Daniil Tarasov Makes 45 Saves, Alex Nylander Scores Twice As Columbus Cruises Past Colorado At Nationwide Arena
Kirill Marchenko(20), Alex Nylander(9,10), and Cole Sillinger(13) provided the offense for Columbus, and Daniil Tarasov was a beast in the net, stopping 45 saves to upset massive favorite Colorado on Monday night at Nationwide Arena.
On the stat sheet, it looked as though this game was close, but the scoreboard told another story. The Avs could not solve Daniil Tarasov at all. He made some huge saves to keep the Avalanche grounded and out of the net all night. Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen had 15 shots between the two of them and played an average of 27 minutes, but Tarasov kept them frustrated all game.
The Blue Jackets had timely scoring and ran away with this game scoring three times in the second period. Everyone in the arena knew that Colorado would make their push and they did just that. The Avs had 35 shots in the second and third periods combined and outshot the CBJ 18-4 in the third period alone, but number 40 in Union Blue kept stopping them time after time. The goal that Colorado scored was deflected and somehow made it through Daniil's pads and just crept over the line to ruin his perfect night. Stopping the Avalanche is nearly impossible, but he was able to do it most of the night.
Daniil Tarasov was the star of the show on Monday night. Are we seeing "The Real Deal Daniil?" Stay Tuned.
Final Stats
CBJ AppPlayer Notes
- Kirill Marchenko scored his 20th goal of the season. He becomes just the second Blue Jacket to ever have back-to-back 20-goal seasons to start their career. He also had an assist on the night.
- Alex Nylander scored goals 9 and 10 as a Blue Jacket. He now has the most goals through the first 17 games to start a CBJ career.
- Cole Sillinger scored his 13th goal of the season. He has 4 points in his last 3 games.
- Erik Gudbranson had 2 assists on the night. He has 22 points on the season.
- Daniil Tarasov stopped 45 of 46 Colorado shots, including 10 on four Avs power plays.
Team Notes
- The CBJ power play went 0 for 2.
- The Jackets PK stopped a very dangerous Avalanche power play four times on Monday. They went 4 for 4 on the PK.
- The Blue Jackets won 44.3% of their faceoffs.
- The Jackets are now 5-1-1 in the last 7 against the Avs at home.
- With four assists on Monday, the CBJ blueline has 167 points in 75 games this season.
- Columbus has now scored the first goal in 7 straight games and 33 of the last 56 games.
What's Next - The New York Islanders visit NWA on Thursday.
More From THN Columbus
Join Jason Newland's Columbus Blue Jacket page on Bunches, a new app that connects sports fans. Also, you can watch a new YouTube game show about the Blue Jackets, Around the Fifth Line.