Still searching for their first win of the season, the Kings will need to clean up their individual mistakes from the first two games.
The Los Angeles Kings have headed north for their first road trip of the season. It's a short one, featuring just two games, and kicks off with Tuesday's game against the Winnipeg Jets.
I can't imagine this will be the warmest welcome for the Kings' newest star Pierre-Luc Dubois. He's used to it after being booed in Columbus but I don't think something like that is ever easy.
Fortunately for Dubois, he already knows how to work through it.
"I don't know, maybe," said Dubois when asked about potential booing in Winnipeg. "But I have a last name that sounds like a boo so, we'll see. Columbus did it, so I wouldn't surprised if it's the same thing now. Like I said, I just go with, they're saying Doob."
Whether they're saying boo or boo-urns, I expect Dubois to come into Tuesday's game ready to play.
Dubois isn't the only return happening either, after serving his four-game suspension, Arthur Kaliyev returns to the lineup Tuesday.
We were questioning where he would slot back in and Monday's practice gave us a sneak peak. Kaliyev will jump onto Phil Danault and Trevor Moore's line, while Alex Laferriere will stay with Dubois and Kevin Fiala.
While it isn't another return, there is a reunion of sorts going on in this game. It will be the first time former Kings Alex Iafallo, Gabe Vilardi and Rasmus Kupari play versus their old team.
Cam Talbot is expected to return between the pipes for Los Angeles with Connor Hellebuyck expected in for Winnipeg.
Los Angeles Kings Predicted Lines:
Quinton Byfield - Anze Kopitar - Adrian Kempe
Kevin Fiala - Pierre-Luc Dubois - Alex Laferriere
Trevor Moore - Phil Danault - Arthur Kaliyev
Carl Grundstrom - Blake Lizotte - Trevor Lewis
Defense:
Mikey Anderson - Drew Doughty
Vladislav Gavrikov - Matt Roy
Andreas Englund - Jordan Spence
Goalies:
Cam Talbot
Pheonix Copley
Winnipeg Jets Predicted Lines:
Forwards:
Kyle Connor - Mark Scheifele - Gabriel Vilardi
Nino Niederreiter - Cole Perfetti - Nikolaj Ehlers
Alex Iafallo - Adam Lowry - Mason Appleton
Morgan Barron - Rasmus Kupari - Vladislav Namestikov
Defense:
Josh Morrissey - Dylan Demelo
Dylan Samberg - Neal Pionk
Brendan Dillon - Nate Schmidt
Goalies:
Connor Hellebuyck
Laurent Brossoit
Puck drops at 5:00 PM Pacific Time.
Still searching for their first win of the season, the Kings will need to clean up their individual mistakes from the first two games.