Scouting the Avalanche

Tonight’s game is the second of four meetings this season between the Kings and the Colorado Avalanche, following Colorado’s 3-2 victory in Denver on Oct. 30. The Avalanche had a 14-17-1 record in mid-December, but now have a 7-1-0 record in their last eight and have climbed to the edge of claiming a playoff position in the Western Conference. In goal, Colorado is expected to start Semyon Varlamov, who has allowed two goals in each of his last two starts. For the latest on the Avalanche, check out the coverage from The Denver Post, followed by tonight’s possible lineups for both teams…

The Denver Post’s Avalanche coverage

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KINGS LINEUP
Richards-Kopitar-Brown
Penner-Stoll-Williams
Richardson-Loktionov-Lewis
Clifford-Fraser-Hunter

Scuderi-Doughty
Mitchell-Martinez
Johnson-Greene

Quick
Bernier

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AVALANCHE LINEUP
Daniel Winnik-Paul Stastny-T.J. Galiardi
Gabriel Landeskog-Ryan O’Reilly-Milan Hejduk
Chuck Kobasew-Jay McClement-David Jones
Cody McLeod-Kevin Porter-David Van der Gulik

Erik Johnson-Shane O’Brien
Jan Hejda-Ryan O’Byrne
Stefan Elliott-Kyle Quincey

Semyon Varlamov
Jean-Sebastien Giguere