NHL Game Preview: Calgary Flames at Los Angeles Kings with Line Combinations 4/17/2025

NHL Game Preview: Calgary Flames at Los Angeles Kings with Line Combinations 4/17/2025

Calgary Flames (40-27-14, 94 Pts) at Los Angeles Kings (48-24-9, 105 Pts)

Venue: crypto.com Arena
Date: Thursday, April 17
Time: 9:30 pm EST
TV: ESPN+/SNW/FDSN W 
Radio:
Calgary – Sportsnet 96.0
Los Angeles – 710 ESPN

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Calgary:  +1.5 ML +130
Los Angeles: -1.5 ML -110
O/U 5.5

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Calgary Flames News & Notes: 

The Flames are coming off their third straight win with a 5-4 shootout victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday. Despite the win, they were eliminated from making the Stanley Cup playoffs with the Minnesota Wild and St. Louis Blues winning their respective games.

Los Angeles Kings News & Notes:

The Kings come into this on a four-game winning streak and have won eight of their last nine games. They are averaging 4.7 goals per game while allowing 1.8 goals per game. Since March 8th, they are 17-4-0 one of the hottest teams in the league, and they will face the Edmonton Oilers for the fourth consecutive season in the first round of the playoffs, hoping to turn the tide and advance to the second round for the first time since 2013-14 when they won the Stanley Cup.

Calgary Flames Projected Lines:

Huberdeau-Kadri-Klapka
Coleman-Backlund-Coronato
Sharangovich -Frost-Pospisil
Lomberg-Rooney-Farabee

Hanley-Weegar
Bahl-Andersson
Bean-Pachal

Wolf
Vladar

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Los Angeles Kings Projected Lines:

Kuzmenko-Turcotte-Kempe
Foegele-Danault-Moore
Fiala-Laferriere-Malott
Thomas-Helenius-Lewis

Gavrikov-Spence
Moverare-Clarke
Jones-Burroughs

Kuemper
Rittich

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Players To Watch:

Calgary Flames

Matthew Coronato this season has 46 points on 24 goals and 22 assists. He’s faced the Kings four times in his career recording three points on a goal and two assists which came this season in two meetings.   

Los Angeles Kings

Trevor Moore this season has 40 points on 18 goals and 22 assists. He’s faced the Flames 15 times in his career recording six points on two goals and four assists; he scored a goal in one of the two previous meetings this season.  

Injury Report:

Calgary Flames

F Anthony Mantha – IR
F Connor Zary – DTD

Los Angeles Kings

D Joel Edmundson – DTD
F Tanner Jeannot – Out
D Drew Doughty – Out
F Quinton Byfield – DTD
D Mikey Anderson – Out
F Anze Kopitar – Out

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Calgary – None    
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