Who is favoured, Los Angeles Kings or Vegas Golden Knights?

Vegas Golden Knights, at 59.0% in PuckCast's preseason forecast. That is a rating-based forecast; the full model read, with goalies, rest and form, publishes within seven days of puck drop.

What is a preseason forecast?

A win probability from each team's regressed preseason rating and home ice, the same ratings behind the 2026-27 projected standings. Those ratings are calibrated at the season level, for standings and playoff odds; this single-game percentage is a plain rating formula and has not been graded on its own yet. It is deliberately unsure about any single game, and the confidence grade says how far it leans.

When does the real prediction publish?

Inside the seven-day window before the game. The model re-scores it on every refresh until puck drop, with the confirmed starting goalies, and this page shows that read instead of the forecast.

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2026-27 forecast · Sat, Apr 10, 10:30 PM ET

Los Angeles KingsLAK

90 proj. pts · 44.3% playoffs

Darcy Kuemper · 0.891 SV%

Bvs10:30 PM ET

Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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

The read

Preseason ratings · last season’s record

VGK controlled play at 5v5 last season, 54.7% of the expected goals to 51.7%; VGK's power play ran at 24.7% against a LAK kill at 75.3%.

In goal, neither team has named a starter. Last season Darcy Kuemper (LAK) saved -22.9 goals above expected to Adin Hill's -23.2, on save percentages of 0.891 and 0.871.

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. Vegas Golden Knights over Los Angeles Kings is where it starts, not where it ends.

In goal

goalie board

No starter is named this far out. These are each side’s projected starters on the current roster, with last season’s numbers.

LAK

Darcy Kuemper

SV%: 0.891
GSAx: -22.9
GAA: 2.78
Record: 19-14-15

50 games, 2025-26

VGK

Adin Hill

SV%: 0.871
GSAx: -23.2
GAA: 3.04
Record: 10-9-6

27 games, 2025-26

LAK	Metric	VGK
51.7%	xGF% (5v5)	54.7%
50.5%	Shot share	53.5%
2.6	Goals for / game	3.3
2.9	Goals against / game	2.9
17.1%	Power play	24.7%
75.3%	Penalty kill	82.2%
49.8%	Faceoffs	51.3%

Who drives it

2026-27 projected points

Los Angeles Kings

Player	Pos	G	A	Pts
Artemi Panarin	L	25	47	72
Adrian Kempe	R	27	31	58
Quinton Byfield	R	22	31	52
Kevin Fiala	L	22	28	50

Vegas Golden Knights

Player	Pos	G	A	Pts
Mitch Marner	R	25	63	87

Last season, head to head

ledger

Date	Game	Pick	Score	Result
2026-02-25	VGK @ LAK	VGK	VGK 6–4 LAK	Correct
2026-02-05	LAK @ VGK	VGK	LAK 1–4 VGK	Correct
2026-01-14	VGK @ LAK	VGK	VGK 3–2 LAK	Correct
2025-10-08	LAK @ VGK	VGK	LAK 7–6 VGK	Missed

Season outlook

projected standings

Team	Proj. points	Playoff odds
Los Angeles Kings	90	44.3%
Vegas Golden Knights	96	58.1%