Terry Murray confirmed today that he’s planning on making two lineup changes tomorrow. Kyle Calder will replace Matt Moulson as the first-line left wing and Peter Harrold will rejoin the defensive group, almost certainly in place of Tom Preissing.

In other important changes, a doubles division has started in the ongoing Kings Locker-Room Ping-Pong tournament. Today featured Derek Armstrong and Anze Kopitar vs. Raitis Ivanans and John Zeiler. It was close when I left. Drew Doughty said he has formed a team with Brad Richardson. Now, back to hockey…

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Question: Going on the road, do you feel it’s important to get a couple veteran players back in the lineup?

MURRAY: “Well, I am going to get Calder in the lineup, but the reason for that is that he’s been out for a while and he’s really been working hard at getting his game to a higher level. I’ve asked him to do a lot of extra skating after every practice in the last week and he’s been doing it. I see the positives coming out of it in the practice. I’m going to get him in. He’s going to play on the left side with Kopitar. Part of that is that I need more from Moulson also. I had a meeting with him yesterday, and I would like to see more of the stuff that we probably saw in training camp and the exhibition games and the first couple (regular-season) games. I thought he was contributing and playing very well, but his game has tailed off in the last two. I just had to bring attention to that, and he’s going to come out of the lineup for a game and we’ll see where it goes.”

Question: Any defensive changes that you anticipate?

MURRAY: “I am anticipating a change, with Harrold going in. I will think about that one overnight and make the decision at the morning skate tomorrow, but it’s a move I was thinking about after the Colorado game.”