LOS ANGELES KINGS NOTES:

DEC. 11 vs. COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS – 6:00 PM ET (3:00 p.m. PT) // Venue: Nationwide Arena // TV: Bally Sports West //
Radio: iHeartRadio
-The LA Kings visit the Columbus Blue Jackets for the first of two meetings between the clubs this season (March 16).
-Tonight’s game marks the fourth game of the Kings’ six-game road trip (5-2 W, Dec. 6 at OTT; 5-0 L, Dec. 8 at TOR; 4-2 W, Dec. 10 at MTL; Dec. 13 at BUF; Dec. 15 at BOS).

WARM-UPS
1) Tonight is the second game of the Kings’ fourth set of back-to-backs this season (5-4 W, Oct. 17 at DET and 4-3 W, Oct. 18 at NSH // 5-1 W, Oct. 31 at STL and 5-2 L Nov. 1 at DAL // 4-1 L, Nov. 18 at VAN and 3-2 OTL, Nov. 19 at SEA). Prior to this set in Montreal and Columbus, the Kings are 3-2-1 in back-to-backs (2-1 in first game, 1-1-1 in second game).

2) The Kings swept the season series against Columbus last year, outscoring the Blue Jackets 6-4.

3) With their win last night in Montreal, the LA Kings improved to 11-1-0 (.917%) when leading after two periods of play this season.

4) Pheonix Copley stopped 20 of 22 shots tonight for his second win in his second career start for the LA Kings last night against the Canadiens. Per NHL PR, Copley is the first goaltender to earn wins in each of his first two appearances with the Kings since Jhonas Enroth from Oct. 22 to Nov. 12, 2015 (3-0-0).

5) Kings captain Anze Kopitar sits at 22,999 career faceoffs taken, while Jonathan Quick has 17,999 career saves entering tonight.

vs. COLUMBUS ALL-TIME:
All-Time Record: 36-21-1-5
Home: 21-10-1-0
Away: 15-11-0-5
OT: 6-6 (1 tie)
Shootout: 2-1
2021-22: 2-0-0
2022-23: 0-0-0

FRANCHISE LEADERS vs. COLUMBUS
Anze Kopitar* – 41 GP, 36 PTS (17-19=36)
Dustin Brown – 45 GP, 30 PTS (11-19=30)
Drew Doughty* – 34 GP, 28 PTS (6-22=28)
Alex Frolov – 27 GP, 21 PTS (9-12=21)
Jeff Carter – 17 GP, 17 PTS (11-6=17)
Ziggy Palffy – 10 GP, 17 PTS (9-8=17)
*-denotes active roster player

LAST MEETING vs. COLUMBUS: April 16, 2022 – LAK 2 vs. CBJ 1
Venue: Crypto.com Arena
LAK Goals: Brown (9), Danault (24)
CBJ Goals: Kuraly (13)
Goalies: LAK: Quick (W, 21 saves, 22 shots) CBJ: Merzlikins (L, 36 saves, 38 shots)
LAK PP: 0-for-3
LAK PK: 2-for-2

THE NEXT THREE:
Tues., Dec. 13 | at Buffalo Sabres | 7:00 p.m. ET (4:00 p.m. PT) | Bally Sports West | LA Kings iHeart Radio Audio Network
o Alex Iafallo returns to his home state to play the Sabres for the ninth time in his career. Iafallo grew up in Eden, N.Y., 20 miles south of Buffalo. In eight career games against Buffalo, Iafallo has six points (1-5=6).

Thurs., Dec. 15 | at Boston Bruins | 7:00 p.m. ET (4:00 p.m. PT) | Bally Sports West | LA Kings iHeart Radio Audio Network
o The Kings have won three of their last four games in Boston (3-0-1) and earned points in five of their last six trips to Boston (4-1-1).

Sat., Dec. 17 | vs. San Jose Sharks | 7:30 p.m. PT | Bally Sports West | LA Kings iHeart Radio Audio Network
o Kevin Fiala has a five-game point streak (3-7=10) against the Sharks, tied for the third-longest active streak versus San Jose in the league.

