SENATORS (25-32-3) at KINGS (31-19-11)
10:30 p.m. ET; BSW, TSN5, RDS
Senators projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk -- Shane Pinto -- Mathieu Joseph
Claude Giroux -- Tim Stutzle -- Drake Batherson
Ridly Greig -- Rourke Chartier -- Parker Kelly
Dominik Kubalik -- Mark Kastelic -- Jiri Smejkal
Jake Sanderson -- Artem Zub
Jakob Chychrun -- Jacob Bernard-Docker
Max Guenette -- Erik Brannstrom
Joonas Korpisalo
Anton Forsberg
Scratched: None
Injured: Thomas Chabot (lower body), Matthew Highmore (upper body), Josh Norris (upper body), Travis Hamonic (undisclosed), Zack MacEwen (lower body)
Kings projected lineup
Alex Turcotte -- Anze Kopitar -- Quinton Byfield
Trevor Moore -- Phillip Danault -- Kevin Fiala
Alex Laferriere -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Arthur Kaliyev
Trevor Lewis -- Blake Lizotte
Jacob Moverare -- Drew Doughty
Vladislav Gavrikov -- Matt Roy
Andreas Englund -- Jordan Spence
Brandt Clarke
Cam Talbot
David Rittich
Scratched: None
Injured: Adrian Kempe (upper body), Mikey Anderson (upper body), Viktor Arvidsson (lower body), Carl Grundstrom (lower body)
Status report
Chabot, a defenseman, and Highmore, a forward, each will not play after being injured in a 2-1 loss at the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday. … Smejkal and Guenette each was recalled from Belleville of the American Hockey League on Thursday. … Korpisalo will start for the first time in four games because of an illness. ... Goalie Mads Sogaard was reassigned to Belleville on Thursday after making 14 saves at Anaheim. ... The Kings are likely to use 11 forwards and seven defenseman for the fourth straight game. … Talbot is expected to make his fifth straight start. … Kaliyev is likely to enter the lineup after forward Jaret Anderson-Dolan was claimed off waivers by the Nashville Predators on Thursday; Kaliyev had been scratched the past three games. … Kempe, a forward, and Anderson, a defenseman, had on-ice workouts before Los Angeles' morning skate Thursday but remain out.
