(Betting Express) - The Ducks couldn't have picked a better time for a home- and-home set with the Kings. Looking to gain some separation in the Pacific Division, Anaheim hosts Los Angeles tonight at the Honda Center.

The Ducks are currently second in the division with 45 points, but are just two up on third-place Phoenix. They earned that advantage by downing the Coyotes, 2-0, on Sunday.

Though 18 points back of the first-place San Jose Sharks in the Pacific Division, the Ducks would love to chip away at that gap while leaving the rest of the division's residents behind. Two games against the Kings should help that.

Anaheim has won two straight, four of five and eight of its last 10 meetings with the Kings. The Ducks have also won four straight and eight of the last 11 at home in the series, as well as eight of their last 11 in Los Angeles, where the two teams will play again on Thursday.

Sunday's win over Phoenix was just Anaheim's second in the last seven games (2-3-2). The club got excellent play out of backup netminder Jonas Hiller, as he halted 29 shots for his third career shutout, with all three coming this season.

Chris Pronger and Bobby Ryan posted power-play goals for the Ducks, who played their first game without suspended forward Corey Perry. Perry was banned for four games after an elbow in Friday's loss to Philadelphia. Perry, who served the first game of his suspension on Sunday, is second on the club with 24 assists and 34 points.

Anaheim's win was also its first on a four-game homestand that ends tonight. The Ducks are 1-1-1 on the residency and 11-8-3 at the Honda Center overall this year.

Anaheim will likely face Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick for the first time in his career tonight. Quick has given Los Angeles a shot in the arm defensively, as he has just a 0.79 goals against average over his last five starts. However, he is just 3-2-0 in that span, recording two shutouts while also seeing the Kings score just once in those two losses.

Quick made his sixth start of the season and eighth of his career on Saturday, and he earned a 2-1 shootout win over the Flyers. The 22-year-old stopped 31 saves and also denied Jeff Carter and Mike Richards in the shootout.

Wayne Simmonds scored a power-play goal in regulation, while Patrick O'Sullivan and Anze Kopitar lit the lamp in the extra session to help the Kings halt a four-game home slide.

O'Sullivan scored first for the Kings on a wrister and Brown later faked a shot in the middle before his quick wrister beat Philadelphia netminder Antero Niittymaki top shelf to seal the win.

The victory was also Los Angeles' third in its last five games. The club will aim to improve its 5-8-0 road mark tonight before returning home for four straight.