Projected Lineups for the Kings vs Golden Knights – 3/9/25

The Los Angeles Kings take on the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

KINGS (32-20-9) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (38-18-6)

8 p.m. ET; FDSNW, SCRIPPS

Kings projected lineup

Andrei Kuzmenko — Anze Kopitar — Adrian Kempe
Kevin Fiala — Quinton Byfield — Alex Laferriere
Warren Foegele — Phillip Danault — Trevor Moore
Tanner Jeannot — Samuel Helenius — Alex Turcotte

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

David Rittich
Darcy Kuemper

Scratched: Kyle Burroughs, Akil Thomas, Jacob Moverare, Trevor Lewis

Injured: None

Status report

Neither team held a morning skate. … The Kings will use the same lineup from a 2-1 overtime win against the St. Louis Blues on Saturday.

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Golden Knights projected lineup

Tanner Pearson — Jack Eichel — Mark Stone
Brandon Saad — Tomas Hertl — Pavel Dorofeyev
Ivan Barbashev — Brett Howden — Keegan Kolesar
Victor Olofsson — Nicolas Roy — Reilly Smith

Nicolas Hague — Alex Pietrangelo
Noah Hanifin — Zach Whitecloud
Brayden McNabb – Kaedan Korczak

Adin Hill
Ilya Samsonov

Scratched: Ben Hutton, Cole Schwindt

Injured: William Karlsson (lower body), Raphael Lavoie (upper body), (lower body), Shea Theodore (upper body)

Status report

Olofsson, a forward, is a game-time decision; if he is unable to play, Schwindt will enter the lineup.

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