Columbus Blue Jackets (53 pts) vs. Los Angeles Kings (57 pts) Game Preview

The LA Kings are in Columbus tonight to play the CBJ in what will be the Jackets last game until January 30th.

The Kings come into this game having gone 6-4 in their last 10, and beating the Florida Panthers on Wednesday night at Staples Center.

The Kings are a pretty good road team at 11-11-4, but the Blue Jackets are an even better home team at 16-5-3.

The last time the Kings were in Columbus back in December of 2023, the Kings erased a three-goal deficit in the third period and then won it in overtime to record their 10th straight road victory, embarrassing the Blue Jackets at home. But this is a different CBJ team and they will be looking for revenge this time around.

The Kings are extremely stingy in giving up goals, ranking first in the league, but the Jackets are one of the top-scoring teams at home. So, this could be a very good game.

Series History vs. The Kings

• Columbus is 17-11-5 at home and 27-33-8 in 68 all-time meetings vs. the Kings.

• The Jackets are 6-3-3 in the last 12 at NWA.

• The home team is 11-2-3 in the last 16 games of this series.

Who To Watch For The Kings

• Adrian Kempe leads the Kings with 24 goals and 44 points.

• Anže Kopitar leads the team with 31 assists. He also has 42 points in 46 games against Columbus.

• Goalie Darcy Kuemper is 14-4 with a .922 SV%.

• David Rittich is 11-10 with a .844 SV%.

CBJ Player Notes vs. The Kings

• James van Riemsdyk has 18 points in 23 games vs. LA.

• Ivan Provorov has 8 points in 15 games.

• Damon Severson has 6 points in 16 career games against the Kings.

Injuries

• Boone Jenner (shoulder) is on Injured Reserve on Oct. 7; (49 Games)

• Erik Gudbranson (upper body) is on Injured Reserve on Oct. 16; (46 Games)

• Yegor Chinakhov (upper body) is on Injured Reserve (28 Games)

• Sean Monahan (upper body); is on Injured Reserve retroactive to Dec. 7 (8 Games)

• Cole Sillinger (upper body) missed Wednesday's game (2 Games)

TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 205

How to Watch & Listen: Tonight's game will be on FanDuel Sports Network. Steve Mears will be on the play-by-play. The radio broadcast will be on 97.1 The Fan with Bob McElligott behind the mic doing the play-by-play.

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