An eventful 24 hours in this past day or two in the East for the Los Angeles Kings (21-16-13) leads into a road matchup on this lengthy road trip in the Eastern Conference early this week vs. the Detroit Red Wings (32-16-5) at Little Caesars Arena on Jan. 27. The Kings need to put together a complete 60-minute effort on the ice and on the scoreboard tonight on Tuesday to have a chance at beating the Red Wings on the road in Detroit.
What was originally scheduled to be the back end of back-to-back games for Hiller and the Kings this evening on Tuesday vs. the Red Wings on the road in Detroit should give the team more energy and fresh legs coming into this game early this week.
There are some new faces in the active roster lineup tonight for Hiller and the Kings going into the matchup on the road in the East vs. Detroit at Little Caesars Arena. The Kings could have forward Kenny Connors made his NHL debut in the active roster lineup tonight in Detroit vs. the Red Wings.
Goalie Anton Forsberg is also expected to start in net for the Kings tonight vs. the Red Wings after he wasn't on the ice at the start of the team morning skate on Tuesday in Detroit.
Here are the betting odds and spread information for the matchup between the Kings and Red Wings in the first game in the East on a road trip early this week at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, MI, on Jan. 27 at 4 p.m. PT.
Betting odds for the matchup between the Los Angeles Kings and Detroit Red Wings
Money line: Kings +105, Red Wings -126
Spread: Kings +1.5 (-245)
Over/under: 5.5 (Over -106, Under -114)
The Kings are very slight underdogs in the pregame betting spread and the money line on Tuesday on the road in Detroit vs. the Red Wings (per FanDuel sportsbook). The over/under is set at 5.5 goals.
Projected rosters for the Los Angeles Kings vs. Detroit Red Wings
Kings
Forwards
Kempe – Laferriere– Perry
Moore – Byfield – Foegele
Fiala – Armia – Kuzmenko
Malott – Helenius – Ward
Defensemen
Anderson – Doughty
Dumoulin – Clarke
Moverare – Ceci
*Edmundson
Goalies
Forsberg
Kuemper
*Indicates a healthy scratch
Red Wings
Forwards
Kasper – Larkin- Raymond
DeBrincat – Copp – Kane
Finnie – Compher – van Riemsdyk
Soderblom – Rasmussen – Appleton
Defensemen
Bernard-Docker – Seider
Sandin-Pellikka – Chiarot
Johansson – Hamonic
Goalies
Gibson
Talbot
Futures betting odds for the Los Angeles Kings for the 2025-26 season
To make the playoffs: -260
To win the Pacific Division: +850
To win the Stanley Cup: +4500
Game odds refresh periodically and are subject to change.