{"id":398991,"date":"2026-01-09T20:12:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T20:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/398991\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T20:12:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T20:12:16","slug":"nhl-game-preview-los-angeles-kings-at-winnipeg-jets-with-line-combinations-01-09-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/398991\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: Los Angeles Kings at Winnipeg Jets with Line Combinations (01\/09\/2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/WINNIPEG-JETS-VS-LOS-ANGELES-KINGS.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: Conrad Jack (Inside The Rink)<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Kings (18-14-10) at Winnipeg Jets (15-22-5)<br \/>Venue: Canada Life Centre<br \/>Date: Tonight \u2013 Friday, January 9th<br \/>Time: 7:00 pm CST<br \/>How To Watch: TSN3<br \/>Radio: 680 CJOB<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/5142595\/264167\/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Kings News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Kings roll into Winnipeg looking to extend the Jets\u2019 current losing skid of 11 games. The Kings are currently without Trevor Moore, Anze Kopitar, Joel Armia, and Corey Perry. They\u2019re 4-5-1 in their last 10 games and look to get back into the win column with a win over the Jets tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Winnipeg Jets News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Winnipeg Jets look to snap an 11-game losing streak with a win over a shorthanded Los Angeles Kings team. The Jets, who have won just three games in their last 23, sit dead last in the NHL standings and look to get their season back on track over Los Angeles tonight. 2022 3rd round draft pick <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/danny-zhilkin-gets-first-nhl-call-up\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Danny Zhilkin was recalled<\/a> from the Manitoba Moose and made his NHL Debut against the Edmonton Oilers.<\/p>\n<p>Log Angeles Kings Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p>Ward \u2013 Laferriere \u2013 Kempe<br \/>Malott \u2013 Byfield \u2013 Foegele<br \/>Fiala \u2013 Turcotte \u2013 Kuzmenko<br \/>Lee \u2013 Helenius<\/p>\n<p>Anderson \u2013 Doughty<br \/>Edmundson \u2013 Clarke<br \/>Dumoulin \u2013 Ceci<br \/>Moverare<\/p>\n<p>Kuemper<br \/>Forsberg<\/p>\n<p>Winnipeg Jets Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p>Connor \u2013 Scheifele \u2013 Iafallo<br \/>Perfetti \u2013 Toews \u2013 Vilardi<br \/>Barron \u2013 Lowry \u2013 Niederreiter<br \/>Koepke \u2013 Zhilkin \u2013 Pearson<\/p>\n<p>Morrissey \u2013 Pionk<br \/>Samberg \u2013 DeMelo<br \/>Stanley \u2013 Schenn<\/p>\n<p>Hellebuyck<br \/>Comrie<\/p>\n<p>Players To Watch:<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Kings<\/p>\n<p>Adrian Kempe has been incredible for the Los Angeles Kings all season, and signing a big contract extension earlier this season didn\u2019t slow him down. The shorthanded Kings team are going to rely on him heavily to drive offence against Winnipeg.<\/p>\n<p>Darcy Kuemper aims to have a strong game against the Winnipeg Jets tonight as the Kings are shorthanded. This is a big game for the Kings, and an even bigger matchup to see if Kuemper can keep himself in the Vezina conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Winnipeg Jets<\/p>\n<p>Cole Perfetti seems to have found his stride, and he isn\u2019t scoring every single game, which is what he and the team would like. If Perfetti could continue to string some strong shifts together and add some points, he could be a great secondary scorer the Jets desperately need right now.<\/p>\n<p>Danny Zhilkin was recently recalled by the Winnipeg Jets, and in his NHL debut, he had some strong shifts and nearly recorded a goal and an assist. The Jets\u2019 fourth line with Zhilkin, Pearson, and Koepke on it looks great, but Zhilkin could be destined for bigger things with his second NHL game under his belt tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Next game<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Kings \u2013 January 10 vs Edmonton Oilers<br \/>Winnipeg Jets \u2013 January 11 vs New Jersey Devils<\/p>\n<p>\tDiscover more from Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px\">Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/cjack\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/e50dfbea4641d046ef8e16e2e54ca52abea6c285162ff2d320dc3eb277ca8c8d.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-75 photo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/cjack\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Conrad Jack<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Conrad Jack is a Manitoba based sportswriter covering the Winnipeg Jets (NHL) and the Manitoba Moose (AHL). He also covers the NHL Draft and World Junior Championship for ITR. He occasionally covers league wide news for Inside The Rink.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo Credit: Conrad Jack (Inside The Rink) Los Angeles Kings (18-14-10) at Winnipeg Jets (15-22-5)Venue: Canada Life CentreDate:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":398992,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[22335,9056,49,48,95820,168421,5239,763,448,168422,82,449],"class_list":["post-398991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-2025-26-nhl-season","tag-adrian-kempe","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cole-perfetti","tag-danny-zhilkin","tag-hockey","tag-los-angeles-kings","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-game-preview","tag-sports","tag-winnipeg-jets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}