The Los Angeles Kings welcome the Vancouver Canucks into cryto.com Arena for a Saturday night matchup. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
CANUCKS (10-13-2) at KINGS (11-6-7)
10 p.m. ET; FDSNW, KCAL, CITY, SN, TVAS, CBC
Canucks projected lineup
Evander Kane — Elias Pettersson — Jake DeBrusk
Conor Garland — David Kampf — Brock Boeser
Drew O’Connor — Max Sasson — Kiefer Sherwood
Arshdeep Bains — Lukas Reichel — Linus Karlsson
Quinn Hughes — Filip Hronek
Elias Pettersson — Tyler Myers
Marcus Pettersson — Tom Willander
Kevin Lankinen
Nikita Tolopilo
Scratched: P.O. Joseph, Jonathan Lekkerimaki, Aatu Raty
Injured: Thatcher Demko (lower body), Filip Chytil (concussion protocol), Teddy Blueger (lower body), Nils Hoglander (lower body), Derek Forbort (undisclosed)
Status report
The Canucks did not hold a morning skate Saturday following a 3-2 loss at the San Jose Sharks on Friday. … Lankinen could start after missing the first two games of a four-game road trip for personal reasons. … Lekkerimaki, a forward, was recalled from Abbotsford of the American Hockey League on Saturday. … Jiri Patera, a goalie, was assigned to the AHL in a corresponding move.
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Kings projected lineup
Kevin Fiala — Quinton Byfield — Adrian Kempe
Alex Laferriere — Anze Kopitar — Trevor Moore
Joel Armia — Phillip Danault — Andrei Kuzmenko
Jeff Malott — Alex Turcotte — Corey Perry
Mikey Anderson — Joel Edmundson
Brian Dumoulin — Brandt Clarke
Jacob Moverare — Cody Ceci
Anton Forsberg
Darcy Kuemper
Scratched: Samuel Helenius
Injured: Drew Doughty (lower body), Warren Foegele (upper body)
Status report
The Kings, who held an optional skate Saturday, are likely to dress the same 18 skaters they used in a 5-4 shootout loss at the Anaheim Ducks on Friday but could make changes to their lines. … Doughty has resumed skating on his own after the defenseman was struck in the foot by a shot against the Ottawa Senators on Nov. 15.
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