Kings Money Line (+) @ Washington Capitals @ 7:05 ET - The Kings lost 5-0 at Washington last season and will atone for that visit with a much better effort tonight. Los Angeles is hungry to get rolling after some surprising recent struggles and back to back wins with allowing just 1 goal in each game shows that the Kings have indeed turned the corner. The Capitals also appear to be back on track with 3 straight wins but they haven't played since Saturday! Long-term followers know I am big time proponent of "too much of a good thing can be a bad thing" and the fact is that rest is good but too much can lead to rust! That applies in this case as Washington has lost 11 of 19 and cost their backers $9,800 and $1,000 a game when they enter a game on rest of 3 or more days! The Kings have dominated the East this season as LA has won 11 of 14 (+$7,500) in non-conference games this season. More of the same expected here. 8* LOS ANGELES