Kings Vs Islanders Game Preview: Kings Looking to Build off 1st Win

The Kings are coming off of a very impressive win over the Washington Capitals. Adrian Kempe was a major catalyst for the win, scoring 2 goals. The Kings also came back from being down early in the 1st period after 2 early goals by the Capitals. Overall, the Kings were able to find a lot of success in that game, and they look to carry it over against the Islanders tonight. 

Here are the projected lines for the Kings tonight: 

Artemi Panarin - Alex Laferriere - Adrian Kempe

Trevor Moore - Quinton Byfield - Mats Zuccarello

Erik Haula - Scott Laughton - Joel Armia

Andre Lee - Samuel Helenius - Corey Perry

Erik Gustafsson - Brandt Clarke

Joel Edmundson - Drew Doughty

Mikey Anderson - Brian Dumoulin

Darcy Kuemper

Anton Forsberg

Here are the projected lines for the Islanders tonight:

Simon Holmstrom - Bo Horvat - Kyle Palmieri

Emil Heineman - Brayden Schenn - Victor Eklund

Ondrej Palat - Jean-Gabriel Pageau - Anthony Duclair

Kyle MacLean - Casey Cizikas - Mitchell Chaffee

Logan Stanley - Matthew Schaefer

Adam Pelech - Ryan Pulock

Matt Kessel - Tony DeAngelo 

Semyon Varlamov

Ilya Sorokin

The Kings will be without Alex Turcotte (undisclosed) and Kevin Fiala (leg surgery). The Kings have also scratched Taylor Ward, Cody Ceci, and Jared Wright for tonight's matchup. Quinton Byfield will also be a game-time decision after sustaining an upper-body injury in the Kings' 5-2 win against the Washington Capitals.

The New York Islanders will be without Mathew Barzal (knee), Alexander Romanov (torn right ACL), Matias Maccelli (lower body), and Cal Ritchie (lower body), and they have scratched  Scott Mayfield. 

The starting goaltenders for tonight's matchup look to be Darcy Kuemper for the Kings and Semyon Varlamov for the Islanders. Kuemper is coming off a 30-save win Tuesday against the Capitals. Semyon Varlamov is coming off a 19-save shootout loss against Ottawa. 

The Kings are taking on the Islanders tonight at 7:30 PM ET.