The Kings will start their season tonight with a bit of a lineup twist.

Defenseman Jake Muzzin is expected to miss tonight’s game against San Jose because an undisclosed injury, one that isn’t believed to be serious.

Brayden McNabb will draw into the Kings’ lineup in place of Muzzin, partnered with top defenseman Drew Doughty. It will be interesting to see how many minutes the Kings give to McNabb, who hasn’t played an NHL game since January, particularly given that Doughty regularly plays upward of 25 minutes per game.

McNabb has 37 games of NHL experience, all with Buffalo over the previous two seasons. He was acquired by the Kings in a trade last March.

Muzzin has not missed any practices, and appeared to be a full participant in Wednesday’s morning skate. The fact that the Kings didn’t put him on injured reserve Tuesday, when they finalized their roster, is a clear indication that they don’t expect Muzzin to miss more than one or two games.

Otherwise, all was normal with the Kings this morning. Jonathan Quick, who had wrist surgery in June, will get the start in goal. There had been uncertainty as to who would start in goal for the Sharks, but Antti Niemi was the first goalie off the ice, per David Pollak of the San Jose Mercury News.

A reminder that tonight’s game is technically scheduled to start at 7. Fans are encouraged to arrive at Staples Center by 6:45 p.m. for the start of Stanley Cup championship festitivies.

Here’s how the Kings and Sharks are expected to line up tonight…

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KINGS

Marian Gaborik — Anze Kopitar — Dustin Brown

Tanner Pearson — Jeff Carter — Tyler Toffoli

Dwight King — Mike Richards — Justin Williams

Kyle Clifford — Jarret Stoll — Trevor Lewis





Brayden McNabb — Drew Doughty

Robyn Regehr — Slava Voynov

Alec Martinez — Matt Greene





Jonathan Quick

Martin Jones





Scratches: Andy Andreoff, Jake Muzzin (injured), Jordan Nolan





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SHARKS

Joe Pavelski — Joe Thornton — Tomas Hertl

Patrick Marleau — Logan Couture — Matt Nieto

Tye McGinn — Chris Tierney — Tommy Wingels

Adam Burish — Andrew Desjardins — Mike Brown





Marc-Edouard Vlasic — Justin Braun

Mirco Mueller — Brent Burns

Matt Irwin — Jason Demers





Antti Niemi

Alex Stalock





Scratches: Scott Hannan, Eriah Hayes, John Scott