Kings Vs Islanders Game Preview: Kings Trying to Avoid 3 Straight Losses

The Kings are coming off a 3-0 loss against the Nashville Predators, and tonight they look to get back in the win column against the New York Islanders. The Islanders are also trying to get back in the win column after 4 straight losses. The Kings take on the Islanders tonight at 10 PM ET. 

Here are the projected lines for the Kings tonight: 

Artemi Panarin - Alex Laferriere - Adrian Kempe

Kevin Fiala - Quinton Byfield - Mats Zuccarello 

Trevor Moore - Alex Turcotte - Corey Perry

Andre Lee - Scott Laughton  - Erik Haula

Joel Edmundson - Brandt Clarke

Brian Dumoulin - Drew Doughty

Mikey Anderson - Cody Ceci

Anton Forsberg

Darcy Kuemper

Here are the projected lines for the Islanders tonight: 

Simon Holmstrom - Bo Horvat - Kyle Palmieri

Emil Heineman - Brayden Schenn - Victor Eklund

Ondrej Palat - Casey Cizikas - Anthony Duclair

Matias Maccelli - Kyle MacLean - Mitchell Chaffee

Logan Stanley - Matthew Schaefer

Adam Pelech - Ryan Pulock

Ben Hutton - Tony DeAngelo 

Ilya Sorokin

Semyon Varlamov

The Kings are without Erik Gustafsson (undisclosed), and they have also scratched Samuel Helenius and Joel Armia in tonight's matchup. The Islanders will be without Jean-Gabriel Pageau (lower body), Mathew Barzal (knee), Alexander Romanov (torn right ACL), and Cal Ritchie (lower body), and they have also scratched Scott Mayfield and Matthew Kessel.

The starting goaltenders for tonight's matchup are likely to be Anton Forsberg for the Kings and Ilya Sorokin for the Islanders. Forsberg has lost his last 5 starts and is still looking for his 1st win of the season. Ilya Sorokin is 1-2-2 in his last 5, but Sorokin has been playing at an elite level, so if the Kings want to break their losing streak tonight, it will start with getting to Sorokin. 

Puck drop is at 10 P. M. ET.