NHL Game Preview: Colorado Avalanche at Los Angeles Kings with Line Combinations 4/12/2025

NHL Game Preview: Colorado Avalanche at Los Angeles Kings with Line Combinations 4/12/2025

Colorado Avalanche  (48-28-4, 100 Pts) at Los Angeles Kings (45-24-9, 99 Pts)

Venue: crypto.com Arena
Date: Saturday, April 12
Time: 4:00 pm EST
TV: ESPN+/FDSNMW/FDSN W 
Radio:
Colorado – Altitude Sports Radio 92.5 FM / 950 AM
Los Angeles – 710 ESPN

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Colorado:  +1.5 ML +160
Los Angeles: -1.5 ML -192
O/U 5.5

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Colorado Avalanche News & Notes:

The Avalanche suffered a 4-1 loss to the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night. They are 3-2-0 in their last five games, averaging 3.6 goals per game while allowing 3.2 goals per game. They are still trying to control that third spot in the Central Division.

Los Angeles Kings News & Notes:

The Kings are 4-1-0 in April, most recently winning 6-1 against the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday. They are averaging 3.6 goals per game while allowing 1.2 goals per game. They are six points behind the Pacific Division lead with four games left in the regular season.

Colorado Avalanche Projected Lines

Kiviranta-Necas-Nichushkin
Lehkonen -Nelson-O’Connor
Wood-Coyle-Vesey
Kelly-Drury-Wagner

Toews-Makar
Girard-Malinski
Middleton-Johnson

Wedgewood
Blackwood

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Los Angeles Kings Projected Lines:

Kuzmenko-Kopitar-Kempe
Fiala-Byfield-Laferriere
Foegele-Danault-Moore
Malott-Helenius-Lewis

Anderson-Clarke
Spence-Gavrikov
Moverare-Burroughs

Kuemper
Rittich

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Players To Watch:

Colorado Avalanche

Martin Necas this season has 81 points on 27 goals and 54 assists. In 28 games with Colorado, he has 26 points on 11 goals and 15 assists. He’s faced the Kings eight times in his career, recording eight points on five goals and three assists; in his lone meeting against Los Angeles this season, he scored two goals and added an assist.   

Los Angeles Kings

Adrian Kempe this season has 67 points on 33 goals and 34 assists. He’s faced the Avalanche 28 times in his career, recording 14 points on nine goals and five assists; he has two goals in one of the two games this season.

Injury Report:

Colorado Avalanche

LW Gabriel Landeskog – IR
D Tucker Poolman – IR
D Ryan Lindgren – DTD
C Ross Colton – DTD
LW Jonathan Drouin – DTD
C Nathan MacKinnon – DTD

Los Angeles Kings

F Alex Turcotte – DTD
D Drew Doughty – DTD
F Alex Turcotte – DTD
D Joel Edmundson – DTD

Next Game

Colorado – April 13 at Anaheim Ducks    
Los Angeles– April 14 at Edmonton Oilers

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