| | 
|
Los Angeles Kings 30-26-19, 79 points | vs. | Toronto Maple Leafs 32-21-13, 77 pts |
Projected Line-ups |
Panarin-Kopitar-Kempe Moore-Byfield-Laferriere Armia-Laughton-Wright Joseph-Helenius-Ward Dumoulin-Doughty Edmundson-Clarke Anderson-Ceci Kuemper | Cowan-Tavares-Nylander Joshua-Domi-Robertson Knies-Groulx-Maccelli Pezzetta-Quillan-Lorentz Rielly-Myers McCabe-Carlo Benoit-Stecher Woll |
Scratches |
Alex Turcotte Jeff Malott Jacob Moverare | | Calle Jarnkrok Oliver Ekman-Larsson |
Injuries |
Kevin Fiala - Lower Body - Injured Reserve Andrei Kuzmenko - Knee - Injured Reserve | | Oliver Ekman-Larsson - Doubtful Auston Matthews - Knee - Injured Reserve Chris Tanev - Abdomen - Injured Reserve |
Game Notes |
| LA -Darcy Kuemper will start for the Kings -LA is currently in the middle of a very tight playoff race for the final spot in the West. San Jose holds that position at the moment with 79 points in 74 games. LA and Nashville are both right behind them with 79 points in 75 games. Making the playoffs will be all the more important to the Kings considering this will be captain Anze Kopitar's final season in the NHL -Artemi Panarin has 7 goals and 20 points in 19 games with the Kings since being acquired from the Rangers before the Olympic break. Former Leaf Scott Laughton isn't quite at those numbers but has a respectable 4 goals and 6 points in 14 games since being traded there at the deadline |
| TOR -Joseph Woll will likely start for the Leafs -OEL of course left Thursday's game with a lower-body injury and was absent from practice on Friday. Berube called him doubtful for the game against the Kings |
Streams |
