The Blue Jackets are now 10-8-2 on the season.
Miles Wood(5) and Zach Werenski(6) provided the only goals for Columbus, while Elvis Merzlikins could only stop 25 of 30 Jets shots in a 5-2 Winnipeg win on Tuesday night.
The Jets were too much for the CBJ on Tuesday night. The Blue Jackets didn't play too terribly; they just couldn't stop many pucks. A quick look at the underlying stats will tell you that Winnipeg was ahead of Columbus in Corsi, Fenwick, and shots. But the Jackets had just as many scoring chances and high-danger scoring chances as the Jets; they just couldn't finish, and the CBJ actually had a higher expected goal share than the Jets did.
Just another weird NHL game.
Kirill Marchenko had his 12-game point streak broken in this game. He finished one off the franchise record of 13. He was only credited with a single shot on goal.
The Jackets are now 10-8-2 with 22 points.
Final Stats
Player Stats
- Miles Wood scored his 5th goal of the season.
- Zach Werenski scored his 6th goal of the season. He earned his 400th point as a Blue Jacket and became the first CBJ defenseman to reach 400 points. He's now only three points behind Cam Atkinson.
- Damon Severson recorded his 5th assist and had a team high 3 shots.
- Cole Sillinger picked up his 6th assist.
- Charlie Coyle tallied his 11th assist of the year.
- Ivan Provorov had a team high 4 blocks.
- Elvis Merzlikins made 25 saves and recorded an assist on Wood's goal.
Team Stats
- The Jackets power play went 0/1.
- The Columbus PK stopped one of two Jets PPs.
- Columbus won 45.2%% of the faceoffs - 28/62.
- The Blue Jackets blocked 11 shots.
Up Next: The Jackets travel to Toronto to take on the Maple Leafs on Thursday.
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