Who wins
| Source | LAK wins | VAN wins | Basis |
|---|
| DraftKings | — | — | no line yet |
| Pinnacle | — | — | not posted yet |
| Kalshi | — | — | no market yet |
| Composite ours | — | — | not built yet |
| DRatings public model | — | — | not published yet |
| Neil Paine Elo public model | — | — | not published for this game |
The pickers see DraftKings, Pinnacle and Kalshi. They never see the composite, DRatings or Paine's Elo - opinions get copied.
Goalies
| Team | Goalie | Status | Reported | GSAx | Sv% | GP |
|---|
| VAN | — | unknown | | — | — | — |
| LAK | — | unknown | | — | — | — |
DailyFaceoff's starter and status; "not reported" is its projection before any news. GSAx (goals saved above expected) and Sv% are this season's (MoneyPuck).
Rest and travel
| Team | Rest days | Back-to-back | 3 in 4 | Km | Time zones | Trip/stand game |
|---|
| VAN | 1 | no | no | 1740 | -1 | 1 |
| LAK | 0 | yes | yes | 491 | 0 | 1 |
Who is outESPN
| Team | Player | Status | Note |
|---|
| LAK | Otto Salin | Injured Reserve | Salin (undisclosed) was placed on the injured non-roster list Sunday. |
| LAK | Jakub Dvorak | Injured Reserve | ir-nr |
| LAK | Jan Jenik | Injured Reserve | Jenik (undisclosed) was placed on non-roster injured reserve by Los Angeles on Thursday, per Zach Dooley of LA Kings Insider. |
| LAK | Kevin Fiala | Injured Reserve | Fiala (lower leg fracture) is at least three weeks away from being ready to play, Zach Dooley of the Kings' official site reports Thursday. |
| VAN | Jake DeBrusk | Out | DeBrusk (illness) has been ruled out for Sunday's game against the Golden Knights, Ben Kuzma of Postmedia reports. |
| VAN | Jack Thompson | Injured Reserve | ir-nr |
| VAN | Akil Thomas | Injured Reserve | ir-nr |
| VAN | Mackenzie MacEachern | Injured Reserve | ir-nr |
| VAN | Thatcher Demko | Injured Reserve | Co-president of hockey operations Henrik Sedin said Monday that he hopes Demko (hip) will be ready to return before Christmas, Kevin Woodley of NHL.com reports. |
| VAN | Filip Chytil | Injured Reserve | ir |