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MTL vs LAK

MTL

MTL

Montréal Canadiens

vs

LAK

LAK

Los Angeles Kings

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How they compare

Side by side · Last 10

MTLLAK

Goals

3.80Goals for / GP3.30
2.90Goals against / GP3.00
+9Goal diff+3

Results and form

7-1-2Record5-5-0
80.0%Points %50.0%
80.0%Home pts %40.0%
80.0%Road pts %60.0%

Shots and possession

27.1Shots for / GP27.8
29.6Shots against / GP28.4
14.0%Shooting %11.9%
0.902Save %0.894
1.042PDO1.013
53.9%Corsi %52.0%
54.6%Fenwick %53.2%

Special teams and discipline

18.5%Power play %26.7%
73.5%Penalty kill %65.4%
11.8PIM / GP10.7

Puck battles

49.3%Faceoff %49.8%
18.8Hits / GP25.0
15.2Blocks / GP16.8
3.4Takeaways / GP4.8
16.1Giveaways / GP14.8
MTL last 5W0
W
L
W
W
W
LAK last 5W0
W
L
W
L
W

Head-to-Head — All-Time

0MTL
2LAK
MTL: 0 GFLAK: 8 GF

Last met: Dec 8, 2023

Recent Meetings

Mar 8, 2026MTL @ LAK4 – 3MTL W
Nov 12, 2025LAK @ MTL5 – 1LAK W
Feb 6, 2025MTL @ LAK3 – 6LAK W
Oct 17, 2024LAK @ MTL4 – 1LAK W
Dec 8, 2023LAK @ MTL4 – 0LAK W

Injuries

League injury report →

Man-games lost

61

Injured now

6

Games played

14

  • Josh AndersonPersonal
    0 GMOut

    Anderson (personal) won't play against Toronto on Saturday, Renaud Lavoie of TVA Sports reports. · Nov 7

  • Ivan DemidovRight Ankle (Fracture)
    12 GMInjured Reserve

    Demidov (foot) skated Tuesday and could resume training with the team next week, Patrick Friolet of RDS reports. · Nov 4

  • Mike MathesonLower Body
    2 GMOut

    Matheson (lower body) is expected to miss two weeks, Renaud Lavoie of TVA Sports reports Saturday. · Oct 31

  • Sam MontembeaultLower Body
    10 GMInjured Reserve

    Montembeault (lower body) is considered day-to-day, according to Renaud Lavoie of TVA Sports on Saturday. · Oct 31

  • Bryce PickfordUndisclosed
    14 GMInjured Reserve

    ir-nr · Sep 29

  • Lucas CondottaUndisclosed
    14 GMInjured Reserve

    ir-nr · Sep 29

Most games missed this season

  • Bryce Pickford14
  • Lucas Condotta14
  • Ivan Demidov12
  • Sam Montembeault10
  • Nick Suzukireturned5

GM = team games missed in the current stint. PuckMetrics Analytics — for educational/analytics purposes only, not gambling advice. Injury reports sourced from ESPN's public NHL injury feed.

Injuries

League injury report →

Man-games lost

57

Injured now

4

Games played

13

  • Mats ZuccarelloUpper Body
    4 GMInjured Reserve

    Zuccarello (upper body) is regarded as week-to-week, Zach Dooley of the Kings' official site reports Thursday. · Oct 29

  • Kevin FialaLeft Lower Leg (Surgery)
    13 GMInjured Reserve

    Head coach Peter Laviolette said Thursday that Fiala (lower leg) remains on a week-to-week timeline, Zach Dooley of the Kings' official site reports. · Oct 29

  • Jakub DvorakUpper Body
    13 GMInjured Reserve

    ir-nr · Sep 24

  • Jan JenikUndisclosed
    13 GMInjured Reserve

    Jenik (undisclosed) was placed on non-roster injured reserve by Los Angeles on Thursday, per Zach Dooley of LA Kings Insider. · Sep 24

Most games missed this season

  • Jakub Dvorak13
  • Jan Jenik13
  • Kevin Fiala13
  • Alex Turcottereturned10
  • Mats Zuccarello4

GM = team games missed in the current stint. PuckMetrics Analytics — for educational/analytics purposes only, not gambling advice. Injury reports sourced from ESPN's public NHL injury feed.

Lineups

LAK

Projected

Lines from last completed game, minus injured players.

L1
14:44
10Panarin
19:52
9Kempe
18:26
14Laferriere
18:17
L2
12:46
56Haula
16:44
21Laughton
17:23
40Armia
17:50
L3
8:12
12Moore
14:01
55Byfield
17:10
17Ward
12:33
L4
5:03
47Lee
9:15
79Helenius
10:11
RW
D1
18:29
LD
6Edmundson
20:00
D2
14:22
64Gustafsson
20:23
92Clarke
20:10
D3
14:36
44Anderson
17:23
2Dumoulin
16:42
35Kuemper
59:19
Starter
31Forsberg
0:00
Backup

Injured / Scratched

MTL

Projected

Lines from last completed game, minus injured players.

L1
12:23
20Slafkovský
16:22
91Kapanen
14:18
13Caufield
15:50
L2
8:41
85Texier
12:26
24Danault
18:58
76Bolduc
11:42
L3
7:26
63Xhekaj
10:17
71Evans
18:06
77Dach
13:15
L4
9:08
22Kreider
11:27
15Newhook
15:01
17Anderson
14:32
D1
16:25
8Matheson
25:37
21Guhle
23:10
D2
14:53
48Hutson
21:12
53Dobson
19:25
D3
9:04
45Carrier
20:32
72Xhekaj
10:18
32Fowler
60:00
Starter
75Dobes
0:00
Backup

Injured / Scratched

  • Bryce Pickfordinjured-reserve · Undisclosed
  • Lucas Condottainjured-reserve · Undisclosed
  • Nick Suzukiother · Upper Body
  • Sam Montembeaultinjured-reserve · Lower Body
  • Ivan Demidovinjured-reserve · Lower Body

PuckMetrics Analytics — for educational purposes. Lines are inferred from shared five-skater ice time in NHL shift data; projections are estimates.

Model outlook

Full prediction →

No projection for this game yet.

Poisson goals model; no candidate has beaten it in walk-forward tests. Picked the winner in 58% of 88 graded games.

PuckMetrics Analytics — for educational purposes. Not gambling advice.