Sunday, December 11, 2022 – 6:00 P.M. EST
Nationwide Arena – Columbus, Ohio
TV: Bally Sports Ohio; Radio: 97.1 FM
Los Angeles King (15-11-4, 34 points, 2nd Pacific, 4th West)
at
Columbus Blue Jackets (9-15-2, 20 points, 8th Metro, 16th East)
Player to Watch
Kevin Fiala
Thanks to Minnesota’s cap issues, the Kings were able to add Fiala at a reasonable price this summer. He has rewarded them as the team leader in assists and points, and provides some extra offensive juice on the Kopitar line.
Jackets Notes
Joonas Korpisalo was placed on the IR with a lower body injury that will have him out for at least a week … Jet Greaves was called up as the backup, which suggests that Elvis will be in “workhorse” mode until Korpi returns (or Tarasov will get called up for spot starts) … an awful week was at least somewhat redeemed with a big win on Friday night against the Flames … after tonight, five of the next six games are on the road.
The Other Bench
Goaltender Cal Petersen was waived and assigned to the minors in the first year of a three year, $5 million AAV extension. OUCH … The Kings won last night in Montreal.
Season Series
12/11/2022 LAK @ CBJ
03/16/2023 CBJ @ LAK
Stats
| Los Angeles | Columbus | |
|---|---|---|
| 3.33 (12) | GPG | 2.85 (26) |
| 3.53 (23) | GAPG | 4.04 (31) |
| 24.5% (11) | PP% | 12.5% (32) |
| 72.7% (26) | PK% | 77.0% (20) |
| 51.7% (11) | 5v5 Shot Attempt % | 45.2% (29) |
| 52.6% (7) | 5v5 Unblocked shot attempt % | 45.5% (29) |
| 8.3 (19) | 5v5 Shooting % | 9.1 (9) |
| .901 (29) | 5v5 Save % | .895 (32) |
| Gabriel Vilardi, 13 | G Leader | Boone Jenner and Johnny Gaudreau, 9 |
| Kevin Fiala, 22 | A Leader | Johnny Gaudreau, 19 |
| Kevin Fiala, 31 | P Leader | Johnny Gaudreau, 28 |
| Brendan Lemieux, 28 | PIM Leader | Mathieu Olivier, 41 |
| 8-6-2 | Home / Road | 7-10-1 |
| 4-3-3 | Last 10 | 3-6-1 |
Projected Lineups
| Gus Nyquist | Boone Jenner | Johnny Gaudreau |
| Patrik Laine | Jack Roslovic | Yegor Chinakhkov |
| Kent Johnson | Cole Sillinger | Kirill Marchenko |
| Eric Robinson | Sean Kuraly | Mathieu Olivier |
| Vladislav Gavrikov | Marcus BJORK |
| Tim Berni | Erik Gudbranson |
| Jake Christiansen | Andrew Peeke |
| Elvis Merzlikins |
| Jet Greaves |
| Kevin Fiala | Anze Kopitar | Arthur Kaliyev |
| Trevor Moore | Phillip Danault | Viktor Arvidsson |
| Alex Iafallo | Adrian Kempe | Gabriel Vilardi |
| Carl Grundstrom | Blake Lizotte | Jaret Anderson-Dolan |
| Mikey Anderson | Drew Doughty |
| Sean Durzi | Matt Roy |
| Alexander Edler | Sean Walker |
| Jonathan Quick |
| Pheonix Copley |