The Los Angeles Kings (0-1-0) will be right back in action on the ice tonight in back-to-back games against the Vegas Golden Knights (0-0-0) in the regular season road opener on Oct. 8. The Golden Knights will be the back end of a difficult set of back-to-back games for Jim Hiller and the Kings to win to open up the regular season for the 2025-26 campaign early this week.
This past regular season, the Kings were 3-1-0 against the Golden Knights, including three games where LA averaged over 5.5 goals scored per game. The Kings had four forwards who scored at least four points in the regular season series back in the lineup early this season.
Here are the betting odds and spread information for the regular season road opener for the Kings vs. the Golden Knights at T-Mobile Center in Las Vegas, NV, on Oct. 8 at 7:00 p.m. CT.
Betting odds for the regular season road opener matchup between the Los Angeles Kings and Vegas Golden Knights
Money line: Kings +164, Golden Knights -200
Spread: Kings +1.5 (-148)
Over/under: 5.5 (Over -138, Under +112)
For the second day in a row, the Kings are slight underdogs in the pregame betting odds and the money line vs. the Golden Knights in the road opener tonight (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
Kuzmenko – Kopitar – Kempe
Fiala – Byfield – Laferriere
Foegele – Danault – Moore
Malott – Turcotte – Armia
*Helenius
Defensemen
Anderson – Doughty
Edmundson – Clarke
Dumoulin – Ceci
*Moverare
Goalies
Forsberg
Kuemper
*Indicates a healthy scratch
Golden Knights
Forwards
Barbashev — Eichel — Marner
Saad — Hertl — Dorofeyev
Smith — Karlsson — Stone
Howden — Sissons — Kolesar
Defensemen
McNabb — Theodore
Hanifin — Whitecloud
Lauzon — Korczak
Goalies
Hill
Schmid
Futures betting odds for the Los Angeles Kings for the 2025-26 season
To make the playoffs: -240
To win the Pacific Division: +550
To win the Stanley Cup: +2200
Game odds refresh periodically and are subject to change.