Canucks at Kings

CANUCKS (15-15-2) at KINGS (14-12-5)

Canucks projected lineup
Tanner Pearson -- J.T. Miller -- Alex Chiasson
Jason Dickinson -- Bo Horvat -- Nils Hoglander
Vasily Podkolzin -- Elias Pettersson -- Conor Garland
Justin Dowling -- Juho Lammikko -- Tyler Motte
Quinn Hughes -- Luke Schenn
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Tyler Myers
Brad Hunt -- Tucker Poolman
Jaroslav Halak
Thatcher Demko
Scratched: Kyle Burroughs
Injured: Guillaume Brisebois (undisclosed), Travis Hamonic (lower body), Matthew Highmore (upper body), Brandon Sutter (illness), Brady Keeper (leg)
COVID-19 protocol: Brock Boeser, Phillip Di Giuseppe
Kings projected lineup
Alex Iafallo -- Anze Kopitar -- Adrian Kempe
Trevor Moore --
Alex Turcotte
-- Viktor Arvidsson
Carl Grundstrom -- Rasmus Kupari -- Lias Andersson
Brendan Lemieux -- Blake Lizotte -- Arthur Kaliyev
Mikey Anderson -- Drew Doughty
Christian Wolanin -- Matt Roy
Tobias Bjornfot -- Sean Durzi
Jonathan Quick
Cal Petersen
Scratched: Vladimir Tkachev , Jacob Moverare
Injured: Andreas Athanasiou (lower body), Alexander Edler (ankle)
COVID-19 protocol: Dustin Brown , Olli Maatta , Phillip Danault
Status report
The Canucks held an optional morning skate Thursday following a 2-1 overtime win at the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday … Halak will make his first start since Dec. 14. ... The Kings held an optional morning skate Thursday. … Danault, a forward, will be a game-time decision after he skated with Los Angeles the past two days. … Quick will start; he was replaced by goalie Garret Sparks in the second period of a 6-3 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday after allowing five goals on 15 shots. ... Sparks was returned to Ontario of the American Hockey League on Wednesday after Petersen was removed from COVID-19 protocol.