Projected Lineups for the Kings vs Utah – 04/03/25

The Utah Hockey Club welcomes the Los Angeles Kings to the Delta Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others. 

KINGS (42-23-9) at UTAH (34-29-12)

9 p.m. ET; FDSNW, Utah16

Kings Projected Lineup

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

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

Darcy Kuemper
David Rittich

Scratched: Kyle Burroughs, Akil Thomas, Jacob Moverare

Injured: Tanner Jeannot (undisclosed), Alex Turcotte (upper body)

Status Report: 

The Kings, who held an optional morning skate, are expected to dress the same 18 skaters they used in a 4-1 win against the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday.

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Utah Projected Lineup

Clayton Keller — Logan Cooley — Dylan Guenther
Nick Schmaltz — Barrett Hayton — Kailer Yamamoto
Lawson Crouse — Jack McBain — Josh Doan
Alexander Kerfoot — Kevin Stenlund — Nick Bjugstad

Mikhail Sergachev — John Marino
Ian Cole — Sean Durzi
Olli Maatta — Michael Kesselring

Karel Vejmelka
Matt Villalta

Scratched: Robert Bortuzzo, Mattias Maccelli, Michael Carcone, Nick DeSimone

Injured: Liam O’Brien (lower body)

Status Report: 

Maatta will return after missing two games with a lower-body injury.

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