Vegas Golden Knights at Los Angeles KingsApr 8, 2027

Time TBDThursday, Apr 8, 2027

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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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 +2.3 pts

VGKaway−2.2 pts

1 day rest · 363 km travel

Backup likely (55%) −2.2 pts

LAKhome+2.3 pts

1 day rest · 45 km travel

VGK backup likely (55%) +2.3 pts

LAK has the schedule edge (+2.3 pts net win probability): vgk backup likely (55%), backup likely (55%).

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Vegas Golden Knights

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Carter Hart46%
Adin Hill32%
Carl Lindbom22%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: W 5–2 vs CHI · Sep 29

L1Karlsson – Marner – Howden
12:18
L2Stone – Barbashev – Eichel
11:01
L3Hertl – Olofsson – Connelly
8:37
L4Dowd – Gatcomb – Bowman
6:34
D1Andersson – Wotherspoon
15:38
D2Hanifin – Lauzon
15:09
D3McNabb – Theodore
14:38
PP1Stone – Hertl – Theodore – Eichel – Marner
3:31

Projected VGK lines →·VGK goalies →·Goalie start planner →

Los Angeles Kings

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Darcy Kuemper86%
Anton Forsberg14%
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 Apr 8.

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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.