Projected Lineups for Kings vs Wild – 3/17/25

The Los Angeles Kings take on the Minnesota Wild today. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

KINGS (36-20-9) at WILD (37-25-5)

8 p.m. ET; FDSNWI, FDSNNO, FDSNW

Kings projected lineup

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

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

Darcy Kuemper
David Rittich

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

Injured: None

Status report

Kuemper will start his fourth straight.

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Wild projected lineup

Matt Boldy — Marco Rossi — Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson — Frederick Gaudreau — Gustav Nyquist
Marcus Foligno — Ryan Hartman — Vinnie Hinostroza
Yakov Trenin — Devin Shore — Justin Brazeau

Jake Middleton — Brock Faber
Declan Chisholm — Jared Spurgeon
Jon Merrill — Zach Bogosian

Filip Gustavsson
Marc-Andre Fleury

Scratched: David Jiricek, Brendan Gaunce

Injured: Kirill Kaprizov (lower body), Joel Eriksson Ek (lower body), Jonas Brodin (lower body)

Status report

The Wild held an optional morning skate. … Wild coach John Hynes said there would be “a couple” game-time decisions for the lineup but did not provide further detail. … Gustavsson will start for the eighth time in the past nine games.

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