Kings lines
The Los Angeles Kings' lines as deployed against the Bruins (L 1-4) — forward trios, defense pairs, power-play units and who started in net, measured from the league's shift chart.
Next game
Tue, Oct 20, 7:00 PM ET — at the Capitals.
No start projection for this game yet — the model projects goalies about a day out, and the books hang saves lines later than that.
Lines, last two games
- PP1PanarinLWByfieldRWKempeRWLaferriereRWClarkeD3:05
Also dressed: Byfield (RW), Moore (LW), Ceci (D). Laughton also took 1:26 with L1.
- PP1PanarinLWKempeRWByfieldRWLaferriereRWClarkeD3:25
- PP2MooreLWHaulaLWPerryRWGustafssonDDoughtyD1:39
Also dressed: Dumoulin (D), Helenius (C), Lee (LW). Armia also took 1:02 with L1. Laferriere also took 1:28 with L2.
What changed since Tue, Oct 13
New top line: Panarin, Kempe and Laferriere. Moved: Laferriere (L3 → L1), Haula (L3 → L2), Doughty (D2 → D1), Edmundson (D2 → D1), Clarke (D1 → D2) and Gustafsson (D1 → D2).
In net this season
Darcy Kuemper has started 4 of the Kings' 6 games, Anton Forsberg 2. Anton Forsberg started the last one.
| Goalie | GS | GP | SV% | Last start |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darcy Kuemper | 4 | 6 | .844 | Tue, Oct 13 |
| Anton Forsberg | 2 | 6 | .883 | Sat, Oct 17 |
How these lines are built
Every unit above is the group that shared the most five-on-five ice in that game, rebuilt from the NHL's own shift chart. Power plays, penalty kills, four-on-four and empty-net time are cut out, so a top power-play unit can't pass itself off as the first line. Power-play units are measured from power-play time only. The number beside each unit is how long that exact group was on the ice together.
Read it as what the coach did, not as a forecast. A blowout shortens the bench and an injury scrambles everything after it. The full method, and every other club's lines, are on the all-clubs page. Player projections for the Kings live on the shots on goal, points and anytime goal boards.
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