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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