NHL Game Preview: Los Angeles Kings at Colorado Avalanche with Line Combinations 12/29/2025

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Los Angeles Kings (16-12-9, 41 pts) at Colorado Avalanche (28-2-7, 63 pts)

Venue: Ball Arena
Date: Monday, December 29
Time: 9:00 pm EST
How To Watch: ESPN+/FDSNW/ALT
Radio: Altitude Sports Radio 950 AM/560 AM WQAM

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Los Angeles Kings News & Notes:

The Kings returned from Christmas break and snapped a two-game skid with a 6-1 win over the Ducks. They’re 2-3-0 in their last five games, averaging 2.6 goals per game while allowing 2.2 goals per game.

Colorado Avalanche News and Notes:

The Avalanche picked up their seventh straight win on Saturday with a 6-5 shootout win over the Golden Knights. During their winning streak they’re averaging five goals per game while allowing 2.5 goals per game.

Los Angeles Kings Projected Lines

Laferriere-Kopitar-Kempe
Foegele-Byfield-Moore
Fiala-Turcotte-Kuzmenko
Armia-Helenius-Perry

Anderson-Doughty
Edmundson-Clarke
Dumoulin-Ceci

Forsberg
Copley

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Colorado Avalanche Projected Lines:

Landeskog-MacKinnon-Necas
Lehkonen-Nelson-Nichushkin
Olofsson-Colton-Brindley
Kelly-Drury-Kiviranta

Toews-Makar
Manson-Burns
Girard-Malinski

Blackwood
Wedgewood

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Players To Watch:

Los Angeles Kings

Kevin Fiala scored the Kings lone goal in their loss back in October.

Colorado Avalanche

Artturi Lehkonen scored a goal and added an assist in their 4-1 win over the Kings on October 7th.

Injury Report:

Los Angeles Kings

G Darcy Kuemper – IR

Colorado Avalanche:

RW Logan O’Connor – Out

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