On Wednesday, the Vegas Golden Knights (21-11-12) play the first half of a back-to-back. They’ve won four in a row and will look to keep rolling against a Pacific Division rival. They’ll face the Los Angeles Kings (19-16-10) at Crypto.com Arena.
Puck drop is scheduled for 7:08 p.m. PST.
The Golden Knights last played on Sunday against the San Jose Sharks. They rolled to a dominant 7-2 win, and Tomáš Hertl enjoyed a five-point night against his former team.
The Kings last played on Monday against the Dallas Stars. They allowed a go-ahead goal late in the third period and fell 3-1.
Akira Schmid starts in net for the Golden Knights. Schmid has a record of 0-0-0 and an average save percentage of 1.000 in one career game against the Kings.
Darcy Kuemper starts in net for the Kings. Kuemper has a record of 8-7-3 and an average save percentage of .927 in 19 career games against the Golden Knights.
Golden Knights Lines
Ivan Barbashev — Jack Eichel — Mark Stone
Pavel Dorofeyev — Mitch Marner — Reilly Smith
Alexander Holtz — Tomáš Hertl — Keegan Kolesar
Cole Reinhardt — Colton Sissons — Braedan Bowman
Defense
Jeremy Lauzon — Shea Theodore
Noah Hanifin — Zach Whitecloud
Ben Hutton — Kaedan Korczak
Goaltenders: Akira Schmid / Carl Lindbom
Kings Lines
Jeff Malott — Alex Laferriere — Adrian Kempe
Warren Foegele — Quinton Byfield — Taylor Ward
Kevin Fiala — Alex Turcotte — Andrei Kuzmenko
Andre Lee — Samuel Helenius
Defense
Mikey Anderson — Drew Doughty
Joel Edmundson — Brandt Clarke
Brian Dumoulin — Cody Ceci
Jacob Moverare
Goaltenders: Darcy Kuemper / Anton Forsberg
Special Teams
VGK power play: 26.1%, 4th
VGK penalty kill: 82.1%, 8th
Kings power play: 16.3%, 27th
Kings penalty kill: 76.8%, 28th
Golden Knights Game Notes
The Golden Knights lost their first game against the Kings this season in a shootout despite heroics from Pavel Dorofeyev. They have a record of 18-15-4 against the Kings all-time.
The Golden Knights have lost four straight against LA. They have allowed at least five goals in all four of those losses.
Tomáš Hertl was recently named first star of the week with three goals and nine points in four games played.
Jack Eichel leads the Golden Knights in scoring this season. Eichel has seven goals and 23 points in 22 career games against the Kings.
Adrian Kempe leads the Kings in scoring with 15 goals and 35 points in games played. Kempe has 10 goals and 29 points in 37 career games against the Golden Knights.
The Kings will be without Anže Kopitar tonight, who is the all-time leader in goals, assists, and points against the Golden Knights.
Although his goal streak ended at seven games, Mark Stone is on an eight-game point streak and has seven goals and 12 points over that stretch.
The Golden Knights have a record of 11-5-6 on the road this season; the Kings are 7-10-5 at home.
How to Watch
TV: TNT, truTV
Streaming: HBO MAX
Radio: FOX Sports Las Vegas 94.7/1340
