Canucks at Kings preview

CANUCKS (10-13-2) at KINGS (7-13-1)
10 p.m. ET; CBC, SN, SN360, SN1, CITY, FS-W, NHL.TV

The Canucks, 0-7-1 in their past eight and outscored 33-16 in that span, last lost nine straight from Oct. 22-Nov. 7, 2016 (0-8-1). The Vancouver record for longest losing streak is 10, from Oct. 23-Nov. 11, 1997 (0-8-2).
Goalie Cal Petersen is expected to start for the Kings; he allowed six goals on 31 shots and was pulled at 2:47 of the third period of a 7-3 loss to the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday.
Los Angeles, 2-5-0 in its past seven games, has scored two goals or fewer in five of them.

Players to watch

Canucks center Elias Pettersson has two goals in his past eight games after having 17 points (10 goals, seven assists) in the first 11 games of his NHL career.
Kings forward Matt Luff has scored a goal in consecutive games. The rookie had a goal and an assist against the Avalanche for his first multipoint game in the NHL.

They said it

"We're not in this for moral victories. You can say we play well if you want, but it's not good enough." -- Canucks defenseman Michael Del Zotto
"I think you always want to reward performance. If people play well and work hard you want to reward them. Hopefully they'll get a little bit more ice time as we go." -- Kings coach Willie Desjardins on rookie forwards Matt Luff and Austin Wagner

Canucks projected lineup

Antoine Roussel -- Bo Horvat --
Sam Gagner
Nikolay Goldobin -- Elias Pettersson -- Loui Eriksson
Tyler Motte -- Markus Granlund -- Jake Virtanen
Tim Schaller -- Adam Gaudette -- Brendan Leipsic
Michael Del Zotto -- Chris Tanev
Ben Hutton -- Erik Gudbranson
Derrick Pouliot --
Troy Stetcher
Jacob Markstrom
Anders Nilsson
Scratched:Reid Boucher , Darren Archibald, Alex Biega
Injured: Brock Boeser (groin), Brandon Sutter (shoulder), Alexander Edler (knee), Sven Baertschi (concussion), Jay Beagle (arm)

Kings projected lineup

Alex Iafallo -- Anze Kopitar -- Dustin Brown
Austin Wagner -- Jeff Carter -- Tyler Toffoli
Ilya Kovalchuk -- Adrian Kempe -- Carl Hagelin
Kyle Clifford -- Nate Thompson -- Matt Luff
Derek Forbort -- Drew Doughty
Jake Muzzin -- Alec Martinez
Dion Phaneuf -- Oscar Fantenberg
Calvin Petersen
Peter Budaj
Scratched:Paul LaDue
Injured:Trevor Lewis (foot), Jack Campbell (knee), Jonathan Quick (knee), Jonny Brodzinski (shoulder)

Status report

Kempe will be available after sustaining a lower-body injury in the first period against the Avalanche. … Quick returned to practice on Friday for the first time since undergoing surgery to repair a torn meniscus he sustained in practice on Oct. 27.

Stat pack

Horvat has 10 points (four goals, six assists) in his past nine games. … Doughty has two assists in his past eight games. … Kovalchuk and Carter each has no points in his past seven games.