Daily Faceoff is a news site with no direct affiliation to the NHL, or NHLPA

Los Angeles Kings News

Kuemper will start Thursday in Philadelphia.

Kuemper allowed four goals on 33 shots in the Coyotes loss to the Flyers on Monday. With Antti Raanta battling a lower-body injury, Kuemper is expected to start for the second straight game. He will face the Flyers again tonight, but has been solid so far this season—posting a 2.02 GAA and .936 SV% in four games.

Darcy Kuemper
Armia (lower-body) is not expected to play on Thursday.

Armia was forced to leave Tuesday’s game in New York and was not on the ice for Thursday’s morning skate. Armia will come out of the lineup vs. the Sabres, which means Tomas Tatar will play on the top power-play unit and Kenny Agostino was called-up to play on the third line and second power-play.

Joel Armia
Kuemper is expected to start Thursday in Philadelphia.

Kuemper allowed four goals on 33 shots in the Coyotes loss to the Flyers on Monday. With Antti Raanta battling a lower-body injury, Kuemper is expected to start for the second straight game. He will face the Flyers again tonight, but has been solid so far this season—posting a 2.02 GAA and .936 SV% in four games.

Darcy Kuemper
Kuemper will start Monday vs. the Flyers.

Kuemper made 27 shots in the Coyotes win over the Canucks on October 25th. Kuemper played well in back-to-back starts while Antti Raanta was sick and is now 2-1-0 with a 13.4 GAA and .957 SV% in three games this season. Tonight he faces a Flyers team that has lost four of their last six games and will be without their top-2 net minders.

Darcy Kuemper
Copley will start Monday vs. the Oilers.

Copley allowed three goals on 30 shots in the Capitals win in Calgary on October 27th. Copley has started two games this season, allowing a combined nine goals on 66 shots (.864 SV%). Tonight he will face an Oilers team that has won five of their last six games while averaging 3.67 goals for per game.

Pheonix Copley
Copley will start Saturday afternoon in Calgary.

Copley stopped 18 of 19 shots after replacing Braden Holtby in the Capitals shootout loss to the Panthers on October 19th. In his first start of the season, Copley allowed six goals on 36 shots in a loss in New Jersey. Today he faces a Flames team that has lost three of their last four while being outscored 18-to-10.

Pheonix Copley
Edler (lower-body) will go for an MRI on Friday.

Edler was forced to leave Wednesday’s game with a lower-body injury and was placed on IR on Thursday afternoon. He will go for an MRI on Friday to determine the severity of his injury. Edler missing time due to injury comes as no surprise, as the veteran defenseman has missed at least 12 games in each of the last three seasons—missing a total of 56 games over that span.

Alexander Edler
Kuemper will start Thursday vs. the Canucks.

Kuemper filled in for Antti Raanta, who was a late scratch after being schedule to start Tuesday’s game in Columbus. Kuemper stopped 35 of 36 shots in the 4-1 win. Tonight he will make his third start of the season and comes in with a 1.52 GAA and .953 SV% in his first two outings. He draws a solid matchup against a Canucks team that is banged up and coming in on the tail-end of a back-to-back.

Darcy Kuemper
Kopitar (illness) is expected to return to the Kings lineup on Saturday.

Kopitar was forced to miss Thursday’s game against the Islanders due to an illness, but he is feeling better and should be back vs. the Sabres. Kopitar was back between Alex Iafallo and Tyler Toffoli at Friday’s practice and comes into Saturday with two goals in six games this season.

Anze Kopitar