Sean OBrien has regained his place at openside flanker for Irelands keenly-anticipated rematch with New Zealand in Dublin.The 29-year-old admitted he did not fully agree with his omission from Irelands historic victory over the All Blacks in Chicago on November 5.OBrien was left out of that game with Ireland fearing the Leinster flanker was not quite 100 per cent ready for Test match intensity following long-term hamstring trouble.Now the bullocking back-rower will start his first Test since Irelands 10-9 defeat to France in February, where his latest injury problems started.Head coach Joe Schmidt has named an otherwise unchanged line-up from the XV that claimed the 40-29 victory over New Zealand, Irelands first win over the All Blacks in 111 years of trying.Josh van der Flier will cover back row from the bench, leaving no spot in the 23 for Peter OMahony. The Munster flankers omission is totally understandable yet also extremely harsh for one of Irelands most committed and trusted performers.We thought it was probably better that Sean start than come off the bench, said Schmidt of his selection of OBrien over van der Flier. He needs to feel himself into the game a little bit, to get a run straight from the warm up into the game.Whereas Josh has been fit and with us for a bit longer. Obviously was in Chicago, spent that time with us and did such a job off the bench, that his versatility and engine at the end of the day might serve us well.OMahony has spent the last few months stepping up his recovery after the knee ligament surgery that cut short his World Cup in 2015. The 27-year-old was deemed not quite ready for the Chicago encounter, and has missed out once again.The influential Conor Murray has beaten a hamstring niggle to start at scrum-half, while fit-again Iain Henderson takes a seat on the bench. Ulster lock Henderson has been given the nod to cover lock from the replacements, with Leinsters young gun centre Garry Ringrose also squeezing onto the bench.We just want to focus on our own performance, try and use Chicago as a reference point. I dont think there was any arrogance or disrespect from them last time. We have huge respect for them, said Schmidt.?I dont think you can get a tougher test. I think they are unhappy obviously, having gone 18 games unbeaten. They were quite outspoken to continue that (winning streak) through to the end of the calendar year and they will want to get back to that.We have shown at times that we have got over that, added Johnny Sexton of Ireland needing to back up the result. Last year we beat South Africa and Australia back to back but that is performance drives. 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This game followed a 4-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night.Its great to get two big wins in tough buildings on back-to-back nights, Kings goaltender Peter Budaj said. Were going to rest and get ready because this road trip keeps continuing. We have to be sharp because were going to play in some tough buildings.The Kings have won four straight against the Penguins and three of four overall. Toffoli got his eighth goal, and Budaj stopped 39 shots for his third shutout of the season.Toffoli scored on a 3-on-1, taking a pass from defenseman Alec Martinez before skating to the top of the crease and lifting a wrist shot that beat Penguins goaltender Matt Murray to the glove side. Seconds earlier, Penguins forward Phil Kessel missed the net and his stick broke on an attempted shot off the rush, creating the 3-on-1 that led to the winner.I think we got a fortunate bounce with Kessel breaking his stick, Toffoli said. You need some luck on your side and we got that.Murray made his fifth straight start and had 27 saves for the Penguins. Pittsburgh previously won nine of 11 and six straight at home.Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby ended his season-high -- and NHL-best -- nine-game point streak. Crosby leads the league with 21 goals but failed to score in consecutive games for the first time this season. He has points in 20 of 25 games this year.The Penguins sit atop the Metropolitan Division with 44 points and are tied with Chicago for the NHL lead. Pittsburgh scored at least four goals in each of the previous seven games, but the Kings were able to shut down the second-highest scoring team in the league.They did a good job of packing it in and kept us to the outside for the most part, butt we played really well, Murray said.dddddddddddd It was just one of those nights.Los Angeles has six wins in 15 road games this season, compared to 10 wins in 15 home games. The Kings allowed six goals on the first game of the trip, but they have shut it down since, giving up one goal in back-to-back victories.After our game in Buffalo, we really wanted to tighten it up, Toffoli said. Tonight was an example of that and we got the win.Pittsburgh had a 30-15 advantage in shots heading into the third but couldnt get on the board. The Kings outshot Pittsburgh in the third and had the periods only power play, but still the game went scoreless to OT. It was the fourth time in the last five meetings the teams needed overtime against one another.The Penguins played without top defenseman Kris Letang, who is out a couple weeks with a lower-body injury. The Penguins were down to four defensemen at one point in Fridays game after losing Trevor Daley late in the second period and Brian Dumoulin early in the third. Dumoulin returned, but Daley did not.Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said Daley is being evaluated for an upper-body injury.Letang, who had seven assists in his last seven games, was injured in Pittsburghs win against Boston on Wednesday. The Penguins had been 4-1 in five games without Letang this season and 2-8-1 in 11 games missed last season.Pittsburgh recalled Derrick Pouliot from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton to take Letangs spot in the lineup. Pouliot previously played in one game against San Jose earlier this season.Game notes Kings general manager Dean Lombardi said Wednesday that goaltender Jonathan Quick will be out until around mid-February with a groin injury that has sidelined him since October. ... Pittsburgh scratched F Eric Fehr and D Steve Oleksy, while Los Angeles sat F Devin Setoguchi, F Andy Andreoff and D Kevin Gravel. ... Pittsburgh recognized former goaltender Jeff Zatkoff, now on Los Angeles, with a video tribute.UP NEXTKings: Continue their road trip at Boston on Sunday.Penguins: Visit Toronto on Saturday night. ' ' '
