Late this week and this weekend on Saturday evening (Dec. 6), the Los Angeles Kings (12-8-7) and head coach Jim Hiller host a two-game series to wrap up the series between these squads this regular season against the Chicago Blackhawks (12-9-6) and new head coach Jeff Blashill in the West this fall.
Hiller and the Kings expressed frustration and impatience with the team struggling to find success in the win column in the standings in the Pacific Division in the West this fall in the past couple of months.
"The first period was terrible and that might be polite. Second period, we had a stretch of maybe six minutes. The third period, we pushed hard; it might have worked, but we gave them way too much the other way, despite that."Jim Hiller
The Kings have made multiple adjustments and changes to the top-nine forward line core this fall in the past couple of weeks to try and find answers to the goal-scoring issues with the team in the West.
It was just roughly 10 days ago this past week in late November and early December this month that Hiller and the Kings' staff were in first place in the Pacific Division standings in the West this fall.
Here are the betting odds and spread information for the matchup between the Kings and Blackhawks in the second and final of two games in this series to wrap up the regular season series between these two teams at home at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, CA, on Dec. 6 at 6 p.m. PT.
Betting odds for the matchup between the Los Angeles Kings and Chicago Blackhawks
Money line: Kings -200, Blackhawks +164
Spread: Kings -1.5 (+130)
Over/under: 5.5 (Over -118, Under -104)
For the second time in as many games late this week, the Kings are pretty sizably favored in the pregame betting spread and the money line at home at Crypto Arena to beat the Blackhawks from Chicago (per FanDuel sportsbook). The over/under is set at 5.5 goals.
Projected rosters for the Los Angeles Kings vs. Chicago Blackhawks
Kings
Forwards
Fiala – Byfield – Kempe
Moore – Kopitar – Armia
Laferriere – Danault – Kuzmenko
Foegele – Turcotte – Perry
*Helenius and Malott
Defensemen
Anderson – Doughty
Edmundson – Clarke
Dumoulin – Ceci
*Moverare
Goalies
Kuemper
Forsberg
Blackhawks
Forwards
Greene - Bedard - Burakovsky
Moore - Nazar - Bertuzzi
Teravainen - Dickinson - Mikheyev
Dach - Donato - Slaggert
Defensemen
Vlasic - Crevier
Kaiser - Levshunov
Grzelcyk - Murphy
Goalies
Knight
Soderblom
*Indicates a healthy scratch
Futures betting odds for the Los Angeles Kings for the 2025-26 season
To make the playoffs: -270
To win the Pacific Division: +600
To win the Stanley Cup: +3000
Game odds refresh periodically and are subject to change.