Blue Jackets, Los Angeles Kings
The Blue Jackets will be without Sean Monahan due to a wrist injury and it has reinforced their need for scoring at the trade deadline.
The Lightning need help on their blueline and have an intriguing target worth considering from the Blue Jackets.
A packed Daily includes a surprise signing by the New York Rangers, and plenty of injury updates and trade rumors around the NHL.
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The Blue Jackets are not going to sell at the upcoming NHL trade deadline, including on pending free agents like Ivan Provorov.
Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Erik Cernak will miss Saturday's game against the Detroit Red Wings due to an undisclosed injury. He left Thursday's matchup against Anaheim after just 34 seconds of ice time after sustaining the injury.
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The Leafs last game was at home on January 20 against the Tampa Bay Lightning, which Toronto won by a score of 5-3 in regulation. The Leafs have a record of 30-16-2 for a 0.646 Points %. The Columbus Blue Jackets last played away on January 20 against the New York Islanders.
The Blue Jackets sat a point back of both Eastern Conference wild-card berths with a 22-18-7 record heading into Wednesday's action.
Columbus took a 1-0 lead at 7:08 of the first period. After the Blue Jackets forced a turnover, Luca Del Bel Belluz fed a pass to Johnson, who scored five-hole from the left faceoff circle. Kirill Marchenko made it 2-0 at 9:48 when he took a cross-ice backhand pass from Adam Fantilli and roofed a shot over Andersen’s glove.
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Frederik Andersen became the second-fastest goaltender to reach 300 wins as the Carolina Hurricanes scored five straight goals in the second period to rally past the Columbus Blue Jackets for a 7-4 win at Lenovo Center on Thursday.