Game 1 lineup notes

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Projected Lines – Los Angeles

Dustin Brown – Anze Kopitar – Justin Williams
Dwight King – Mike Richards – Jeff Carter
Dustin Penner – Jarret Stoll – Trevor Lewis
Jordan Nolan – Colin Fraser – Tyler Toffoli

Robyn Regehr – Drew Doughty
Jake Muzzin – Slava Voynov
Alec Martinez – Rob Scuderi

Jonathan Quick
Jonathan Bernier

-Kyle Clifford is out due to an undisclosed injury. He skated with the Black Aces at the Toyota Sports Center Monday afternoon. Matt Greene took line rushes with Keaton Ellerby and is unlikely to play tonight. He remains day-to-day with an injury unrelated to his back.

Projected Lines – San Jose

TJ Galiardi – Joe Thornton – Brent Burns
Patrick Marleau – Logan Couture – Raffi Torres
Andrew Desjardins – Joe Pavelski – Tommy Wingels
James Sheppard – Scott Gomez – Bracken Kearns

Matt Irwin – Dan Boyle
Marc-Edouard Vlasic – Justin Braun
Scott Hannan – Brad Stuart

Antti Niemi
Thomas Greiss

-Bracken Kearns could step into the lineup to replace Adam Burish, who suffered an upper-body injury in San Jose’s series-clinching victory over Vancouver on May 7. Tim Kennedy is also a candidate to play alongside James Sheppard and Scott Gomez. Burish is not expected to play in this series. Forward Martin Havlat and defenseman Jason Demers skated on Tuesday but are unlikely to play tonight.

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