NHL Game Preview: Los Angeles Kings at Boston Bruins 10/12/2024

Inside The Rink Game Day Preview

Los Angeles Kings (1-0-0) at Boston Bruins (1-1-0)
Date: Saturday, October 12
TD Garden – Boston, MA
Time: 1:00 pm EST

TV: NESN (Boston), Bally Sports West (LA)
Radio: 98.5 The Sports Hub (Boston), ESPN Radio 710 (LA)

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Los Angeles +1.5 ML +124
Boston -1.5 ML -148
O/U 5.5

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Los Angeles Kings Notes:

The Kings won their opener in Buffalo 3-1, and Darcy Kuemper made 32 saves in the victory. Los Angeles was outshot and outplayed for large portions of the game but put together a solid third period to get the win.

Boston Bruins Notes:

The Bruins defeated the Canadiens 6-4 in their home opener. Mark Kastelic scored two goals, and Cole Koepke had a goal and two assists. Center Matt Poitras makes his season debut tonight after a minor injury.

Los Angeles Kings Lineup:

Laferriere-Kopitar-Kempe
Fiala-Byfield-Foegele
Jeannot-Danault-Moore
Lee-Turcotte-Lewis

Anderson-Spence
Edmundson-Clarke
Gavrikov-Burroughs

Kuemper
Rittich

Boston Bruins Lineup:

Zacha-E. Lindholm-Pastrnak
Marchand-Coyle-Geekie
Frederic-Poitras-Brazeau
Beecher-Kastelic-Koepke

Zadorov-McAvoy
Lindholm-Carlo
Lohrei-Peeke

Swayman
Korpisalo

Players To Watch:

Los Angeles – Center Anze Kopitar scored a natural hat trick in the season-opening win over Buffalo. The 37-year-old has totaled 422 goals and 792 assists in 1,374 regular season games in his career. Kopitar is also a two-time Selke Award winner for Best Defensive Forward.

Boston – Elias Lindholm has four points (1 goal and 3 assists) in his first two games with Boston. Lindholm has won 53 percent of his faceoffs over his career but is just 9 for 22 this season. David Pastrnak has scored a goal in each of the first two games. His goal on Thursday night was the 350th regular season tally of his career.

Injuries:

Los Angeles – Drew Doughty (Ankle – LTIR)
Boston – None

Next game

Los Angeles – October 14 at Ottawa at 1 pm EST.
Boston – October 14 vs Florida at 1 pm EST.

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