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LOS ANGELES \u2014 The Pittsburgh Penguins (5-9-2) are at the bottom of the Eastern Conference, and talk of the impending probability of general manager Kyle Dubas<\/a> breaking up the band via trades is getting louder. The Penguins are winless in four and begin a three-game road trip Saturday when they face the also struggling LA Kings (5-7-2) at Crypto.com Arena. <\/p>\n The puck drops just after 9 p.m. EST.<\/p>\n Penguins lines tonight: projected lineup and starting goalie \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n The Penguins slide and turmoil makes them solid underdogs Saturday. The FanDuel line<\/a> has the Penguins at +100 and LA at -120. In fact, the researchers have several picks for the Penguins game<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Penguins had moments of competitiveness but were otherwise pummeled by the Boston Bruins Thursday, 6-2. Justin Brazeau<\/a> scored his first goal of the season, and the Penguins controlled play for a lengthy portion of the second period but were once again undone by mistakes. <\/p>\n Boston\u2019s Pavel Zacha<\/a> finished a breakaway and a two-on-one, both fueled by errant Penguins puck management. Penguins goalie Arturs Silovs<\/a> stopped 18 of 24, but all but one of the goals were off of odd-man rushes. <\/p>\n The Penguins might get a little help Saturday as LA\u2019s penalty killing is ranked dead last in the league, killing just 63%. <\/p>\n LA is fresh from a 7-2 drubbing of the San Jose Sharks Wednesday. Adrian Kempe<\/a> returned from an illness absence and netted a hat trick, while Quinton Byfield scored twice on the power play. Erik Haula<\/a> and Joel Armia<\/a> also scored for LA. <\/p>\n LA was 3-for-5 on the power play, and goalie Darcy Kuemper made 30 saves.<\/p>\n Silovs is expected in goal, but with back-to-backs in LA and Anaheim this weekend, both Silovs and rookie Sergei Murashov are likely to start. Coach Dan Muse will announce his starter after the morning skate at 1:30 p.m. EST. <\/p>\n The Penguins will have a full morning skate, which means there could also be line changes. PHN will update the story as needed. <\/p>\n How To Watch<\/p>\n TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh<\/p>\n Radio: 105.9 The X<\/p>\n Penguins Lines<\/p>\n Tommy Novak\u2013Sidney Crosby\u2013Rickard Rakell<\/p>\n Egor Chinakhov\u2013Ben Kindel\u2013Evgeni Malkin<\/p>\n Ville Koivunen\u2013Hendrix Lapierre\u2013Justin Brazeau<\/p>\n Connor Dewar\u2013Blake Lizotte\u2013Nick Robertson<\/p>\n Defense<\/p>\n Samuel Girard\u2013Erik Karlsson<\/p>\n Spencer Stastney\u2013Kaedan Korczak<\/p>\n Declan Carlile\u2013Kris Letang<\/p>\n Goalie: Arturs Silovs, expected.<\/p>\n Kings Lines<\/p>\n Artemi Panarin\u2013Alex Laferriere\u2013Adrian Kempe<\/p>\n Trevor Moore\u2013Quinton Byfield\u2013Corey Perry<\/p>\n Andre Lee\u2013Scott Laughton\u2013Martin Chromiak<\/p>\n Erik Haula\u2013Kenny Connors\u2013Joel Armia<\/p>\n Defense<\/p>\n Erik Gustafsson\u2013Brandt Clarke<\/p>\n Joel Edmundson\u2013Drew Doughty<\/p>\n Mikey Anderson\u2013Brian Dumoulin<\/p>\n Goalie: Darcy Kuemper, expected.<\/p>\n Special Teams<\/p>\n Penguins power play: 17.8% (24th). Penguins penalty kill: 82.5% (10th).<\/p>\n Kings power play: 22.0% (14th). Kings penalty kill: 63.0% (32nd).<\/p>\n Penguins Game Notes<\/p>\n The Penguins have won three of their last four games against LA (3-1-0). The Penguins have won three in a row at Crypto.com. <\/p>\n The Penguins and LA both came into the NHL in 1967, but the Penguins have never won four in a row in LA. <\/p>\n The Penguins begin their third set of back-to-back games. Thus far, they are 1-2-1 in back-to-backs (0-1-1 on the first night and 1-1-0 on the second night).<\/p>\n Nick Robertson scored his seventh goal of the season on Thursday night against Boston. Among all players with zero assists this year, no one has more goals than Robertson\u2019s seven (Conor Geekie, 4G-0A).<\/p>\n Hendrix Lapierre has recorded seven points through 12 games played this season, marking the fastest he\u2019s reached seven points to start a season in his career (previously: 2024-25 & 2023-24, 7 PTS in 25 GP).<\/p>\n