To catch up on today’s news and notes, and get ready for tonight’s Kings-Blue Jackets game, you can check out my LAKings.com notebook, plus the latest in Blue Jackets news from Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch. After that, you’ll find the expected lines for tonight’s game, plus the Blue Jackets’ roster…
Blue Jackets blog (Columbus Dispatch)
EXPECTED COLUMBUS LINEUP
Nash-Brassard-Voracek
Filatov-Vermette-Umberger
Dorsett-Pahlsson-Clark
Wilson-MacKenzie-Boll
Hejda-Russell
Tyutin-Commodore
Klesla-Methot
Garon/Mason
KINGS EXPECTED LINEUP
Richardson-Kopitar-Brown
Smyth-Stoll-Williams
King-Handzus-Simmonds
Clifford-Lewis-Westgarth
Scuderi-Doughty
Greene-Johnson
Drewiske-Muzzin
Quick
BLUE JACKETS ROSTER
3 — Marc Methot — D
6 — Aaron Stralman — D
10 — Kris Russell — D
15 — Derek Dorsett — RW
16 — Derick Brassard — C
17 — Andrew Murray — C
18 — RJ Umberger — LW
22 — Mike Commodore — D
24 — Derek MacKenzie — C
25 — Kyle Wilson — C
26 — Samuel Pahlsson — C
28 — Nikita Filatov — LW
35 — Jan Hejda — D
40 — Jared Boll — RW
50 — Antoine Vermette — C
51 — Fedor Tyutin — D
61 — Rick Nash — RW
71 — Chris Clark — RW
93 — Jakub Voracek — RW
97 — Rostislav Klesla — D
1 — Steve Mason — G
32 — Mathieu Garon — G
Injured-reserve list:
19 — Ethan Moreau — LW
20 — Kristian Huselius — LW
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