The Kings play their second recreation in back-to-back nights after they defeated the St Louis Blues in time beyond regulation 2-1 to transfer into the final wildcard spot in the west. The Predators are on a 3-game shedding streak and are coming off a 3-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning. With a win immediately, the Kings will be 3 factors forward of the Predators tonight.
Projected Kings Lines
Here are the projected traces for the Kings tonight:
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Artemi Panarin – Anze Kopitar – Adrian Kempe
Trevor Moore – Quinton Byfield – Alex Laferriere
Joel Armia – Scott Laughton – Jared Wright
Mathieu Joseph – Alex Turcotte – Taylor Ward
Brian Dumoulin – Drew Doughty
Joel Edmundson – Brandt Clarke
Mikey Anderson – Cody Ceci
Darcy Kuemper
Anton Forsberg
Projected Predators Lines
Here are the projected traces for the Predators tonight:
Zachary L’Heureux — Ryan O’Reilly – Steven Stamkos
Filip Forsberg – Matthew Wood – Jonathan Marchessault
Tyson Jost – Erik Haula – Luke Evangelista
Reid Schaefer – Fedor Svechkov – Joakim Kemell
Brady Skjei – Roman Josi
Nicolas Hague – Nick Perbix
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Adam Wilsby – Justin Barron
Juuse Saros
Justus Annunen
Line Changes and Injuries
The Kings are doubtless to begin Darcy Kuemper after Anton Forsberg began final evening in the 2-1 time beyond regulation win. For the Nashville Predators, Juuse Saros will doubtless get the begin tonight, and that’s doubtless the solely change the Predators have made to their lineup. The Kings are additionally doubtless to maintain the identical beginning lineup as final evening.
Key Factors
The Kings and the Blues had a really low-scoring recreation final evening, and it labored in the Kings‘ favour, as they had been ready to keep away from panic after the Blues tied it late in the third. The Kings performed a powerful recreation throughout the board yesterday. The offence was the weakest level, however the duo of Panarin and Kempe helped the Kings get on the board, which is one thing to look out for in tonight’s recreation.
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The Kings‘ defence performed a stable recreation yesterday, and in the event that they play as they did towards the Blues, they may discover success towards the Predators. The Kings want to play their recreation as they did in St. Louis, and if it’s a low-scoring recreation, they’ll use their expertise to their benefit and stroll out with a win in an in depth matchup.
Overall, the Predators have extra depth than the Blues, but when the Kings‘ depth gamers can apply strain, it would enable the total crew to construct on that momentum. This is the largest recreation of the season for the Kings, because it might create a spot between them and Nashville for the remaining wildcard spot.
My prediction for tonight’s matchup is a 4-2 Kings win.
