San Jose Sharks @ Los Angeles Kings

San Jose SharksSharksSJ

14-14-3, 5-9-0 Away

Los Angeles KingsKingsLA

14-8-7, 4-6-3 Home

Sharks

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
Y. Askarov	10	8	1	0	3.14	.903
A. Nedeljkovic	4	5	2	0	3.01	.899

Kings

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
D. Kuemper	10	6	5	2	2.23	.914
A. Forsberg	4	2	2	1	2.69	.894

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SJ

LA

Points

Macklin CelebriniC #71

Adrian KempeRW #9

Goals

Macklin CelebriniC #71

Adrian KempeRW #9

Assists

Macklin CelebriniC #71

Adrian KempeRW #9

San Jose Sharks

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Yaroslav Askarov G	OUT	11 Dec
Vincent Desharnais D	IR	27 Dec
Michael Misa C	IR-LT	16 Dec
Logan Couture C	IR	15 Sep

Los Angeles Kings

No injured players

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
SJ	2.83	3.27	24.1	31.4	253	21	19.1	20	80.0	2	0
LA	2.72	2.48	28.6	26.1	214	12	13.6	18	80.4	5	0

Sharks Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
12/7/25	@CAR	W4-1
12/6/25	@DAL	L4-1
12/4/25	vsWSH	L7-1
12/2/25	vsUTA	W6-3
11/30/25	@VGK	L4-3

Kings Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
12/9/25	@UTA	W4-2
12/7/25	vsCHI	W6-0
12/5/25	vsCHI	L2-1
12/3/25	vsWSH	L3-1
11/30/25	vsVAN	W2-1 OT

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Kings
4
Sharks
3

Game 1

29/10

Kings
3
Sharks
4

Game 2

21/11

Sharks
Kings

Game 3

8/1

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Anaheim	18	10	1	37
Vegas	14	6	8	36
Los Angeles	14	8	7	35
Edmonton	13	11	5	31
San Jose	14	14	3	31
Seattle	11	10	6	28
Calgary	12	15	4	28
Vancouver	11	16	3	25

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Emily Kaplan: Milan Olympics ice issues will go down to the wire

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NHL projects this season's revenue to around $6.8 billion

NHL projects this season's revenue to around $6.8 billion

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