Coming back from multiple days of mini-camp style practice for the Los Angeles Kings (23-19-14) and head coach Jim Hiller is a set of back-to-back games for the Pacific Division in the West vs. the Vegas Golden Knights (27-16-14) at Crypto Arena on home ice. The Kings and Hiller will get multiple players back from the Olympics who won medals this past couple of weeks representing their home countries and the franchise, including winger Joel Armia and defenseman Drew Doughty.
The matchup tonight against the Golden Knights in the Pacific Division for the Kings will also see the debut of star forward Artemi Panarin, who will be playing his first game with LA tonight due to the three week break for the Olympics this month in mid-to-late February.
The Kings will play their first game tonight after a week or so of mini-camp style practices in team drills this past week for Hiller and staff on the ice.
Here are the betting odds and spread information for the matchup between the Kings and Golden Knights in the first game back from the three-week break for the Olympics and in the front end of back-to-back games in the Pacific Division at home at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, CA, on Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. PT.
Betting odds for the matchup between the Los Angeles Kings and Vegas Golden Knights
Money line: Kings -172, Golden Knights +142
Spread: Kings -1.5 (+154)
Over/under: 5.5 (Over +100, Under -122)
The Kings are comfortable favorites in the front end of back-to-back games tonight on home ice and in the first game back from the three-week break for the Olympics vs. the Golden Knights at Crypto Arena in the pregame betting spread and the money line (per FanDuel sportsbook). The over/under is set at 5.5 goals.
Projected rosters for the Los Angeles Kings vs. Vegas Golden Knights
Kings
Forwards
Panarin – Laferriere – Kempe
Byfield – Kopitar – Moore
Foegele – Turcotte – Kuzmenko
Armia – Helenius – Perry
*Malott and Ward
Defensemen
Dumoulin – Doughty
Edmundson – Clarke
Anderson – Ceci
*Moverare
Goalies
Forsberg
Kuemper
*Indicates a healthy scratch
Golden Knights
Forwards
Barbashev – Hertl – Kolesar
Smith – Laczynski – Dorofeyev
Saad – Sissons – Holtz
Reinhardt – Uchacz – Bowman
Defensemen
Lauzon – Andersson
McNabb – Coghlan
Hutton – Korczak
Goalies
Hill
Schmid
Futures betting odds for the Los Angeles Kings for the 2025-26 season
To win the Pacific Division: +900
To make the playoffs: -220
To win the Stanley Cup: +3500
Game odds refresh periodically and are subject to change.