Scouting the Avalanche

Tonight is the first of four regular-season meetings this season between the Kings and Colorado Avalanche, and remember that it’s an early start ( 5 p.m. Pacific time). Watch out for the Avalanche. They’re hungry for a home win, after an 0-3-0 start, and they’re hungry to beat the Kings, who haven’t lost at Pepsi Center since Dec. 9, 2008. Overall, the Kings are 8-0-1 in their last nine games against Colorado. For the latest on the Avalanche, check out a game-preview story from The Denver Post, followed by tonight’s expected lineups for the Kings and Avalanche…

Avalanche’s TJ Galiardi gets another chance on Paul Stastny line

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KINGS LINEUP
Penner-Kopitar-Williams
Parse-Richards-Brown
Richardson-Stoll-Hunter
Clifford-Lewis-Moreau

Mitchell-Doughty
Scuderi-Johnson
Martinez-Greene

Quick
Bernier

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AVALANCHE LINEUP
TJ Galiardi-Paul Stastny-Milan Hejduk
Joakim Lindstrom-Matt Duchene-David Jones
Gabriel Landeskog-Ryan O’Reilly-Daniel Winnik
Cody McLeod-Jay McClement-Chuck Kobasew

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

Semyon Varlamov
Jean-Sebastien Giguere