{"id":549058,"date":"2026-04-09T22:54:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T22:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/549058\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T22:54:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T22:54:17","slug":"start-time-tv-channel-and-streaming-info-for-game-78","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/549058\/","title":{"rendered":"Start time, TV channel, and streaming info for Game 78"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5o\">Interim head coach DJ Smith and the <a href=\"https:\/\/rinkroyalty.com\/los-angeles-kings-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Kings<\/a> (32-26-19) look to continue building momentum in the standings in the West in the Pacific Division this regular season down the stretch in this upcoming next couple of weeks on Thursday night (April 9) against the Vancouver Canucks (22-47-8). The question tonight late this week is whether Smith and the Kings&#8217; coaching staff can continue winning games in the standings this regular season down the stretch on home ice vs. Vancouver in the Pacific Division. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5r\">The Kings are battling a couple of key teams in the West in the Pacific Division down the stretch this regular season in the standings, including the in-state rival Anaheim Ducks. The Nashville Predators are also right there in the standings in the West in this upcoming next couple of weeks for the wildcard spot this upcoming spring in the postseason. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5u\">Reaching the postseason remains the ultimate goal for Smith and the Kings&#8217; coaching staff this regular season down the stretch this month in early-to-mid April. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5x\">Here&#8217;s a look at the TV\/streaming information, start time, and radio broadcast information for the matchup between the Kings and Canucks on home ice at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, CA, on April 9. <\/p>\n<p>How to watch the Los Angeles Kings vs. Vancouver CanucksDate &amp; Time: Thursday, April 9, 7:30 p.m. PTLocation: Crypto.com Arena (Los Angeles, CA)Live Streaming: ESPN+TV: FDSNRadio: ESPN LA App<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"66\">The Pacific Division matchup tonight on home ice at Crypto Arena for the Kings against the Canucks will be broadcast live on FanDuel Sports Network West. The game will be streamed live on ESPN+, and the radio broadcast is available on the ESPN LA app.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Kings projected roster vs. the Vancouver Canucks<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6c\">Forwards<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6f\">Artemi Panarin \u2013 Anze Kopitar \u2013 Adrian Kempe<br \/>Trevor Moore \u2013 Quinton Byfield \u2013 Alex Laferriere<br \/>Joel Armia \u2013 Scott Laughton \u2013 Jared Wright<br \/>Jeff Malott \u2013 Sammy Helenius \u2013 Taylor Ward<br \/>*Mathieu Joseph and Alex Turcotte<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6i\">Defensemen<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6l\">Joel Edmundson \u2013 Brandt Clarke<br \/>Mikey Anderson \u2013 Drew Doughty<br \/>Cody Ceci \u2013 Brian Dumoulin<br \/>*Jacob Moverare<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6o\">Goalies<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6r\">Anton Forsberg<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6u\">Darcy Kuemper<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-15\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6x\">*Indicates a healthy scratch<\/p>\n<p>Projected starting goalies for the Los Angeles Kings vs. Vancouver Canucks<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-17\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"73\">Kings: Anton Forsberg<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-18\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"76\">Canucks:\u00a0Nikita Tolopilo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Interim head coach DJ Smith and the Los Angeles Kings (32-26-19) look to continue building momentum in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":549059,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5128],"tags":[894,5,4,893,27,5313],"class_list":{"0":"post-549058","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-vancouver-canucks","8":"tag-canucks","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-vancouver","12":"tag-vancouver-canucks","13":"tag-vancouvercanucks"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116377215078357078","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549058","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=549058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}