NHL Game Preview: Los Angeles Kings at Minnesota Wild with Line Combinations 11/5/2024

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Los Angeles Kings (6-3-3, 15 pts) at Minnesota Wild (8-1-2, 18 pts)
Venue: Xcel Energy Center
Date: Tuesday, November 5
Time: 5:00 pm PT / 7:00 pm CT 

TV: ESPN+ / FDSN / FDSW
Radio: 
Los Angeles – ESPN Radio 710 AM
Minnesota – KFAN 100.3 FM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Los Angeles +1.5 ML +135
Minnesota -1.5 ML -160
O/U 6.5

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Los Angeles Kings News & Notes:

Los Angeles is in 2nd place in the Pacific Division behind the 1st place Vegas Golden Knights. The Kings have struggled on special teams early in the 2024-25 season, LA is 21st in the NHL on the power play converting 16.7% of their chances, and is 19th with a 77.1% penalty kill percentage.

Minnesota Wild News & Notes:

Minnesota started the 2023-24 season with a 3-5-2 record in the first ten games. What a difference a year makes, the Wild have started the 2024-25 season with an 8-1-2 record and are only trailing the white-hot Winnipeg Jets in the Central Division. Minnesota is 3rd in the league in goals against with 28 and is 9th in goal scoring with 41 goals on the season.

Los Angeles Kings Projected Lines:

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

Anderson-Gavrikov
Edmunson-Clarke
Jones-Spence

Kuemper
Rittich

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Minnesota Wild Projected Lines:

Kaprizov-Rossi-Zuccarello
Johansson-Eriksson Ek-Boldy
Foligno-Gaudreau-Trenin
Lauko-Khusnutdinov-Hartman

Middleton-Faber
Brodin-Spurgeon
Chisholm-Bogosian

Gustavsson
Fleury

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Players To Watch:

Los Angeles Kings

Brandt Clarke has been an offensive threat for LA since he was drafted with the 8th pick in the first round of the 2021 NHL draft. Clarke has 3 goals and 16 assists for 19 points in 37 career NHL games. The 21-year-old defenseman is in his first full year with the Kings and is having a breakout season with 11 points (1g, 10a) in 12 games.

Minnesota Wild

Matt Boldy has goals in two straight games. The 23-year-old former Boston College Eagle scored in overtime to defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-1 on Sunday night and had the game-winner in a 5-3 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on November 1. Boldy is second on the team in scoring with 13 points (6g, 7a) in 11 games this season.

Injury Report:

Los Angeles Kings

D Drew Doughty – LTIR – Month to Month
RW Arthur Kaliyev – IR – Est. return November 29

Minnesota Wild

None

Next game:

Los Angeles Kings – November 7 vs. Vancouver Canucks
Minnesota Wild – November 7 at San Jose Sharks

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