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The Columbus Blue Jackets do battle in their final home game for 8 days with a battle with a rising contender in the Los Angeles Kings at Nationwide Arena.
This is their first contest since April 16, 2022. Their last win against the Kings was January 6, 2020.
Los Angeles has made some minor adjustments to their team. They added Kevin Fiala long term after an offseason trade with the Wild’s cap problems.
Phoenix Copley joined as their third stringer / AHL starter with Ontario.
They lost Andreas Athansiou (CHI), Troy Stecher (ARI), Martin Frk (STL), Christian Wolanin (VAN), and Olli Maatta (DET) to free agency.
The team is remaining young through their development under general manager Rob Blake and president Luc Robitaille, expect in goaltending. They have veterans Jonathan Quick and Phoenix Copley, while they have Cal Petersen at $5M in the AHL.
As for the projected lineups for the 6pm tilt, Daniil Tarasov is to back up Elvis Merzlikins as Joonas Korpisalo is out short term with an undisclosed lower body injury for the home team.
For the Kings, Brendan Lemieux remains on the injury list, and Quick will be the crease.
Projected Lineups
Los Angeles Kings
Kevin Fiala—Anze Kopitar—Arthur Kaliyev
Trevor Moore—Phillip Danault—Viktor Arvidsson
Alex Iafallo—Adrian Kempe—Gabriel Valardi
Carl Grundstrom—Blake Lizotte—Jaret Anderson-Dolan
Mikey Anderson—Drew Doughty
Sean Durzi—Matt Roy
Alex Edler—Sean Walker
Jonathan Quick
Phoenix Copley
Scratched — Samuel Fagemo, Tobias Bjornfot
Injured — Brendan Lemieux, Jacob Ingham
Columbus Blue Jackets
Johnny Gaudreau—Boone Jenner—Gustav Nyquist
Yegor Chinakov—Jack Roslovic—Patrik Laine
Kent Johnson—Cole Sillinger—Kirill Marchenko
Eric Robinson—Sean Kuraly—Mathieu Olivier
Vladislav Gavrikov—Marcus Bjork
Tim Breni—Erik Gudbranson
Jake Christiansen—Andrew Peeke
Elvis Merzlikins
Daniil Tarasov
Scratched — Liam Foudy, Gavin Bayreuther, Carson Meyer
Injured — Zach Werenski, Jakub Voracek, Jake Bean, Adam Boqvist, Joonas Korpisalo, Justin Danforth, Nick Blankenburg
Players to Watch
LA Kings — Kevin Fiala — 31 points in 30 games this season, with 8 in his last 5. He is sandwiched between Matthew Tkachuk (37) and Johnny Gaudreau (28) for points by a newcomer.
Columbus — Patrik Laine — 5 goals in his last 5, his injury riddled season is making a comeback under the chemistry with skill guys.
Final Score
LAK - 4
CBJ - 3
Overtime
Thoughts? A December Mood Monday tomorrow…
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