Before taking off for Quebec City on Tuesday morning, the Kings will take a much shorter trip down the 5 Freeway on Monday evening for a second consecutive preseason matchup with the Anaheim Ducks. It will also mark the final time they’ll play a game on U.S. soil until opening night.
Coming off a 3-2 victory on Saturday — where LA’s projected top line of Alex Laferriere, Anze Kopitar, and Adrian Kempe combined for all three tallies — there will be a different lineup used for the club’s fourth preseason game. Part of the reasoning here is simply timing, as the organization made a bevy of roster moves on Sunday in advance of the Ontario Reign opening up AHL camp today:
Even with a limited number of regular players involved tonight, Hiller will still be looking for his squad to continue building confidence and chemistry with the regular season only 10 days away. However, most of the true camp battles — largely for the fourth line and one defensive spot — will be decided when the Kings finish up training camp in Canada.
For more information on the Kings roster for Quebec City see here.
Statistically Speaking
— Alex Laferriere has power play goals in back-to-back games.
Kings Projected Lineup vs. Ducks
The following players have been confirmed for the trip to Ontario; we’ve initially aligned them using some of what coach Jim Hiller has been showing during camp thus far. Article will be updated during pregame warmups should there be any tweaks.
Fiala – Byfield – Foegele
Jeannot – Danault – Moore
Turcotte – Thomas – Fagemo
Lee – Helenius – Parker-Jones
Gavrikov – Spence
Edmundson – Anderson
Englund – Moverare
Kuemper (starter)
Rittich
Possible scratches: none
Key Game Info
Puck drop is set for 7:00 pm Pacific Time and will be televised by Bally’s Sports. Additionally, a Kings radio feed is available on the ESPN LA app (which is the new home for Kings radio this season, they’ve moved off of the iHeart platform).
Across the Ice
Anaheim is coming off a 3-2 loss against the Kings on Saturday in Ontario. Here is how they lined up for that contest:
Regenda – Leason – Katchouk
Nesterenko – Harkins – Colangelo
Johnston – Lundestrom – Lopina
Fabbri – Strome – Vatrano
Smith – Zellweger
Heatherington – Warren
Dionicio – Helleson
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