St. Louis Blues at Los Angeles KingsApr 3, 2027

Time TBDSaturday, Apr 3, 2027

away

St. Louis BluesSTL

home

Los Angeles KingsLAK

Preview

Probable goalies, start odds, schedule edge and each team's lines from its last game.

Schedule Edge

Edge: STL +13.1 pts

STLaway+10.9 pts

1 day rest · 2,555 km travel · -2 h

LAK on a B2B +9.3 pts
2 h time-zone change −1.0 pts
LAK backup likely (62%) +2.6 pts

LAKhome−15.4 pts

Back-to-back · 1,337 km travel · -1 h

B2B vs rested STL −9.3 pts
B2B after 1,337 km −3.5 pts
Backup likely (62%) −2.6 pts

STL has the schedule edge (+13.1 pts net win probability): lak on a b2b, 2 h time-zone change, lak backup likely (62%), b2b vs rested stl, b2b after 1,337 km, backup likely (62%).

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St. Louis Blues

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Joel Hofer55%
Jordan Binnington45%
Schedule: Rested · plays again tomorrow
Last game: W 5–3 at UTA · Apr 16

L1Walker – Toropchenko – Finley
12:59
L2Thomas – Holloway – Snuggerud
12:10
L3Berggren – Neighbours – Dvorsky
11:26
L4Buchnevich – Kyrou – Suter
10:50
D1Broberg – Mailloux
17:24
D2Holl – Tucker
16:21
D3Fowler – Parayko
15:39
PP1Thomas – Broberg – Holloway – Neighbours – Snuggerud
1:05

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Los Angeles Kings

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Anton Forsberg62%
Darcy Kuemper38%
Schedule: Second of a back-to-back
Last game: L 4–8 at COL · Sep 30

L1Kempe – Panarin – Byfield
11:56
L2Zuccarello – Turcotte – Laferriere
10:27
L3Haula – Laughton – Moore
7:55
L4Armia – Lee – Helenius
6:17
D1Ceci – Anderson
12:13
D2Doughty – Dumoulin
11:38
D3Edmundson – Clarke
10:43
PP1Zuccarello – Kempe – Panarin – Byfield – Clarke
4:58

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Game day: all games on Apr 3.

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.