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2026-27 forecast · Tue, Nov 10, 10:00 PM ET
Darcy Kuemper · 0.891 SV%
The preseason ratings make Los Angeles Kings 52.7% to win at home — barely a lean at all, worth 2.7 points over a coin flip, which grades C. Over a full season those same ratings project LAK for 90 points and NSH for 93.
A preseason forecast from each team's regressed rating and home ice, the ratings behind the projected standings. The full model read, with the starting goalies, rest and form, publishes within seven days of the game and replaces this page’s numbers. How the model works
LAK controlled play at 5v5 last season, 51.7% of the expected goals to 47.7%; LAK's power play ran at 17.1% against a NSH kill at 81.7%.
In goal, neither team has named a starter. Last season Darcy Kuemper (LAK) saved -22.9 goals above expected to Juuse Saros's -28.0, on save percentages of 0.891 and 0.894.
None of that is the model read. This is a rating-and-home-ice forecast; the full prediction — confirmed goalies, rest and form, priced against the market — publishes inside the seven days before puck drop and replaces these numbers. Los Angeles Kings over Nashville Predators is where it starts, not where it ends.
No starter is named this far out. These are each side’s projected starters on the current roster, with last season’s numbers.
NSH
Juuse Saros
59 games, 2025-26
LAK
Darcy Kuemper
50 games, 2025-26
| NSH | Metric | LAK |
|---|---|---|
| 47.7% | xGF% (5v5) | 51.7% |
| 48.5% | Shot share | 50.5% |
| 3.0 | Goals for / game | 2.6 |
| 3.3 | Goals against / game | 2.9 |
| 23.1% | Power play | 17.1% |
| 81.7% | Penalty kill | 75.3% |
| 50.5% | Faceoffs | 49.8% |
Nashville Predators
| Player | Pos | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | 32 | 36 | 67 | |
| C | 31 | 29 | 59 | |
| C | 17 | 32 | 49 | |
| D | 10 | 32 | 43 |
Los Angeles Kings
| Player | Pos | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | 25 | 47 | 72 |
| Date | Game | Pick | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-06 | NSH @ LAK | LAK | NSH 2–3 LAK | Correct |
| 2026-04-02 | NSH @ LAK | LAK | NSH 5–4 LAK | Missed |
| 2025-10-25 | LAK @ NSH | NSH | LAK 7–8 NSH | Correct |
| Team | Proj. points | Playoff odds |
|---|---|---|
| Nashville Predators | 93 | 47.6% |
| Los Angeles Kings | 90 | 44.3% |
Forecast method preseason-elo-v1; ratings as of 2026-08-19.
| R | 27 | 31 | 58 |
| R | 22 | 31 | 52 |
| L | 22 | 28 | 50 |