INJURY & MGL REPORT
Player, Games Missed, Date(s), Status
F Alex Iafallo, 23 games, Oct. 18 – Dec. 3 (lower-body)
F Brendan Lemieux, 13 games, Nov. 14 – Pres. (lower-body)
F Quinton Byfield, 6 games, Oct. 27 – Nov. 5 (illness)
F Viktor Arvidsson, 2 games, Oct. 13 (illness); Oct. 25 (illness)
D Sean Durzi, 2 games, Nov. 19 – Nov. 22. (lower-body)
F Gabriel Vilardi, 1 game, Nov. 27 (lower-body)
2022-23 Total Regular-Season Man-Games Lost: 47

RECENT TRANSACTIONS (as of 12/11/22)
Dec. 1 – Tobias Bjornfot (D) and Samuel Fagemo (F) recalled from Ontario (AHL), Rasmus Kupari (F) and Jordan Spence (D) loaned to Ontario.
Dec. 1 – Tyler Madden (F) recalled from Ontario (AHL).
Dec. 2 – Tyler Madden (F) loaned to Ontario (AHL).
Dec. 3 – Aidan Dudas (F) recalled form Ontario (AHL).
Dec. 4 – Aidan Dudas (F) loaned to Ontario (AHL).
Dec. 7 – Brandt Clarke (D) loaned to Team Canada (IIHF).

LA KINGS TEAM NOTES:
ROAD WARRIOR
LA Kings captain Anze Kopitar opened the scoring last night in Montreal with his eighth goal of the season. In doing so, Kopitar tied Dave Taylor (198-298=496) for the second-most all-time road points in franchise history. Marcel Dionne (262-345=607) occupies first place:

Most road points in LA Kings history
Player GP Points
Marcel Dionne 458 607 (262-345=607)
Anze Kopitar 620 496 (175-321=496)
Dave Taylor 550 496 (198-298=496)
Luc Robitaille 537 485 (235-250=485)
Wayne Gretzky 270 404 (103-301=404)
Among active skaters, Kopitar’s 496 road points ranks sixth:

Most road points among active skaters
Player GP Points
Alex Ovechkin 656 695 (405-290=695)
Sidney Crosby 571 645 (244-401=645)
Patrick Kane 565 568 (211-357=568)
Evgeni Malkin 502 518 (204-314=518)
Eric Staal 653 511 (216-295=511)
Anze Kopitar 620 496 (175-321=496)
Nicklas Backstrom 532 493 (130-363=493)

PENALTY KILLIN’ IT
The LA Kings enter tonight having killed 17 of their last 19 penalties against Columbus, dating back to March 1, 2018. During that time, the Kings found the back of the net in three of those shorthanded occasions. LA has killed 216 of their 245 penalties against Columbus all-time. Only New Jersey (88.9%) has a better penalty killing percentage against Columbus all-time than the Kings (min. GP: 5):

Best PK% against Columbus all-time (min. GP: 5)
Team GP PK%
New Jersey Devils 45 88.8% (127-for-143)
LA Kings 63 88.2% (216-for-245)
Vegas Golden Knights 9 87.5% (21-for-24)
Colorado Avalanche 65 87.5% (202-for-231)
Detroit Red Wings 108 86.8% (381-for-439)

RESPECT YOUR EDLERS
Defenseman Alex Edler scored his first goal of the season last night in Montreal, which also marked his 11th career game-winning goal and sixth point (1-5=6) on the year. Since signing with the Kings in 2021, Edler has tallied four goals, 21 assists and 25 points in 67 games with a plus-14 rating. In 992 career NHL games, Edler has amassed 434 points (103-331=434). With eight more games, Edler can become the 12th active defenseman to skate in 1,000 career NHL games, the second defenseman from the 2004 NHL Draft class (Alex Goligoski, 1,010 GP), seventh overall skater from his draft class and 16th Swedish-born player in league history to reach such mark. Edler skates into Nationwide Arena with the seventh-most points among Swedish-born defensemen in league history:

