Toronto Maple Leafs at Los Angeles KingsDec 30, 2026

Time TBDWednesday, Dec 30, 2026

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Toronto Maple LeafsTOR

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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 +12.6 pts

TORaway−12.5 pts

Back-to-back · 45 km travel

B2B vs rested LAK −9.3 pts
Backup likely (78%) −3.2 pts

LAKhome+12.6 pts

1 day rest · 1,740 km travel

TOR on a B2B +9.3 pts
TOR backup likely (78%) +3.3 pts

LAK has the schedule edge (+12.6 pts net win probability): tor on a b2b, tor backup likely (78%), b2b vs rested lak, backup likely (78%).

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Toronto Maple Leafs

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Anthony Stolarz39%
Elvis Merzlikins39%
Sergei Bobrovsky22%
Schedule: Second of a back-to-back
Last game: W 2–1 vs NYI · Sep 30

L1Roslovic – Matthews – Marchenko
9:16
L2Tavares – Nylander – McKenna
9:10
L3Blueger – Duhaime – Groulx
6:35
L4Sissons – Paul – Cowan
5:54
D1Rielly – Raddysh
13:05
D2Tanev – McCabe
12:08
D3Ekman-Larsson – Stecher
8:31
PP1Tavares – Nylander – Raddysh – Matthews – Marchenko
4:26

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Los Angeles Kings

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Darcy Kuemper84%
Anton Forsberg16%
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 Dec 30.

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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.