Blue Jackets Halt The Rangers Winning Streak At 10
The fun got started early when Mathieu Olivier and Matt Rempe went toe-to-toe. Olivier landed several hard shots and eventually put Rempe to the ice. Olivier went to the box, while Rempe left the ice for repairs. This was a heavyweight bout worth watching again.
Jacob Trouba was penalized for holding Justin Danforth which gave the CBJ their first PP of the game. Dmitri Voronkov(16) scored to make it 1-0, as Kirill Marchenko and Damon Severson assisted. It was a beautiful play from the power play unit.
With 5:38 to go in the first, noted Ranger villain Artemi Panarin scored to tie it at 1. And that's how the first period would end.
Kirill Marchenko(17) scored 18 seconds into the second to make it 2-1, his 17th. Dmitri Voronkov and Yegor Chinakhov assisted on the goal.
Adam Edstrom was credited with a goal 11:11 into the second period to tie it. Three minutes later Jack Roslovic(4) scored to make it 3-2 as Gaudreau and Jenner would get the assists. Jacob Trouba went off for holding Kent Johnson with 5:47 left to give the Jackets their second power play of the night. The Rangers would easily kill it off. Ivan Provorov(5) would make it 4-2 on a beautiful shot as he was bearing down on Quick in the slot. Roslovic and Gaudreau would get the assists. The second period would end 4-2 Jackets.
The third period was filled with back-and-forth action with lots of scoring chances and shots on goal, but it took until the Rangers Ryan Lindgren went to the box for high-sticking giving the CBJ a power play for something to happen. The Rangers pulled Quick with three minutes left for the extra attacker to try to spark a late comeback when Dmitri Voronkov was sent to the box for a faceoff violation which put the Rangers on a power play. Quick would again leave his net for the extra attacker, but the CBJ would shut it down.
Elvis Merzlikins who had been absolutely stellar all night, would stop everything thrown his way. The Rangers would fire 18 shots at Merzlikins in the third period, but he would turn away all shots. The Jackets upset the Rangers 4-2 on a rowdy Sunday night at Nationwide Arena.
Final Stats
CBJ AppPlayer Notes
- Dmitri Voronkov scored his 16th goal and 14th assist of the season. He now has 30 points in 51 games. He also had 7 shots on the night.
- Kirill Marchenko scored his 17th goal and 14th assist of the season.
- Jack Roslovic scored his 4th goal and 13th assist.
- Ivan Provorov scored his 5th goal and 26th point.
- Johnny Gaudreau had 2 assists on the night, pushing his points total to 42. He now has 27 points in his last 27 games.
- Yegor Chinakhov tallied one 1 assist, his 28th point of the season.
- Boone Jenner led all forwards with 23:56 of ice time.
- Zach Werenski led all defensemen with 23:16 of ice time.
- Newly acquired Alex Nylander has 11:23 of ice time.
Team Notes
- The CBJ PP went 1 for 3.
- The CBJ PK went 2 for 2, shutting down both tries by New York. The PK has now killed 10 straight opposition power plays.
- Jackets defensemen have 24-104-128 in 57 games this season.
- Columbus rookies have 29-37-66 in 57 games this season.
- The Blue Jackets are 12-8-2 in the last 22 games against the Rangers.
What's Next - The Jackets travel to NYC on Wednesday to take on the Rangers at 7 p.m.
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