Most points by Swedish-born defensemen in league history
Player GP PTS
Nicklas Lindstrom 1,564 1,142 (264-878=1,142)
Borje Salming 1,148 787 (150-637=787)
Erik Karlsson 868 697 (165-532=697)
Viktor Hedman 923 615 (135-480=615)
Frederik Olausson 1,022 581 (147-434=581)
Calle Johansson 1,109 535 (119-416=535)
Alex Edler 992 434 (103-331=434)
Niklas Kronwall 953 432 (83-349=432)

FACEOFF KING
Anze Kopitar found consistency in the face-off circle this season centering the club’s top line – especially at even-strength. Kopitar won seven of his 11 faceoffs last night in Montreal for a faceoff winning percentage (FOW%) of 63.6%. Kopitar has established an EV FOW% of 53% or higher in his last 12 games dating back to Nov. 16. Of those 12 games, six had an EV FOW% of 60% or higher. Kopitar’s even-strength FOW% of 61.4% on the season ranks second in the league (min. EV FO’s: 325), while his overall FOW% of 59.7% sits fourth (min. FO’s: 400):

Highest EV Faceoff winning % among all skaters (min. EV Faceoffs: 325)
Player GP EV FO’s EV FOW%
Jonathan Toews (CHI) 25 344 65.1%
Anze Kopitar (LAK) 30 417 61.4%
Patrice Bergeron (BOS) 26 394 60.4%
John Tavares (TOR) 29 378 60.1%
William Karlsson (VGK) 29 340 57.7%

At 22,999 career faceoffs, Kopitar is one shy of becoming the fourth player in league history to take at least 23,000 faceoffs:
Most faceoffs taken in NHL history
Player GP Faceoffs (FO’s won)
Joe Thornton 1,714 25,539 (13,408)
Patrice Bergeron 1,242 25,102 (14,501)
Sidney Crosby 1,136 24,726 (12,891)
Anze Kopitar 1,240 22,999 (12,189)
Jonathan Toews 1,039 20,447 (11,700)

Most Wins by a U.S.-born Goaltender
Player Wins
Ryan Miller 391
John Vanbiesbrouck 374
Tom Barrasso 369
Jonathan Quick 367
Craig Anderson 313

24TH ALL-TIME FOR TODD
LA Kings HC Todd McLellan won his 543rd game as an NHL head coach last night in Montreal, surpassing Billy Reay for the 24thmost wins by a head coach in league history:

Most wins by a Head Coach in league history
Ranks Coach Games Coaches Wins

20 Jacques Lemaire 1,262 617

21 Jacques Martin 1,294 613

22 Bruce Boudreau* 1,068 611

23 Marc Crawford 1,169 556

24 Todd McLellan* 1,044 543

25 Billy Reay 1,102 542

*-denotes actively serving as head coach in NHL

McLellan stands behind the Kings bench tonight with 109 wins, the seventh-most by a head coach in franchise history:
Most wins by a Head Coach in LA Kings history
Ranks Coach Games Coaches Wins

1 Darry Sutter 425 225

2 Andy Murray 480 215

3 Bob Pulford 396 178

4 Terry Murray 275 139

5 Larry Robinson 328 122

6 Tom Webster 240 115

7 Todd McLellan 238 109

8 Bob Berry 240 107

FOLLOW THE LEADER
Forward Kevin Fiala increased his team-leading point total to 31 (9-22=32) last night against the Canadiens. Fiala’s 22 assists are tied for 14th-most in the league among forwards and sits seven behind Edmonton’s Connor McDavid (29) for the league lead. Of Fiala’s 31 points, 22 have come at even-strength. Since the beginning of last season, Fiala’s has collected 89 even-strength points, which is tied seventh-most in the league during that time with Tampa’s Steven Stamkos:

Most even-strength points since 2021-22
Player GP EV Points
Johnny Gaudreau 108 113
Connor McDavid 108 104
Matthew Tkachuk 108 100
Auston Matthews 102 99
Kirill Kaprizov 108 94
Leon Draisaitl 108 92
Kevin Fiala 112 89
Steven Stamkos 108 89

