Carolina Hurricanes v Los Angeles Kings
Time: 1:00 PM
TV: Fox Sports West
Enemy reading: Shutdown Line & Canes Country
Canes (projected) lineup:
Jiri Tlusty – Eric Staal – Elias Lindholm
Jeff Skinner – Jordan Staal – Tuomo Ruutu
Drayson Bowman – Riley Nash – Radek Dvorak
Nathan Gerbe – Manny Malhotra – Patrick Dwyer
Andrej Sekera – Justin Faulk
Ron Hainsey – John-Michael Liles
Jay Harrison – Brett Bellemore
Mike Komisarek
Kings (projected) lineup:
Toffoli-Kopitar-Williams
Nolan-Richards-Carter
King-Stoll-Brown
Clifford-Vey-Lewis
Muzzin-Doughty
Regehr-Voynov
Mitchell-Martinez
Quick
Game Notes
- No idea if Sutter stays with the same lines from the Calgary game. Jordan Nolan’s presence on the second line didn’t seem to mesh and despite the victory I’d be a bit surprised to see him back on that unit.
- My gut feel is that we see Brown moved back to LW on on the 2nd line.That again would leave the 3rd line barren from a depth scoring perspective.
- As Canes Country noted in their preview, Alexander Semin left Thursday’s game with an apparent lower-body injury and is likely out today. With the Canes out of Semin, they’ll insert rookie Elias Lindholm on the first line. For background on Lindholm, check-out Shutdown Line’s Top 25 under 25 profile of him.
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