9 TONIGHT
STAPLES CENTER, LOS ANGELES
- TV: Fox Sports Net
- Radio: WBNS-AM (1460), WWCD-FM (101.1)
The series
The Jackets are 17-14-1-1 against the Kings, including 6-9-1-0 in the Staples Center. This is
the second of four meetings.
The setup
The Blue Jackets won 4-1 eight days ago in Nationwide Arena. Both the Blue Jackets and Kings
played last night -- the Jackets at Anaheim, the Kings at Phoenix. This is the Blue Jackets' first
back-to-back this season.
-- Aaron Portzline
aportzline@dispatch.com
Columbus Blue Jackets at a glance
• Record: 6-3-0
• Power play: 25.0 percent (ninth in NHL)
• Penalty kill: 88.9 percent (third)
• Player to watch: R.J. Umberger, now centering the No. 1 line, will see lots of the Kings' Anze
Kopitar
• Injury update: D Jan Hejda (knee), LW Fredrik Modin (knee), out
Los Angeles Kings at a glance
• Record: 7-4-0
• Power play: 20.8 percent (13th)
• Penalty kill: 71.4 percent (29th)
• Player to watch: C Anze Kopitar -- eight goals, eight assists -- was tied with Alex Ovechkin
for the NHL points lead heading into last night.
• Injury update: RW Justin Williams (lower body), probable; LW Richard Clune (groin), D Alec
Martinez (lower body), out
