The Utah Hockey Club takes on the Los Angeles Kings tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
UTAH (24-23-9) at KINGS (29-17-7)
9 p.m. ET; FDSNW, Utah16
Utah projected lineup
Clayton Keller — Alexander Kerfoot — Nick Schmaltz
Michael Carcone — Barrett Hayton — Dylan Guenther
Lawson Crouse — Jack McBain — Josh Doan
Liam O’Brien — Kevin Stenlund — Nick Bjugstad
Mikhail Sergachev — John Marino
Olli Maatta — Sean Durzi
Ian Cole — Michael Kesselring
Connor Ingram
Karel Vejmelka
Scratched: Juuso Valimaki, Matias Maccelli, Nick DeSimone
Injured: Logan Cooley (lower body), Robert Bortuzzo (lower body)
Status report
Cooley has been upgraded to day to day but the center will miss his seventh straight game. … Durzi will return after missing 52 games because of a shoulder injury he sustained against the New Jersey Devils on Oct. 14 that required surgery.
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Kings projected lineup
Alex Turcotte — Anze Kopitar — Adrian Kempe
Warren Foegele — Phillip Danault — Trevor Moore
Kevin Fiala — Quinton Byfield — Alex Laferriere
Tanner Jeannot — Trevor Lewis
Mikey Anderson — Drew Doughty
Vladislav Gavrikov — Jordan Spence
Joel Edmundson — Brandt Clarke
Jacob Moverare
Darcy Kuemper
David Rittich
Scratched: Kyle Burroughs, Akil Thomas
Injured: None
Status report
Anderson will return after missing four games because of an upper-body injury. … The Kings are expected to dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen.
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