Kings at Avalanche

KINGS (11-8-6) at AVALANCHE (14-8-2)

Kings projected lineup
Alex Iafallo -- Anze Kopitar -- Dustin Brown
Adrian Kempe -- Blake Lizotte -- Trevor Moore
Andreas Athanasiou -- Gabriel Vilardi -- Jeff Carter
Carl Grundstrom -- Michael Amadio -- Austin Wagner
Mikey Anderson -- Drew Doughty
Kurtis MacDermid -- Matt Roy
Tobias Bjornfot -- Sean Walker
Calvin Petersen
Troy Grosenick
Scratched: Matt Luff
Injured: Jaret Anderson-Dolan (upper body), Martin Frk (lower body), Jonathan Quick (upper body)
COVID-19 protocol: Olli Maatta
Avalanche projected lineup
Gabriel Landeskog -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Brandon Saad -- Nazem Kadri -- Andre Burakovsky
Valeri Nichushkin -- Tyson Jost -- Joonas Donskoi
Matt Calvert -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Logan O'Connor
Dan Renouf -- Devon Toews
Jacob MacDonald -- Samuel Girard
Ryan Graves -- Greg Pateryn
Philipp Grubauer
Hunter Miska
Scratched: Jayson Megna
Injured:Bowen Byram (upper body), J.T. Compher (upper body), Pavel Francouz (lower body), Dennis Gilbert (facial surgery), Erik Johnson (upper body), Cale Makar (upper body), Conor Timmins (upper body)
Status report
Kings coach Todd McLellan didn't name a starter, but Petersen cleared COVID-19 protocol Friday and is available. ... Bjornfot could play after missing two games with an undisclosed injury. … Maatta, a defenseman, entered COVID-19 protocol Friday. ... Byram, a defenseman, and Compher, a forward, each skated Friday wearing a non-contact jersey. … Gilbert, a defenseman, skated with a full face shield. … Makar, a defenseman, skated on his own.