SHARKS (21-18-3) at KINGS (18-14-9)
10:30 p.m. ET; FDSNW, NBCSCA, SN
Sharks projected lineup
William Eklund -- Macklin Celebrini -- Igor Chernyshov
Pavol Regenda -- Alexander Wennberg -- Tyler Toffoli
Jeff Skinner -- Adam Gaudette -- Collin Graf
Barclay Goodrow -- Zack Ostapchuk -- Ryan Reaves
Dmitry Orlov -- Timothy Liljegren
Mario Ferraro -- Vincent Iorio
Sam Dickinson -- Nick Leddy
Yaroslav Askarov
Alex Nedeljkovic
Scratched: Patrick Giles, Michael Misa
Injured: Ty Dellandrea (lower body), Vincent Desharnais (upper body), Philipp Kurashev (upper body), Will Smith (upper body), John Klingberg (lower body), Shakir Mukhamadullin (upper body)
Kings projected lineup
Taylor Ward -- Alex Laferriere -- Adrian Kempe
Warren Foegele -- Quinton Byfield -- Jeff Malott
Kevin Fiala -- Alex Turcotte -- Andrei Kuzmenko
Samuel Helenius -- Andre Lee
Mikey Anderson -- Drew Doughty
Joel Edmundson -- Brandt Clarke
Brian Dumoulin -- Cody Ceci
Jacob Moverare
Darcy Kuemper
Anton Forsberg
Scratched: Corey Perry
Injured: Anze Kopitar (upper body), Joel Armia (lower body), Trevor Moore (upper body)
Status report
The Sharks did not hold a morning skate following a 5-2 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday. ... Dellandrea is week to week after being injured in the second period against Columbus. ... Askarov will start after Nedeljkovic made 34 saves against Columbus. ... Neither Kopitar nor Armia will play after each forward was injured in a 4-2 win against the Minnesota Wild on Monday. … Moore is day to day; the forward has missed three games because of illness. … Perry, a forward, was designated non-roster playing status to attend to an ill family member. … Ward and Lee each was recalled from Ontario of the American Hockey League on Wednesday. … The Kings will dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen, with Moverare playing his first game since Dec. 2.
