Dmitri Voronkov closed in on the rookie goal-scoring lead and the Blue Jackets snapped the New York Rangers' 10-game winning streak with a 4-2 win on Sunday at Nationwide Arena.
1 | 2 | 3 | F | |
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BLUE JACKETS | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
NYR RANGERS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
1st Period
Mathieu Olivier and Adam Rempe got the crowd on its feet with a spirited heavyweight bout at 2:12.
For the second-straight game, Voronkov opened the scoring with his 16th goal of the year from the left doorstep thanks to a feed from Kirill Marchenko at 4:34.
After an Ivan Provorov turnover, Artemi Panarin tied the game at 14:22 from below the right circle on a top-shelf shot that Elvis Merzlikins will want to have back.
The clubs were tied at one after the first period with New York taking a 14-12 advantage in shots on goal into the second period.
2nd Period
Marchenko scored his 17th goal of the season and gave the Blue Jackets a 2-1 lead at 0:18 with a deke around Jonathan Quick's right pad after receiving a feed from Voronkov, who was below the goal line.
Adam Edstrom tied the game for New York at 11:11 when his centering feed from the left doorstep delceted off of Jake Bean's skate and in.
Jack Roslovic scored his fourth goal of the season put Columbus up 3-2 at 11:57 with a right-circle wrist shot on a two-on-one rush off a feed from Johnny Gaudreau.
Columbus doubled its lead at 18:35 when Ivan Provorov tallied his fifth goal of the campaign with a wrist shot from the right slot thanks to a pass from Roslovic.
The Blue Jackets led 4-2 after 40 minutes and had a 30-22 advantage in shots on goal.
3rd Period
While the Rangers had a six-on-four advantage, Merzlikins made a great stop on Mika Zibanejad's left-circle one-timer at 18:38.
Merzlikins made several key saves to help the Blue Jackets win 4-2 and improve to 19-28-10.
Stats
- Shots on Goal: NYR 40-41 CBJ
- Face-off %: NYR 54.4-45.6 CBJ
- Power play: NYR 0/2-1/3 CBJ
- Giveaways: NYR 0-5 CBJ
- Takeaways: NYR 5-5 CBJ
- Blocked shots: NYR 16-26 CBJ
- Hits: NYR 5-11 CBJ
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5-on-5 stats (via naturalstattrick.com):
- Expected Goals (xG): NYR 2.83-4.26 CBJ
- Shot Attempts (CF): NYR 68-66 CBJ
- Shots on Goal (SF): NYR 31-37 CBJ
- Scoring Chances (SCF): NYR 26-33 CBJ
- High-Danger Chances (HDCF): NYR 8-16 CBJ
Injury Update
- Patrik Laine entered the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program on Jan. 28 and will be away from the team indefinitely.
- Adam Fantilli suffered a calf laceration on Jan. 28 and is expected to miss eight weeks.
Next Up
The Jackets will see the Rangers again on Wednesday at Madison Square Garden at 7 p.m. ET on Bally Sports Ohio,
The club will return home on Thursday to face the Hurricanes at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN+ and Hulu.