GAMEDAY: LA Kings @ Winnipeg Jets

What you need to know ahead of tonight's game against the Winnipeg Jets -

When: Friday, January 9 @ 5:00 PM PST
Where: Crypto.com Arena - Los Angeles, CA

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Listen: ESPN LA App & LA Kings App

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5️⃣ Things To Know For Today's Game

1. The Kings hit the road for a short, two-game roadtrip versus Canadian opposition, beginning tonight in Manitoba against the Winnipeg Jets.
2. For the second straight game, the Kings are expected to be without four regular forwards. Forwards Anze Kopitar (lower-body injury), Joel Armia (upper-body injury), Trevor Moore (upper-body injury) and Corey Perry (family illness) are not expected to play tonight, after they did not feature on Thursday against San Jose. Perry currently has a non-roster playing status while Moore was placed on injured reserve yesterday.
3. In terms of tonight's lineup, no changes are expected, with the Kings set to run with 11 forwards and 7 defensemen again tonight in Winnipeg. The Los Angeles did recall forward Cole Guttman from the AHL's Ontario Reign to join them on the trip but he is not expected to make his Kings debut this evening.
4. Leading the way offensively last time out was the duo of Kevin Fiala and Alex Turcotte, with both players collecting a goal and an assist in Thursday's overtime loss against San Jose. Fiala scored his team-leading 16th goal of the season, extending his point streak to five games, while Turcotte collected his second multi-point game of the season, extending his own point streak to three games.
5. Kings defenseman Joel Edmundson also had a multi-point game against the Sharks, as he contributed his third two-assist game of the season. Edmundson now has 14 assists this season in total, tied with defensive partner Brandt Clarke for the team lead among blueliners. Edmundson was also +3 versus San Jose and leads all Kings defensemen with a +9 rating this season.

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Players to Watch

Kings - Adrian Kempe: Kempe leads the Kings this season with two goals and three points in two games played against Winnipeg. Over the last two seasons, no player in the league has been more productive against the Jets than Kempe, who leads the NHL in goals (5), points (9) and plus/minus (+9) in five games played.

Jets - Mark Schiefele: Schiefele scored two goals when these teams met in Winnipeg back in October, including the game-winning goal in the third period. Schiefele has seven goals against the Kings since the start of the 2022-23 season, tied for the NHL league-lead, and he also leads the Jets with 10 points in that span.

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