NHL Game Preview: Minnesota Wild at Los Angeles Kings with Line Combinations 12/7/2024

Quinton Byfield #55 lines up for a faceoff for the Los Angeles Kings
Quinton Byfield #55 lines up for a faceoff Photo Credit: Harry How / Getty Images

Minnesota Wild (18-4-4, 40 pts) at Los Angeles Kings (15-8-3, 33 pts)
Venue: Crypto.com Arena
Date: Saturday, December 7
Time: 8:00 CT / 10:00 pm PT

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

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Minnesota Wild +1.5 ML +140
Los Angeles Kings -1.5 ML -165
O/U 5.5

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Minnesota Wild News & Notes:

The Wild have won five games in a row and are 7-2-1 in their last ten games. Minnesota is 11-1-3 on the road this season. When the Wild score three or more goals they are 16-1-2. Minnesota has allowed the fewest goals in the league with only 61 in 26 games.

Los Angeles Kings News & Notes:

The Kings have won four straight games and are 9-2-1 at home this season. Los Angeles is 6-4-0 in their last ten games. The Kings are 5-1-2 in one-goal games this season. LA has a +9 goal differential this season. The Kings won the first meeting between these teams 5-1 in Minnesota.

Minnesota Wild Projected Lines:

KaprizovRossiBoldy
JohanssonHartmanFoligno
Shore-Gaudreau-Trenin
Jones-Khusnutdinov-Johnson

Middleton-Faber
Chisholm-Spurgeon
Merrill-Bogosian

Fleury
Gustavsson

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Los Angeles Kings Projected Lines:

Moore-KopitarKempe
Fiala-Danault-Laferriere
Foegele-ByfieldJeannot
Turcotte-Helenius-Thomas

Anderson-Gavrikov
Edmunson-Clarke
Moverare-Spence

Kuemper
Rittich

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Players To Watch:

Minnesota Wild

Marco Rossi has nine points in his last ten games and points in four straight games. The 23-year-old Austrian has 23 points (9g, 14a) in 26 games this season which is third on the Wild.

Los Angeles Kings

Warren Foegele had the game-winning goal and added an assist in the Kings 3-2 victory over the Dallas Stars on Wednesday night. Foegele has 13 points (7g, 6a) on the season for the Kings. The Markham, Ontario native had a goal in the first meeting between these two teams.

Injury Report:

Minnesota Wild

D Jonas Brodin – IR
C Joel Eriksson Ek – IR
RW Mats Zuccarello – IR
C Jakob Lauko – IR

Los Angeles Kings

D Drew Doughty – LTIR – Month to Month
RW Arthur Kaliyev – IR
C Trevor Lewis – IR

Next Game:

Minnesota Wild – December 10 at Utah HC
Los Angeles Kings – December 10 at New York Islanders

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