LOS ANGELES -- The Capitals sent leading scorer Nicklas Backstrom and defenseman Mike Green back to Washington on Monday morning in a surprise move, given that at least Backstrom was considered closer to returning from a head injury.

Washington coach Dale Hunter didn't offer much explanation after the morning skate. He indicated that neither has suffered a setback.

"Right now there's no sense having them on an all-night flight and you get them home early and get a workout in tomorrow," Hunter said. "They're basically day-to-day. We're being cautious."

Backstrom was elbowed by Rene Bourque last Tuesday. He missed Thursday's game, but resumed practice and was thought to become available. In a reversal, he did not skate over the weekend.

Green left Saturday's game with tightness in his groin and did not skate Sunday. It was only his second game back from a strained groin muscle that forced him out of 23 games.

Hunter said they would decide Monday night on the flight home if Backstrom and Green will skate Tuesday. Asked if he would hold out Backstom against Pittsburgh on Wednesday, Hunter said, "It's too early to tell right now. Basically with something like this, basically it's day-to-day."

Key matchup: Washington's seventh-ranked power play will go up against a Los Angeles Kings' No. 2-ranked penalty-killing unit that has killed 34 straight penalties.

L.A. is also known for low-scoring, tight affairs. Three of its past five games have been decided by 1-0 scores.

"We don't anticipate a 6-5 game," Brooks Laich said. "You look at the scores of the games that they're in, they're pretty tight. There's not going to be a lot of room out there. If we can keep it close, and (get) a power-play goal … we also have talent that can score goals and change a game. If we're in a close game we'll feel pretty comfortable with it."

Bernier to start: Jonathan Bernier is expected to get a rare start in goal, according to lakingsinsider.com. That's a curveball considering that Jonathan Quick is one of the hottest goalies in the NHL with a 6-1-3 record, 1.18 goals-against average and .955 save percentage over his last 10 games.

How much film of Bernier has Washington seen?

"Not a whole lot," Laich said. "I think they've got two very good goaltenders. We obviously don't see him very much. We'll pre-scout him a little bit tonight, we always do. So we'll see a little bit more of him (on tape) tonight."

Kings shuffle lines: Los Angeles coach Darryl Sutter will likely mix up his lines again after the Kings were shut out for the fifth time this season, a 1-0 loss to Columbus last Saturday.

Mike Richards goes back to his second line center position while Justin Williams has been bumped up to first line right wing in an attempt to spark center Anze Kopitar.

Jarret Stoll goes from his usual center spot to right wing on the third line.

LOS ANGELES -- Here's how the lineups could look tonight when the Washington Capitals visit the Los Angeles Kings at Staples Center:

CAPITALS
Alexander Semin - Marcus Johnansson - Mike Knuble
Alex Ovechkin - Brooks Laich - Troy Brouwer
Jason Chimera - Jeff Halpern - Joel Ward
Matt Hendricks - Mathieu Perrault - Jay Beagle

Karl Alzner - John Carlson
Roman Hamrlik - Dennis Wideman
John Erskine - Dmitri Orlov

Tomas Vokoun
Michal Neuvirth

KINGS
Dustin Brown - Anze Kopitar - Justin Williams
Dustin Penner - Mike Richards - Jarret Stoll
Brad Richardson - Andrei Loktionov - Trevor Lewis
Kyle Clifford - Colin Fraser - Trent Hunter

Drew Doughty - Rob Scuderi
Jack Johnson - Matt Greene
Willie Mitchell - Alec Martinez

Jonathan Bernier
Jonathan Quick

ANAHEIM, Calif.-- They have played on Finland’s national team but Niklas Hagman, Saku Koivu and Teemu Selanne have never been on the same line.

Well, technically, it might have happened for a brief moment.

“It must have been a line change or something,” Hagman said.

That will change when the Anaheim Ducks play host to the New York Islanders on Friday night. Coach Bruce Boudreau indicated that he’ll start with the Finnish line, with an emphasis on “start.”

“The (whole) game? I don’t know,” Boudreau said. “The first period? Yeah. You just have to see how the first period goes, and hopefully it will go well.”

Boudreau has been a mad scientist with his lines while trying to coax some offense out of the Ducks, and this is the latest wrinkle. It also has to do with Jason Blake returning to the lineup recently because Boudreau mentioned he asked too much of Blake in his first game back Wednesday.

