Vitals, Betting Odds, and Projected Lineups vs Arizona Coyotes

The LA Kings earned a big two points on Friday night in Vegas. They will look to avenge a bad, early-season loss to the Arizona Coyotes while also getting a good look at defenseman Jakob Chychrun.

Tale of the Tape

Power-play:

LAK: 16.1% (29th)

ARI: 11.9% (32nd)

Penalty Kill:

LAK: 74.1% (29th)

ARI: 73.1% (31st)

Faceoffs:

LAK: 52.9% (6th)

ARI: 48.8% (20th)

Goals per game:

LAK: 2.86 (20th)

ARI: 2.23 (31st)

Goals against per game:

LAK: 2.78 (11th)

ARI: 3.67 (31st)

Top scorers:

LAK: Anze Kopitar – 14 goals, 30 assists, 44 points

ARI: Clayton Keller – 18 goals, 23 assists, 41 points

Betting Odds

The Kings are coming into this one massive favorites, courtesy of The Action Network:

Projected Lineups

Here’s how the Kings aligned in Friday’s overtime win in Vegas:

Tonight's @LAKings Line Rushes –

Iafallo – Kopitar – Kempe
Moore – Danault – Arvidsson
Athanasiou – Byfield – Brown
Lemieux – Lizotte – Kaliyev

Anderson – Doughty
Maatta – Roy
Bjornfot – Durzi

Quick
Petersen

— Zach Dooley (@DooleyLAK) February 19, 2022

Being on the second leg of a back-to-back, Cal Petersen is probably a safe bet to get the nod in net on Saturday night.

Here’s how the Coyotes lined up against the Lightning way back on February 11:

Tonight's squad. ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/gVd5xEW27c

— Arizona Coyotes (@ArizonaCoyotes) February 12, 2022

It appears they will be getting Barrett Hayton back in the lineup on Saturday. He has not played since January 6, as Craig Morgan notes.

Barrett Hayton will return to the lineup against the LA Kings on Saturday. Hayton has not played since Jan. 6 vs. Chicago.
Karel Vejmelka will start in goal.

— Craig Morgan (@CraigSMorgan) February 18, 2022

Kings and Coyotes get underway from Gila River Arena at 6 pm PT. Los Angeles will look to avoid being Vejmelka’d again.