Projected Lines – Los Angeles
Dustin Brown – Anze Kopitar – Justin Williams
Dwight King – Mike Richards – Jeff Carter
Dustin Penner – Jarret Stoll – Trevor Lewis
Kyle Clifford – Colin Fraser – Tyler Toffoli
Robyn Regehr – Drew Doughty
Jake Muzzin – Slava Voynov
Alec Martinez – Rob Scuderi
Jonathan Quick
Jonathan Bernier
-Kyle Clifford took the morning off for “maintenance” but is expected to go tonight. Darryl Sutter, on two “big” teams playing in a compacted playoff schedule: “You’re playing your sixth game in 10 days, and you’re asking about what the lineup is, and where’s this guy and where’s that guy. Well, where do you think they are? It’s friggin’ hard on ‘em.”
St. Louis Projected Lines
Jaden Schwartz – David Backes – Alex Steen
Andy McDonald – Vladimir Sobotka – Chris Stewart
David Perron – Patrik Berglund – T.J. Oshie
Adam Cracknell – Chris Porter – Ryan Reeves
Jay Bouwmeester – Alex Pietrangelo
Jordan Leopold – Kevin Shattenkirk
Barret Jackman – Roman Polak
Brian Elliott
Jaroslav Halak
-No changes are expected in St. Louis’ lineup and pairings. Head Coach Ken Hitchcock, to reporters: “I think every day you try to get more from people – more and more and more,” Hitchcock said. “But you’ve got to be careful because you can feed too much information down the pipe and freeze people. I always find you are what you are, and you find your level in series like this. Some guys roles change and you end up negating each other and it ends up being an advantage for you.” – courtesy Jeremy Rutherford, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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