Projected Lineups for Kraken vs Kings – 4/7/25

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

KRAKEN (33-38-6) at KINGS (44-23-9)

10:30 p.m. ET; FDSNW, KHN, KONG

Kraken projected lineup

Jani Nyman — Matty Beniers — Kaapo Kakko
Jaden Schwartz — Chandler Stephenson — Jordan Eberle
Jared McCann — Shane Wright — Andre Burakovsky
Eeli Tolvanen — John Hayden — Mikey Eyssimont

Vince Dunn — Adam Larsson
Ryker Evans — Brandon Montour
Jamie Oleksiak — Josh Mahura

Joey Daccord
Philipp Grubauer

Scratched: Cale Fleury, Tye Kartye

Injured: None

Status report:

The Kraken are likely to use the same lineup from their 5-1 win at the San Jose Sharks on Saturday. 

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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 — Vladislav Gavrikov
Jacob Moverare — Jordan Spence
Joel Edmundson — Brandt Clarke

Darcy Kuemper
David Rittich

Scratched: Kyle Burroughs, Akil Thomas

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

Status Report:

Doughty, a defenseman, is questionable; he did not practice Sunday after missing the last 7:46 of the third period in a 3-0 win against the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday.

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