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Game Thread: Columbus Blue Jackets (21-38-7) at Los Angeles Kings (39-20-9) – 16 Mar 2023 – 10:30PM EDT



#Columbus [](/r/bluejackets) Blue Jackets (21-38-7) at Los Angeles [](/r/losangeleskings) Kings (39-20-9)

#Crypto.com Arena

##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|07:30PM|08:30PM|09:30PM|10:30PM|11:30PM|##Watch, Listen and Talk:

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|:–:|:–:|
|TV|BSW, BSOH|
|Listen|[CBJ](https://www.nhl.com/video/c-000999129) – [LAK](https://www.nhl.com/video/c-000999126)|
|Other-Away|[Preview](http://BlueJackets.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2022021089) – [Boxscore](http://BlueJackets.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/boxscore?id=2022021089) – [Recap](http://BlueJackets.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2022021089)|
|Other-Home|[Preview](http://Kings.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2022021089) – [Boxscore](http://Kings.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/boxscore?id=2022021089) – [Recap](http://Kings.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2022021089)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2022021089)|

###Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[](/r/losangeleskings)|Quinton Byfield|Anze Kopitar|Adrian Kempe|[](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|Boone Jenner|Emil Bemstrom|
|[](/r/losangeleskings)|Trevor Moore|Phillip Danault|Viktor Arvidsson|[](/r/bluejackets)|Patrik Laine|Jack Roslovic|Kirill Marchenko|
|[](/r/losangeleskings)|Alex Iafallo|Blake Lizotte|Gabriel Vilardi|[](/r/bluejackets)|Eric Robinson|Cole Sillinger|Kent Johnson|
|[](/r/losangeleskings)|Carl Grundstrom|Rasmus Kupari|Arthur Kaliyev|[](/r/bluejackets)|Liam Foudy|Lane Pederson|Mathieu Olivier|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
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|[](/r/losangeleskings)|Mikey Anderson|Drew Doughty|[](/r/bluejackets)|Nick Blankenburg|Erik Gudbranson|
|[](/r/losangeleskings)|Vladislav Gavrikov|Matt Roy|[](/r/bluejackets)|Tim Berni|Andrew Peeke|
|[](/r/losangeleskings)|Alexander Edler|Sean Walker|[](/r/bluejackets)|Gavin Bayreuther|Adam Boqvist|

||Goalies||Goalies|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[](/r/losangeleskings)|Pheonix Copley|[](/r/bluejackets)|Daniil Tarasov|
|[](/r/losangeleskings)|Joonas Korpisalo|[](/r/bluejackets)|Michael Hutchinson|

###Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Kevin Fiala|09 Mar 2023|Lower Body|DTD|Fiala (lower body) won’t play Tuesday against the New York Islanders, Zach Dooley of LA Kings Insider reports.|unknown|
|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Sean Durzi|09 Mar 2023|Undisclosed|DTD|Durzi (upper body) won’t play Tuesday versus the New York Islanders, Zach Dooley of LA Kings Insider reports.|unknown|
|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Jacob Ingham||Back|IR-NR|Surgery|30 Mar 2023|
|[LAK](/r/losangeleskings)|Akil Thomas||Shoulder|OUT||01 Aug 2023|
|–|–|–|–|–|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Elvis Merzlikins|07 Mar 2023|Personal|OUT|Merzlikins (personal) is on his way to Latvia to be with his seriously ill grandmother on Friday, Jeff Svoboda of the Columbus Blue Jackets’ official site reports.|21 Mar 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Sean Kuraly|03 Mar 2023|Oblique|OUT|Kuraly suffered an oblique injury in practice Thursday and will miss the next six weeks.|14 Apr 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Justin Danforth||Shoulder|IR|Surgery|01 May 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Alexandre Texier||Personal|OUT||01 Jul 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Jake Bean||Shoulder|IR||01 May 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|03 Mar 2023|Shoulder|IR-LT|Not Specified|15 Sep 2023|

###Team Stats

|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|G/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|S/G|SA/G|FO%|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[Kings](/r/losangeleskings)|68|39|20|9|87|63.9|3.33823|3.25|24.5|75.9|32.42647|28.22058|52.8|
|[Blue Jackets](/r/bluejackets)|66|21|38|7|49|37.1|2.63636|3.75757|17.7|76.3|29.43939|35.07575|48.6|

###Team Leaders

|Stat||Player|Value||Player|Value|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|G|[](/r/losangeleskings)|Adrian Kempe|32|[](/r/bluejackets)|Boone Jenner|22|
|A|[](/r/losangeleskings)|Kevin Fiala|46|[](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|45|
|P|[](/r/losangeleskings)|Kevin Fiala|68|[](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|62|
|+/-|[](/r/losangeleskings)|Adrian Kempe|16|[](/r/bluejackets)|Billy Sweezey|1|
|PIM|[](/r/losangeleskings)|Phillip Danault|53|[](/r/bluejackets)|Mathieu Olivier|81|
|TOI|[](/r/losangeleskings)|Drew Doughty|26:22|[](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|23:35|

#In-Game Updates

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by HockeyMod

7 Comments

  1. 43goalie

    Dear The Los Angeles Kings,

    If we win this game, it goes a long way in helping the Mighty Anaheim Ducks of Orange County get Connor Bedard whom you will have to face six or more times a season for the next 15+ years AND have to market your team against locally. No one wants this. Also we sent Jonathan Quick to Vegas.

    Play us accordingly.

    PS- we wouldn’t mind a few points from Johnny Gaudreau, though

  2. deepthroathamburger

    I sorta feel like Johnny has overall played the best paired with Bemstrom

  3. As always, love this team to the end of time but losing the rest of the way is for the greater good. Let’s (not?) do this!

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