Hagman, who has played with Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry on the first line and also on the third line, was looking forward to the possibilities with his countrymen.

“Obviously its two great players,” Hagman said. “Who wouldn’t be excited? We have a lot of great players on our team so it doesn’t matter who they play with. But I’m from Finland and they’re from Finland, so it makes it a little different.”

Hiller likely in: Jonas Hiller did not participate in what was a very optional morning skate for Anaheim.

Boudreau said “I suppose - maybe” when asked if Hiller would be in net and joked that there’s a “59.3 percent” chance Hiller would make his 18th start in the past 20 games.

Evgeni Nabokov will start for the Islanders. He has historically fared well against the Ducks with a 9-3 record, 1.76 goals-against average and two shutouts in his last 12 matchups against Anaheim when he was in San Jose.

Gordon stays up: Andrew Gordon and Matt Smaby cleared waivers Friday morning and Boudreau said Gordon will be in the lineup.

Gordon wasn’t necessarily surprised by the move given their struggles and the fact that the Ducks have one extra forward on their active roster. Gordon has two goals and five points with a minus-10 rating in 36 games.

“The way I tend to approach it is do what I’m told,” Gordon said. “You’re a soldier in this game. You do what you’re told. You come to work when you’re told to come to work.

“No one’s happy about going on waivers. No one’s happy about the prospect of being shipped out of here. We all want to be here. We all want to win.”

Islanders trending upward: Islanders coach Jack Capuano said there won’t be any changes in his lineup, and there’s no argument for it with the Islanders going for their first four-game winning streak since Feb.10-15, 2011.

“(Four wins in a row) would be a big confidence (boost),” Michael Grabner said. “We’re just working our way up to .500. Every game counts for us.”

Capuano liked the resiliency his team showed in their last game against Carolina.

“Even when they scored late, we knew we still had a chance and that’s what we like about our team right now,” he said. “Whatever adversity that we face, we have to bounce back. And you’re going to face adversity during the course of a game, especially against these guys tonight. They got a line that’s going to play 18-20 minutes tonight. It could be one of the best lines in hockey. We’re going to have our troubles with them.”

Disneyland excursion: Grabner and about half a dozen teammates went to Disneyland on Thursday. It was Grabner’s first visit there and he said it was too short.

“The lines were long,” he said. “We were only on Space Mountain, Indiana Jones (Adventure) and Pirates of the Caribbean.”

Here are the projected lineups for both teams:

ISLANDERS

Matt Moulson - John Tavares - Kyle Okposo
Brian Rolston - Frans Nielsen - P.A. Parenteau
Michael Grabner – Josh Bailey - Matt Martin
Tim Wallace - Marty Reasoner - Nino Niederreiter

Mark Streit - Steve Staios
Andrew MacDonald - Travis Hamonic
Mark Eaton - Milan Jurcina

Evgeni Nabokov
Anders Nilsson

DUCKS

Bobby Ryan - Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry
Niklas Hagman - Saku Koivu - Teemu Selanne
Jason Blake - Nick Bonino - Andrew Cogliano
Matt Beleskey - Rod Pelley - Andrew Gordon

Cam Fowler - Francois Beauchemin
Lubomir Visnovsky - Luca Sbisa
Toni Lydman - Sheldon Brookbank

Jonas Hiller
Dan Ellis

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – One of the goals that Darryl Sutter set upon his hiring as coach of the Los Angeles Kings was to improve at home.

The Kings were 8-9-1 at home before Sutter was hired Dec.20, and they are 3-0-1 under his watch.

Sutter said part of the reason for their home struggles have to do with their game-day routine. The Kings are among the minority of teams that do not practice at their game venue.

L.A. has a practice facility in the South Bay, where most players live. Staples Center is about 35-40 minutes away.

“It’s a big adjustment for young players, quite honest, playing in this environment,” Sutter said. “A big part of it is managing game day. It’s simple. It’s a different routine than 95 percent of NHL teams. They don’t practice game day at the big rink. It has everything to do with what’s going on. It’s a big adjustment – guaranteed. You have only so much control over them in terms of getting them ready. So you have to put a little bit more responsibility on the player.”

Because of this, Sutter has emphasized taking advantage of this five game home stand, which continues Thursday against Phoenix. L.A. then plays nine of its next 14 games on the road.

“To be quite honest, before you can be a consistent good road team for over a period of time you need to be able to take what you do well at home with confidence on the road,” Sutter said. “It’s almost double the responsibility, the accountability on the players’ part which we have as a coaching staff, do a better job helping them.”

