{"id":489440,"date":"2026-01-03T12:45:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T12:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/489440\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T12:45:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T12:45:10","slug":"minnesota-visits-los-angeles-after-yurovs-2-goal-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/489440\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota visits Los Angeles after Yurov’s 2-goal game"},"content":{"rendered":"

Minnesota Wild<\/a> (25-10-7, in the Central Division) vs. Los Angeles Kings<\/a> (16-14-9, in the Pacific Division)<\/p>\n

Los Angeles; Saturday, 9 p.m. EST<\/p>\n

Kings -136, Wild +114; over\/under is 5.5<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: The Minnesota Wild visit the Los Angeles Kings after Danila Yurov<\/a>‘s two-goal game against the Anaheim Ducks<\/a> in the Wild’s 5-2 win.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles is 5-9-4 in home games and 16-14-9 overall. The Kings have gone 11-1-6 when scoring at least three goals.<\/p>\n

Minnesota has gone 12-6-2 on the road and 25-10-7 overall. The Wild have conceded 108 goals while scoring 131 for a +23 scoring differential.<\/p>\n

The matchup Saturday is the second time these teams play this season. The Wild won 4-3 in a shootout in the previous matchup.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Adrian Kempe<\/a> has scored 13 goals with 19 assists for the Kings. Anze Kopitar<\/a> has five assists over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Quinn Hughes<\/a> has three goals and 31 assists for the Wild. Matthew Boldy has scored eight goals with four assists over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Kings: 2-6-2, averaging 2.2 goals, 3.3 assists, 4.6 penalties and 10.6 penalty minutes while giving up 2.7 goals per game.<\/p>\n

Wild: 7-1-2, averaging 4.1 goals, 7.1 assists, 2.5 penalties and 5.3 penalty minutes while giving up 2.3 goals per game.<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Kings: None listed.<\/p>\n

Wild: None listed.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive<\/a> and data from Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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