Kings at Canucks preview

KINGS (22-11-5) at CANUCKS (16-17-5)
10 p.m. ET; CBC, SN, FS-W, NHL.TV

Vancouver, which defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 on Thursday, is 2-7-1 in its past 10 games.
Goalie Jonathan Quick will make his fifth straight start for the Kings, who have lost two in a row and five of their past seven games (2-3-2) following an eight-game winning streak.

Players to watch

Quick is 8-3-1 with 24 goals against in his past 12 starts, and has held opponents to two goals or fewer in 10 of his past 13 starts.
Canucks forward Brock Boeser has scored in four straight games and has eight points (four goals, four assists) during a four-game point streak. He leads the Canucks and NHL rookies with 21 goals and 38 points.

They said it

"Up and down is probably a good way to describe it. Our team game at times has been really good and then sometimes we get off track a little bit and I think that was the case against [the Vegas Golden Knights in a 3-2 overtime loss on Thursday]." -- Kings coach John Stevens
"We've grown our chemistry game by game and it's [shown] how well we communicate. That starts everything and from there we just work hard and let our skillset take over." -- Canucks forward Brock Boeser on combining with linemates Thomas Vanek and Sam Gagner for seven goals and 10 assists in three games

Kings projected lineup

Tanner Pearson -- Anze Kopitar -- Dustin Brown
Marian Gaborik -- Adrian Kempe -- Tyler Toffoli
Kyle Clifford -- Nicholas Shore -- Trevor Lewis
Alex Iafallo -- Torrey Mitchell -- Jussi Jokinen
Jake Muzzin -- Drew Doughty
Kurtis MacDermid -- Alec Martinez
Derek Forbort -- Kevin Gravel
Jonathan Quick
Darcy Kuemper
Scratched:Oscar Fantenberg, Andy Andreoff, Jonny Brodzinski
Injured:Christian Folin (lower body), Jeff Carter (lower body)

Canucks projected lineup

Daniel Sedin -- Henrik Sedin -- Loui Eriksson
Thomas Vanek -- Sam Gagner -- Brock Boeser
Nikolay Goldobin -- Markus Granlund -- Jake Virtanen
Brendan Gaunce -- Nic Dowd -- Reid Boucher
Alexander Edler -- Troy Stecher
Michael Del Zotto -- Derrick Pouliot
Ben Hutton -- Erik Gudbranson
Jacob Markstrom
Anders Nilsson
Scratched:Michael Chaput, Alex Biega
Injured:Chris Tanev (groin), Sven Baertschi (jaw), Bo Horvat (foot), Brandon Sutter (upper body)

Status report

Jokinen replaces Brodzinski in the lineup after four straight games as a healthy scratch, and Gaborik and Iafallo swapped lines on left wing. … Tanev continues to skate with the Canucks and could return against the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday.

Stat pack

Kopitar has two points (one goal, one assist) in his past seven games after 13 points (six goals, seven assists) in his previous seven. … Dowd, Gaunce and Virtanen will all be playing their 100th NHL game. ... Vanek, Boeser and Gagner combined for five goals and seven assists on Thursday.