Sense of normalcy returning

There’s nothing “routine’’ about playing in the Stanley Cup Finals, but the Kings will try to get in as much of a normal routine as possible heading into Game 1 on Wednesday. Tomorrow, the Kings will head to Prudential Center for a practice at noon Eastern time, following the New Jersey Devils’ practice. After practice, the Kings will participate in their end of the league’s “media day’’ session, which is really just a longer, more extensive media-availability session than the Kings would normally do. After a bit of down time, the Kings will — as is typical on the road during the playoffs — meet for dinner and a final big meeting before they rest up for Wednesday’s morning skate.

As for what the Devils are up to, here are a couple items from the local media…

Devils’ Ilya Kovalchuk says there is a little extra motivation facing Kings

Devils’ Henrik Tallinder is cleared to play in Stanley Cup finals

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