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Welcome back to NHL Predictions here at Last Word on Hockey! Each day of the NHL season, we preview and analyze games to give our predictions. Today, we’ll be taking a closer look at a game between the Los Angeles Kings and Columbus Blue Jackets.

Marchenko's 20th goal decides tight-checking game in overtime for the Blue Jackets, whose win over the Kings was their fifth straight at home.

The LA Kings are in Columbus tonight to play the CBJ in what will be the Jackets last game until January 30th. The Kings come into this game having gone 6-4 in their last 10, and beating the Florida Panthers on Wednesday night at Staples Center.

Marchenko's acrobatic, airborne goal off a powerful drive to the net in overtime led the Blue Jackets to a 3-2 win over the Kings.

Captain Boone Jenner, who has been out all season after suffering a shoulder injury at the end of training camp, got a clean bill of health from doctors, allowing him to join the Blue Jackets last Saturday for a morning skate before they played the Los Angeles Kings.

but the Blue Jackets are an even better home team at 16-5-3. The last time the Kings were in Columbus back in December of 2023, the Kings erased a three-goal deficit in the third period and then ...

Rangers forward prospect helped United States repeat as WJC champions; sons of Canadiens coach skating for Brown, Harvard

Morgan Rielly is used to contributing with the puck on his stick. The offence has largely dried up in 2024-25 for Rielly. His teammates have been bitten by the same bug over the last week.

The Pacific Division is fun this season. A new leader in the Pacific Division has emerged, as the Edmonton Oilers have a 32-15-3 record with 67 points.

Tanev is in contention, per TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun. But Team Canada is also watching to see how Olympic champion Drew Doughty looks as he returns to the Los Angeles Kings lineup. Doughty has been sidelined since suffering a fractured ankle in September, but will make his season debut on Wednesday.