Schedule / Matchup Preview

Los Angeles Kings vs Calgary Flames · Matchup Preview Based on 26-27 form — rosters current

Season 26-27
Matchup Preview vs Flames · MON · FEB 15 · 9:00 PM CT ← Back to schedule
Upcoming
MON · FEB 15 · 9:00 PM CT
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ABTV
Los Angeles Kings
Kings
0–1–1
VS
Calgary Flames
Flames
0–2–0
Upcoming
MON · FEB 15 · 9:00 PM CT
ABTV
Los Angeles Kings
Home · Kings
0–1–1
1 PTS
VS
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The read
Darcy Kuemper has been a wall against Calgary, a .948 save percentage on 498 shots. But Darcy Kuemper has not had an answer for Mikael Backlund: 4 goals on 41 shots.
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Calgary Flames
Away · Flames
0–2–0
0 PTS
Kings
GOALIES
Flames
Darcy Kuemper
Darcy Kuemper
Expected
.724 SV% · 8.08 GAA · 0W
.767 SV% L5 · Cooling
VS
Dustin Wolf
Dustin Wolf
Likely · 29507-dustin-wolf
.812 SV% · 6.02 GAA · 0W
.899 SV% L5 · Cooling
Kings
PROJECTED TOP LINES
Flames
L1
Artemi Panarin · Quinton Byfield · Adrian Kempe
L1
Matvei Gridin · Morgan Frost · Matt Coronato
L2
Mats Zuccarello · Alex Turcotte · Alex Laferriere
L2
Samuel Honzek · Mikael Backlund · Joel Farabee
L3
Trevor Moore · Erik Haula · Joel Armia
L3
Brennan Othmann · Ryan Strome · Yegor Sharangovich
L4
Scott Laughton · Corey Perry
L4
Maxim Tsyplakov · Martin Pospisil · Adam Klapka
D1
Brian Dumoulin · Drew Doughty
D1
Kevin Bahl · Zach Whitecloud
D2
Joel Edmundson · Brandt Clarke
D2
Joel Hanley · Simon Nemec
D3
Mikey Anderson · Cody Ceci
D3
Jacob Middleton · Zayne Parekh
PP1
Mats Zuccarello · Quinton Byfield · Adrian Kempe · Artemi Panarin · Brandt Clarke
PP1
Joel Farabee · Morgan Frost · Matt Coronato · Matvei Gridin · Zayne Parekh
PP2
Alex Turcotte · Erik Haula · Alex Laferriere · Erik Gustafsson · Drew Doughty
PP2
Maxim Tsyplakov · Ryan Strome · Brennan Othmann · Simon Nemec · Yegor Sharangovich
PK1
Erik Haula · Joel Armia · Mikey Anderson · Drew Doughty
PK1
Mikael Backlund · Joel Farabee · Jacob Middleton · Zach Whitecloud
PK2
Scott Laughton · Trevor Moore · Joel Edmundson · Cody Ceci
PK2
Yegor Sharangovich · Samuel Honzek · Joel Hanley · Kevin Bahl
KingsProjected lines
L1
Artemi Panarin · Quinton Byfield · Adrian Kempe
L2
Mats Zuccarello · Alex Turcotte · Alex Laferriere
L3
Trevor Moore · Erik Haula · Joel Armia
L4
Scott Laughton · Corey Perry
D1
Brian Dumoulin · Drew Doughty
D2
Joel Edmundson · Brandt Clarke
D3
Mikey Anderson · Cody Ceci
PP1
Mats Zuccarello · Quinton Byfield · Adrian Kempe · Artemi Panarin · Brandt Clarke
PP2
Alex Turcotte · Erik Haula · Alex Laferriere · Erik Gustafsson · Drew Doughty
PK1
Erik Haula · Joel Armia · Mikey Anderson · Drew Doughty
PK2
Scott Laughton · Trevor Moore · Joel Edmundson · Cody Ceci
FlamesProjected lines
L1
Matvei Gridin · Morgan Frost · Matt Coronato
L2
Samuel Honzek · Mikael Backlund · Joel Farabee
L3
Brennan Othmann · Ryan Strome · Yegor Sharangovich
L4
Maxim Tsyplakov · Martin Pospisil · Adam Klapka
D1
Kevin Bahl · Zach Whitecloud
D2
Joel Hanley · Simon Nemec
D3
Jacob Middleton · Zayne Parekh
PP1
Joel Farabee · Morgan Frost · Matt Coronato · Matvei Gridin · Zayne Parekh
PP2
Maxim Tsyplakov · Ryan Strome · Brennan Othmann · Simon Nemec · Yegor Sharangovich
PK1
Mikael Backlund · Joel Farabee · Jacob Middleton · Zach Whitecloud
PK2
Yegor Sharangovich · Samuel Honzek · Joel Hanley · Kevin Bahl
Zach Dooley · Oct 3 · 8:39 PM CT Derek Wills · as of Oct 3
Kings
INJURY REPORT
Flames
Otto Salin
IR · Undisclosed injury · Expected back Oct 6
Jonathan Huberdeau
IR · Hip (surgery) · Expected back Oct 10
Jakub Dvorak
IR · Upper body · Expected back Oct 6
Jan Jenik
IR · Undisclosed injury · Expected back Oct 6
Kevin Fiala
IR · Left lower leg (surgery) · Expected back Oct 17
KingsInjury report
Otto Salin
IR · Undisclosed injury · Expected back Oct 6
Jakub Dvorak
IR · Upper body · Expected back Oct 6
Jan Jenik
IR · Undisclosed injury · Expected back Oct 6
Kevin Fiala
IR · Left lower leg (surgery) · Expected back Oct 17
FlamesInjury report
Jonathan Huberdeau
IR · Hip (surgery) · Expected back Oct 10
Zach Dooley · Oct 3 · 8:39 PM CT Derek Wills · as of Oct 3
STORYLINE
The Kings lost their last game in overtime and are 0-1-1 in their first 2 games. The Flames have dropped 2 straight and are 0-2-0 in their first 2 games.

Matchup Intel

Darcy Kuemper has been a wall against Calgary, a .948 save percentage on 498 shots. But Darcy Kuemper has not had an answer for Mikael Backlund: 4 goals on 41 shots.

The numbers behind it
Goaltending
Darcy Kuemper has a .948 save % against Calgary (498 shots).
.948 SV% vs CGY
Goaltending
Dustin Wolf has a .958 save % against Los Angeles (144 shots).
.958 SV% vs LAK
Matchup
Mikael Backlund has 4 goals on Darcy Kuemper (41 shots).
(Calgary)
4 goals on Darcy Kuemper
Matchup
Artemi Panarin has 16 shots on Dustin Wolf without a goal.
(Los Angeles)
0/16 vs Dustin Wolf