The Kings on Wednesday announced their opening night active roster and taxi squad ahead of Thursday’s season opener against the Minnesota Wild:
Forwards: Michael Amadio, Andreas Athanasiou, Dustin Brown, Jeff Carter, Carl Grundstrom, Alex Iafallo, Adrian Kempe, Anze Kopitar, Blake Lizotte, Matt Luff, Trevor Moore, Gabriel Vilardi, Austin Wagner
Defensemen: Mark Alt, Mikey Anderson, Tobias Bjornfot, Kale Clague, Drew Doughty, Olli Maatta, Matt Roy
Goalies: Troy Grosenick, Jonathan Quick
Taxi squad: Jaret Anderson-Dolan, Lias Andersson, Austin Strand, Matt Villalta
Injured/nonroster: Cal Petersen (unfit to participate), Sean Walker (unfit), Kurtis MacDermid (unfit), Martin Frk (lower body), Alex Turcotte (lower body)
Overview: The Kings likely will be short-handed to open the season.