Kings projected lineup
Alex Turcotte -- Anze Kopitar -- Adrian Kempe
Warren Foegele -- Phillip Danault -- Trevor Moore
Kevin Fiala -- Quinton Byfield -- Alex Laferriere
Tanner Jeannot -- Trevor Lewis -- Akil Thomas
Mikey Anderson -- Vladislav Gavrikov
Joel Edmundson -- Jordan Spence
Jacob Moverare -- Drew Doughty
Darcy Kuemper
David Rittich
Scratched: Andreas Englund, Kyle Burroughs, Brandt Clarke
Injured: None
Panthers projected lineup
Carter Verhaeghe -- Aleksander Barkov -- Sam Reinhart
Matthew Tkachuk -- Sam Bennett -- Mackie Samoskevich
Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Evan Rodrigues
A.J. Greer -- Tomas Nosek -- Jesper Boqvist
Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola -- Dmitry Kulikov
Uvis Balinskis -- Nate Schmidt
Sergei Bobrovsky
Spencer Knight
Scratched: Adam Boqvist
Injured: Jonah Gadjovich (upper body)
Status report
Doughty has been activated from injured reserve and will make his season debut. He missed the first 47 games of the season because of a broken ankle sustained during a preseason game Sept. 25. … The Kings sent forward Samuel Helenius to Ontario of the American Hockey League. ... Fiala missed the morning skate because of an illness. Coach Jm Hiller said he will be a game-time decision. … Florida returned defenseman Tobias Bjornfot to Charlotte of the American Hockey League on Sunday. … Gadjovich is taking contact in practice but the forward is not ready to play. He's been out since Dec. 20.
