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GAME 65: BLUE JACKETS (32-27-5) AT DUCKS (31-21-12)
Location:Honda Center, 10 P.M., Friday
TV:Fox Sports Ohio/Fox Sports Go (Jeff Rimer, Jody Shelley); Fox Sports West, Sportsnet 360
Radio:97.1 FM & BlueJackets.com (Bob McElligott)
The downside of playing the second game in a back-to-back is the physical wear-and-tear built up from playing just 24 hours earlier. The upside is that is gives a team the chance to quickly recover from a stinging loss the night before.
That's the part the Blue Jackets are banking on after losing, 5-2, to the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday at Staples Center. Columbus lost despite racing out to a 2-0 lead in the first period, allowing five unanswered goals in the next 40 minutes.
"It's absolutely the best part of this league sometimes, is you get a chance to get right back at it sometimes 24 hours later," said captain Nick Foligno, who returned from a four-game absence Thursday after a lower-body injury. "We're looking forward to another good team in Anaheim. We're looking to get off to a good start again but carrying it through the game."
That's been an ongoing issue throughout much of the season.
The Blue Jackets have developed a habit of playing strong right out of the gate, taking leads in the first periods of games and then having things fall apart in the second and third. It happened again in Los Angeles and they know it needs to be corrected quickly.
Columbus only has 18 games left in the regular season and is clinging to the second wild card in the Eastern Conference. The Blue Jackets are just two points up on the Carolina Hurricanes and three in front of the Florida Panthers, after both teams picked up victories Thursday.

SERIES RECORD
2017-18 Season: (1-0-0). This is the finale of the two-game season series. The Blue Jackets won the first game, 4-2, on Dec. 1 at Nationwide Arena.
All-time (W-L-T-O): 29-23-1-3 overall; 13-12-1-2 at Honda Center
WHO'S HOT
Blue Jackets: Artemi Panarin has seven points in a six-game point streak (three goals, four assists), after assisting on the Jackets' first goal against the Kings on Thursday. He has 11 points (five goals, six assists) in the past 11 games; Cam Atkinson has scored a goal and tallied a point in three straight games, compiling five points (three goals, two assists) in the point streak.
Ducks: Rickard Rakell had a hat trick, Ryan Getzlaf had four points (one goal, three assists) and Corey Perry had three assists in Anaheim's shootout loss to the Oilers. Getzlaf has seven points (two goals, five assists) in the past four games.
EYES ON: THE BLUE JACKETS
EYES ON: THE DUCKS
PROJECTED LINEUPS
BLUE JACKETS
Forwards
Artemi Panarin - Pierre-Luc Dubois - Cam Atkinson
Sonny Milano - Alex Wennberg - Oliver Bjorkstrand
Thomas Vanek- Brandon Dubinsky - Nick Foligno
Boone Jenner - Mark Letestu - Matt Calvert
Defensemen
Zach Werenski - Seth Jones
Jack Johnson - Ryan Murray
Ian Cole - David Savard
Goaltenders
Sergei Bobrovsky
Joonas Korpisalo
Others: Scott Harrington, Taylor Chorney, Lukas Sedlak, Markus Hannikainen, Josh Anderson (knee)
Injured reserve: Dean Kukan (upper body), Markus Nutivaara (upper body)
DUCKS
Forwards
Rikard Rakell - Ryan Getzlaf - Corey Perry
Andrew Cogliano - Ryan Kesler - Jakob Silfverberg
Nick Ritchie - Adam Henrique - Ondrej Kase
Jason Chimera - Antoine Vermette - Derek Grant
Defensemen
Cam Fowler - Brandon Montour
Hampus Lindholm - Kevin Bieksa
Marcus Pettersson - Josh Manson
Goaltenders
Ryan Miller
Reto Berra
Others: Francois Beauchemin, Kalle Kossila, John Gibson (lower body)
Injured Reserve:Patrick Eaves (Guillain-Barré syndrome)

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