Boston Bruins at Los Angeles KingsOct 17, 2026

Time TBDSaturday, Oct 17, 2026

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Boston BruinsBOS

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Los Angeles KingsLAK

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

Schedule Edge

Edge: LAK +12.3 pts

BOSaway−12.2 pts

Back-to-back · 45 km travel

B2B vs rested LAK −9.3 pts
Backup likely (71%) −2.9 pts

LAKhome+12.3 pts

3 days rest

BOS on a B2B +9.3 pts
BOS backup likely (71%) +3.0 pts

LAK has the schedule edge (+12.3 pts net win probability): bos on a b2b, bos backup likely (71%), b2b vs rested lak, backup likely (71%).

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Boston Bruins

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Michael DiPietro71%
Jeremy Swayman30%
Schedule: Second of a back-to-back
Last game: W 4–3 at WPG · Oct 2

L1Lindholm – Pastrnak – Peterka
10:21
L2Khusnutdinov – Minten – Hagens
9:44
L3Zacha – Geekie – Mittelstadt
9:21
L4Kuraly – Jeannot – Kastelic
6:01
D1Lindholm – Borgen
15:02
D2Aspirot – Lohrei
14:50
D3Clifton – Zadorov
14:33
PP1Pastrnak – Zacha – Geekie – Peterka – Lohrei
2:56

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Los Angeles Kings

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Darcy Kuemper94%
Anton Forsberg6%
Schedule: Rested
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 Oct 17.

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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.