NHL Game Preview: Los Angeles Kings at Pittsburgh Penguins with Line Combinations 12/17/2024

Sidney Crosby skating for the Pittsburgh Penguins
PHOTO COURTESY PITTSBURGH PENGUINS

Los Angeles Kings (18-9-3, 39 pts) at Pittsburgh Penguins (13-14-5, 31 pts)
Venue: PPG Paints Arena
Date: Tuesday, December 17
Time: 4:00 pm PT / 7:00 pm ET

TV: ESPN+ / FDSW / FDSW
Radio:
Los Angeles Kings – ESPN Radio 710 AM
Pittsburgh Penguins – 105.9 The X

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Los Angeles Kings -1.5 ML -145
Pittsburgh Penguins +1.5 ML +120
O/U 5.5

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Los Angeles Kings News & Notes:

The Kings have won four of their last five games, including a 5-1 victory over the New York Rangers on Saturday. Los Angeles is 8-7-2 on the road and 8-2-0 in its last ten games. The Kings are 5-1-2 in one-goal games this season. Los Angeles has a +16 goal differential this season.

Pittsburgh Penguins News & Notes:

The Penguins lost 3-2 in Overtime on Saturday. Pittsburgh is 8-7-2 at home this season and is 6-3-1 in their last ten games. The Penguins are 11-3-2 when they score three or more goals in a game. Pittsburgh has a -24 goal differential this season but has been finding ways to win lately.

Los Angeles Kings Projected Lines:

Turcotte-Kopitar-Kempe
Fiala-Danault-Laferriere
Foegele-Byfield-Jeannot
Burroughs-Helenius-Thomas

Anderson-Gavrikov
Edmunson-Clarke
Moverare-Spence

Kuemper
Rittich

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Pittsburgh Penguins Projected Lineup:

Rakell-Crosby-Rust
Bunting-Malkin-Thomasino
Beauvillier-Glass-O’Connor
Nieto-Lizotte-Acciari

Pickering-Letang
Grzelcyk-Karlsson
Graves-Shea

Jarry
Nedeljkovic

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Players To Watch:

Los Angeles Kings

Adrian Kempe has had multi-point games in three of his last four games. Kempe has 30 points this season for the Kings with 15 goals and 15 assists. The 28-year-old native of Ornskoldsvik, Sweden, is second on the Kings in scoring this season but does lead the Kings in goals and +/- with a +16.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Sidney Crosby leads the Penguins in scoring this season with 30 points (8g, 22a) in 32 games. Crosby has gone nine games without a goal but is still finding a way to produce with nine assists over that same nine-game span.

Injury Report:

Los Angeles Kings

LW Trevor Moore – Day To Day 
D Drew Doughty – LTIR
RW Arthur Kaliyev – IR
C Trevor Lewis – IR

Pittsburgh Penguins

None

Next Game:

Los Angeles Kings – December 19 at Philadelphia Flyers
Pittsburgh Penguins – December 19 at Nashville Predators

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