Kings at Senators preview

KINGS (6-1-1) at SENATORS (4-1-3)
7:30 p.m. ET; RDSI, TSN5, FS-W, NHL.TV

Ryan fractured his right index finger when he was hit by a shot in the Senators' 6-3 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday and is expected to be out for a month. The win against Toronto was the Senators' first at home this season (1-1-3).
The Kings are playing the second of back-to-back games. They were the last team in the NHL to lose in regulation when they were defeated 3-2 by the Maple Leafs on Monday, ending a four-game winning streak.
Each team is expected to use its backup goaltender. Mike Condon will start for the Senators; Darcy Kuemper is expected to play for the Kings.

Players to watch

Senators defenseman Erik Karlsson has six assists in his past two games.
Kings center Anze Kopitar has 11 points (six goals, five assists) in his past seven games.

They said it

"We're playing one of the best teams in the League as of right now. If we want to compete with them, we are going to have to match their intensity and make sure we don't give them any freebies." -- Senators captain Erik Karlsson
"I think we did some good things [against Toronto], but there's some areas we need to clean up a bit. We turned pucks over down low in our zone that I think could have been exits, so I'd like to certainly get that cleaned up." -- Kings coach John Stevens

Kings projected lineup

Alex Iafallo -- Anze Kopitar -- Dustin Brown
Tanner Pearson -- Nicholas Shore -- Tyler Toffoli
Michael Cammalleri -- Adrian Kempe -- Trevor Lewis
Andy Andreoff -- Brooks Laich -- Nic Dowd
Derek Forbort -- Drew Doughty
Jake Muzzin -- Alec Martinez
Oscar Fantenberg -- Christian Folin
Darcy Kuemper
Jonathan Quick
Scratched:Kurtis McDermid, Justin Auger
Injured:Marian Gaborik (knee), Kyle Clifford (upper body), Jeff Carter (ankle)

Senators projected lineup

Alexandre Burrows -- Derick Brassard -- Mark Stone
Nate Thompson -- Kyle Turris -- Ryan Dzingel
Mike Hoffman -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Tom Pyatt
Max McCormick -- Logan Brown -- Christopher DiDomenico
Johnny Oduya -- Erik Karlsson
Dion Phaneuf -- Cody Ceci
Fredrik Claesson -- Chris Wideman
Mike Condon
Craig Anderson
Scratched: None
Injured:Bobby Ryan (fractured right index finger), Colin White (left wrist), Mark Borowiecki (upper body), Zack Smith (upper body)

Status report

Borowiecki will be a game-time decision. If he can play, coach Guy Boucher will use seven defensemen and 11 forwards. If he can't, McCormick, who was called up from Belleville of the American Hockey League on Monday, will play his first game of the season.

Stat pack

The Kings have given up the first goal five times but are 3-1-1 in those games. … Brassard has seven points (two goals, five assists) in his past five games.