Overview
- Head coach Adam Foote confirmed Kevin Lankinen will start in Los Angeles after missing two games for personal reasons.
- Vancouver assigned goaltender Jiří Patera to AHL Abbotsford and recalled Jonathan Lekkerimäki following his conditioning stint.
- Lekkerimäki produced three goals and two assists in five AHL games and was slated to dress against the Kings.
- Lankinen enters with a 4-7-2 record, an .880 save percentage, and a 3.63 goals-against average, having last played on November 23.
- With Thatcher Demko still out due to a groin injury, Nikita Tolopilo started the previous two games, while lineup changes include Conor Garland out with an upper-body injury and Aatu Räty and Pierre-Olivier Joseph drawing in as Lukas Reichel and defenceman Elias Pettersson sit.