#### **KINGS (20-12-6) at AVALANCHE (19-12-2)****Kings projected lineup**Kevin Fiala -- Anze Kopitar -- Adrian KempeAlex Iafallo -- Phillip Danault -- Viktor ArvidssonJaret Anderson-Dolan -- Blake Lizotte -- Gabriel VilardiCarl Grundstrom --[Quinton Byfield](https://www.nhl.com/player/quinton-byfield-8482124)-- Rasmus KupariMikey Anderson -- Drew DoughtySean Durzi -- Matt RoyAlexander Edler -- Sean WalkerPheonix CopleyJonathan Quick***Scratched:** Jordan Spence, Brendan Lemieux****Injured:**Trevor Moore (undisclosed), Arthur Kaliyev (lower body)***Avalanche projected lineup**Artturi Lehkonen -- J.T. Compher -- Mikko RantanenAlex Newhook -- Evan Rodrigues -- Denis MalginAndrew Cogliano -- Ben Meyers -- Logan O'ConnorJacob MacDonald -- Charles Hudon -- Kurtis MacDermidDevon Toews -- Cale MakarSamuel Girard -- Erik JohnsonBrad Hunt -- Andreas EnglundAlexandar GeorgievJonas Johansson***Scratched:** None****Injured:**[Gabriel Landeskog](https://www.nhl.com/player/gabriel-landeskog-8476455) (knee), Darren Helm (hip), Bowen Byram (lower body), Nathan MacKinnon (upper body), Josh Manson (lower body), Pavel Francouz (lower body), Martin Kaut (upper body), Valeri Nichushkin (ankle)***Status report**Grundstrom is expected to play after being scratched from the previous two games. … Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said Wednesday that Nichushkin is day to day because of the same ankle injury that required surgery and caused the forward to miss 17 games earlier this season. … MacKinnon is day to day, according to Bednar. The forward did not take part in the morning skate because of a scheduled day off. … Johnson left the morning skate early after being hit in the hand by a shot. Bednar did not have an update on his availability for the game.
