KINGS (22-17-13) at FLYERS (24-20-9)
12:30 p.m. ET; FDSNW, NBCSP, SN1
Kings projected lineup
Alex Laferriere — Anze Kopitar — Adrian Kempe
Trevor Moore — Quinton Byfield — Warren Foegele
Kevin Fiala — Joel Armia — Andrei Kuzmenko
Corey Perry — Samuel Helenius — Kenny Connors
Mikey Anderson — Drew Doughty
Joel Edmundson — Brandt Clarke
Brian Dumoulin — Cody Ceci
Darcy Kuemper
Anton Forsberg
Scratched: Jeff Malott, Jacob Moverare, Taylor Ward
Injured: Alex Turcotte (upper body)
Flyers projected lineup
Nikita Grebenkin — Christian Dvorak — Travis Konecny
Denver Barkey — Noah Cates — Owen Tippett
Matvei Michkov — Trevor Zegras — Bobby Brink
Nicolas Deslauriers — Sean Couturier — Garnett Hathaway
Travis Sanheim — Rasmus Ristolainen
Cam York — Jamie Drysdale
Nick Seeler — Noah Juulsen
Dan Vladar
Aleksei Kolosov
Scratched: Emil Andrae, Carl Grundstrom
Injured: Tyson Foerster (arm), Rodrigo Abols (lower body), Samuel Ersson (lower body)
Status report
Kopitar will return after missing 11 games because of an upper-body injury. … Turcotte, a center who has missed two games, was placed on injured reserve Saturday. … The Kings did not practice Friday following a 4-1 loss at the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday. … Connors, a forward, could make his NHL debut Saturday or at the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday. … The Flyers did not practice Friday following a 6-3 loss at the Boston Bruins on Thursday. … The status of Ersson is uncertain; the goalie left after the second period at Boston because of a lower-body injury.
