Kirill Marchenko(22, 23), Mathieu Olivier(11), Ivan Provorov(7), James van Riemsdyk(12), and Adam Fantilli(17) scored for the high-powered Jackets, while Elvis Merzļikins stopped 19 of 23 Dallas shots in the 6-4 CBJ win. 

The Dallas Stars are an elite team, and the Jackets jumped on them early. Just 30 seconds into the game Kirill Marchenko scored to put the Jackets up. From there, it was hold on tight time. 

At one point the CBJ were up 4-1 but allowed Dallas to score the next two to tighten up the game. Thankfully for Columbus, they buckled down in the third to pull out the win. 

The win gives the Jackets a record of 28-22-8 with 64 points. The win also moves them into the second wild card spot once again. 

Zach Werenski probably doesn't care, but his historic home points streak came to an end last night by failing to register a point against the Stars. The streak tied Phil Housley for the third-longest by a defenseman in NHL history, trailing only Bobby Orr and Paul Coffey. It was also the fourth-longest home point streak by an active player in the league with only Nathan MacKinnon (35 GP in 2023-24), Connor McDavid (26 GP in 2023-24), and Nikita Kucherov (24 GP in 2022-23) having a longer streak. 

Final Stats

Player Stats

• Kirill Marchenko had 2 goals and an assist. He now has 59 points, and 4 points in his last two games.
• Mathieu Olivier scored his 11th goals and had 7 hits.
• Ivan Provorov had a goal, assist and had 5 shots.
• James van Riemsdyk scored a goal and had 2 shots.
• Adam Fantilli scored a goal, an assist, 3 shots, and 3 hits.
• Dmitri Voronkov had 2 assists.
• Kent Johnson picked up his 20th assist.
• Boone Jenner tallied his 2nd assist in as many games since coming back from injury.

Team Stats

• The Jackets power plat went scoreless on two tries.
• The Blue Jackets PK stopped all three Dallas man advantages.
• Columbus won 47.2% of the faceoffs.
• The Blue Jackets are now 7-1-1 in the last nine games at Nationwide Arena.
• Columbus scored six goals tonight for the 11th time this season, tying the franchise record set during the 2018-19 season.
• The CBJ are now 22-9-5 when scoring first this season.

What's Next: The Blue Jackets travel to Detroit on Thursday for the first of two games between the two teams this week. 

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