BREAKING: Kings activate Turcotte off IR

The Los Angeles Kings announced today that they have activated Alex Turcotte off of IR and loaned forward Andre Lee to their AHL affiliate, the Ontario Reign.

Turcotte will be in the lineup tonight against the Detroit Red Wings. He is expected to slot back into his most recent role on the Kings top line, as the left wing for Anze Kopitar and Adrian Kempe.

With Lee headed to Ontario, Samuel Helenius is sticking with the big club for the time being. He will likely center Trevor Lewis and Tanner Jeannot on the fourth line. Jeannot will be returning to the Kings’ lineup after serving a 3 game suspension.

This is the updated projected lineup for Los Angeles tonight:

Turcotte-Kopitar-Kempe

Fiala-Danault-Moore

Foegele-Byfield-Laferrier

Jeannot-Helenius-Lewis

Thomas

Anderson-Gavrikov

Edmundson-Clarke

Moverare-Spence

Rittich

Portillo