The Los Angeles Kings will take on the Nashville Predators tonight at Bridgestone Arena. Here are the projected/anticipated lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents and others.
8:00 PM ET; FDSNW, FDSNSO
King’s projected lineup
Andrei Kuzmenko – Anze Kopitar – Adrian Kempe
Kevin Fiala – Quinton Byfield – Alex Laferriere
Warren Foegele – Phillip Danault – Trevor Moore
Joel Armia – Alex Turcotte – Corey Perry
Brian Dumoulin – Drew Doughty
Joel Edmundson-Brandt Clarke
Mikey Anderson – Cody Ceci
Darcy Kuemper
Anton Forsberg
Scratched: Jacob Moverare, Jeff Malott
Injured: Kyle Burroughs (upper body)
Status report
Kopitar returns after missing four games due to a foot injury; he will play in line with Kuzmenko and Kempe.
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Predators projected lineup
Filip Forsberg-Ryan O’Reilly-Matthew Wood
Michael Bunting-Erik Haula-Steven Stamkos
Tyson Jost – Fedor Svechkov – Luke Evangelista
Cole Smith – Michael McCarron – Ozzy Wiesblatt
Adam Wilsby – Nicholas Haag
Brady Skjei-Nick Perbix
Spencer Stastney-Justin Barron
Her in Saros
Justus Annunen
Scratched: Nick Blankenburg
Injured: Jonathan Marchessault (lower body), Roman Josi (upper body)
Status report
Josi doesn’t play and is from week to week; the injury is not related to Postural Tachycardia Syndrome, which the defender was diagnosed with at the end of last season. … The Hague will be a decision during the match; the defender has not played this season due to an upper body injury suffered in a preseason match.
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