Toronto Maple Leafs @ Los Angeles Kings
07:00 PM at Crypto.com Arena
Watch on: CBC, SN, FDSNW

The Leafs last game was away on March 27 against the San Jose Sharks, which Toronto lost by a score of 6-5 in shootout. The Leafs have a record of 43-25-4 for a 0.625 Points %.

The Los Angeles Kings last played away on March 27 against the Colorado Avalanche. The Kings lost by a score of 4-0 in regulation, and their current league record is 40-22-9 for a 0.627 Points %.

Them

The Kings are in a comfortable playoff spot, the same as the Leafs, although first place is out of reach. They are currently second to Vegas and just ahead of the Oilers, but it's nearly impossible for Vancouver to move up into the top three. They just need to hold their position to get home ice against Edmonton in the playoffs.

The Kings are second only to the Hurricanes in Expected Goals at five-on-five. They have a better all-situations Save % than the Leafs, and their main problem seems to be scoring goals. Their team Shooting % is only average and their power play is mediocre by Expected Goals rate and they score under that rate by quite a bit.

Because this is an afternoon game locally, with at start at 4 pm, there won't be morning skates. Both teams are coming in off of road games, so there wasn't a Kings practice yesterday.

Lines

Last Game (2025-03-27) via Daily Faceoff

Andrei Kuzmenko - Anze Kopitar - Adrian Kempe
Kevin Fiala - Quinton Byfield - Alex Laferriere
Warren Foegele - Phillip Danault - Trevor Moore
Jeff Malott - Samuel Helenius - Trevor Lewis

Mikey Anderson - Drew Doughty
Vladislav Gavrikov - Jordan Spence
Joel Edmundson - Brandt Clarke

Darcy Kuemper - presumed starter
David Rittich

Us

Pontus Holmberg is supposed to draw in per Craig Berube, the forward coming out is yet to be determined. Otherwise, the lines will likely be unchanged.

Lines

Last Game (2025-03-27) via Daily Faceoff

Matthew Knies - Auston Matthews - Mitch Marner
Bobby McMann - John Tavares - William Nylander
Scott Laughton - Max Domi - Nicholas Robertson
Steven Lorentz - David Kämpf - Calle Järnkrok

Morgan Rielly - Brandon Carlo
Jake McCabe - Chris Tanev
Simon Benoit - Oliver Ekman-Larsson

Anthony Stolarz - starter
Joe Woll

The Game

The Kings are a tough team to play that keeps the goal totals low at both ends of the rink. The Leafs need some game breaking offence and a good performance in net tonight.

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