MAY 8, 2021 II vs. DETROIT RED WINGS II NATIONWIDE ARENA II 7 PM ET

CBJ BROADCAST INFORMATION

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

TONIGHT’S MATCHUP

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS

Record: 17-26-12, 46 pts. (8^th, Discover Central Division) 

Goals:  2.35 Goals-For/3.27 Goals-Against… Shots:  28.9 Shots-For/32.3 Shots-Against

Power Play:  15.4 percent (27^th, NHL)… Penalty Kill:  79.6 percent (17^th, NHL)

Penalty Minutes:  7.1 PIM (7^th, NHL)… Overtime Record (Shootout):  5-9-3 (3-3)

DETROIT RED WINGS

Record: 19-27-9, 47 pts. (7^th, Discover Central Division)

Goals:  2.20 Goals-For/2.96 Goals-Against… Shots:  27.1 Shots-For/31.8 Shots-Against

Power Play:  10.8 percent (30^th, NHL)… Penalty Kill:  78.7 percent (21^st, NHL)

Penalty Minutes:  7.5 PIM (11^th-T, NHL)… Overtime Record (Shootout):  3-6-3 (2-3)

Players to Watch:  LW Jakub Vrana (Has 18-16-34 in 49 GP split between WSH/DET in 2020-21); D Filip Hronek (Leads DET in assists with 2-22-24 in 55 GP).

ALL-TIME SERIES

Results:  Columbus has gone 42-46-1-13 in 102 regular season games vs. the Red Wings, including a 24-20-8 mark at home… Of Note: The clubs competed as Central Division rivals over 12 seasons from 2000-13… Columbus has gone 24-7-3 since Mar. 17, 2011, including an 14-4-1 mark since the start of the 2016-17 season… CBJ are 7-2-0 in the last nine home games since Feb. 11, 2017 and 13-4-1 in the past 17 since Mar. 28, 2012… Goals:  CBJ – 239, DET – 301… CBJ PP:  56-of-422 (13.3 pct.)…CBJ PK:  324-of-401 (80.8 pct.).

This Season (CBJ, 3-3-1)

Jan. 18 – COLUMBUS 3, at Detroit 2

Jan. 19 – at Detroit 3, COLUMBUS 2 (OT)

Mar. 2 – at COLUMBUS 4, Detroit 1

Mar. 27 – at Detroit 3, COLUMBUS 1

Mar. 28 – at Detroit 4, COLUMBUS 1

Apr. 27 – at COLUMBUS 1, Detroit 0 (SO)

May 7 – Detroit 5, at COLUMBUS 2

May 8 – at COLUMBUS

2019-20 Results (CBJ, 3-0-0)

Nov. 21, 2019 – at Columbus 5, Detroit 4

Dec. 17, 2019 – Columbus 5, at Detroit 3

Feb. 7, 2020 – at Columbus 2, Detroit 1

CBJ TEAM NOTES

The Blue Jackets had their five-game point streak (2-0-3) snapped with a 5-2 loss to Detroit on Friday… Four of the past six contests have been decided after regulation… CBJ close out their season-ending four-game homestand with the season finale against the Red Wings on Saturday… Columbus has killed off 52-of-59 opponent power play attempts in the past 24 games since March 20 (88.1 pct) and 55-of-63 over the last 27 since March 13 (87.3 pct.)… The Blue Jackets have played in 27 one-goal games this season… CBJ have scored the first goal of the game on 32 occasions… The Blue Jackets conclude their ninth and final back-to-back set of the season (2-4-2 in 2^nd game; 5-10-2 overall).  It’s the 11^th time in CBJ history the club will play games on back-to-back days to end a season (third-straight time) and first with both games played at home… CBJ are 11-7-1 in season finales in franchise history, including 8-1-0 in the past nine season finales since Apr. 7, 2012.

CBJ PLAYER NOTES

RW Cam Atkinson collected his 400^th career NHL point on his first of two assists on Wednesday and ranks second on the club in goals and points (tied) with 14-19-33 in 55 appearances… RW Oliver Bjorkstrand, tallied his third three-point outing of the campaign on Wednesday (2-1-3) and has 3-7-10 in the past 10 contests.  He has set a new single-season career high in points and leads the club in goals, assists, points and multi-point efforts with 17-25-42 and nine multi-point outings in 55 games… C Max Domi has posted 3-8-11 in his last 16 games played… D Vladislav Gavrikov has assists in two-straight games (0-3-3)… LW Mikhail Grigorenko has 1-1-2 in the past three games and 2-2-4 in his last eight outings… D Seth Jones, who ranks fifth in the NHL in TOI/G (25:13), is one of six players in the NHL to record 95-plus hits (102) and blocked shots (99) this season… C Jack Roslovic has 5-6-11 and three multi-point efforts in the last 15 appearances.  He has set career highs in assists and points this season with 11-22-33 in 47 GP.

MILESTONES

•     HC John Tortorella (672) is one win from surpassing Mike Keenan (672) for 12th-most wins in NHL history.

OhioHEALTH INJURY REPORT

•       LW Gus Nyquist (shoulder surgery on Nov. 3; Injured Reserve) is expected to miss five-to-six months.

•       C Boone Jenner (broken finger on Apr. 6) is expected to miss six weeks.

•       D Zach Werenski (inguinal/sports hernia: Injured Reserve) is out for the rest of the season.

•       G Joonas Korpisalo (lower body injury on Apr. 25) is out for the rest of the season.

•       C Alexandre Texier (lower body injury) is day-to-day.

•       C Zac Dalpe (lower body injury) is out for the rest of the season.

                              o TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST:  161.

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