I'll do a quick wrapping of the weekend that I should've done but events came up. On Friday night, the Blue Jackets defeated the Blackhawks; and on Saturday, the Jackets beat the Stars.
The final score of the Blackhawks game was 3-2 for Columbus. The Jackets got goals from Zach Werenski; captain Nick Foligno; and Wild Bill. The Hawks got goals Tyler Motte and Richard Panik.
The final score of the Stars game was a 3-0 shutout for the Jackets. Josh Anderson; Scott Hartnell; and Matt Calvert had the goals.
Tonight is the Kings as the Jackets stride for their third straight win. The Kings lost wingers Vinny Lecavalier (retired) ans Milan Lucic (EDM); defensemen Luke Schenn (ARI) and Jamie McBain (ARI); and Jhonas Enroth (TOR) in the offseason. They added Devin Setoguchi; Michael Latta; Tom Gilbert; Jack Campbell; and Jeff Zatkoff.
The Jackets will have Sam Gagner in the lineup tonight after sending Oliver Bjorkstrand to the minors.
Projected Lineups
Los Angeles Kings
Dwight King--Anze Kopitar--Tyler Toffoli
Tanner Pearson--Jeff Carter--Devin Setoguchi
Andy Anderoff--Nic Dowd--Dustin Brown
Kyle Clifford--Nick Shore--Trevor Lewis
Brayden McNabb--Drew Doughty
Jake Muzzin--Alec Martinez
Derek Forbort--Tom Gilbert
Peter Budaj
Jack Campbell
Injured: Marian Gaborik; Jonathan Quick; Jeff Zatkoff
Columbus Blue Jackets
Matt Calvert--Brandon Dubinsky--Cam Atkinson
Brandon Saad--Alex Wennberg--Nick Foligno
Scott Hartnell--William Karlsson--Josh Anderson
Boone Jenner--Lukas Sedlak--Sam Gagner
Zach Werenski--Seth Jones
Jack Johnson--David Savard
Dalton Prout--Markus Nutivarra
Sergei Bobrovsky
Curtis McElhinney
Scratched: Scott Harrington, Sonny Milano
Injured: David Clarkson, Ryan Murray, Joonas Korpisalo
Enjoy the games tonight. More to come...