At the Rink: Coyotes at Kings

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – The Los Angeles Kings will be without center Jarret Stoll for at least one more game.

Kings assistant general manager Rob Blake ruled Stoll out for Monday against the Arizona Coyotes at Staples Center. Stoll has an upper-body injury from a hit by Derek Dorsett of the Vancouver Canucks last Thursday and has since not skated as he follows proper protocol.

Asked if it could be a long-term injury, Blake said Sunday, "Hopefully not. It was a hit in the third against Vancouver. You guys saw the hit. You can tell it's an upper-body. The problem is we don't have a timetable for that stuff."

The Kings do not have any spare forwards and have not yet made a recall. Center Mike Richards, demoted to the American Hockey League in January, reportedly is training at the Kings' facility.

Center Andy Andreoff has replaced Stoll. He was a healthy scratch in 29 of 34 games before he played last Saturday. One of the organization's promising two-way forwards, Andreoff said it's a matter of staying ready.

"It's tough," Andreoff said. "It's been a long year, but I'm kind of getting used to it. You've just got to make sure you're being the hardest worker in practice and being ready for the opportunity."

Coach Darryl Sutter tweaked all of his lines, notably replacing right wing Trevor Lewis with right wing Dustin Brown on the top line.

"We've got guys that haven't scored in 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 games or whatever it is," Sutter said. "And some of them have had zero scoring opportunities for the last five [games], as individuals, so we're [keeping] Jeff [Carter] and Tyler [Toffoli] together and [Anze Kopitar] and [Marian Gaborik] together, and then everyone else, see where they can play."

Arizona reportedly changed up its lines from its previous game as well, according to the Arizona Republic. The Coyotes are trying to avoid losing seven straight on the road. They are 0-3-1 in their past four games and have scored three goals in that stretch.

Right wing Shane Doan will take sole possession of 38th on the all-time games played list with his 1,383rd game, one behind Larry Robinson.

Here are the projected lineups:

COYOTES

Tobias Rieder – Mark Arcobello – Shane Doan

Lauri Korpikoski – Kyle Chipchura – Craig Cunningham

Martin Erat – Sam Gagner – David Moss

Tye McGinn – Joe Vitale – B.J. Crombeen

Oliver Ekman-Larsson – Michael Stone

Klas Dahlbeck – John Moore

Brandon Gormley – Connor Murphy

Mike Smith

Louis Domingue

Scratched: Andrew Campbell

Injured: Mikkel Boedker (upper body), Martin Hanzal (upper body)

KINGS

Marian Gaborik – Anze Kopitar – Dustin Brown

Trevor Lewis – Jeff Carter –Tyler Toffoli

Dwight King – Nick Shore – Justin Williams

Kyle Clifford – Andy Andreoff – Jordan Nolan

Robyn Regehr – Drew Doughty

Jake Muzzin – Matt Greene

Brayden McNabb – Andrej Sekera

Jonathan Quick

Martin Jones

Scratched: Jamie McBain

Injured: Jarret Stoll (upper body), Alec Martinez (concussion symptoms)

Status report: Gormley came off the ice before Campbell and will likely play, according to the Arizona Republic … Smith reportedly was first off the ice … Quick was off the ice first … Martinez is "very close" to returning but needs practices with contact, Blake said.

Who's hot: Arcobello and Rieder each have two-game point streaks. Sekera has two points in three games. Doughty earned his 34th assist Saturday, second behind Kopitar on the Kings. Quick is 12-3-1 with a 1.78 goals-against average in his past 16 starts.