Avalanche at Kings

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

Avalanche projected lineup
Gabriel Landeskog -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Brandon Saad -- Nazem Kadri -- Valeri Nichushkin
Tyson Jost -- J.T. Compher -- Joonas Donskoi
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Matt Calvert
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Ryan Graves -- Samuel Girard
Greg Pateryn -- Conor Timmins
Bowen Byram
Hunter Miska
Philipp Grubauer
Scratched:Erik Johnson
Injured:Pavel Francouz (lower body), Andre Burakovsky (upper body)
Kings projected lineup
Adrian Kempe -- Anze Kopitar -- Alex Iafallo
Andreas Athanasiou -- Blake Lizotte -- Jeff Carter
Lias Andersson -- Gabriel Vilardi -- Dustin Brown
Trevor Moore -- Michael Amadio -- Austin Wagner
Olli Maatta -- Drew Doughty
Mikey Anderson -- Matt Roy
Kale Clague -- Sean Walker
Jonathan Quick
Cal Petersen
Scratched:Kurtis MacDermid, Carl Grundstrom
Injured:Matt Luff (undisclosed), Martin Frk (lower body), Alex Turcotte (lower body)
Status report
Byram, the No. 4 pick in the 2019 NHL Draft, will make his NHL debut. … Pateryn will make his Avalanche debut after being acquired in a trade with the Minnesota Wild for defenseman Ian Cole on Tuesday. … Miska will make his first NHL start. … Burakovsky, a forward, participated in an optional practice but will miss his second straight game.