Overview
- The captain was hit in the foot by a deflected puck in the shootout loss at Minnesota and then sat out Thursday’s 4-2 defeat to Pittsburgh.
- He is ruled out for Saturday’s home game against unbeaten Carolina, with a five-game trip in eight nights starting Tuesday.
- Philip Danault has taken the top-line center role, while Alex Laferriere practiced between Adrian Kempe and Andrei Kuzmenko on Friday.
- Goaltender Darcy Kuemper is day-to-day with a lower-body injury, and Corey Perry practiced in a regular jersey as he nears his Kings debut.
- Kopitar, 38, announced this will be his final NHL season and opened with four assists in four games.