Voynov still out: Defenseman Slava Voynov will miss a second game because of an upper-body injury but he is skating.

“He was out there flying,” Sutter said. “He’s feeling better every day. The next step is contact. If he’s pain-free today, hopefully we can take the next step tomorrow.”

Joked Sutter, “He was wearing new skates so his feet hurt. So it’s a lower-body injury.”

Voynov’s absence means another start for Alec Martinez, who otherwise has been scratched under Sutter.

Martinez was a regular under former coach Terry Murray, but Sutter obviously has other plans. It didn’t help that an upper-body injury kept him out for 10 games earlier this season.

“It’s not an easy situation coming into a new job halfway into the season,” Martinez said of Sutter. 
“It’s been, not a whirlwind, but he’s had a lot on his plate and, coming off my injury, I’ve had a lot on my plate. We’ve had some communications but I’m just trying to bring my game and help the team win.”

Sutter’s son recalled: Sutter was informed by a reporter that his son, Brett, was about to be recalled up to the Carolina Hurricanes.

Darryl said he talked to Brett on Wednesday but it in general they don’t discuss hockey.
“I’m his dad,” Darryl said. “That’s more important.”

Smith back: Mike Smith is expected to start in goal. He held the Kings to two goals in each of the October meetings.

Here are the projected lineups:

COYOTES

Mikkel Boeker - Daymond Langkow - Shane Doan
Ray Whitney - Cal O’Reilly - Radim Vrbata
Patrick O'Sullivan - Kyle Chipchura - Lauri Korpikoski
Paul Bissonette - Marc Antoine-Pouliot - Taylor Pyatt

Keith Yandle - David Schlemko
Oliver Ekman-Larsson - Adrian Aucoin
Rostislav Klesla - Michal Rozsival

Mike Smith
Jason LaBarbera

KINGS

Mike Richards - Anze Kopitar - Dustin Brown
Dustin Penner - Jarret Stoll - Justin Williams
Brad Richardson - Andrei Loktionov - Trevor Lewis
Kyle Clifford - Colin Fraser - Trent Hunter

Drew Doughty - Rob Scuderi
Jack Johnson - Matt Greene
Willie Mitchell - Alec Martinez

Jonathan Quick
Jonathan Bernier

ANAHEIM, Calif. – Jason Blake comes full circle Wednesday night when he returns from a 34-game absence against the San Jose Sharks.

Blake suffered a severe laceration on his left forearm Oct.14 when Sharks defenseman Brent Burns accidentally stepped on him. Blake needed corrective surgery but his return comes about two weeks ahead of schedule.

“It feels good. It feels strong,” Blake said. “You never know until you get into a game. Obviously you look back, three months ago … it’s kind of ironic. It’s a been a tough three months sitting out and not being able to play or doing anything for about six weeks there. It’s nice to get back and play hockey and obviously be around the guys.”

After that game, Burns walked out to the ambulance that transported Blake and offered his condolences. Blake appreciated it and has moved on.

“I pretty much forgot about it,” Blake said. “Stuff happens in hockey. You hate to see it happen. I haven’t even thought about that - Brent - and being out. I have the utmost respect for him, even before it happened. He’s a great player. He’s brought a lot to the San Jose Sharks hockey club. I haven’t thought about that.”

Added Burns: “You feel bad when something happens like that. I’m glad he came back. I know he’s been through a lot. Obviously when a guy’s been through a lot like that, there’s something special about him.”

Blake, 38, will resume his spot at second line left wing with Saku Koivu, 37, and the 41-year-old Teemu Selanne.

“It’s the oldest line in pro sports, I know that,” Anaheim coach Bruce Boudreau joked.

Boudreau said he would prefer not to have to play Blake more than 14-15 minutes but “we’ll see how the game goes.”

“The one thing about Jason is that he’s always in tremendous shape,” Boudreau said. “If he’s feeling great and playing great, I’m not going to hold to that.”

New lines: Boudreau put back together the top line of Bobby Ryan, Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry after he briefly did the unthinkable and split Getzlaf and Perry on New Year’s Eve against Colorado.

That means that Anaheim will have the same top two lines as in the start of the season. Blake’s return also allows Anaheim to put Niklas Hagman on the third line for more balance.

Hagman had played with Getzlaf and Perry and fared well but he is more suited for this role.

