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Blue Jackets' Nash looks to snap out of scoring slump

Dec 21, 2007 - 4:11 PM Los Angeles (12-21-2) at Columbus (14-13-6) 7:00 pm EST

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Ticker) -- Rich Nash looks to snap out of a scoring drought Friday, when the Columbus Blue Jackets host the struggling Los Angeles Kings.

Nash leads the Blue Jackets with 18 goals, but has not scored in his last five games and has only two goals in his last 11 contests.

With just 82 goals, Columbus is tied with St. Louis for the fewest in the Western Conference. The Blue Jackets have dropped two straight games and four of their last five.

Columbus has only one goal in its last two contests, including a 3-1 home loss on Tuesday to Calgary.

However, the Blue Jackets defeated Los Angeles, 4-1, in the teams' first meeting this season and have defeated the Kings in seven of their last eight games at home.

Pascal Leclaire hasn't won in goal for Columbus since November 24, but is 2-0 with a shutout and a 0.50 goals-against average against Los Angeles.

The Kings have a league-low 26 points and have surrendered a league-high 119 goals.

Los Angeles has lost five consecutive games, being outscored 10-2 in the first period of those games.