Freeway Face-Off
| First meeting | December 2, 1993 (Great Western Forum) |
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| Latest meeting | February 25, 2017 (Staples Center) |
| Next meeting | April 9, 2017 (Honda Center) |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 138 |
| All-time series | 65-62-11 (ANA) |
| Regular season series | 62–58–11 (ANA) |
| Postseason results | 4–3 (LAK) |
| Longest win streak | 7 games (ANA) (January 28, 2006 - December 2, 2006) |
| Current win streak | LAK W1 |
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The Freeway Face-Off is a series of ice hockey games played between the National Hockey League (NHL)'s Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings. The series takes its name from the massive freeway system in the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area, the home of both teams; one could travel from one team's arena to the other simply by traveling along Interstate 5. The term is akin to the Freeway Series, which refers to meetings between the Los Angeles metropolitan area's Major League Baseball teams, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
The Kings and Ducks are rivals due to geographic proximity. The two teams are situated in the same metropolitan area and share a television market. The rivalry started with the Ducks' inaugural season in 1993–94 and has since continued.
The Kings' first appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals came in 1993. They have reached the Stanley Cup playoffs 26 times in franchise history (seven appearance since the Ducks joined the NHL), most recently their appearance and victory in the 2014 Stanley Cup Finals. The Ducks have made the playoffs ten times in franchise history, also reaching the Stanley Cup Finals twice: in 2003 and winning in 2007. The Kings and the Ducks did not meet in the playoffs until the 2014 Western Conference Semifinals.
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