“Now, with everybody healthy, he becomes a solid third-line guy, which is where I think he fits rather than having to force him to be on the first line,” Boudreau said.

Anaheim has San Jose’s number: Nearly a third of Anaheim’s 10 victories have come against San Jose as the Ducks have surprisingly gone 3-0 against their Pacific Division rivals.

Well, it’s not so surprising given that Ducks goalie Jonas Hiller is 5-0 with a 1.71 goals-against average in his last six games against the Sharks. Two of the three meetings this season have been 3-2 victories.

“They’ve been able to get to three and we haven’t,” San Jose coach Todd McLellan said. “I use that race-to-three all the time. Their goalie has been the first star, I think, in all three matches. He seems to elevate his game against us. So we’ll have to find a way to crack that nut.”

San Jose will start Antti Niemi, who is set to make his 13th straight start. McLellan isn’t concerned about leaning on his No. 1 too much, especially considering that this portion of the schedule allows for it.

“Not one bit,” he said. “He hasn’t played much. We’ve had three days, out of the last 12, completely off. I look around and see (Los Angeles Kings goalie Jonathan) Quick and Jimmy Howard (of Detroit) and those type of guys excelling the more they play. I think his game has gotten better. You ask me this question in February on a nine-game road trip then I might answer it a little different.”

Here are the projected lineups:

SAN JOSE

Benn Ferriero - Joe Thornton - Joe Pavelski
Ryane Clowe - Logan Couture - Patrick Marleau
Jamie McGinn - Michal Handzus - Torrey Mitchell
Brad Winchester - Andrew Desjardins - Andrew Murray

Douglas Murray - Justin Braun
Dan Boyle - Marc-Edouard Vlasic
Jason Demers - Brent Burns

Antti Niemi
Thomas Greiss

ANAHEIM

Bobby Ryan - Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry
Jason Blake - Saku Koivu - Teemu Selanne
Matt Beleskey - Andrew Cogliano - Niklas Hagman
Nick Bonino - Rod Pelley - Andrew Gordon

Cam Fowler - Francois Beauchemin
Lubomir Visnovsky - Luca Sbisa
Toni Lydman - Sheldon Brookbank

Jonas Hiller
Dan Ellis

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- One the main benefits of acquiring Mike Richards for the Los Angeles Kings was that it would make them one of the deepest teams in the NHL down the middle.

L.A. can boast Richards, Anze Kopitar and Jarret Stoll centering its top three lines.

But it has veered from that script.

Not only is Richards no longer playing center, he's paired with Kopitar on the top line with Dustin Brown. Coach Darryl Sutter put Richards at left wing last Saturday and is expected to stick with it for Monday's game against the Colorado Avalanche.

Richards played wing during the 2010 Winter Olympics. The only drawback is that L.A. doesn't get to use Richards as much on faceoffs.

"The biggest thing for adjustment is being at the right place on the ice," Richards said. "Right from the beginning I was over-thinking things, and when you do that you're a second late. But as the game went on, I felt more comfortable up there. I wasn't (over) thinking, I was just reacting."

Richards said playing wing wasn't broached upon his trade to L.A.

"To me, it doesn't matter where I play," he said. "Obviously I'm comfortable at center, but … it just takes a little bit to get your positioning on the ice. A couple of plays happened in (Saturday's) game where it was a lot different with the board battles, but you get used it after a period, two periods max."

Voynov out: Defenseman Slava Voynov will miss tonight's game after he got "banged up" in each of the previous two games, Sutter said.

Alec Martinez is expected to take his place. Martinez has been a scratch in all six games under Sutter.

Gagne (non) update: Simon Gagne might see a doctor on Monday night, Sutter said, but there is otherwise not update.

Sutter confirmed for the first time Monday that Gagne has a concussion. Monday marked one week since Gagne suffered the injury, against Phoenix.

"He's got a concussion," Sutter said. "There's progress. It's not really a daily thing."

Los Angeles is prepared for Gagne to be out for an extended period. Gagne is believed to have suffered three concussions in a five-month span in the 2007-08 season.

"Players like Gagne who have had an issue with it, it becomes even more of an issue," Sutter said. "There's no way of telling. I really do think one of the worst things you can do is keep asking about it. It's a negative. A lot of it is just feeling better about yourself, and then you feel better."

Richards-Gretzky connection: Richards had an indirect tie to the Kings as a kid because his mother, Irene, was a big Wayne Gretzky fan during the Gretzky era in L.A.

