The Los Angeles Kings and Minnesota Wild have been miles apart for most of the 2023-24 campaign. They’ll get together one more time on Monday night in Los Angeles before going their separate ways for good this season.The Kings (43-26-11, 97 points) are headed to the Stanley Cup playoffs for a third straight season, while Minnesota (38-33-9, 85 points) will miss the postseason for just the second time in 12 years.The Wild are using their last few games to take a long look at some of their top prospects.Los Angeles, meanwhile, wants to maintain its winning ways over its final two regular-season games while also being mindful of its veteran players.”We want to play well,” Kings interim coach Jim Hiller said. “We’ll take the wins. We want to win, of course, but we just want to be feeling good. Whether that’s winning or playing well and maybe not quite getting it done, just feeling good going into (the playoffs).”Hiller kept veteran forward Anze Kopitar out of the lineup for the first time this season on Saturday night in a 3-1 win against the visiting Anaheim Ducks because of “something nagging.” Hiller also indicated Kopitar would have played if it were a postseason game.It’s unclear if the 36-year-old captain will face the Wild.Regardless, the Kings want to remain in peak form.”If you can go into the playoffs feeling good, I think it just kind of helps your team’s mindset and you just kind of feel more ready,” Kings defenseman Matt Roy said. “You don’t want to go in losing focus or confidence. You want to be ready to go and you want your teammates to be ready to go as well.”Los Angeles also has a chance to run its home winning streak to nine games, which would be its longest since a 12-game run in 1992-93.The Kings set an NHL record by winning their first 11 road games this season.”We knew we had to dial it in at home because we weren’t doing well at all in the beginning,” Roy said. “I’m glad we did.”