GOLDEN KNIGHTS (27-16-14) at KINGS (23-19-14)
10 p.m. ET; HBO MAX, truTV, TNT, SNO, SNE, SN1, TVAS
Golden Knights projected lineup
Ivan Barbashev — Tomas Hertl — Keegan Kolesar
Reilly Smith — Tanner Laczynski — Pavel Dorofeyev
Brandon Saad — Colton Sissons — Alexander Holtz
Cole Reinhardt — Kai Uchacz — Braeden Bowman
Jeremy Lauzon — Rasmus Andersson
Brayden McNabb — Dylan Coghlan
Ben Hutton — Kaedan Korczak
Adin Hill
Akira Schmid
Scratched: Jack Eichel, Noah Hanifin, Shea Theodore, Mark Stone, Mitch Marner
Injured: Carter Hart (lower body), Brett Howden (lower body), William Karlsson (lower body), Jonas Rondbjerg (lower body)
Kings projected lineup
Quinton Byfield — Anze Kopitar — Trevor Moore
Artemi Panarin — Alex Laferriere — Adrian Kempe
Warren Foegele — Alex Turcotte — Andrei Kuzmenko
Joel Armia — Samuel Helenius — Corey Perry
Mikey Anderson — Drew Doughty
Joel Edmundson — Brandt Clarke
Brian Dumoulin — Cody Ceci
Anton Forsberg
Darcy Kuemper
Scratched: Jeff Malott, Jacob Moverare, Taylor Ward
Injured: Kevin Fiala (fractured leg)
Status report
The Golden Knights are likely to be without five players who participated in the Olympics; forwards Stone and Marner and defenseman Theodore were not on the ice for Vegas’ morning skate after playing for Team Canada. Eichel, a forward, and Hanifin, a defenseman, each was already ruled out after helping the United States win a gold medal; each is expected to be available at the Washington Capitals on Friday. … McNabb (upper body, 19 games missed), Saad (undisclosed, 15 games missed), and Sissons (upper body, 12 games missed) each was activated off injured reserve Tuesday. … Howden, a forward, has resumed skating on his own but will miss his 15th straight game. … Panarin will make his Kings debut after being acquired in a trade with the New York Rangers on Feb. 4; he has not played since Jan. 26 because of roster management purposes ahead of the trade. … Anderson (upper body, two games missed) and Turcotte (upper body, six games missed) each will play after being activated off injured reserve Wednesday.
