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LOS ANGELES -- The Montreal Canadiens will continue their annual trek through California when they face the Los Angeles Kings at Staples Center on Sunday afternoon. Though the temperatures are warmer than back home in their native Quebec, the reception from their hosts has been ice cold.Montreal (16-6-2) sits atop the Atlantic Division thanks to its superior 12-1-1 record at home. Its 1-0 loss at San Jose on Friday dropped their road record below .500 (4-5-1).The road through California has been especially rough with Montreal posting a 1-8-2 record in the last 11 games against the California teams (San Jose, Anaheim and Los Angeles). The Canadiens have struggled to find their offense in the first three games of this road trip, posting only five goals in three games and wasting two strong performances by goaltender Carey Price.You just have to keep grinding, said Price after suffering his third regulation loss in 17 games. You just have to keep working and hopefully our fortunes will turn for the rest of the trip.The challenge for Montreal is the contrast of styles posed by Los Angeles. The Canadiens speed game was successful in a 4-1 win over the Kings on Nov. 10, but they have been worn down by both the Ducks and Sharks in consecutive losses. In order to break their losing streak and sweep the season series against the Kings, the Canadiens know they must control the tempo.Weve gotten away from our game, defenseman Jeff Petry told the Montreal Gazette prior to the San Jose loss. We were using our speed then we got away from that. Its something that we need to learn from because if we use our speed, were a tough team to handle.The Kings (13-10-1) will look to avenge last months loss at Montreal with continuing strong play on home ice. They enter the game with a 9-3-0 home record and appear to have found their stride after an inconsistent opening month. A 4-3 win in Arizona on Thursday was the sixth in seven games for the Kings, who trail the division-leading San Jose Sharks by four points with a game in hand.After being besieged with injuries to start the season, Los Angeles depth is bolstered by the return of two key players and better health by one of its stars. Left winger Marian Gaborik missed the seasons first 20 games with a broken foot. Goaltender Jeff Zatkoff, plagued by groin injuries that limited him to just five appearances, earned his first win as a King in the Arizona victory.Anze Kopitar put up his first multi-point game since missing five games with a wrist injury, registering two assists in the Arizona win.Zatkoff was thought to be the starter after Jonathan Quick was sidelined with a serious groin injury but Peter Budaj was anointed by coach Darryl Sutter with Zatkoffs health issues. Budaj had appeared in 22 consecutive games before being relieved by Zatkoff after the first period in Arizona.Not playing eats away at you in the sense that you want to play, you want to contribute to the team and you want to be a piece of the puzzle, Zatkoff said. I feel really comfortable with my game and I just want to keep building on it.If Los Angeles creates enough offense to split the season series, it will likely do it without help from its special teams. Despite having a star-studded lineup and one of the best home records in the league, the Kings power-play production at home has been virtually non-existent, converting on 3 of 26 chances to tie them with the New York Islanders for 28th place in the NHL. Nike Air Max Billigt Rea . Vettel was 0.168 seconds faster than Red Bull teammate Mark Webber around the Suzuka circuit. Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg was two tenths of a second off Vettel. "The car balance is decent, but I think we can still improve," Vettel said. 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Its a well-worn truism in the NFL that sometimes teams go from last to first in their division very quickly. The last few seasons havent seen the kind of huge one-season reversals that we saw 15 years ago. Its been a while since a team went from five or six wins to a Super Bowl title the way that the Rams and Patriots did around the turn of the century. Still, roughly one team per season climbs from last place into the postseason. Last year it was Washington, and while no team accomplished this feat in 2014, two teams did in 2013: Kansas City and Philadelphia.So which of last years eight last-place teams are most likely to make their way into the playoffs? One is the clear favorite: the Dallas Cowboys. It wont be a big surprise for the Cowboys to go from last to first, because last year they went from first to last.Below, weve gone tthrough the eight teams that finished in last place in each division last season, ranked by their odds of making the postseason in 2016.dddddddddddd These odds are based on the huge 2016 simulation that we ran for our new book Football Outsiders Almanac 2016. The system predicts each teams DVOA (defense-adjusted value over average, explained here) on offense, defense and special teams using a number of variables, including performance over the last three years, coaching experience and personnel changes. Then we simulate the season a million times to get a wide range of possibilities that account for every teams best-case and worst-case scenario.1. Dallas CowboysPlayoff odds: 50.5 percent (8th of 32 teams) ' ' '