(SportsNetwork.com) - The last time the Los Angeles Kings and Chicago Blackhawks faced off, a trip to the Stanley Cup Finals was on the line. The two clubs meet for the first time since last seasons Western Conference finals as the Kings host the Blackhawks in Chicagos final stop on its annual Circus Trip. While the Blackhawks have had the upper hand in this series during the regular season -- winning 12 of the past 16 encounters overall and six of the last seven played in Los Angeles, the Kings came through when it mattered most last spring. Los Angeles built a 3-0 series lead before Chicago rebounded with a pair of wins, taking Game 5 in double overtime and then winning a 4-3 decision in Game 6 in L.A. to send the series to a decisive seventh game. The Kings and Blackhawks then saw their Game 7 meeting go to overtime, where defenseman Alec Martinez punched his clubs ticket to the Cup Finals. Los Angeles knocked off the New York Rangers in five games to win the Stanley Cup. While the Kings were able to defeat the Blackhawks in Chicago to advance in the postseason, theyll probably be glad they are hosting tonights contest. Los Angeles is just 2-4-4 on the road this season compared to 10-2-1 at home, where it will play two straight and three of its next four. The Kings picked up that second road win on Wednesday, salvaging the finale of a three-game swing with a 4-0 win over the Minnesota Wild. Mike Richards, Dustin Brown, Tyler Toffoli and Justin Williams all scored first-period goals and Martin Jones made 28 saves for his first shutout of the season and fifth of his career. Theyre a pretty good rush team and we forced them into turnovers which allowed us to have our own rush game, which is generally how we produce a lot of goals, said Brown. Brown potted the 200th goal of his career, while Williams has three goals and four assists over a six-game point streak. Jones, meanwhile, made back-to-back starts for the first time since Dec. 10-11, 2013, but No. 1 Jonathan Quick figures to return to net tonight. Quick is 6-12-1 with a 2.76 goals against average, .910 save percentage and two shutouts in 19 regular-season meetings with the Hawks, including 18 starts. Chicago enters Saturdays showdown having won two straight and five of its last six games. The Blackhawks are 4-1-0 on their six-game swing with the only loss of the trip coming Sunday in Vancouver. Chicago has rebounded from that setback by notching consecutive wins in Colorado and Anaheim. Joel Quennevilles club turned in an impressive win over the Ducks on Friday afternoon, picking up a 4-1 triumph in Orange County. Patrick Kane scored twice while Brad Richards and Andrew Shaw each had a goal and an assist to help fuel Chicagos offense, which has put up 25 goals over the past six contests. The Blackhawks, who are averaging 2.91 goals per game this season, fired 38 shots on net Friday. That start was huge. It seems like things always trend upward for our team when we have good starts like that, said Kane. Corey Crawford, meanwhile, only needed to stop 23 shots to pick up the win for Chicago. Crawford could get a rest tonight as Antti Raanta is expected to make his first appearance since Oct. 25 when he made 28 saves in loss against the Blues. Raanta was slated to start last Saturdays game in Edmonton, but came down with an illness and had to be scratched in favor of Crawford, who has started 17 of the Blackhawks 23 games this season. He was able to return to his backup role for Fridays tilt in Anaheim. The Finnish netminder is 1-2-0 with a 2.03 GAA this season. He also has excellent career numbers against L.A., going 2-0 with a .50 GAA and a shutout in two lifetime appearances versus the Kings. In total, Raanta has stopped 47- of-48 shots against L.A. 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PHOENIX -- Bronson Arroyo got the best of Stephen Strasburg -- on the mound and at the plate. Arroyo, with a fastball that barely reaches 88 mph, scattered seven hits in his 16th career complete game, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 3-1 victory over the Washington Nationals Tuesday night. "Thats the great thing about baseball," Arroyo said. "I dont really have to beat Stephen, I just have to beat their batters for the most part." He also had a pair of hits off Strasburg, scoring the go-ahead run after the second one. "I just try to outthink him and try to guess what hes throwing," Arroyo said. "... I got lucky today. I hit two balls soft, but one of them turned out to be a huge hit and started off an inning that won us the ball game." Arroyo, a free agent signing in the off-season who was slowed by a sore back in spring training, struck out seven and walked one. Of his 110 pitches, 79 were strikes. "An incredible strike ratio," Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson said. "He kept them off-balance, threw a great game for us. Beyond that, got a couple of hits, ran the bases well again, fielded a good safety squeeze bunt, held the guy at first, got out of that inning. I mean, thats complete." Paul Goldschmidt doubled twice, the second one driving in the go-ahead runs in the fifth. Over his last three starts, Arroyo (4-2) has allowed one earned run in 23 1-3 innings. He also became the second pitcher to get two hits off Strasburg. The other was Tim Hudson. Strasburg (3-3) went seven innings, allowing three runs on eight hits, striking out six with no walks. "Overall I thought he itched fine," Nationals manager Matt Williams said. "Bronson was better tonight though. All over the zone with all the pitches that he had, he kept everybody off balance." The Diamondbacks won for just the fourth time in 17 games at Chase Field this season. "You just want to get it done at home to show theres not somee sort of jinx going on," Arroyo said.dddddddddddd Washington scored first when Wilson Ramos led off the second with a single and Ian Desmond tripled. Desmond was stranded when Danny Espinosa struck out, Tyler Moore walked and Kevin Frandsen grounded into a double play. Arizona tied it at 1 in the fourth. Goldschmidt led off with a double down the right-field line, then scored when Miguel Montero singled sharply. In the fifth, Arroyo led off with his second single of the night. Martin Prado -- 4 for 20 in his career against Strasburg to that point -- singled up the middle to put runners on first and second, and Goldschmidt drove in both runners with a soaring double to deep centre. It was the major league-leading 55th hit for Goldschmidt. "Curveball," Strasburg said. "It started getting a little windy and dry and spun out of my hands. As soon as it came out of my hand I knew it was probably not going to be good." Washington -- without top hitters Bryce Harper, Ryan Zimmerman and Adam LaRoche -- didnt threaten again until the eighth. Pinch-hitter Nate McLouth singled past the first baseman Goldschmidt, a play that could have been ruled an error, then Anthony Rendons two-out single put runners at first and second. Jayson Werth flied out to left to end the inning. After getting game-tying and winning ninth-inning homers off Addison Reed in the ninth in their 6-5 win in the series opener Monday night, the Nationals didnt get a runner on base in the final inning against Arroyo. NOTES: Washington is 1-4 with one game left on its trip out West. ... Arizonas other home wins were April 1 over San Francisco, April 25 over Philadelphia and April 30 over Colorado. ... In the series finale on Wednesday, Washington starts Doug Fister (0-1, 10.38) against Brandon McCarthy (1-6, 5.66). ... If Arizona wins Wednesday, it would be the first series victory for the Diamondbacks at home this season. ' ' '