DUCKS (22-21-3) at KINGS (19-16-11)
10:30 p.m. ET; FDSNW, Victory+, KCOP-13, SNE (JIP), SNP, SNW, SNO
Ducks projected lineup
Chris Kreider — Mason McTavish — Ryan Strome
Alex Killorn — Mikael Granlund — Beckett Sennecke
Cutter Gauthier — Ryan Poehling — Troy Terry
Ross Johnston — Tim Washe — Jansen Harkins
Jackson LaCombe — Jacob Trouba
Olen Zellweger — Radko Gudas
Pavel Mintyukov — Drew Helleson
Lukas Dostal
Ville Husso
Scratched: Ian Moore, Jeffrey Viel
Injured: Frank Vatrano (fractured shoulder), Petr Mrazek (lower body), Leo Carlsson (lower body)
Kings projected lineup
Jeff Malott — Alex Laferriere — Adrian Kempe
Warren Foegele — Quinton Byfield — Joel Armia
Kevin Fiala — Alex Turcotte — Andrei Kuzmenko
Andre Lee — Samuel Helenius — Taylor Ward
Mikey Anderson — Drew Doughty
Joel Edmundson — Brandt Clarke
Brian Dumoulin — Cody Ceci
Darcy Kuemper
Anton Forsberg
Scratched: Corey Perry, Jacob Moverare
Injured: Anze Kopitar (upper body), Trevor Moore (upper body)
Status report
Terry will return after missing three games with an upper-body injury. … Gauthier will return after missing a 3-1 win against the Dallas Stars on Tuesday because of an illness. … Kreider missed the morning skate because of an illness and will be a game-time decision, Ducks coach Joel Quenneville said; Anaheim likely would insert Moore as a seventh defensemen if Kreider is unavailable … Carlsson, a forward, will miss his second straight game and his status will be updated soon, Quenneville said. … The Ducks acquired Viel, a forward, in a trade with the Boston Bruins on Friday for a fourth-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft. … Anaheim assigned forward Nikita Nesterenko to San Diego of the American Hockey League on Thursday. … Armia will return after missing five games with a lower-body injury.
