Scouting the Blue Jackets

The Columbus Blue Jackets enter tonight’s game on a roll, with five wins in their last six games. Mathieu Garon will get the start in goal tonight, as Steve Mason is recovering from a bout with bronchitis. In his last two starts, Garon has stopped 51 of 54 shots. Ethan Moreau (cracked ribs) was activated from the injured-reserve list today but isn’t expected to play tonight, and neither will Derek Dorsett, who is reportedly out with a concussion. Below, you can check out my LAKings.com notebook for today, followed by a couple items from the Columbus Dispatch, followed by the expected lineups for the Blue Jackets and Kings tonight…

Kings notebook (Feb. 16)

Morning Skate — Los Angeles (Columbus Dispatch)

Jackets-Kings preview (Columbus Dispatch)

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BLUE JACKETS LINEUP
Rick Nash-Derick Brassard-Jakub Voracek
Kristian Huselius-Antoine Vermette-R.J. Umberger
Andrew Murray-Samuel Pahlsson-Chris Clark
Matt Calvert-Derek MacKenzie-Jared Boll

Jan Hejda-Anton Stralman
Fedor Tyutin-Marc Methot
Kris Russell-Grant Clitsome

Matieu Garon

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KINGS LINEUP

Handzus-Kopitar-Simmonds
Smyth-Stoll-Williams
Clifford-Loktionov-Brown
Ponikarovsky-Lewis-Westgarth

Mitchell-Doughty
Johnson-Scuderi
Martinez-Greene

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