
KINGS (5-6-3) at COYOTES (7-6-2)
9 p.m. ET; FS-A, FS-W, NHL.TV
Kings projected lineup
Alex Iafallo -- Anze Kopitar -- Dustin Brown
Adrian Kempe -- Gabriel Vilardi -- Jeff Carter
Trevor Moore -- Jaret Anderson-Dolan -- Carl Grundstrom
Austin Wagner -- Blake Lizotte -- Matt Luff
Mikey Anderson -- Drew Doughty
Tobias Bjornfot -- Matt Roy
Olli Maatta -- Austin Strand
Calvin Petersen
Jonathan Quick
Scratched: Michael Amadio, Kurtis MacDermid, Andreas Athanasiou
Injured: Martin Frk (lower body), Sean Walker (upper body)
Coyotes projected lineup
Clayton Keller -- Nick Schmaltz -- Conor Garland
Lawson Crouse -- Christian Dvorak -- Tyler Pitlick
Dryden Hunt -- Derick Brassard -- Phil Kessel
Barrett Hayton -- Johan Larsson -- Christian Fischer
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Ilya Lyubushkin
Jakob Chychrun -- Alex Goligoski
Niklas Hjalmarsson -- Jason Demers
Darcy Kuemper
Antti Raanta
Scratched: Adin Hill, John Hayden, Jordan Oesterle
Injured: Drake Caggiula (lower body)
Status report
Lizotte, out since Jan. 28 because of COVID-19 protocol, has been practicing since Saturday and is likely to play. … Athanasiou, a forward, was removed from COVID-19 protocol Thursday. ... Caggiula, a forward, is expected to miss a fifth straight game but could play against the Kings on Saturday. … Hjalmarsson is expected to return after missing two games with an upper-body injury. … Ekman-Larsson returns from a two-game suspension for an illegal hit to the head of St. Louis Blues forward Zach Sanford on Friday.