Projected Lineups for the Kings vs Avalanche – 3/27/25

The Los Angeles Kings take on the Colorado Avalanche at Ball Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

KINGS (40-21-9) at AVALANCHE (44-25-3)

10 p.m. ET; ESPN

Kings projected lineup

Andrei Kuzmenko — Anze Kopitar — Adrian Kempe
Warren Foegele — Phillip Danault — Trevor Moore
Kevin Fiala — Quinton Byfield — Alex Laferriere
Samuel Helenius — Trevor Lewis — Jeff Malott

Mikey Anderson — Drew Doughty
Vladislav Gavrikov — Jordan Spence
Joel Edmundson — Brandt Clarke

David Rittich
Darcy Kuemper

Scratched: Akil Thomas, Jacob Moverare, Kyle Burroughs

Injured: Tanner Jeannot (undisclosed), Alex Turcotte (upper body)

Status report:

Jeannot and Turcotte will not play; each forward is day to day. … Malott will make his season debut after being recalled from Ontario of the American Hockey League on Wednesday.

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Avalanche projected lineup

Jonathan Drouin — Nathan MacKinnon — Valeri Nichushkin
Artturi Lehkonen — Brock Nelson — Martin Necas
Miles Wood — Charlie Coyle — Ross Colton
Parker Kelly — Jack Drury — Logan O’Connor

Devon Toews — Cale Makar
Ryan Lindgren — Sam Malinski
Samuel Girard — Keaton Middleton

Mackenzie Blackwood
Scott Wedgewood

Scratched: Jimmy Vesey, Jacob MacDonald

Injured: Joel Kiviranta (lower body), Erik Johnson (lower body), Josh Manson (upper body), Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Tucker Poolman (head)

Status report:

Kiviranta, a forward, is day to day after playing 13:32 in a 5-2 win against the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday; Wood will replace him in the lineup after being a healthy scratch Tuesday. … Johnson, a defenseman, will miss his second straight game.

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