DEC. 19, 2022 II NATIONWIDE ARENA II vs. DALLAS STARS

BROADCAST INFORMATION

TV:  Bally Sports Ohio           Jeff Rimer (play-by-play), Jody Shelley (analyst), Dave Maetzold (reporter)              
Radio:  97.1 The Fan              Bob McElligott (play-by-play), Dylan Tyrer (host)

Stars to Watch

«  D Miro Heiskanen, who has 2-4-6 in his last six contests, ranks eighth-T among NHL blueliners in points and ninth in assists with 5-20-25 in 29 games this season.

«  G Jake Oettinger ranks seventh in the NHL in GAA (min. 10 GP) and eighth-T in wins with a 12-4-3 record, 2.42 GAA and .920 SV% in 22 appearances in 2022-23.

«  LW Jason Robertson ranks third in the NHL in goals and fifth in points with 23-23-46 in 32 outings on the season after collecting three assists on Saturday at Carolina.

All-Time Series

«  The Blue Jackets have gone 31-32-7 in 70 all-time meetings vs. the Stars, including 17-14-5 at Nationwide Arena.

«  The Blue Jackets have recorded points in four-straight home games of the series (3-0-1) and in 12 of the last 14 contests played at Nationwide Arena dating back to Jan. 28, 2013 (10-2-2).

«  The home team has won four-straight contests and collected points in seven consecutive outings since Columbus earned a 3-2 win at Dallas on Mar. 4, 2021.

«  The winning team has scored four-plus goals in seven of the last 10 games of the series.

«  CBJ have killed off all nine power play chances over the last six meetings dating back to Mar. 13, 2021.

«  The Stars own seven of the nine shutouts in the all-time series while the Blue Jackets have been awarded the only two penalty shot attempts.

«  Dallas has posted all three hat tricks in the all-time series with the most recent registered by Tyler Seguin in a 4-2 Stars win on Oct. 14, 2014 at Nationwide Arena.

This Season (CBJ, 0-0-0)

«  Dec. 19, 2022 – at COLUMBUS (7 p.m. ET)

«  Feb. 18, 2023 – at Dallas (6 p.m. ET)

Player Notables vs. Dallas

«  LW Johnny Gaudreau – 10-8-18 in 21 career GP, including points in eight of his 11 career home games against the club (6-3-9)

«  LW Patrik Laine – 19-7-26 in 26 career GP, including five multi-point efforts – with two hat tricks – in 14 career home outings against Dallas

«  G Elvis Merzlikins – 2-1-0 with a 2.29 GAA and .924 SV% in 5 GP, including a 2-0-0 record with a 1.60 GAA and .944 SV% in three career home contests

«  LW Gustav Nyquist – 3-7-10 in 17 career GP, including assists in two of his last three home outings (0-2-2).

«  C Jack Roslovic – 2-9-11 in 18 career GP, including assists in five-straight games played at home (1-7-8)

BLUE JACKETS TEAM NOTES

• The Blue Jackets fell for a third-straight game and moved to 7-9-2 in the last 18 games following a 4-2 loss at Boston on Saturday.
• The club plays its lone home contest of a five-game stretch from December 13-23 tomorrow against Dallas.  The club is in part of a stretch of six-of-eight contests away from Nationwide Arena from December 13-29.
• Columbus plays two of its next three contests against Central Division opponents, also playing at Chicago on Thursday.
• The Blue Jackets have scored multiple power play goals in two of the last four games (4-of-12; 33.3 pct.) and rank 16th in the NHL in power play pct. since November 5 (23.1; 12-of-52).
• Columbus plays its sixth of 16 back-to-back sets of the season vs. Dallas on Monday and at Philadelphia on Tuesday.
• CBJ blueliners have collected 13-34-47 in 30 games in 2022-23.
• Columbus has had 22 different players score a goal this season and is tied with Detroit and Florida for the most players on a single team in the NHL with a goal.
• Blue Jackets rookies have combined for 12-18-30 in 30 games in 2022-23 and rank third-T among NHL team rookies in goals and fifth-T in points.

BLUE JACKETS PLAYER NOTES

• RW Yegor Chinakhov has already set a single-season career high in assists and is two points shy of a new career high after collecting 4-9-13 in his first 29 outings this season (7-7-14 in 62 games in 2021-22).
• LW Johnny Gaudreau collected his team-leading ninth multi-point effort of the season with two assists on Saturday and has registered 3-12-15 with points in eight of his last 11 contests.  He second-T in the NHL in assists and seventh-T in points since November 10 with 5-19-24 in 18 contests.  The six-time NHL All-Star ranks third in the League in assists and points for the 2022 calendar year with 38-77-115 in 83 contests with Calgary and Columbus.
• C Boone Jenner has collected points in seven of his last 10 games (3-5-8) after scoring a power play goal against the Bruins.  He has notched 10-8-18 in his last 20 contests since November 4.
• C Kent Johnson ranks fifth-T among NHL rookies in goals, seventh-T in points-per-game (min. 15 GP) and ninth-T in points with 6-8-14 in 27 contests (.52 ppg).
• LW/RW Patrik Laine recorded his fifth multi-point effort of the season with 1-1-2 at Boston on Saturday.  He ranks fourth-T in the NHL in goals in the month of December with 7-4-11 in nine outings.
• RW Kirill Marchenko tallied CBJ’s lone goal on Thursday and has scored twice in the last four contests.
• C Jack Roslovic has collected 2-6-8 in his last nine outings, including his third career four-point effort on Dec. 11 vs. Los Angeles (2-2-4).
• G Daniil Tarasov is 2-3-1 with a 2.86 GAA and .916 SV% in his last seven NHL games dating back to registering his first career victory on Oct. 23 at the NY Rangers.

BLUE JACKETS MILESTONES

• RW Yegor Chinakhov is nine games from 100 for his NHL career (11-16-27, 91 GP).
• G Joonas Korpisalo is six games from 200 for his NHL career (80-72-22, 194 GP).
• LW/RW Patrik Laine is eight points from 100 for his CBJ career (45-47-92, 118 GP).
• C Jack Roslovic is three assists from 100 for his NHL career (63-97-160, 336 GP) and seven points from 100 for his CBJ career (37-56-93, 156 GP).

OhioHEALTH INJURY REPORT

• D Jake Bean (shoulder) is on Injured Reserve (Nov. 17); out 4-to-6 months (15 games)
• D Nick Blankenburg (ankle) is on Injured Reserve (Nov. 10); 6-to-8 weeks (17 games)
• D Adam Boqvist (broken foot) is on Injured Reserve (Oct. 26); 6-weeks (22 games)
• C/RW Justin Danforth (torn labrum) is on Injured Reserve (Oct. 25); 6 months (24 games)
• G Joonas Korpisalo (lower body) is on Injured Reserve (Dec. 10); 1-to-2 weeks (4 games)
• LW Jakub Voracek (upper body) is on Injured Reserve (Nov. 4); out indefinitely (19 games)
• D Zach Werenski (shoulder separation/torn labrum) is on Injured Reserve (Nov. 10); out 6 months (17 games)

TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 177

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