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Sunday, March 1, 2015

{allcanada} KINGS (29-20-12) at JETS (31-20-12)

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Sunday, March 1, 2015

4:00 PM ET

KINGS (29-20-12) at JETS (31-20-12)

TV: FS-W, TSN3

WINNIPEG – The Winnipeg Jets will have right wing Blake Wheeler in their lineup when they host the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday.

The Jets activated Wheeler from injured reserve Sunday and assigned forward Carl Klingberg to St. John's of the American Hockey League. Wheeler had missed the past two games because of a lower-body injury.

Winnipeg did not hold a morning skate Sunday, but Wheeler practiced Saturday on the Jets' third line with center Adam Lowry and left wing Chris Thorburn. The 28-year-old has 16 goals and 28 assists, and his 44 points rank third among all Winnipeg scorers.

Winnipeg has a one-point lead on the Minnesota Wild for the first Western Conference wild-card spot into the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Jets finish their four-game homestand Wednesday against the Ottawa Senators before beginning a four-game road trip.

Los Angeles has lost its past two games after an eight-game winning streak and is three points behind the Vancouver Canucks for second place in the Pacific Division. The Kings' three-game road trip ends Tuesday against the Edmonton Oilers.

Before the Kings flew to Winnipeg, they practiced their special-teams play, according to the Kings website. Though the Kings' penalty kill has allowed one goal in its past 11 games (25-for-26), their power play is 1-for-11 in its past four games.

The website also reported that defenseman Robyn Regehr skated after being hit in the hand/wrist by a shot in a 4-2 loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Friday. Los Angeles did not have a morning skate Sunday and Regehr's status for the game is not confirmed.

Goaltender Jonathan Quick is expected to start for Los Angeles. Winnipeg goaltender Michael Hutchinson is expected to start for the sixth time in the past seven games.

Here are the projected lineups:

KINGS

Marian Gaborik – Anze Kopitar – Dustin Brown

Dwight King – Jeff Carter – Tyler Toffoli

Trevor Lewis – Jarret Stoll – Justin Williams

Kyle Clifford – Nick Shore – Jordan Nolan

Jake Muzzin – Drew Doughty

Robyn Regehr – Andrej Sekera

Brayden McNabb – Matt Greene

Jonathan Quick

Martin Jones

Scratched: Andy Andreoff, Jamie McBain

Suspended: Slava Voynov

Injured: Alec Martinez (concussion)

JETS

Andrew Ladd – Bryan Little – Michael Frolik

Jiri Tlusty – Mark Scheifele – Drew Stafford

Chris Thorburn – Adam Lowry – Blake Wheeler

TJ Galiardi – Jim Slater – Anthony Peluso

Jay Harrison – Dustin Byfuglien

Toby Enstrom – Tyler Myers

Mark Stuart – Jacob Trouba

Michael Hutchinson

Ondrej Pavelec

Scratched: Eric O'Dell, Adam Pardy, Paul Postma

Injured: Ben Chiarot (undisclosed) Grant Clitsome (back), Matt Halischuk (lower body), Mathieu Perreault (lower body)

Status report: Before Jones played in the Kings' 4-2 loss to the Ducks, Quick had played the past 16 games…The start was the first for Jones since Jan. 14…Before missing his past two games, Wheeler had last missed a game in the 2011-12 season.

Who's hot: Scheifele and Frolik each have a three-game points streak. Scheifele has two goals and two assists, and set a new career-best with his 35th point in a 2-1 shootout loss to the St. Louis Blues on Thursday. Frolik has two goals and an assist in his past three games.

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