NHL Game Preview: Columbus Blue Jackets at Los Angeles Kings with Line Combinations 11/9/2024

David Jiricek making his 2024-25 NHL Season debut
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Columbus Blue Jackets (5-5-2, 12 pts) at Los Angeles Kings (8-4-3, 19 pts)
Venue: Crypto.com Arena
Date: Saturday, November 9
Time: 9:00 ET / 6:00 pm PT

TV: ESPN+ / FDSO / KCAL / FDSW
Radio:
Columbus Blue Jackets – WBNS The Fan 97.1 FM
Los Angeles – ESPN Radio 710 AM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Columbus Blue Jackets +1.5 ML +170
Los Angeles -1.5 ML -200
O/U 6.5

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Columbus Blue Jackets News & Notes:

Columbus has lost three in a row and has been outscored 15-5 during that span. Columbus has the talent to score goals but will need to clean up their defensive zone going forward if they want to move up in the standings. On a positive note, Kent Johnson has resumed skating and is targeting a late November return to action.

Los Angeles Kings News & Notes:

The Kings lost their last game 4-2 to the Vancouver Canucks but also lost rugged LW Tanner Jeannot to a three-game suspension for an illegal head check to Canucks forward Brock Boeser. Jeannot will begin serving his suspension tonight when his teammates face the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Columbus Blue Jackets Projected Lines:

Chinakhov-Monahan-Marchenko
Sillinger-Fantilli-Pyyhtia
Voronkov-Danforth-Olivier
van Riemsdyk-Kuraly-Labanc

Werenski-Provorov
Christiansen-Severson
Johnson-Jiricek

Merzlikins
Tarasov

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Los Angeles Kings Projected Lines:

Fiala-Kopitar-Kempe
Thomas-Danault-Moore
Laferriere-Byfield-Foegele
Lee-Lewis-Jones

Anderson-Spence
Edmunson-Clarke
Gavrikov-Burroughs

Kuemper
Rittich

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Players To Watch:

Columbus Blue Jackets

Kirill Marchenko leads Columbus in points (13) and assists (8). Sean Monahan leads the Blue Jackets in goals with six. Zach Werenski leads all Blue Jackets defensemen in scoring with nine points (3g, 6a) this season. Elvis Merzlikins is 2-3-1 with a 2.69 GAA, .910 SV%.

Los Angeles Kings

Anze Kopitar leads the Kings in points with 15 (5g, 10a), while RW Alex Laferriere leads Los Angeles with eight goals. Defenseman Brandt Clarke is leading the Kings in assists with 11, including 4 assists on the power play. Darcy Kuemper is 4-1-3 with a 2.72 GAA and a .900 SV% with 1 shutout between the pipes.

Injury Report:

Columbus Blue Jackets

C Boone Jenner – IR Month To Month- Est. return March 1
C Kent Johnson – OUT – Est. return November 23

Los Angeles Kings

D Drew Doughty – LTIR – Month to Month
RW Arthur Kaliyev – IR – Est. return November 29
LW Tanner Jeannot – OUT – Suspended
C Alex Turcotte – Day To Day

Next Game:

Columbus Blue Jackets – November 10 at Anaheim Ducks
Los Angeles Kings – November 11 at Calgary Flames

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