The Los Angeles Kings will be without captain Anze Kopitar for the fifth straight game. Kopitar, day to day with an upper-body injury, skated with Marian Gaborik and Andy Andreoff at the Kings' practice facility Saturday and again Sunday, but coach Darryl Sutter gave no indication that the top-line center would be ready. Center Jeff Carter moved up in Kopitar's absence and has been playing with Tanner Pearson and Tyler Toffoli, reuniting a line that had success in the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Carter has three points in two games and nine points in his past eight. "He's carried the team on his back, literally," Sutter said after the Kings' 4-2 win against the New Jersey Devils on Saturday. "Every time he was on the ice, maybe we didn't have the puck and he would make sure we would get the puck back. He has shown a lot of leadership and really, really good play for us." The Kings have won their past two games but lost 4-0 to the Anaheim Ducks on Nov. 1. "You're not going to beat Anaheim with one line," Carter said. "You need all four lines and everybody working. They're a deep team. It's always fun playing against them. The games get heated and we've got to be ready."