ONE FROM 100
Forward Adrian Kempe sits one goals shy of his 100th career goal. With his next goal, Kempe will become the 13th skater from the 2014 NHL Draft class to reach 100 career NHL goals. Since his NHL debut on Feb. 16, 2017, Kempe’s 99 goals are tied for second on the team during that time:

Most goals by an LA King since Feb. 16, 2017
Player GP Goals
Anze Kopitar* 427 124
Adrian Kempe* 420 99
Dustin Brown 359 99
Alex Iafallo* 368 73
Tyler Toffoli 249 62
*denotes active on LA Kings

WHO WANTS MOORE SHOTS?
Trevor Moore led the LA kings in shots last night with five, one shy of tying his season high of six set twice (Oct. 15 at MIN, Dec. 6 at OTT). Moore has put up a team-leading 19 shots on goal since Dec. 1 and 45 in the last month, dating back to Nov. 11. Moore currently leads the team in shots with 96 through his 30 games played this season. Of his 96 shots this season, 59 have come on the road which ranks eighth in the league and sits three shy of third-most:

Most shots on the road this season among all skaters
Player GP Shots
Alex Ovechkin 16 76
Nathan MacKinnon 14 71
Brady Tkachuk 13 62
Auston Matthews 14 62
Mika Zibanejad 14 62
Martin Necas 18 60
Matthew Tkachuk 15 60
Trevor Moore* 16 59
Jack Eichel 14 58

Moore is currently on pace to surpass his previous career high of 202 set in the 2021-22 season with a shots-per-game pace of 3.20, the highest of his career:
Trevor Moore’s shots-per-game throughout career
Season GP Shots Shots/GP
2022-23 30 96 3.20
2021-22 81 202 2.49
2020-21 56 88 1.57
2019-20 15 19 1.27

2022-23 REGULAR-SEASON SPECIAL TEAMS BREAKDOWN
Power Play // Penalty Kill
Overall: 26-106, 24.5% // 72-99, 72.7%
5-on-4: 26-105, 24.8% // 70-96, 72.9%
5-on-3: 0-1, 00.0% // 2-2, 100.0%
4-on-3: 0-1, 00.0% // 1-2, 50.0%

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS NOTES:

Dec. 11, 2022 Game No. 27 (9-15-2, 20 pts.)
vs. Los Angeles Kings (14-11-4, 32 pts.), Nationwide Arena Home Game No. 19 (7-10-1, 15 pts.)
The Blue Jackets Press Box website, which includes game notes, stats, releases and video/audio clips as well as the 2022-23 Media Guide can be accessed at bluejackets.com/pressbox. Follow @BlueJacketsPR on Twitter for comprehensive information and updates on the team.

THE LAST GAME: DEC. 9, 2022 – CBJ 3 vs. CGY 1
CBJ Goal Scorers: Laine (7), Robinson (3), EN – Kuraly (7)
CGY Goal Scorers: Stone (3)
Goalies: CBJ – Korpisalo (12/12; 20:00), Merzlikins (19/20; 40:00); CGY – Markstrom (24/26; 55:02)
CBJ PP: 0/7; PK: 5/5 | Shots: CBJ: 27 / CGY: 32
3 Stars: 1. Laine, CBJ; 2. Robinson, CBJ; 3. Merzlikins, CBJ
Noteworthy: CBJ snapped 3-game losing streak… CGY snapped CBJ shutout bid with 2:34 remaining… Laine extended points streak to 3-straight games (3-1-4) with a goal 1:02 into the contest… Robinson scored his 7th career game-winning goal… Roslovic registered an assist for a 2nd consecutive game and for 4th time in last 5 contests (0-4-4)… Chinakhov tallied an assist for his 2nd-straight game (0-2-2)… Jenner recorded an assist for his 2nd consecutive game (0-2-2)… Merzlikins picked up win after entering game for Korpisalo who left with lower body injury after 1st.

