Avalanche at Kings

AVALANCHE (35-13-4) at KINGS (21-25-6)

Avalanche projected lineup
Gabriel Landeskog -- Tyson Jost -- Mikko Rantanen
Valeri Nichushkin -- Nazem Kadri -- Joonas Donskoi
Andre Burakovsky -- Alex Newhook -- J.T. Compher
Carl Soderberg -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Kiefer Sherwood
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Ryan Graves -- Conor Timmins
Dan Renouf -- Jacob MacDonald
Jonas Johansson
Philipp Grubauer
Scratched: Liam O'Brien
Injured: Nathan MacKinnon (lower body), Patrik Nemeth (upper body), Bowen Byram (upper body), Matt Calvert (upper body), Samuel Girard (lower body), Logan O'Connor (lower body), Brandon Saad (lower body)
COVID-19 protocol: Devan Dubnyk
Kings projected lineup
Adrian Kempe -- Anze Kopitar -- Trevor Moore
Alex Iafallo -- Gabriel Vilardi -- Lias Andersson
Austin Wagner -- Rasmus Kupari -- Andreas Athanasiou
Brendan Lemieux -- Jaret Anderson-Dolan -- Carl Grundstrom
Mikey Anderson -- Drew Doughty
Tobias Bjornfot -- Matt Roy
Olli Maatta -- Sean Walker
Troy Grosenick
Cal Petersen
Scratched: Christian Wolanin, Kurtis MacDermid, Matt Luff
Injured: Blake Lizotte (upper body), Jonathan Quick (upper body)
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate. … MacKinnon, a forward, could be available after not playing in Colorado's 3-2 win against Los Angeles on Friday. … Nemeth, a defenseman, was hurt in the second period Friday and did not return.