2017-18 Regular Season Game 7 LA Kings Vs Columbus Blue Jackets

tonight your LA Kings head out on their first road trip of the season to the east coast, the first team on the road trip will be the Columbus Blue Jackets. The game will be played at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio


Kings record before the game
(5-0-1)

Blue Jackest record before the game
(5-2-0)


LA Kings injury report: during the last game Jeff Carter got cut by a skate and it cut his leg. This will be a long time injury his timetable for return is unknown. Kyle Clifford is still on the IR with his lower body injury, also Marian Gaborik is still on the non roster IR

Brooks Liach (number 25) who joined the Kings on a pro tryout during the preseason will now get to a chance to play as he signed a contract with the team this week.

Here is the starting lineup for the LA Kings tonight

Alex Iafallo -- Anze Kopitar -- Dustin Brown

Tanner Pearson -- Nick Shore -- Tyler Toffoli

Michael Cammalleri -- Adrian Kempe -- Trevor Lewis

Andy Andreoff -- Brooks Laich -- Justin Auger


Defense Pairings


Derek Forbort -- Drew Doughty

Jake Muzzin -- Oscar Fantenberg

Christian Folin -- Alec Martinez

tonight's starting goalie for your LA Kings is Jonathan Quick

At 5:43 in the 1st period the Jackets scored to take a 1-0 lead. The goal was scored by number 71 Nick Foligno, it was his (1st goal of the game and 2nd of the season). Then at 6:51 the Kings struck back to tie the game at 1-1, the goal was scored by number 11 Anze Kopitar: it was his (1st goal of the game and 5th of the season). At 7:33 the Kings scored again to take the lead at 2-1! The goal was scored by number 22 Trevor Lewis, it was his (1st goal of the game and 2nd of the season). Then at 8:00 Columbus scored to tie the game right back up at 2-2, the goal was scored by number 28 Oliver Bjorkstrand. It was his (1st goal of the game and season). At 14:02 the Blue Jackets regained the lead and made it a 3-2 game. The goal was scored by number 11 Matt Calvert, it was his (1st goal of the game and season).

40 seconds into the 2nd period the Kings scored to tie the game up at 3-3. The goal was scored by number 6 Jake Muzzin, it was his (1st goal of the game and 2nd of the season). Then at 3:59 the Kings made it 4-3, the goal was scored by number 8 Drew Doughty. It was his (1st goal of the game and 2nd of the season). Then at 15:15 the Jackets tied the game at 4-4, the goal was scored by number 

22 Sonny Milano. It was his (1st goal of the game and 5th of the season).

At 17:46 the Kings scored to take the lead AGAIN at 5-4, the goal was scored by number 11 Anze Kopitar, it was his (2nd goal of the game and 6th of the season). Then at 18:27 the Kings scored to finish the game off by a score of 6-4: the goal was scored by number 23 Dustin Brown, it was his (1st of the game and 5th of the season).

Kings record after the game
(6-0-1)

Blue Jackets after the game
(5-3-0)