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Headline: Ducks and Kings Face Off Tonight: Carlsson Returns, Kuemper Still Out

Los Angeles, CA – The Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings are set to clash tonight at 9 p.m. ET. Fans can catch the action on FDSNW and KTTV.

The Ducks receive a boost with the return of rookie forward Leo Carlsson, who was sidelined with a lower-body injury, and Mikael Granlund who suffered a cut to the mouth on saturday, forcing him to get stitches.

Meanwhile, the Kings will once again be without starting goalie Darcy Kuemper, who remains sidelined with an upper-body injury. He did return to practice on Saturday, but hasn’t recovered enough to return to the net. Pheonix Copley will serve as back up to Anton Forsberg.

Projected Lineups:

Anaheim Ducks:
* Chris Kreider — Leo Carlsson — Troy Terry
* Cutter Gauthier — Mason McTavish — Beckett Sennecke
* Frank Vatrano — Mikael Granlund — Ryan Strome
* Ross Johnston — Ryan Poehling — Alex Killorn
* Jackson LaCombe — Jacob Trouba
* Olen Zellweger — Radko Gudas
* Ian Moore — Drew Helleson
* Lukas Dostal
* Petr Mrazek

Scratched: Nikita Nesterenko, Jansen Harkins, Pavel Mintyukov
Injured: None

Los Angeles Kings:
* Alex Laferriere — Anze Kopitar — Adrian Kempe
* Warren Foegele — Quinton Byfield — Trevor Moore
* Kevin Fiala — Alex Turcotte — Andrei Kuzmenko
* Joel Armia — Samuel Helenius — Corey Perry
* Mikey Anderson — Drew Doughty
* Joel Edmundson — Brandt Clarke
* Brian Dumoulin — Cody Ceci
* Anton Forsberg
* Pheonix Copley

Scratched: Jeff Malott, Jacob Moverare
Injured: Darcy Kuemper (upper body)

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