OhioHEALTH INJURY REPORT
Danforth (torn labrum); Placed on Injured Reserve (Oct. 25); 6 months (20 games)
Boqvist (broken foot); Placed on Injured Reserve (Oct. 26); 6 weeks (18 games)
Voracek (upper body); Placed on Injured Reserve (Nov. 4); out indefinitely (15 games)
Blankenburg (ankle); Placed on IR (Nov. 10); 6-8 weeks (13 games)
Werenski (torn labrum); Placed on IR (retro to Nov. 10); Expected to miss rest of regular season (13 games)
Bean (shoulder); Placed on IR (retro to Nov. 15); out indefinitely (12 games)
Korpisalo (lower body); Placed on IR (retro to Dec. 9); 1-2 weeks
TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 148

RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Dec. 10 Placed Korpisalo on Injured Reserve and added Greaves to roster on emergency recall from Cleveland (AHL)
Dec. 5 Recalled Marchenko from Cleveland (AHL) and assigned Fix-Wolansky to Cleveland (AHL)
Dec. 1 Activated Laine and Merzlikins off IR and assigned Tarasov to Cleveland (AHL)
Dec. 1 Signed 2022 2nd round pick Luca Del Bel Belluz and 2021 5th round pick James Malatesta to 3-year entry level contracts
Nov. 29 Assigned Sweezey to Cleveland (AHL)
Nov. 28 Recalled Berni from Cleveland (AHL) and assigned Gaunce to AHL club.
Nov. 25 Signed 2022 third round pick Jordan Dumais to three-year entry level contract
Nov. 24 Recalled Meyer from Cleveland (AHL) and assigned Bemstrom to Cleveland (AHL)
Nov. 20 Placed Merzlikins on Injured Reserve retroactive to Nov. 15 and recalled Fix-Wolansky from Cleveland (AHL)

TONIGHT’S GAME BROADCAST INFO
6:00pm ET | Bally Sports Ohio | 97.1 The Fan
AGAINST THE KINGS
2022-23 Series: 0-0-0 (0-0-0 vs. LAK)
2021-22 Series: 0-1-1 (0-0-1 vs. LAK)
All-Time Series: 26-30-1-6 (16-11-0-4 vs. LAK)
Last 10 (Overall | Home): 4-4-2 | 5-3-2
All-Time GF/GA: 150/186
All-Time SF/SA: 1,670/1,983
All-Time PP: 29-of-245
All-Time PK: 210-of-258

THE LAST GAME: APR. 16, 2022 – CBJ 1 at LAK 2
CBJ Goal Scorers: Kuraly (13)
LAK Goal Scorers: Brown (9), Danault (24)
Goalies: CBJ – Merzlikins (36/38; 58:38); LAK – Quick (21/22; 60:00)
CBJ PP: 0/2; PK: 3/3 | Shots: CBJ: 22 / LAK: 38
3 Stars: 1. Danault, LAK; 2. Quick, LAK; 3. Brown, LAK
Noteworthy: CBJ fell in both games of season series (0-1-1)… LAK scored 1:41 and 7:02 into the game while CBJ made it a 1-goal game 53 seconds into the 2nd… Nyquist (assist) stretched assists streak to 3-straight games (0-5-5).

SEASON SERIES LEFT: Mar. 16 at LAK
Columbus Blue Jackets: Media Notes
CBJ/LAK CONNECTIONS
CBJ: Legace started NHL career with club, going 2-9-2 with a 2.60 GAA and .911 SV% in 17 GP (1998-99)… /// LAK: Walker played at
Bowling Green.

NOTED (Team Highlights vs. LAK)
CBJ have registered points in 4 of the last 5 games of the series (3-1-1) since 12/13/18… CBJ have recorded points in three-straight home contests (2-0-1) and five of the last six at Nationwide Arena in the series (3-1-2)… LAK’s 2-1 home win in most recent meeting snapped a stretch of the winning team 13-straight games of the winning team registering three or more goals (including SO goals)… CBJ have recorded PPG in 5 of the last 8 home games of the series (5-of-19; 26.3 pct.) and killed off 16-of-17 Kings power play chances over the same span (94.1 pct.)… Winning team has scored 4+ goals in 6 of the last 8 (including SO goals)… Most goals scored vs. LAK: 7 (2/8/06)… Most goals allowed at LAK: 8 (11/13/05).

