Kings vs. Sharks Projected Lineups – 10/28/25 – The Hockey Writers – Projected Lineups
The Los Angeles Kings take on the San Jose Sharks today at SAP Center. Here are the projected/anticipated lineups from NHL.com staff writers, independent reporters and others.
Kings (4-3-3) vs. Sharks (2-5-2)
11 p.m. ET; ESPN
Kings expected lineup
Andrei Kuzmanko – Anze Kopitar – Adrian Kempe
Kevin Fiala — Quinton Byfield — Alex Laferrière
Joel Armia – Phillip Danault – Trevor Moore
Jeff Marlott — Alex Turcotte — Corey Perry
Brian Dumoulin — Drew Doughty
Joel Edmondson — Brent Clark
Mikey Anderson — Cody Ceci
Darcy Cooper
Anton Forsberg
Scratches: Jacob Movilare
Injuried: Kyle Burroughs (upper body), Warren Fogler (upper body)
status report
Vogler was injured in Saturday’s 5-4 penalty shootout loss to the Nashville Predators and will miss his second straight game. Kings head coach Jim Shearer said the forward will be “out for a while.” Malott could be in Fogler’s lineup
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Sharks projected lineup
Tyler Toffoli – MacLean Celebrini – Will Smith
Philip Kurashev — Alexander Weinberg — Wilhelm Eklund
Colin Graff — Michael Misa — Jeff Skinner
Barkley Goodrow — Ty Delalandria — Ryan Reeves
Dmitry Orlov — Timothy Liljegren
Mario Ferraro — John Klingberg
Sam Dickinson — Vincent Desharnais
Yaroslav Askarov
Alex Nedelkovic
Scratches: Vincent Iorio, Patrick Giles
Injuried: Shakeel Muhamadullin (upper body), Nick Leddy (upper body), Adam Gaudet (upper body)
status report
Klingberg is expected to return to the lineup after missing six games with a lower-body injury. Iorio is a defenseman who will be a healthy prospect. Skinner will return to the lineup after returning to full strength in Sunday’s 6-5 overtime win over the Minnesota Wild. … Forward Giles was recalled from the American Hockey League San Jose on Tuesday but will not play. Defender Leddy was accordingly placed on the injured reserve list. … Defenseman Mukhamadullin participated in the morning skate but did not compete. … Sharks head coach Ryan Warsofsky said forward Gaudet, who left the game in the second period against the Wild, will miss some time.
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