Avalanche at Kings

AVALANCHE (34-13-4) at KINGS (21-24-6)

Avalanche projected lineup
Gabriel Landeskog -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Nazem Kadri -- Alex Newhook -- Andre Burakovsky
Valeri Nichushkin -- Tyson Jost -- Joonas Donskoi
Carl Soderberg -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- J.T. Compher
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Ryan Graves -- Conor Timmins
Patrik Nemeth -- Jacob MacDonald
Philipp Grubauer
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: Liam O'Brien, Kiefer Sherwood
Injured:Bowen Byram (upper body), Matt Calvert (upper body), Samuel Girard (lower body), Logan O'Connor (lower body), Brandon Saad (lower body)
COVID-19 protocol: Devan Dubnyk
Kings projected lineup
Alex Iafallo -- Anze Kopitar -- Adrian Kempe
Trevor Moore -- Gabriel Vilardi -- Lias Andersson
Carl Grundstrom -- Quinton Byfield -- Andreas Athanasiou
Brendan Lemieux -- Jaret Anderson-Dolan -- Austin Wagner
Mikey Anderson -- Drew Doughty
Tobias Bjornfot -- Matt Roy
Olli Maatta -- Sean Walker
Cal Petersen
Troy Grosenick
Scratched: Christian Wolanin, Kurtis MacDermid, Matt Luff
Injured: Blake Lizotte (upper body), Jonathan Quick (upper body)
Status report
Saad, a forward, and Girard, a defenseman, each could return when the Avalanche host the Kings for games Wednesday and Thursday to end the regular season. ... Dustin Brown, a forward, will not play in any of Los Angeles' remaining five games because of an upper-body injury sustained earlier this season.