Thursday skate update; Parse, not Doughty

Drew Doughty won’t play tonight, but the Kings will make one lineup move, with Scott Parse replacing Kevin Westgarth and stepping into a second-line role. Here’s how things are expected to look…

Gagne-Kopitar-Williams
Parse-Richards-Brown
Penner-Stoll-Richardson
Clifford-Lewis-Moreau

Terry Murray said Doughty has been cleared to practice, but not play, but said he was hopeful Doughty could play Saturday against Phoenix. More notes and quotes to come…

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