KINGS (10-6-4) at SHARKS (9-8-3)
10 p.m. ET; HULU, ESPN+, SNW, SNO, SNE, SN360
Kings projected lineup
Andrei Kuzmenko -- Anze Kopitar -- Trevor Moore
Kevin Fiala -- Quinton Byfield -- Adrian Kempe
Warren Foegele -- Phillip Danault -- Alex Laferriere
Joel Armia -- Alex Turcotte -- Corey Perry
Mikey Anderson -- Brian Dumoulin
Joel Edmundson -- Brandt Clarke
Jacob Moverare -- Cody Ceci
Anton Forsberg
Phoenix Copley
Scratched: Jeff Malott, Samuel Helenius, Darcy Kuemper
Injured: Drew Doughty (lower body)
Sharks projected lineup
Philipp Kurashev -- Macklin Celebrini -- Will Smith
William Eklund -- Alexander Wennberg -- Tyler Toffoli
Adam Gaudette -- Ty Dellandrea -- Collin Graf
Barclay Goodrow -- Zack Ostapchuk -- Ryan Reaves
Dmitry Orlov -- Timothy Liljegren
Mario Ferraro -- John Klingberg
Sam Dickinson -- Vincent Desharnais
Yaroslav Askarov
Alex Nedeljkovic
Scratched: Vincent Iorio, Nick Leddy, Shakir Mukhamadullin
Injured: Michael Misa (lower body), Jeff Skinner (lower body)
Status report
The Kings placed Doughty on injured reserve Thursday; the defenseman is week to week. ... Copley was recalled from Ontario of the American Hockey League and will back up Forsberg; Kuemper is healthy, but the goalie was given a day off and is expected to start against the Boston Bruins on Friday. ... Kuzmenko, a forward, will return after being a healthy scratch for three games. ... Klingberg and Liljegren, each a defenseman, will return; Klingberg was a healthy scratch for a 3-2 overtime win against the Utah Mammoth on Tuesday Liljegren has been a healthy scratch the past two games. ... Defensemen Leddy and Mukhamadullin each will be a healthy scratch Thursday.
