Avalanche at Kings

AVALANCHE (1-1-0) at KINGS (0-0-2)

Avalanche projected lineup
Gabriel Landeskog -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Brandon Saad -- Nazem Kadri -- Joonas Donskoi
Tyson Jost -- J.T. Compher -- Valeri Nichushkin
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Matt Calvert
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Ryan Graves -- Samuel Girard
Ian Cole -- Conor Timmins
Erik Johnson
Philipp Grubauer
Hunter Miska
Scratched:None
Injured:Pavel Francouz (lower body), Andre Burakovsky (upper body)
Kings projected lineup
Alex Iafallo -- Anze Kopitar -- Dustin Brown
Andreas Athanasiou -- Blake Lizotte -- Jeff Carter
Adrian Kempe -- Gabriel Vilardi -- Austin Wagner
Trevor Moore -- Lias Andersson -- Carl Grundstrom
Olli Maatta -- Drew Doughty
Mikey Anderson -- Matt Roy
Kurtis MacDermid -- Sean Walker
Cal Petersen
Jonathan Quick
Scratched:Kale Clague, Michael Amadio
Injured:Matt Luff (undisclosed), Martin Frk (lower body), Alex Turcotte (lower body)
Status report
The Avalanche will use 11 forwards and seven defensemen with Burakovsky out. He is considered day-to-day. … Francouz, a goalie, was injured during practice Monday and is day-to-day. Miska was recalled from the taxi squad to back up Grubauer. … Johnson will make his season debut after being removed from the COVID-19 protocol list. … Andersson will make his Kings debut after being acquired in a trade from the New York Rangers on Oct. 7. … Luff, a forward, was injured against the Minnesota Wild on Saturday and is day-to-day.