2019-20 Regular Season Pregame: Game 1 LA Kings Vs Edmonton Oilers

Good Evening Hockey Fans! Welcome to the start of the 2019-20 NHL regular season. The Kings season starts on the road as the team heads up to western Canada to take on the Edmonton Oilers, Calgary Flames, and Vancouver Canucks before the team heads home first home game of the season.

Here’s tonight’s pregame report

A few new players will be joining the Kings to start the season, defensemen Tobias Bojrnfot, Joakim Ryan, Ben Hutton and forward Blake Lizotte. Hutton, and Ryan are seasoned NHL veterans and are hoping to bolster the Kings depth when it comes to defense. Bojrnfot was selected by the Kings in the 1st round 22nd overall by the team this past season he is playing in place of defenseman Derek Forbort who is injuries with a back injury he sustained last season. Here's what Kings defenseman Drew Doughty said about Bojrnfot "“I’m not trying to give him too, too much. Just trying to keep him positive and remind him of all the little things. If things go wrong on the ice, tell him what we should’ve done better or what I thought we should’ve done better. If things go right, remind him of why they went right and what they did well".

The Oilers finished their first game of the season a 3-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks. Forward Conor McDavid had an spectacular goal in the game which was the game winning goal for the Oilers in that game. Defenseman Adam Larsson suffered a fractured right fibula and will be out 6-8 weeks after blocking a shot from Vancouver Canucks forward Quinn Hughes in the first period of that game. Edmonton called up Joel Persson to take his place and forward Riley Sheahan is out with a concussion Persson will make his NHL debut tonight.

Kings record before the game
(0-0-0)

Oilers record before the game
(1-0-0)

Tonight's starting lineup for your Kings

Alex Iafallo-Anze Kopitar-Dustin Brown 

Ilya Kovalchuk-Adrian Kempe-Jeff Carter 

Austin Wagner-Blake Lizotte-Tyler Toffoli

Kyle Clifford-Micheal Amadio-Trevor Lewis

Defense Pairings

Tobias Bojrnfot-Drew Doughty 

Alec Martinez-Matt Roy 

Sean Walker-Ben Hutton 

Tonight's starting goalie for your Kings is Jonathan Quick (backup goalie is Jack Campbell)

Scratches for tonight's game: Joakim Ryan Kurtis MacDermid Carl Grundstrom

Players on the injury reserve: Derek Forbort (back injury) Gabe Vilardi (back injury)

Tonight’s lineup for the Edmonton Oilers

Leon Draisaitl-Connor McDavid-Zach Kassian

Joakim Nygard-Ryan Nugent-Hopkins-James Neal

Jujhar Khaira-Colby Cave-Patrick Russell

Markus Granlund-Gaetan Hass-Tomas Jurco

Defense Pairings 

Oscar Klefbom-Joel Persson

Darnell Nurse-Ethan Bear

Kris Russell-Matt Benning

Tonight’s starting goalie is Mike Smith (backup is Mikko Koskinen)

Scratches for tonight’s game: Alex Chiasson Josh Archibald 

Players on injury reserve: Adam Larsson (Fractured Right Fibula) Riley Sheahan (concussion)