4 takeaways from Los Angeles Kings first game in the Rookie Faceoff

The Los Angeles Kings were on the ice for the first time this season as part of the Rookie Faceoff, a seven-team tournament, against the Vegas Golden Knights Friday night. It was the first game of the tournament and the Kings would end up with a 2-0 loss.

The Golden Knights got the scoring started in the first period with a goal on a 5-on-3 man advantage. After a scoreless second, the Golden Knights would add their second power play goal of the night in the third period.

Before their next game, which is Saturday night against the Utah Hockey Club, let's look at a few takeaways from the game Friday night.

Los Angeles Kings put their top draft picks together

The Los Angeles Kings announced their lines shortly before their first game of the tournament and it was clear they had a plan to group their top draft picks together. For the forwards, it was Liam Greentree (1st round, 2024), Franciso Pinelli (2nd round, 2021), and Koehn Ziemmer (3rd round, 2023).

It was a similar situation on defense as it was Brandt Clarke (1st round, 2021) and Jakub Dvorak (2nd round, 2023) on the top line. These pairings make a lot of sense as Clarke and Pinelli are probably the two most experienced so putting some of the younger players on their lines should certainly help them.