Projected Lineups for Kings vs. Blackhawks – 10/26/25

The Los Angeles Kings take on the Chicago Blackhawks at the United Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others. 

KINGS (3-3-3) at BLACKHAWKS (4-2-2)

7 p.m. ET; FDSNW, CHSN

Kings projected lineup

Andrei Kuzmenko — Anze Kopitar — Adrian Kempe
Kevin Fiala — Quinton Byfield — Alex Laferriere
Warren Foegele — Phillip Danault — Trevor Moore
Joel Armia — Alex Turcotte — Corey Perry

Brian Dumoulin — Drew Doughty
Joel Edmundson — Brandt Clarke
Mikey Anderson — Cody Ceci

Anton Forsberg
Darcy Kuemper

Scratched: Jacob Moverare, Jeff Malott

Injured: Kyle Burroughs (upper body)

Status report

The Kings did not hold a morning skate following their 5-4 shootout loss at the Nashville Predators on Saturday. The only expected lineup change is Forsberg getting the start after Kuemper made 21 saves against the Predators.

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Blackhawks projected lineup

Ilya Mikheyev — Connor Bedard — Andre Burakovsky
Teuvo Teravainen — Frank Nazar — Ryan Donato
Colton Dach– Ryan Greene–– Jason Dickinson
Landon Slaggert — Nick Foligno

Alex Vlasic — Sam Rinzel
Wyatt Kaiser — Artyom Levshunov
Matt Grzelcyk — Connor Murphy
Louis Crevier

Arvid Soderblom
Spencer Knight

Scratched: Sam Lafferty

Injured: Tyler Bertuzzi (undisclosed)

Status report

Bertuzzi, a forward, did not practice Saturday or take part in the morning skate and will miss a game for the first time this season. … Soderblom will play for the first time since Oct. 15 after Knight made three straight starts.

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