Kings vs Blackhawks Game Preview: Kings Looking for Back to Back Wins

The Kings are coming off a 6-3 win over the New York Rangers last night, and they look to keep up their impressive play. The Kings scored 3 in the first period and got 2 goals on their first 2 shots. The Kings also maintained the lead throughout the game and held on for the win. 

Here are the projected lines for the Kings tonight: 

Artemi Panarin - Alex Laferriere - Adrian Kempe

Trevor Moore - Quinton Byfield - Joel Armia

Erik Haula - Scott Laughton - Taylor Ward

Andre Lee - Samuel Helenius - Corey Perry

Erik Gustafsson - Brandt Clarke

Joel Edmundson - Drew Doughty

Mikey Anderson - Brian Dumoulin

Anton Forsberg

Darcy Kuemper

Here are the projected lines for the Blackhawks tonight:

Roman Kantserov - Connor Bedard - Ryan Greene

Tyler Bertuzzi - Anton Frondell - Ryan Donato

Oliver Moore - Frank Nazar - Patrick Kane

Cole Smith - Jordan Greenway - Teuvo Teravainen

Alex Vlasic - Ian Cole

Wyatt Kaiser - Artyom Levshunov

Kevin Korchinski - Sam Rinzel

Spencer Knight

Arvid Soderblom

The Kings will still be without Alex Turcotte (undisclosed), Kevin Fiala (leg surgery), and Mats Zuccarello (upper-body injury). The Kings placed Mats Zuccarello on IR due to his upper-body injury. The Kings also scratched Jared Wright and Cody Ceci tonight. 

The Blackhawks will be without Bowen Byram (upper body) and will have healthy scratches for Ethan Del Mastro and Andrew Mangiapane for tonight's game as well. 

Tonight's starting goaltenders are Anton Forsberg and Spencer Knight. Forsberg is still looking for his first win of the season, while Kuemper has started in all 3 of the Kings' wins. 

The Kings have been playing much better recently as they look to get their 4th win tonight and erase the hole they dug themselves into at the start of the season. 

The Kings take on the Blackhawks tonight at 8 p.m ET.