Blue Jackets Give Up Five Goals In The Final Two Periods, Lose 5-2 To Kings

By Ed Francis on November 9, 2024 at 11:40 pm
The Columbus Blue Jackets took a lead into the second period but gave up five goals over the final 40 minutes to fall 5-2 to the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday night.
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CBJ 1 0 1 2
SJ 0 2 3 5
CBJ GOALS: 
Voronkov (P1, 13:26) 
Provorov (P3, 0:49)

Dmitri Voronkov and Ivan Provorov each scored their first goals' of the season but the Los Angeles Kings proved to be too much for the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night en route to a 5-2 victory.

Columbus took a 1-0 lead into the dressing room after the opening period, but a pair of Los Angeles goals less than two minutes apart early in the second period would set the tone for the rest of the game.

"(There were) key moments in the where we gave (up) opportunities," said head coach Dean Evason. "They took advantage of some stuff. First goal, we turn it over. Second goal, we make a huge mistake, third goal we turn it over."

"We're not disappointed in our overall game, it's just we've got to clean up these key mistakes," added Evason.

Here's how it all went down from the City of Angels:

1st Period:

(13:26 — CBJ Goal): Voronkov gives the Blue Jackets a lead here with his first goal since of the season after returning four games ago from an injury sustained in the preseason. Great work from Voronkov to use his frame to his advantage, but this was all started with Justin Danforth intercepting a Los Angeles pass by being in perfect position to not only make the pick but to also be in position to move quickly towards the Los Angeles net. Voronkov is right there and Danforth threads the needle to help give Columbus a first-period lead.

The goal was an early exclamation point on what would be Voronkov's best game since his return to the lineup, despite getting just 12:24 of ice time.

"I'm a little disappointed we didn't get him on the ice a little bit more," said Evason.  "His game was good. Obviously he scored, but he was holding on to pucks, he was carrying it through the neutral zone, he looked like he felt a lot more comfortable. We've got to get him on the ice more."

2nd Period:

(4:16 — LA Goal): Former Blue Jacket Vladislav Gavrikov knots the game at 1-1 for the Kings less than five minutes into the second period. There were five players (three Blue Jackets, two Kings) between him and Merzlikins and Gavrikov beats the Columbus goalie by getting a deflection off the stick of Sean Monahan and a friendly ring off the top of the goalpost. Unfortunately, just not a lot Elvis could do about that one.

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(6:12 — LA Goal): Sean Kuraly has a little bit of trouble playing the puck in the neutral zone on a pass from Jack Johnson, which starts the sequence for a Warren Foegele goal to give Los Angeles a 2-1 lead. Akil Thomas gets possession for the Kings and both he and Foegele give the Kings an odd-man rush against Johnson, with Foegele able to capitalize with a hard shot from near the left faceoff dot before the rest of the Blue Jackets could catch up to him.

3rd Period:

(0:30 — LA Goal): Not the best time for Columbus to give up their first short-handed goal in the Dean Evason era. Cole Sillinger fanned on a cross-ice pass attempt as soon as the Blue Jackets establish the zone while on the power play. Trevor Moore winds up with the puck and beats Merzlikins glove-side to make it 3-1 Kings.

(0:49 — CBJ Goal): Special teams makes good on the lapse less than 20 seconds later. Columbus wins the faceoff, establishes the zone, and Danforth gets off a shot that is partially whiffed. Rittich has trouble with the partial shot and gives up a rebound, which Ivan Provorov promptly puts away to make it a 3-2 game.

(7:05, 19:29 — LA Goals): Los Angeles regains their two-goal lead on, for the second time, a deflection that Merzlikins couldn't do much on. This time it was Alex Laferriere getting a tip from a Joel Edmundson shot that ends up in the back of the net. After the Kings went into an effective prevent-like defense, young defenseman Brandt Clarke would add an empty-netter in the final minute to make it the 5-2 final. 

CBJ GAME STATS LA
26 SHOTS 23
43% FACEOFFS 57%
1/3 POWER PLAY 1/4
3/4 PENALTY KILL 2/3
16 HITS 8
10 GIVEAWAYS 14
4 TAKEAWAYS 5
11 BLOCKED SHOTS 22
ALL SITUATIONS ADVANCED STATS
2.86 EXPECTED GOALS 2.74
59 SHOT ATTEMPTS 50
26 SCORING CHANCES 20
11 HIGH-DANGER CHANCES 9
 DATA VIA:
NHL.COM
NATURALSTATTRICK.COM

Stat Talk:

  • The Blue Jackets outshot the Kings 26-23, making it three-for-three in outshooting the opposition on the road trip. Despite outshooting the Washington Capitals, San Jose Sharks, and now the Kings by a total of 112-72, Columbus had just one point in three games to show for it.
     
  • In five-on-five play, the Blue Jackets had more shots on goal (20-15), shot attempts (46-34), scoring chances (18-14), and high-danger chances (7-6). They also led all four categories in all scenarios combined. The chances were there and the Blue Jackets could not capitalize. 
     
  • Provorov led all skaters in time on ice, at 27:31. That was the most he has in a regular game since joining the Blue Jackets. Zach Werenski was right behind him at 27:21. 

Next Game:

The Blue Jackets wrap up the California portion of their five-game road trip Sunday against the Anaheim Ducks. Puck drop is at 8:00 p.m. 

 

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