Los Angeles Kings at Pittsburgh PenguinsDec 17, 2026

Time TBDThursday, Dec 17, 2026

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Los Angeles KingsLAK

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

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

Schedule Edge

No schedule edge

LAKaway±0.0 pts

1 day rest · 332 km travel

PIThome±0.0 pts

1 day rest

No meaningful schedule edge: LAK (1 day rest) at PIT (1 day rest).

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Los Angeles Kings

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Darcy Kuemper81%
Anton Forsberg19%
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

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

Pittsburgh Penguins

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Arturs Silovs85%
Sergei Murashov15%
Schedule: Rested · plays again tomorrow
Last game: W 7–0 at PHI · Sep 30

L1Crosby – Rakell – Robertson
10:08
L2Malkin – Novak – Chinakhov
9:32
L3Dewar – Lizotte – Soderblom
7:10
L4Hallander – Lapierre – Koivunen
6:28
D1Girard – Korczak
14:31
D2Letang – van Riemsdyk
13:40
D3Karlsson – Carlile
11:08
PP1Crosby – Karlsson – Rakell – Novak – Chinakhov
4:41

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

Game day: all games on Dec 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.