Game Thread – Kings vs. Golden Knights, 10/7

Los Angeles Kings 4, Vegas Golden Knights 7
FINAL
Game Preview
WATCH: Bally Sports West
SOG: LAK – 26 VGK – 35
PP: LAK – 1/3 VGK – 2/5

First Period
1. LAK – Anze Kopitar (2) – (Quinton Byfield, Drew Doughty) – 1:12
2. LAK – Matt Roy (1) – (Pierre-Luc Dubois, Kevin Fiala) – 4:11
3. VGK – Ivan Barbashev (1) – (Jonathan Marchessault, Alex Pietrangelo) – 5:24
4. LAK – Viktor Arvidsson (2) – (Adrian Kempe, Drew Doughty) – 8:38 (PP)
5. VGK – Chandler Stephenson (1) – (Jack Eichel, Mark Stone) – 19:08

Second Period
6. VGK – Shea Theodore (1) – (Jonathan Marchessault) – 6:55
7. LAK – Kevin Fiala (2) – (Pierre-Luc Dubois, Matt Roy) – 15:48

Third Period
8. VGK – Nicolas Roy (1) – (William Carrier, Brayden Pachel) – 3:27
9. VGK – Jack Eichel (1) – (Jonathan Marchessault, Brayden McNabb) – 11:00
10. VGK – Jonathan Marchessault (1) – (Mark Stone, Jack Eichel) – 11:00 (PP)
11. VGK – Jack Eichel (2) – (Brett Howdden) – 19:04 (EN)

Finally, the preseason finale. The Kings will take on the Vegas Golden Knights this afternoon in the final game of the exhibition season. 60 (+) minutes are all that separate us from the regular season. Expect to see pretty close to a full lineup here this afternoon. Not that there’s much of a choice. The Kings have just two healthy and non-suspended extras and one is a goaltender. Therefore, the final lineup spot came down to Tobias Bjornfot and Jaret Anderson-Dolan, hence an 11/7 alignment versus a 12/6 alignment. The Kings opted for the former and we’ll see Bjornfot alongside Jordan Spence and Andreas Englund at the bottom of the defensive group.

Tonight’s Kings Lineup –

Byfield – Kopitar – Kempe
Moore – Danault – Arvidsson
Fiala – Dubois – Grundstrom
Lizotte – Lewis

Anderson – Doughty
Gavrikov – Roy
Englund – Spence
Bjornfot

Talbot
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