The Kings are looking for their 1st win of the 2026-27 NHL season as they set their sights on Vegas in tonight's matchup. The Kings are coming off a 2-1 loss to the Florida Panthers, and in that game, Alex Laferriere was the Kings' lone goal scorer. The Kings have had a slow start to the season, with a 0-2-1 record. The Kings are looking to change that tonight against Vegas. 

Here are the projected lines for the Kings tonight:

Artemi Panarin - Quinton Byfield - Adrian Kempe

Trevor Moore - Erik Haula - Alex Laferriere

Joel Armia - Scott Laughton - Jared Wright

Andre Lee - Samuel Helenius - Corey Perry

Joel Edmundson - Brandt Clarke

Brian Dumoulin - Drew Doughty

Mikey Anderson - Cody Ceci

Darcy Kuemper

Anton Forsberg

Here are the projected lines for the Golden Knights tonight: 

Ivan Barbashev - Jack Eichel - Mark Stone

Brett Howden -  William Karlsson  - Mitch Marner

Trevor Connelly - Tomas Hertl - Raphael Lavoie

Marc Gatcomb -  Nic Dowd - Braeden Bowman

Shea Theodore -  Brayden McNabb

Parker Wotherspoon -  Rasmus Andersson 

Jeremy Lauzon - Noah Hanifin

Carter Hart

Adin Hill

The Kings will miss Mats Zuccarello (upper-body injury), Alex Turcotte (undisclosed), and Kevin Fiala (leg surgery) tonight. They also scratched Erik Gustafsson. The Golden Knights are without Victor Olofsson (undisclosed), and they have scratched Dylan Coghlan. 

Tonight's matchup pits Darcy Kuemper of the Kings against Carter Hart of the Golden Knights. The Kings need to be at their best, as the Golden Knights are coming off a 4-3 shootout win over the Maple Leafs, including a comeback from a 3-0 deficit. The Kings take on the Golden Knights tonight at 10:00 PM EST as they look for their first win of the season.