"When he broke (one of Gordie Howe's records), she actually woke me up, and my brothers, and we got up and actually watched the rest of the game," Richards said.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Here are how the lines could look for tonight's game between the Colorado Avalanche and Los Angeles Kings at Staples Center:

AVALANCHE
TJ Galiardi - Paul Stastny - Daniel Winnik
Gabriel Landeskog - Ryan O'Reilly - Milan Hejduk
Chuck Kobasew - Jay McClement - David Jones
Cody McLeod - David Van Der Gulik - Kevin Porter

Shane O'Brien - Erik Johnson
Jan Hejda - Ryan O'Byrne
Kyle Quincey - Stefan Elliott

Semyon Varlamov
Jean-Sebastien Giguere

KINGS
Mike Richards - Anze Kopitar - Dustin Brown
Dustin Penner - Jarret Stoll - Justin Williams
Brad Richardson - Andrei Loktionov - Trevor Lewis
Kyle Clifford - Colin Fraser - Trent Hunter

Drew Doughty - Rob Scuderi
Willie Mitchell - Alec Martinez
Jack Johnson - Matt Greene

Jonathan Quick
Jonathan Bernier

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – At first glance, it would appear that coach Darryl Sutter has sparked something in Drew Doughty.

The Los Angeles Kings defenseman has 5 points with a plus-3 rating in five games under Sutter. He also looks more active with 18 shots on goal and only 10 giveaways in that span going into Saturday's game against Vancouver.

But Doughty said he's felt a lot better for a few weeks.

"I feel like my last 15 games I've played really well," said Doughty, who has tied a career-high with points in five straight games. "Even when (former coach) Terry (Murray) was still here, I was playing some real good hockey. The points were going in for me. Since Darryl got here, the points started to happen so I feel that people are thinking that I'm playing better, but at the same time they don't realize the other things I was doing to get points.

"I felt like maybe I was struggling for a little bit there, but the last 15 games I don't think I've had a bad game."

Doughty missed training camp because of a lengthy contract negotiation and then he hurt his shoulder. It wasn't until the Nov.26 game against Chicago that he began to get back to really being physical.

"Coming back from a shoulder injury, that was tough to do. I came back slow but I definitely got my legs back under me."

Doughty also said he's ready to re-assume his role as a team leader.

"I just realized this team wants to be where we think we should be, every one of us needs to step up our game," he said. "That starts from our top players and I expect myself to be a top player every night. So I know I need to lead this team on and off the ice. If I do that, everyone will kind of pull up their socks and we'll turn this team around."

Kings power play struggling: Sutter is charged with improving the Kings' power play, which has converted only twice in its past 12 games (2-for-42).

Sutter interrupted a question about it to opine that he's seeing good things.

"Our power play's awesome," Sutter said. "Other than the 5-on-3 in the two games we just played ... in Chicago we had six minutes on the power play in the first period and had 12 shots. The next part is you and me tipping one in."

Sutter and the Kings will have their hands full against a seventh-ranked Vancouver penalty killing unit. He used a basketball analogy to describe what they need to do.

"The one thing we're trying to do more is get guys in the middle of the ice," he said. "We're a real perimeter power play – fadeaway jumpers."

Intriguing matchup: Saturday's game features a hot Canucks team, with the No.1-ranked power play, against a Kings team that is 3-0-2 under Sutter with the fourth-ranked penalty killing unit.

"At the beginning of the season, everybody predicted this was going to be one of the better teams in our conference," Vancouver coach Alain Vigneault said. "I think a lot of people still feel that way. There’s a lot of talent, a lot of upside on that team, and it's going to be a good game for us."

Higgins update: Vigneault said forward Chris Higgins is taking antibiotics for what is believed to be a staph infection in his hand.

"I think they're going to see how that reacts this morning, and if it's good, I think him and David (Booth) might skate today," Vigneault said. "Then we'll see how they'll react today and tomorrow."

Luongo vs. Quick: Roberto Luongo will start against Jonathan Quick. Including the playoffs, Luongo is 6-1-1 in his last eight starts against L.A. Quick is 3-7-1 lifetime in the regular season against the Canucks, but carries a 2.17 goals-against average in those 11 games.

