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Welcome back to NHL Predictions here at Last Word on Hockey! Each day of the NHL season, we preview and analyze games to give our predictions. Today, we’ll be taking a closer look at a game between the Los Angeles Kings and Columbus Blue Jackets.

The Columbus Blue Jackets visit the Vegas Golden Knights after the Blue Jackets beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-2 in overtime.

Zach Werenski got the @BlueJacketsNHL on the board early, extended his home point streak to 19 games and matched John Van Boxmeer for the fifth-longest home point streak by a defenseman in NHL history. #NHLStats: https://t.co/CqAc4ymxIe pic.twitter.com/LfsJyr1XKT

The LA Kings are in Columbus tonight to play the CBJ in what will be the Jackets last game until January 30th. The Kings come into this game having gone 6-4 in their last 10, and beating the Florida Panthers on Wednesday night at Staples Center.

The Los Angeles Kings begin a five-game road trip against the Columbus Blue Jackets. LA are coming off a two-game homestand where they went 1-1-0, losing 5-1 to the Pittsburgh Penguins and winning 2-1 versus the Florida Panthers.

Captain Boone Jenner, who has been out all season after suffering a shoulder injury at the end of training camp, got a clean bill of health from doctors, allowing him to join the Blue Jackets last Saturday for a morning skate before they played the Los Angeles Kings.

but the Blue Jackets are an even better home team at 16-5-3. The last time the Kings were in Columbus back in December of 2023, the Kings erased a three-goal deficit in the third period and then ...

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