Scouting the Coyotes

This is the fourth of six meetings this season between the Kings and the Phoenix Coyotes. The Kings hold a 2-0-1 advantage so far. In the last game, the Kings scored four goals on Jason LaBarbera, but the Coyotes are expected to have the services of Mike Smith, who has returned from injury. Smith held the Kings to two goals in each of the teams’ first two games this season and is expected to start tonight. The Coyotes will not have Raffi Torres, who will serve the second of a two-game suspension for his hit on Minnesota’s Nate Prosser. For more on the Coyotes, here’s an Associated Press preview of tonight’s game, followed by tonight’s probable lineups for both teams…

Coyotes vs. Kings preview

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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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COYOTES LINEUP
Mikkel Boedker-Daymond Langkow-Shane Doan
Ray Whitney-Cal O’Reilly-Radim Vrbata
Patrick O’Sullivan-Kyle Chipchura-Lauri Korpikoski
Paul Bissonnette-Marc-Antoine Pouliot-Taylor Pyatt

Keith Yandle-David Schlemko
Oliver Ekman-Larsson-Adrian Aucoin
Rostislav Klesla-Michal Rozsival

Mike Smith
Jason LaBarbera

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