Projected Lineups for Blue Jackets vs Kings – 12/22/25

The Columbus Blue Jackets take on the Los Angeles Kings at Crypto.com Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

BLUE JACKETS (14-15-6) at KINGS (15-10-9)

10 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, FDSNW, TVAS2

Blue Jackets projected lineup

Mason Marchment — Adam Fantilli — Kent Johnson
Boone Jenner — Charlie Coyle — Kirill Marchenko
Dimitri Voronkov — Sean Monahan — Miles Wood
Cole Sillinger — Isac Lundestrom — Yegor Chinakhov

Ivan Provorov — Denton Mateychuk
Brendan Smith — Damon Severson
Jake Christiansen — Dante Fabbro

Jet Greaves
Elvis Merzlikins

Scratched: Luca Del Bel Belluz, Zach Aston-Reese

Injured: Zach Werenski (lower body), Erik Gudbranson (hip), Mathieu Olivier (upper body)

Status report

Werenski, a defenseman, is day to day after blocking a shot against the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday. … Wood will play after being a late scratch Saturday because of a lower-body injury.

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Kings projected lineup

Warren Foegele — Anze Kopitar — Adrian Kempe
Kevin Fiala — Quinton Byfield — Alex Laferriere
Trevor Moore — Alex Turcotte — Andrei Kuzmenko
Joel Armia — Samuel Helenius — Corey Perry

Mikey Anderson — Drew Doughty
Joel Edmundson — Brandt Clarke
Brian Dumoulin — Cody Ceci

Anton Forsberg
Pheonix Copley

Scratched: Jeff Malott, Jacob Moverare

Injured: Darcy Kuemper (upper body)

Status report

Kuemper, a goalie, worked out prior to the morning skate but will miss his third straight game.

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