NOTED (Player Highlights vs. LAK)
Boqvist skated in his NHL debut on 11/2/19 at LAK… Gaudreau notched his 1st career hat trick on 12/22/14 at LAK (Quick)… Nyquist skated in his 300th career game on 1/5/17 at LAK.

PLAYER NOTABLES vs. LAK
•Gaudreau – 10-21-31 in 28 career GP, including points in five-straight games played overall (3-5-8) and points in eight of his last nine home contests (3-8-11)
•Kuraly – 1-2-3 in 7 career GP, including scoring all of his points in two games in the 2021-22 series
•Laine – 5-2-7 in 13 career GP, including points in each of his last two home outings (2-1-3)
•Nyquist – 4-8-12 in 20 career GP, including assists in three of his last four outings (1-4-5)

BLUE JACKETS NOTES
HIT THE ROAD, (BLUE) JACK(ETS)
The Blue Jackets snapped a three-game losing streak and improved to 6-6-2 in the last 14 games overall following a 3-1 victory over the Flames on Friday. The club plays the final contest of a three-game homestand tomorrow before hitting the road for three contests (Dec. 13 at FLA, Dec. 15 at TBL and Dec. 17 at BOS). Columbus plays six-of-eight contests on the road from December 13-29. The Blue Jackets play 15 games in the month of December with two sets of back-to-back games (Dec. 6 at PIT/Dec. 7 vs. BUF; Dec. 19 vs. DAL/Dec. 20 at PHI).

A PAIR OF NHL DEBUTS
Right wing Kirill Marchenko, who was recalled from the American Hockey League’s Cleveland Monsters last Monday, and defenseman Tim Berni, who was recalled from Cleveland on November 28, both made their NHL debuts on Tuesday at Pittsburgh. Marchenko was selected by the club in the second round, 49th overall, at the 2018 NHL Draft while Berni was selected in the sixth round, 159th overall in the same draft. It’s only the sixth instance in franchise history that two players from the same draft made their NHL debut in the same game and the first instance that was not in a season opener. Marchenko played in the KHL from 2017-22 before making the move to North America this season. He ranked second among AHL rookies in points and power play goals (tied), fourth-T in assists and fifth-T in goals at the time of his recall on Monday with 8-11-19 and four PPG in 16 games this season and recorded points in 14 of his 16 outings. Berni has posted 4-15-19 with 54 PIM in 87 career AHL games with the Monsters since making his North American pro debut in 2021-22. The 22-year-old blueliner has collected 1-3-4, 10 PIM, 14 shots and a +1 plus/minus rating in 15 contests with Cleveland in 2022-23. Defensemen Marcus Bjork and David Jiricek have also made their NHL debuts with the Blue Jackets this season.

FROM THE BLUELINE
CBJ blueliners have collected 2-3-5 in the last five games and 13-29-42 in 26 games this season to rank 12-T in the NHL in goals. Vladislav Gavrikov, who has tallied an assist in three of the last six games (0-3-3), notched his second career overtime winner and fifth career game-winning goal on Nov. 15 vs. the Flyers, finishing with 1-1-2, while also skating in a career-high 28:40 TOI (previous 28:20 on Apr. 22, 2022 vs. OTT). He became the fifth different defenseman in NHL history to score each of his first two or more goals of a season in overtime and is also one off the franchise record for overtime goals by a defenseman in a single season (3; Seth Jones, 2016-17 & 2018-19). Defenseman Erik Gudbranson scored his first goal with the club on Dec. 2 at Winnipeg, picking up his 100th career point in the process (28-72-100 in 665 games). He ranks third on the Blue Jackets in hits (48) and blocked shots (41) and has collected 1-5-6 and 17 penalty minutes in his first 25 contests with Columbus this season.

