LOS ANGELES –– Meet the new Kings, (almost) the same as the old Kings.

Ahead of their season-opening, back-to-back set in which they’ll host the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday and visit the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday, Coach Jim Hiller offered a glimpse of his opening-night lineup.

Save for one injury-related swap, the top nine forwards, top four defenseman and starting goalie were all copied and pasted from the Kings’ fourth straight first-round ouster at the hands of the Edmonton Oilers.

At the outset of 2025-26, the Kings could define insanity or defy the odds, placing their belief in a very similar group that they hope produces a very different result.

Continuity or stagnation?

As leading scorer Adrian Kempe pointed out last season after the Kings’ most impressive offensive d

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