Overview
- Puck drop at SAP Center is 8:00 p.m. PT on ESPN for the Pacific Division meeting with San Jose.
- Los Angeles is 3-0-1 on the trip and sits two points off first place after a difficult opening slate.
- Projected lineup has Andrei Kuzmenko–Anze Kopitar–Adrian Kempe atop the forwards and Darcy Kuemper starting in goal.
- Forward Warren Foegele is out with an upper-body injury, with Hiller saying he will miss some time as Jeff Malott is a candidate to draw in.
- Special teams could be decisive with both penalty kills ranked low and the Sharks carrying a top-10 power play, while Kopitar and Kuemper hold favorable career numbers versus San Jose.