Los Angeles Kings at San Jose SharksOct 3, 2026

Time TBDSaturday, Oct 3, 2026

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Los Angeles KingsLAK

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San Jose SharksSJS

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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

2 days rest · 1,491 km travel · -1 h

2 days rest vs 1 day rest

SJShome±0.0 pts

1 day rest

1 day rest vs 2 days rest

No meaningful schedule edge: LAK (2 days rest) at SJS (1 day rest).

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Los Angeles Kings

Goalie: Darcy Kuemper Projected
Start probability: Darcy Kuemper82%Projected
Anton Forsberg18%
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 →

San Jose Sharks

Goalie: Yaroslav Askarov Projected
Start probability: Yaroslav Askarov73%Projected
Alex Nedeljkovic15%
Eric Comrie12%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: W 4–3 vs FLA · Oct 1

L1Marchment – Smith – Celebrini
10:34
L2Wennberg – Graf – Stenberg
10:13
L3Toffoli – Chernyshov – Misa
7:17
L4Goodrow – Sherwood – Ostapchuk
6:43
D1Orlov – Cagnoni
13:38
D2Nurse – Kesselring
12:18
D3Trouba – Allan
12:06
PP1Wennberg – Cagnoni – Smith – Celebrini – Chernyshov
3:37

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

Game day: all games on Oct 3.

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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.