Dmitri Voronkov(21), Justin Danforth(9), Mathieu Olivier(18), Sean Monahan(18-PPG), and Adam Fantilli(25) supplied the offense for Columbus, and Elvis Merzļikins was excellent on Tuesday night, stopping 33 of 35 Ottawa shots in a 5-2 win. 

The Jackets played a great game against Ottawa on Tuesday night and got some great play from Merzļikins to keep the Blue Jackets playoff hopes alive. It's a very slim hope, but it's alive nonetheless. 

Adam Fantilli -  "Our goal is to win out the rest of the season, obviously, and try to put ourselves in the best position possible to maybe have a chance to get in the playoffs. That’s still the goal."

Justin Danforth - "We didn't come this far to quit."

Dean Evason - "We're not mathematically eliminated, so we’re going to play freakin' hard every night."

The CBJ are now 35-33-9 with 79 points. They're now 23-10-5 at home, which is 4th best in the Eastern Conference. 

Final Stats

Player Stats

• Dmitri Voronkov scored his 21st goal of the season.
• Justin Danforth scored his 9th goal of the season and recorded his 11th assist.
• Mathieu Olivier scored his 18th goal of the season. He also recorded his 13th assist
• Sean Monahan scored his 18th goal of the season on the power play.
• Adam Fantilli scored his 25th goal of the season and led the team with 4 shots.
• Denton Mateychuk recorded his 8th assist.
• Sean Kuraly got his 11th assist.
• Erik Gudbranson got his 2nd assist of the season.
• Zach Werenski tallied his 55th assist. His 75 points are now 5th most in Jackets history, passing Johnny Gaudreau who had 74 in 2022-23.
• Kent Johnson recorded his 29th and 30th assists of the season.
• Ivan Provorov got his 24th assist.
• Elvis Merzļikins made 33 saves on the night.

Team Stats

• The Jackets power play went 1/2 on the night.
• The Columbus PK stopped 1 of 2 Ottawa power play's.
• Columbus won 59.3% of the faceoffs.

Up Next: The Blue Jackets welcome the Buffalo Sabres into Nationwide Arena on Thursday. 

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