Minnesota Wild at Los Angeles KingsDec 3, 2026

Time TBDThursday, Dec 3, 2026

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Minnesota WildMIN

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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

MINaway−2.3 pts

1 day rest · 45 km travel

Backup likely (56%) −2.3 pts

LAKhome+2.4 pts

1 day rest

MIN backup likely (56%) +2.4 pts

LAK has the schedule edge (+2.3 pts net win probability): min backup likely (56%), backup likely (56%).

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Minnesota Wild

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Jesper Wallstedt44%
Filip Gustavsson34%
Calvin Pickard21%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: W 3–1 at NSH · Oct 1

L1Hartman – Trenin – Brink
7:33
L2Foligno – Foligno – McCarron
7:13
L3Coleman – Eriksson Ek – Boldy
6:14
L4Kaprizov – Yurov – Shabanov
5:53
D1Spurgeon – Hughes
13:16
D2Brodin – Maatta
9:43
D3Bogosian – Hunt
7:57
PP1Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Hughes – Boldy – Shabanov
5:28

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Los Angeles Kings

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Darcy Kuemper88%
Anton Forsberg12%
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 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.