Golden Knights at Kings

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (24-11-1) at KINGS (19-12-6)

Golden Knights projected lineup
Michael Amadio -- Chandler Stephenson -- Mark Stone
Reilly Smith -- William Karlsson -- Phil Kessel
Jonas Rondbjerg
-- Jake Leschyshyn --
Pavel Dorofeyev
William Carrier -- Nicolas Roy -- Keegan Kolesar
Nicolas Hague -- Alex Pietrangelo
Brayden McNabb -- Daniil Miromanov
Brayden Pachal
-- Alec Martinez
Logan Thompson
Adin Hill
Scratched:Ben Hutton
Injured:Brett Howden (lower body), Shea Theodore (lower body), Jack Eichel (lower body), Zach Whitecloud (lower body), Jonathan Marchessault (lower body), Paul Cotter (undisclosed)
Kings projected lineup
Kevin Fiala -- Anze Kopitar -- Adrian Kempe
Alex Iafallo -- Phillip Danault -- Viktor Arvidsson
Jaret Anderson-Dolan -- Blake Lizotte -- Gabriel Vilardi
Brendan Lemieux --
Quinton Byfield
-- Rasmus Kupari
Mikey Anderson -- Drew Doughty
Sean Durzi -- Matt Roy
Alexander Edler -- Sean Walker
Pheonix Copley
Jonathan Quick
Scratched:Jordan Spence, Carl Grundstrom
Injured:Trevor Moore (undisclosed), Arthur Kaliyev (lower body)
Status report
The Golden Knights are expected to use the same lineup that played in a 5-4 shootout win against the St. Louis Blues on Friday. … Byfield will play for the first time since Oct. 25 against the Tampa Bay Lightning. He missed six games because of an illness and had been with Ontario of the American Hockey League since Nov. 6 for a conditioning assignment. … Moore will not play against the Golden Knights and the forward could be held out at the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday. … Kaliyev was placed on injured reserve retroactive to Dec. 20. The forward was injured blocking a shot during a 4-1 win against the Anaheim Ducks that night.