Game Thread: Los Angeles Kings (14-4-3) at Columbus Blue Jackets (8-14-4) – 05 Dec 2023 – 7:00PM EST

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# Los Angeles [](/r/losangeleskings) Kings (14-4-3) at Columbus [](/r/bluejackets) Blue Jackets (8-14-4)

#Nationwide Arena

##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|UTC|
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|4:00PM|5:00PM|6:00PM|7:00PM|8:00PM|12:00AM|##Game Info:

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|TV|SN1, SNP, BSOH, BSW|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020381) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020381/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020381/recap)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020381/playbyplay)|

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##Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|Boone Jenner|Kent Johnson|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Quinton Byfield|Anze Kopitar|Adrian Kempe|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Justin Danforth|Adam Fantilli|Patrik Laine|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Kevin Fiala|Phillip Danault|Trevor Moore|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Yegor Chinakhov|Dmitri Voronkov|Kirill Marchenko|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Carl Grundstrom|Pierre-Luc Dubois|Alex Laferriere|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Alexandre Texier|Sean Kuraly|Mathieu Olivier|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Jaret Anderson-Dolan|Trevor Lewis|Arthur Kaliyev|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|Adam Boqvist|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Mikey Anderson|Drew Doughty|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Ivan Provorov|David Jiricek|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Vladislav Gavrikov|Matt Roy|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Jake Bean|Erik Gudbranson|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Andreas Englund|Jordan Spence|

||Goalies||Goalies|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Elvis Merzlikins|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Cam Talbot|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Spencer Martin|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Pheonix Copley|

[Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/columbus-blue-jackets/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/los-angeles-kings/line-combinations/)

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##Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Cole Sillinger|30 Nov 2023|Upper Body|DTD|Sillinger (upper body) is not expected to play Sunday against the Boston Bruins, according to Jeff Svoboda of the Columbus Blue Jackets’ official site.|unknown|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Damon Severson|19 Nov 2023|Oblique|IR|Severson (oblique) was put on injured reserve Thursday.|02 Jan 2024|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Jack Roslovic|13 Nov 2023|Ankle|IR|Fracture|14 Dec 2023|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Blake Lizotte|20 Nov 2023|Undisclosed|DTD|Lizotte (undisclosed) won’t play Wednesday versus the Washington Capitals, Zach Dooley of the Los Angeles Kings’ official site reports.|unknown|
|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Viktor Arvidsson|10 Oct 2023|Back|IR-LT|Arvidsson is considered month-to-month with a back injury, Austin Stanovich of The Hockey News reports.|30 Dec 2023|

[Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/columbus-blue-jackets/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/los-angeles-kings/injuries)

##Team Stats

|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|26|8|14|4|20|0.385|2.85|3.35|12.66|86.84|29.96|33.62|47.51|
|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|21|14|4|3|31|0.738|3.86|2.29|19.74|89.71|32.71|26.76|50.16|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/team/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=50&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=0&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

##Team Leaders

|Stat||Player|Value||Player|Value|
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|G|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Boone Jenner|13|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Trevor Moore|12|
|A|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|18|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Adrian Kempe, Kevin Fiala|14|
|P|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|19|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Adrian Kempe|22|
|+/-|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Justin Danforth|9|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Adrian Kempe|14|
|PIM|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Sean Kuraly|22|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Andreas Englund|29|
|TOI|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|23:46|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Drew Doughty|25:39|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=29 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=26 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

##In-Game Updates

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