Kings vs Maple Leafs Showdown: Projected Lineups and Team Updates

KINGS vs MAPLE LEAFS: PROGNOSED LINEUPS

KINGS (8-5-4) at MAPLE LEAFS (8-8-1)

7 p.m. ET; SNO, FDSNW

Kings Projected Lineup

• Joel Armia - Anze Kopitar - Adrian Kempe
• Kevin Fiala - Quinton Byfield - Alex Laferriere
• Warren Foegele - Phillip Danault - Trevor Moore
• Jeff Malott - Alex Turcotte - Corey Perry

Defensemen:

• Mikey Anderson - Drew Doughty
• Joel Edmundson - Brandt Clark
• Brian Dumoulin - Cody Ceci

Goaltender: Darcy Kuemper

Scratched: Jacob Moverare, Samuel Helenius, Andrei Kuzmenko

Injured: None

Maple Leafs Projected Lineup

• Matthew Knies - John Tavares - William Nylander
• Nicholas Robertson - Max Domi - Bobby McMann
• Dakota Joshua - Nicolas Roy - Matias Maccelli
• Sammy Blais - Steven Lorentz - Calle Jarnkrok

Defensemen:

• Morgan Rielly - Brandon Carlo
• Simon Benoit - Jake McCabe
• Dakota Mermis - Oliver Ekman-Larsson

Goaltender: Dennis Hildeby

Scratched: Philippe Myers

Injured: Chris Tanev (upper body), Scott Laughton (upper body), Auston Matthews (lower body), Anthony Stolarz (upper body)

Status Report

Kuzmenko will be a healthy scratch, replaced by Malott. Matthews is expected to miss a week, with a possibility of an earlier return. Akhtyamov is backing up Hildeby, with Stolarz day to day. Laughton has been placed on injured reserve since Saturday.