<p>The <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/los-angeles-kings/line-combinations" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Los Angeles Kings</a> have announced that center Trevor Lewis will not return to Saturday’s game against the <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/ottawa-senators/line-combinations" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ottawa Senators</a> due to a lower-body injury.</p>



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<p>Lewis was injured early in the first period of the game, and did not return, with the Kings confirming that he was out at the start of the second period. There’s currently no confirmation about what caused the injury or the severity of it, as well as what the timeline to return will be.</p>



<p>Lewis leaves the game with nothing on his stats sheet except a faceoff loss in 1:13 of ice time, with the Kings up 1-0 at the time of his departure.</p>



<p>With Lewis only playing on the Kings’ fourth line, no one really replaced him on that line, as the Kings have instead cycled other forwards in that slot to give them extra ice time, or put linemates Alex Turcotte and Samuel Helenius onto other lines when necessary.</p><div class="injected-ad injected-video" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="0" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="170"></div>



<p>Winger Andre Lee was the only healthy scratch among Kings forwards for the game, so he’ll likely rotate into the lineup should Lewis miss a significant amount of time, unless the Kings decide to go with 11 forwards and 7 defensemen and put defensemen Kyle Burroughs or Andreas Englund into the lineup instead.</p>



<p>The injury comes at an unfortunate time for Lewis, as Saturday’s game put him just one away from 1,000 games in his NHL career. He’s been surprisingly productive so far this season, with 3 goals and 4 assists for 7 points in 24 games on the year, a scoring pace that would get him to the 20-point mark for just the fifth time in his career should he play out the rest of the season.</p>



<p>Lewis is currently signed to a one-year, $800,000 contract, and will be an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season.</p><div class="injected-ad" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="1" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="150"></div>
