INSIDERS. A good afternoon to you. Several quick lineup notes before I get out of my hotel room and head back to Scotiabank Arena for an NHL Now hit that will air at 1:10 PT:
–Lines have been adjusted. Fantenberg in, LaDue out, Campbell to start:
#LAKings showing
Iafallo-Kopitar-Kovalchuk
Pearson-Kempe-Toffoli
Thompson-Amadio-Carter
Clifford-JAD-LewisForbort-Doughty
Muzzin-Martinez
Fantenberg-Phaneuf pic.twitter.com/Q80kouTqXN— Jon Rosen (@lakingsinsider) October 15, 2018
–For Toronto, it’s Chicagoland native and reigning Calder Cup champ Garrett Sparks, not ex-Duck Frederik Andersen:
.@sportingnewsca #Leafs lines and pairings at morning skate prior to game vs. LA
Marleau-Matthews-Kapanen
Hyman-Tavares-Marner
Lindholm-Kadri-Brown
Johnsson-Gauthier-LeivoRielly-Hainsey
Gardiner-Zaitsev
Dermott-OzhiganovSparks in home goal#TMLTalk pic.twitter.com/hTtkhhYM0O
— Michael Augello (@MikeInBuffalo) October 15, 2018
The word on the street is that Andersen is a touch under the weather and there’s a chance Eamon McAdam may be recalled to back Sparks up tonight. Sparks has never faced the Kings. Anderson, on the other hand, ranks fairly high on the regicide scale with a 6-1-2 record, 2.47 goals-against average largely inflated by this game, and a .925 save percentage against Los Angeles. The Leafs are bereft of injury.
–Lots more to come from Scotiabank Arena, Insiders.
Rules for Blog Commenting
Repeated violations of the blog rules will result in site bans, commensurate with the nature and number of offenses.
Please flag any comments that violate the site rules for moderation. For immediate problems regarding problematic posts, please email zdooley@lakings.com.