Kings at Canucks preview

KINGS (25-17-5) at CANUCKS (18-23-6)
10 p.m. ET; SNP, FS-W, NHL.TV

The Kings went 3-for-3 on the power play and ended their six-game losing streak with a 4-2 win against the New York Rangers on Sunday. Los Angeles has not won two in a row since defeating the Canucks on Dec. 30 and the Edmonton Oilers on Jan. 2.
Vancouver is starting a five-game homestand after ending a 2-4-1 road trip with a 1-0 loss to the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday. The Canucks are 3-9-2 in their past 14 games.

Players to watch

Canucks forward Thomas Vanek has 14 points (six goals, eight assists) in his past 13 games.
Kings center Anze Kopitar has eight points (one goal, seven assists) in his past eight games.

They said it

"The road is fun. You get to go out for dinner with the guys, you don't have your kids or family around and you are able to spend a lot more time together so I feel a lot more connected when we are on the road." -- Los Angeles Kings defenseman Drew Doughty on playing 11 of the next 13 games on the road. The Kings are second in the NHL with 13 road wins.
"It took a little bit to get going, especially in the first period, just kind of feeling it out and trying to keep my game simple and then started to get more comfortable and confident on my edges and just got better and better" -- Canucks center Bo Horvat on his first game back, Sunday against the Winnipeg Jets, after missing 18 with an ankle injury

Kings projected lineup

Alex Iafallo -- Anze Kopitar -- Dustin Brown
Tanner Pearson -- Adrian Kempe -- Tyler Toffoli
Marian Gaborik
--
Michael Amadio
-- Trevor Lewis
Kyle Clifford -- Nicholas Shore -- Torrey Mitchell
Derek Forbort -- Drew Doughty
Jake Muzzin -- Alec Martinez
Kevin Gravel
-- Christian Folin
Jonathan Quick
Darcy Kuemper
Scratched:Andy Andreoff, Jonny Brodzinski, Paul LaDue
Injured:Jeff Carter (lower body)

Canucks projected lineup

Daniel Sedin -- Henrik Sedin -- Brock Boeser
Loui Eriksson -- Bo Horvat -- Thomas Vanek
Sam Gagner -- Nic Dowd -- Jake Virtanen
Sven Baertschi -- Brandon Sutter -- Markus Granlund
Alexander Edler -- Troy Stecher
Ben Hutton -- Chris Tanev
Michael Del Zotto -- Alex Biega
Jacob Markstrom
Anders Nilsson
Scratched:Brendan Gaunce](https://www.nhl.com/player/brendan-gaunce-8476867), Derrick Pouliot
Injured:Erik Gudbranson (back)

Status report

The Canucks sent forward
Michael Chaput
, who has no points in nine games this season, to Utica of the American Hockey League on Tuesday after he cleared waivers.

Stat pack

Muzzin has a three-game point streak (one goal, two assists) since returning from missing three games with injury. … Boeser has three points (one goal, two assists) in his past nine games after getting 13 points (eight goals, five assists) in his previous 10.