PANTHERS (10-4-1) at KINGS (8-3-3)
10:30 p.m. ET; BSW, BSFL
Panthers projected lineup
Evan Rodrigues -- Aleksander Barkov -- Sam Reinhart
Carter Verhaeghe -- Sam Bennett -- Matthew Tkachuk
Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Nick Cousins
Ryan Lomberg -- Kevin Stenlund -- Steven Lorentz
Gustav Forsling -- Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Niko Mikkola -- Dmitry Kulikov
Josh Mahura -- Uvis Balinskis
Sergei Bobrovsky
Anthony Stolarz
Scratched: Mike Reilly
Injured: Aaron Ekblad (shoulder), Brandon Montour (shoulder), Jonah Gadjovich (upper body)
Kings projected lineup
Quinton Byfield -- Anze Kopitar -- Adrian Kempe
Trevor Moore -- Phillip Danault -- Kevin Fiala
Jaret Anderson-Dolan -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Arthur Kaliyev
Carl Grundstrom -- Blake Lizotte -- Trevor Lewis
Mikey Anderson -- Drew Doughty
Vladislav Gavrikov -- Matt Roy
Andreas Englund -- Jordan Spence
Cam Talbot
Pheonix Copley
Scratched: Jacob Moverare, Alex Laferriere
Injured: Viktor Arvidsson (lower body)
Status report
Bobrovsky will start in goal, the only change to the lineup from a 5-3 win at the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday. … Defensemen Ekblad and Montour each could make his season debut at the Anaheim Ducks on Friday. … Anderson-Dolan, who had been scratched the previous 12 games, will play for the first time since Oct. 14, replacing Laferriere, a forward. … Moverare was recalled from Ontario of the American Hockey League on Thursday but the defenseman won't play. … The Kings assigned defenseman Tobias Bjornfot to Ontario for a conditioning loan. He had been scratched the previous 13 games since playing the season opener Oct. 11.
