Kings at Avalanche

KINGS (21-26-7) at AVALANCHE (37-13-4)

Kings projected lineup
Adrian Kempe -- Anze Kopitar -- Andreas Athanasiou
Alex Iafallo -- Gabriel Vilardi -- Lias Andersson
Austin Wagner -- Rasmus Kupari -- Trevor Moore
Brendan Lemieux -- Jaret Anderson-Dolan -- Carl Grundstrom
Mikey Anderson -- Drew Doughty
Tobias Bjornfot -- Matt Roy
Olli Maatta -- Sean Walker
Cal Petersen
Troy Grosenick
Scratched: Matt Luff, Kurtis MacDermid, Christian Wolanin
Injured: Blake Lizotte (upper body), Jonathan Quick (upper body)
Avalanche projected lineup
Gabriel Landeskog -- Tyson Jost -- Mikko Rantanen
Valeri Nichushkin -- Nazem Kadri -- Joonas Donskoi
Andre Burakovsky -- Alex Newhook -- J.T. Compher
Carl Soderberg -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Kiefer Sherwood
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Ryan Graves - Conor Timmins
Samuel Girard -- Patrik Nemeth
Philipp Grubauer
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: Jacob MacDonald, Jayson Megna, Liam O'Brien
Injured: Bowen Byram (upper body), Matt Calvert (upper body), Nathan MacKinnon (undisclosed), Logan O'Connor (lower body), Brandon Saad (lower body)
COVID-19 protocol: Devan Dubnyk
Status report
Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said MacKinnon was "dinged up" against the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday and is hopeful the center will be available for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. … Girard will play after missing six games with a lower-body injury.