The Los Angeles Kings and visiting Chicago Blackhawks will get to know each other even better when they play the first of back-to-back games on Thursday night.

The Kings will host the Blackhawks again on Saturday night before Chicago closes its four-game road trip on Sunday at the Anaheim Ducks.

The Blackhawks opened the road trip with a 4-3 shootout loss against the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday.

Chicago has dropped six of seven (1-4-2) after getting off to a 10-5-4 start, but Blackhawks coach Jeff Blashill was pleased with their latest effort.

"We did a lot of good stuff," Blashill said. "On the road against a team that's probably considered one of the Stanley Cup favorites, certainly one of the teams that looks like they could come out of the West. In the end, we outchanced them.

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