Columbus Offense Explodes, Jet Greaves Dazzles As Blue Jackets Hammer Flyers
Jet Greaves played a marvelous game to shut down the Philadelphia Flyers. He made some big saves in Saturday's game to keep the Jackets in front of the Flyers, but this night's story would be the Blue Jackets' offensive explosion.
Thirteen different players registered points against Philadelphia.
The defense for the Jackets would score every goal in this game, led by Damon Severson's two goals, Zach Werenski's two, and one each from Erik Gudbranson and Nick Blankenburg. Ivan Provorov and David Jiricek weren't able to get in on the action, but Jiricek did record an assist. The Blue Jackets defense has recorded 27 points in the last 9 games, and 176 points in 77 games this season.
The tweet below from Blue Jackets PR can explain what kind of historic moment this was for the team.
Final Stats
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- Erik Gudbranson scored his 6th goal of the season. He tied his record for goals in a season.
- Damon Severson scored 2 goals on Saturday night. He now has 26 points on the season.
- Nick Blankenburg scored his 1st goal of the season. This was his first game since December 19th.
- Zach Werenski scored his 8th and 9th goals of the season. He also had an assist which is his 43rd. He is one assist away from tying the single-season assist record by a defenseman. His 52 points are now only 5 points shy of the single-season points record by a blueliner.
- Johnny Gaudreau had 2 assists. He now has 58 points.
- Dmitri Voronkov now has 34 points with the single assist he registered.
- James Malatesta recorded his first NHL points by assisting on one of Werenski's goals.
- Jet Greaves made 37 saves, including 4 on the power play.
Team Notes
- The Blue Jackets power play was 1/3 on the night. Zach Werenski scored the power play for the Jackets.
- The Jackets PK stopped both Flyers power plays. The two Flyer PPs came on a double minor by Nick Blankenburg early in the game.
- Columbus won 50% of the faceoffs.
What's Next - Columbus travels to Carolina tonight at 5 p.m.
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