{"id":502797,"date":"2026-03-14T09:26:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T09:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/502797\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T09:26:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T09:26:13","slug":"new-jersey-faces-los-angeles-in-a-non-conference-matchup-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/502797\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey faces Los Angeles in a non-conference matchup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Kings<\/a> (27-23-15, in the Pacific Division) vs. New Jersey Devils<\/a> (32-31-2, in the Metropolitan Division)<\/p>\n

Newark, New Jersey; Saturday, 7 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Devils -146, Kings +122; over\/under is 5.5<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: The New Jersey Devils host the Los Angeles Kings in a non-conference matchup.<\/p>\n

New Jersey is 16-15-2 at home and 32-31-2 overall. The Devils have a -31 scoring differential, with 166 total goals scored and 197 conceded.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles has a 17-8-8 record in road games and a 27-23-15 record overall. The Kings have a -20 scoring differential, with 168 total goals scored and 188 given up.<\/p>\n

The matchup Saturday is the second time these teams play this season. The Devils won 4-1 in the last meeting. Dawson Mercer<\/a> led the Devils with two goals.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Jack Hughes<\/a> has 16 goals and 31 assists for the Devils. Nico Hischier<\/a> has three goals and two assists over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Adrian Kempe<\/a> has 26 goals and 31 assists for the Kings. Alex Laferriere<\/a> has three goals over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Devils: 4-6-0, averaging 2.4 goals, 4.3 assists, 3.3 penalties and 6.9 penalty minutes while giving up 2.5 goals per game.<\/p>\n

Kings: 4-5-1, averaging 2.7 goals, 4.6 assists, 2.9 penalties and 7.7 penalty minutes while giving up 3.5 goals per game.<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Devils: None listed.<\/p>\n

Kings: None listed.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Kings (27-23-15, in the Pacific Division) vs. New Jersey Devils (32-31-2, in the Metropolitan Division) Newark,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5109],"tags":[366,10969,1175,201,56683,5,1272,145,285,576,151,5185,5184,4,1602],"class_list":{"0":"post-502797","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-jersey-devils","8":"tag-adrian-kempe","9":"tag-alex-laferriere","10":"tag-dawson-mercer","11":"tag-devils","12":"tag-event_preview","13":"tag-hockey","14":"tag-jack-hughes","15":"tag-los-angeles-kings","16":"tag-national-hockey-league","17":"tag-new-jersey","18":"tag-new-jersey-devils","19":"tag-newjersey","20":"tag-newjerseydevils","21":"tag-nhl","22":"tag-nico-hischier"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116226816923908113","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}