The Columbus Blue Jackets [http://thn.com/columbus] are back home for the fourth game of a five-game home stand to take on the Los Angeles Kings [http://thn.com/la] at 7 PM. Los Angeles Kings - 21-16-13 - 55 Points - 4-2-4 in the last 10 - Won 2 - 5th in the Pacific Columbus Blue Jackets - 24-20-7 - 55 Points - 6-4-0 in the last 10 - Won 2 - 7th in the Metro Team Notes Per CBJ PR * CBJ set a season-high in goals scored in an 8-5 win over Tampa Bay on Saturday. The club has won six of its last seven games overall since Jan. 11 (5-1-0) and collected points in six of its past seven home contests since Jan. 3 (5-1-1). * The club continues a season-long five-game homestand on Monday and is in a stretch of seven-of-eight games played at Nationwide Arena from Jan. 13-28 (4-1-0). * The Jackets scored the first two goals on Saturday and have scored the first goal in 15 of the last 20 contests, 18 of the past 25, and rank T-third in the NHL in games scoring first in 2025-26 (30). * Columbus leads the NHL in goals by defensemen and ranks fourth in points with 38-90-128 in 51 contests. * Entering Sunday, the Blue Jackets (10-5-1) ranked T-fourth in the NHL in wins, seventh in team save percentage (.907), eighth in points pct. (.656) and 10th in goals-against per game (2.81) since Dec. 22. Player Notes Per CBJ PR * Charlie Coyle, posted his fifth game of three or more points this season, including notching his 200th career goal on Saturday (1-2-3). * Entering Sunday's games, G Jet Greaves leads the NHL in saves and ranks fourth-T in wins and eighth in SV% since Dec. 22 (min. 7 GP) with an 8-3-1 record, 2.54 GAA, .915 SV% and 345 saves in 13 games. * Kirill Marchenko collected his eighth multi-point outings of the campaign with two assists vs. Tampa Bay and has notched points in 12 of the last 16 contests dating back to Dec. 22 (8-9-17). * Mason Marchment notched his third career hat trick on Saturday (3-1-4) and has posted points in seven of his nine contests with CBJ (8-3-11). * Mathieu Olivier ranks second in the NHL with 71 hits since returning from injury on Dec. 28. * Zach Werenski notched two assists in the win over the Lightning and leads NHL blueliners in goals (19), points (tied, 55) and multi-point efforts (18) this season entering play on Sunday. He has points in 26 of his past 31 contests overall to lead league defensemen in goals, points and points-per-game since Nov. 13 (15-27-42, 1.42). Blue Jackets Stats * Power Play - 19.8% - 19th in the NHL * Penalty Kill - 75.4% - 28th in the NHL * Goals For - 153 - 19th in the NHL * Goals Against - 168 - 24th in the NHL Kings Stats * Power Play - 15.2% - 32nd in the NHL * Penalty Kill - 77.3% - 25th in the NHL * Goals For - 130 - 30th in the NHL * Goals Against - 137 - 3rd in the NHL Series History vs. The Kings * Columbus is 29-33-1-7 all-time, and 18-11-0-5 at home vs. LA. * The Blue Jackets are 4-0-2 in the last 6 at home and have earned points in 8 of 9 home games against the Kings. * The last 5 home games against the Kings have gone to OT, and the CBJ are 3-2 in those games. * Columbus has killed off 25 of 28 Kings' man advantages. Who To Watch For The Kings * Adrian Kempe leads the Kings with 22 assists and 39 points. * Kevin Fiala leads LA with 18 goals. * Darcy Kuemper is 13-9-9 with a SV% of .902. His last start was on January 24th. * Former Blue Jackets Goalie Anton Forsberg is 58-6-4 with a SV% of .907. His last start was on January 20th. CBJ Player Notes vs. Kings * Zach Werenski has 7 points in 13 career games vs. the Kings. * Boone Jenner has 7 points in his last 18 games against LA. * Charlie Coyle has 16 points in 32 games. Injured Reserve * Brendan Smith - Lower Body - Missed 13 Games IR - Out for the rest of the regular season. * Miles Wood - Lower Body - Missed 12 Games - Week to week. * Denton Mateychuk - Lower Body - Missed 6 Games - Day to day and skating with the team. TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 145 How to Watch & Listen: Tonight's game will be on FANDUEL SPORTS NETWORK. Steve Mears will be on the play-by-play. The radio broadcast will be on 93.3 The Bus, with Bob McElligott behind the mic doing the play-by-play. Stay updated with the most interesting Blue Jackets stories, analysis, breaking news, and more! Tap the star to add us to your favorites on Google News [https://news.google.com/publications/CAAqBwgKMK-q0gsw7sXpAw/sections/CAQqEAgAKgcICjCvqtILMO7F6QMwm-DfCA?hl=en-CA&gl=CA&ceid=CA%3Aen] and never miss a story. Let us know what you think below. For action-packed issues, access to the entire magazine archive and a free issue, subscribe to The Hockey News at THN.com/free [https://thehockeynews.store/products/print-subscription]. Get the latest news and trending stories by subscribing to our newsletter here [http://eepurl.com/i7OC4I]. And share your thoughts by commenting below the article on THN.com or creating your own post in our community forum.
