NHL Game Preview: Minnesota Wild at Los Angeles Kings with Line Combinations 1/5/2026

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Minnesota Wild (25-10-8, 58 pts) at Los Angeles Kings (17-14-9, 43 pts)

Venue: crypto.com Arena
Date: Monday, January 5
Time: 10:30 pm EST
How To Watch: ESPN+/The Spot/FDSNW

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Minnesota Wild News & Notes:

The Wild picked up their first win of 2026 last night with a 5-2 win over the Ducks. They’re on a five-game point streak coming into today, averaging 3.8 goals per game while allowing 2.8 goals per game.

Los Angeles Kings News & Notes:

The Kings dropped their second straight on Thursday in a 5-3 loss to the Lightning. They’ve lost four of their last five games, averaging 2.8 goals per game while allowing 3.4 goals per game.

Minnesota Wild Projected Lines:

Kaprizov-Yurov-Zuccarello
Johansson-Eriksson Ek-Boldy
Hinostroza-Hartman-Tarasenko
Foligno-Sturm-Trenin

Hughes-Faber
Brodin-Spurgeon
Middleton-Bogosian

Wallstedt
Gustavsson

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Los Angeles Kings Projected Lines

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

Anderson-Doughty
Edmundson-Clarke
Dumoulin-Ceci

Kuemper
Forsberg

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Players To Watch:

Minnesota Wild

Matt Boldy has a goal in each game against the Kings this season.

Los Angeles Kings

Quinton Byfield has a goal and an assist in each game against the Wild this season, coming in with two goals and two assists against Minnesota.

Injury Report:

Minnesota Wild

D Daemon Hunt – IR

Los Angeles Kings

F Trevor Moore – DTD

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