NHL Game Preview: Carolina Hurricanes at Los Angeles Kings with Line Combinations 3/22/2025

NHL Game Preview: Carolina Hurricanes at Los Angeles Kings with Line Combinations 3/22/2025

Carolina Hurricanes (42-22-4, 86 pts) at Los Angeles Kings (37-21-9, 83 Pts)

Venue: crypto.com Arena
Date: Saturday, March 22
Time: 4:00 pm EST
TV: ESPN+/FDSS/FDSN W 
Radio:
Carolina – The Fan 99.9 FM
Los Angeles – 710 ESPN

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Carolina: -1.5 ML -117
Los Angeles: +1.5 ML -105
O/U 5.5

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Carolina Hurricanes News & Notes: 

The Hurricanes picked up their eighth straight win and their ninth in their last ten with a 3-1 win over the San Jose Sharks. They are averaging 3.3 goals per game while allowing an average of 1.5 goals per game. Seth Jarvis extended his point streak to six games and in that span, he has four goals and two assists. Pyotr Kochetkov has not lost since February 22nd going 5-0-0 posting a 1.19 goals-against average and a .948 save percentage. Frederik Andersen is 4-1-0 in March with a 1.61 goals-against average and a .938 save percentage.

Los Angeles Kings News & Notes:

The Kings got back in the win column with a 3-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday. They’ve now won six of their last seven and are averaging 2.9 goals per game while allowing 1.6 goals per game. Darcy Kuemper is 5-2-1 in March with a 1.36 goals-against average, a .941 save percentage, and two shutouts.

Carolina Hurricanes Projected Lines:

Jarvis-Aho-Blake
Hall-Kotkaniemi-Roslovic
Martinook-Staal-Stankoven
Robinson-Jankowski-Jost

Slavin-Burns
Gostisbehere-Orlov
Walker-Chatfield

Andersen
Kochetkov

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Los Angeles Kings Projected Lines:

Kuzmenko-Kopitar-Kempe
Fiala-Byfield-Laferriere
Foegele-Danault-Moore
Jeannot-Helenius-Turcotte

Anderson-Doughty
Gavrikov-Spence
Edmunson-Clarke

Kuemper
Rittich

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Players To Watch:

Carolina Hurricanes

Brent Burns this season has 24 points on five goals and 19 assists. He’s faced the Kings 78 times in his career recording 55 points on 19 goals and 36 assists; he recorded an assist in the previous meeting this season.

Los Angeles Kings

Phillip Danault this season has 34 points on six goals and 28 assists. He’s faced the Hurricanes 20 times in his career recording 11 points on four goals and seven assists; in the previous meeting he scored a goal and added an assist.

Injury Report:

Carolina Hurricanes

RW Andrei Svechnikov – DTD 
LW William Carrier – OUT 
RW Jesper Fast – LTIR 

Los Angeles Kings

None

Next Game

Carolina – March 23 at Anaheim Ducks  
Los Angeles– March 23 vs. Boston Bruins

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