ROOKIE REPORT
The club currently has eight rookies on the roster with forwards Liam Foudy, Kent Johnson, Kirill Marchenko and Carson Meyer along with defensemen Tim Berni, Nick Blankenburg (injured), Marcus Bjork and Jake Christiansen. They have combined for 10-16-26 in 26 games in 2022-23. CBJ rank fifth-T among NHL team rookies in points and sixth in goals. Johnson ranks fourth-T among NHL rookies in goals, seventh in points-per-game (.57; min. 15 GP) and eighth-T in points with 6-7-13 in 23 games. He has registered 3-4-7 in his last 12 outings and 6-6-12 in his past 20 contests played. Bjork,has collected points in two of his last four games (1-1-2) and has 2-4-6 in his first 13 NHL games. He ranks second among NHL rookie defensemen in points-per-game (.46; min. 5 GP). The blueliner tallied points in his first two NHL games after scoring his first career goal in his NHL debut on Nov. 12 at NY Islanders and picking up his first career assist on Nov. 15 vs. Philadelphia. He is the first blueliner and seventh player overall in franchise history to score in his debut.

CAPTAIN BOONE JENNER
Boone Jenner has collected points in five of his last six games (1-5-6) after picking up an assist against Calgary on Friday and has now registered 8-8-16 in his last 16 contests since Nov. 4. He finished the month of November with 8-3-11 in 11 contests, which was the third-most goals in the month in franchise history (tied). The forward ranks 12-T in the NHL in goals scored at home this season with 9-9-18 in 18 outings. He also ranks sixth in the NHL in faceoff wins (313-of-556 faceoffs; 56.3 pct.). The 29-year-old, who was selected 37th overall at the 2011 NHL Draft, is the longest-tenured Blue Jacket in his 10th season with the club, including his second as the team’s captain. The forward skated in his 600th career game on Nov. 4 vs. Colorado, becoming just the third player to reach the milestone with the franchise. With his second goal on Nov.15 vs. Philadelphia, Jenner notched his 150th career goal with the Blue Jackets and became the third player to reach the milestone with the franchise, joining Rick Nash (289) and Cam Atkinson (213). He also ranks fifth on the franchise’s all-time list in points (304).

RK PLAYER TOTAL GP SEASONS WITH CBJ

1. Rick Nash 674 2002-12 (9 seasons)
2. Cam Atkinson 627 2011-21 (10 seasons)
3. Boone Jenner 615 2013-current (10 seasons)
4. Nick Foligno 599 2012-21 (9 seasons)
5. David Savard 597 2011-21 (10 seasons)

HERE’S JOHNNY!
Left wing Johnny Gaudreau had his season-high six-game points streak (2-8-10) snapped on Friday. The streak included three-straight multi-point efforts from Nov. 25-Dec. 2. He has now collected 4-15-19 in his last 14 contests. The forward tied the franchise record for assists in the month of November with 3-11-14 in 11 outings (Andrew Cassels in November 2002). The six-time All-Star leads the club in goals (tied), assists and points with 9-19-28 in 26 games while recording points in 18 of his contests. The winger has done most of his damage at home with 8-14-22 in 18 outings, ranking ninth in the NHL in points. He played in his 320th consecutive game on Wednesday, the third-longest active iron man streak in the NHL and trailing only Phil Kessel (1,011) and Brent Burns (706). The Salem, New Jersey native, who signed a seven-year contract with Columbus in July, was selected by the Flames in the fourth round, 104th overall, at the 2011 NHL Draft and ranked fifth on the franchise’s all-time list in assists, points and game-winning goals following his first nine NHL campaigns from 2013-22 with 210-399-609, 41 GWG in 602 contests, including a career-high 40-75-115 in 82 games last season when he earned First Team All-NHL honors.

TOUGH TO REPLACE Z
Defenseman Zach Werenski recorded his first multi-point game of the season with 1-1-2 in a win over Philadelphia on Nov. 10 to extend his points-streak to three-straight games (1-3-4) before leaving the with an upper body injury. Unfortunately, that was the last CBJ will likely see the club’s top defenseman this regular season as it was announced Friday that he suffered a separated shoulder and torn labrum and likely to miss six months. He led the club’s blueliners in goals, assists and points at the time of the injury with 3-5-8 in 13 games. The two-time NHL All-Star blueliner set single-season career highs in assists, points and time on ice and posted the third-most assists (tied) and points by a defenseman in a single season in franchise history with 11-37-48 and 25:40 TOI in 68 games in 2021-22.