Here are the lines and pairings:

Canucks
Daniel Sedin-Henrik Sedin-Alexandre Burrows
Mason Raymond-Ryan Kesler-Jannik Hansen
Dale Weise-Cody Hodgson-Andrew Ebbett
Mark Mancari-Manny Malhotra-Maxim Lapierre

Kevin Bieksa-Dan Hamhuis
Alex Edler-Sami Salo
Keith Ballard-Andrew Alberts

Kings
Brad Richardson-Anze Kopitar-Dustin Brown
Andrei Loktionov-Mike Richards-Trevor Lewis
Dustin Penner-Jarret Stoll-Justin Williams
Kyle Clifford-Colin Fraser-Trent Hunter

Drew Doughty-Rob Scuderi
Willie Mitchell-Slava Voynov
Jack Johnson-Matt Greene

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- It appears that the Anaheim Ducks will have to wait longer to get one of their top two-way players and faceoff men back.

Saku Koivu was thought to be closer to returning from a groin injury but he might need a few more days. Anaheim hosts Vancouver on Thursday night.

"Did you see him staying out there and doing extra skating?" Anaheim coach Bruce Boudreau asked reporters after the morning skate.

"He's doubtful for tonight."

If Koivu can't go, Nick Bonino will likely resume Koivu's place as the second line center between Bobby Ryan and Teemu Selanne.

Bonino is among the younger players that Boudreau wanted to evaluate. He has only 4 points in 41 career NHL games, but those 41 games have been spread out in stints.

"We're putting him in a position to get success as far as playing with Bobby and Teemu," Boudreau said.

"And I thought he played really well (Monday) in San Jose. He set up some really good opportunities. I think a lot of that stuff comes with a little bit of confidence and the opportunity that he's getting a chance to play."

Big test: Anaheim is trying to win consecutive games for the first time since Oct. 16-17, and the challenge doesn’t get much bigger than Vancouver. The Ducks beat the Canucks, 4-3, on Nov. 11, but a lot has changed.

"When they got (Ryan) Kesler going really well, it adds a new dimension to their game," Boudreau said. "And (Roberto) Luongo going really well -- he definitely didn't look like the goalie that Washington faced in October."

Luongo is 9-2-1 with a 1.87 goals-against average in December after he backstopped a 3-2 overtime win against San Jose on Wednesday night.

Vancouver, which did not practice Thursday, is expected to start Cory Schneider in goal. But Boudreau acknowledged that the Canucks look much different overall than when he saw them on Oct. 29 as Washington coach.

"It looks like, when they get out there, they feel they can score every time," Boudreau said. "Their penalty killing, when needed, shuts teams down … when you have that combination and kind of confidence, you can come into a building and dictate the way you want to play. They look like they've got all that confidence."

Beleskey thriving: Anaheim winger Matt Beleskey seems to be thriving under Boudreau.

The winger has all five of his points this season under the new coach. Beleskey briefly played with Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry earlier in his career, but he’s been used on the third line with Andrew Cogliano and Andrew Gordon.

"For the last few games, he's been playing harder and competing harder," Boudreau said. "And when you compete harder, you get opportunity. And he's getting opportunities to score, he's getting chances and he's checking. And he's getting involved. He's gotten in two fights, I think, in the last five or six games. When you get involved and you get engaged in the game then opportunities will come."

Blake closer: Anaheim winger Jason Blake has been skating with the club and could be ahead of schedule on his projected mid-January return from a severe laceration of his left wrist, suffered Oct.14 when San Jose's Brent Burns accidentally stepped on him.

Here's how the lineups could look when the Anaheim Ducks host the Los Angeles Kings tonight at Staples Center:

CANUCKS
Daniel Sedin - Henrik Sedin - Alexandre Burrows
Mason Raymond - Ryan Kesler - Jannik Hansen
Dale Weise - Cody Hodgson - Andrew Ebbett
Mark Mancari - Manny Malhotra - Maxim Lapierre

Kevin Bieksa - Dan Hamhuis
Sami Salo - Alexander Edler
Keith Ballard - Andrew Alberts

Cory Schneider
Roberto Luongo

DUCKS
Niklas Hagman - Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry
Bobby Ryan - Nick Bonino - Teemu Selanne
Matt Beleskey - Andrew Cogliano - Andrew Gordon
Jean-Francois Jacques - Rod Pelley - George Parros

Toni Lydman - Lubomir Visnovsky
Cam Fowler - Francois Beauchemin
Luca Sbisa - Sheldon Brookbank

Jonas Hiller
Dan Ellis