The Los Angeles Kings activated forward Dustin Penner from the injured reserve list and placed center Mike Richards on IR due to an upper- body injury.
Penner has missed the last nine games due to an upper-body injury suffered on Nov. 10 in a game against Vancouver. In 14 games this season he has two assists and 25 penalty minutes.
Richards was injured during L.A.'s 2-1 victory against Florida on Thursday night. He has played in all 25 games this season, his first with the club, and he has 20 points including a team-high 11 goals and a team-high two shorthanded goals. He also has 17 penalty minutes.
