Game Day Stats & Discussion Thread: Columbus Blue Jackets @ Los Angeles Kings

Crummy special teams? We’ve got loads of those.

Just the Facts

Los Angeles KingsStatsColumbus Blue Jackets
3-8-1 (7 pts)Record7-5-0 (14 pts)
14.0%Power Play %13.3%
78.1%Penalty Kill %73.7%
2.00Goals For/Game3.58
3.67Goals Against/Game3.67
28.5Shots For/Game33.8
30.0Shots Against/Game32.8
Kovalchuk (10)Points LeaderPanarin (15)
Kovalchuk (4)Goals LeaderAnderson (7)
Doughty (7)Assists LeaderPanarin (10)

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The Opposition: The Cannon

Lineups

Los Angeles Kings

Iafallo - Kopitar - Brown
Pearson - Carter - Toffoli
Kovalchuk - Kempe - Lewis
Amadio - Thompson - Luff

Forbort - Doughty
Muzzin - Martinez
Phaneuf - Fantenberg

Campbell
(Budaj)

(No reports out of practice this morning, and yesterday’s practice was a focus on special teams, so today’s lines/defensive pairings are a guess based on the recall of Amadio/Luff, reassignment of Walker, and the fact that Paul LaDue is still day-to-day with an unspecified injury.)

Columbus Blue Jackets

Panarin - Dubois - Atkinson
Foligno - Jenner - Anderson
Bjorkstrand - Wennberg - Duclair
Sedlak - Nash - Hannikainen

Werenski - Jones
Murray - Nutivaara
Harrington - Savard

Bobrovsky
(Korpisalo)