CANUCKS (22-47-8) at KINGS (32-26-19)
10:30 p.m. ET; FDSNW, SNP
Canucks projected lineup
Drew O’Connor — Elias Pettersson — Jake DeBrusk
Liam Ohgren — Marco Rossi — Brock Boeser
Max Sasson — Teddy Blueger — Linus Karlsson
Curtis Douglas — Aatu Raty — Nils Hoglander
Zeev Buium — Filip Hronek
Marcus Pettersson — Tom Willander
Elias Pettersson — Victor Mancini
Nikita Tolopilo
Jiri Patera
Scratched: P.O. Joseph, Ty Mueller
Injured: Kevin Lankinen (upper body), Evander Kane (undisclosed), Filip Chytil (facial fracture), Thatcher Demko (hip surgery), Derek Forbort (undisclosed)
Kings projected lineup
Artemi Panarin — Anze Kopitar — Adrian Kempe
Trevor Moore — Quinton Byfield — Alex Laferriere
Joel Armia — Scott Laughton — Jared Wright
Jeff Malott — Samuel Helenius — Taylor Ward
Mikey Anderson — Drew Doughty
Joel Edmundson — Brandt Clarke
Brian Dumoulin — Cody Ceci
Anton Forsberg
Darcy Kuemper
Scratched: Mathieu Joseph, Jacob Moverare
Injured: Alex Turcotte (undisclosed), Andrei Kuzmenko (meniscus)
Status report
Lankinen traveled with the Canucks for the three-game California road trip but the goalie will miss his third straight game. … Byfield will play after missing practice Wednesday for maintenance.
