DEC. 4, 2022 II NATIONWIDE ARENA II vs. DETROIT RED WINGS

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)

All-Time Series

«  Columbus is 45-48-14 in 107 all-time meetings vs. Detroit, including 26-21-8 at home.

«  The Blue Jackets are 26-9-3 vs. the Red Wings since the start of the 2012-13 season.

«  Columbus has won nine of 10 season series since 2012-13, including each of past 6 campaigns (17-6-1).

«  CBJ have won six of the last eight meetings played at Nationwide Arena and are 15-5-1 against the club in Ohio dating back to Mar. 28, 2012.

«  The Blue Jackets have recorded eight of the 21 shutouts in the all-time series with both teams recording a shutout against each other on Apr. 27, 2021 during the 2020-21 season.  Elvis Merzlikins turned away 41 shots and Detroit’s Thomas Greiss stopped 33 shots in a 1-0 CBJ shootout win.

«  The Jackets killed off all six of the Red Wings power play attempts last season.

«  Columbus has recorded four of the seven hat tricks in the all-time series with Jack Roslovic recording one in the most recent meeting in a 5-4 OT win at Detroit on Apr. 9, 2022.

This Season (CBJ, 0-1-0)

«  Nov. 19, 2022 – DET 6, at CBJ 1

«  Dec. 4, 2022 – at COLUMBUS (6 p.m. ET)

«  Jan. 14, 2023 – at Detroit (7 p.m. ET)

Player Notables vs. Detroit

«  LW Johnny Gaudreau– 5-14-19 in 14 career GP, including points in eight of his last nine games played (5-10-15).

«  C Boone Jenner – 11-11-22 in 28 career GP, including points in 11 of his last 12 outings overall (7-5-12) and points in five consecutive home contests (4-1-5).

«  LW Gustav Nyquist – 1-7-8 in 8 career GP, including multiple assists in two of the last three games (0-4-4) and multi-point efforts in three of his last six (1-6-7).

«  C Jack Roslovic – 6-2-8 in 14 career GP, including four points (3-1-4), with his second career hat trick and the game-winning goal, in his last game against Detroit on Apr. 9, 2022.

BLUE JACKETS TEAM NOTES

• The Blue Jackets have picked up points in two-straight contests (1-0-1) and improved to 5-3-2 in the last 10 games overall following a 4-1 victory at Winnipeg on Friday.
• Following two contests against the Western Conference, CBJ play three-straight against the East from December 4-7.
• The Jackets play 15 games in the month of December, including eight on the road.  The club plays four of its first six games of the month at home before hitting the road for six-of-eight from December 13-29.
• Columbus has scored 34 goals in its past 10 games (3.4 per game), lighting the lamp at least four times in five of those contests.
• CBJ blueliners have collected 12-27-39 in 22 games this season, ranking seventh-T in NHL in goals).
• Columbus has had 21 different players score a goal this season following D Erik Gudbranson’s first as a Blue Jacket on Friday.  The club has the second-most players with a goal in 2022-23, trailing only Detroit (22).
• Blue Jackets rookies have combined for 8-15-23 in 22 games in 2022-23, ranking fifth among NHL team rookies in points and sixth in goals.
• CBJ finished fifth in the NHL in power play percentage in the month of November, converting on 8-of-27 chances in 11 games (29.6 pct.).

BLUE JACKETS PLAYER NOTES

• RW Yegor Chinakhov has recorded 2-3-5 in his last eight games played.  He has already tied his single season career high in assists with 4-7-11 in 20 outings this season (7-7-14 in 62 games in 2021-22).
• LW Johnny Gaudreau collected his third-straight multi-point effort (1-6-7) with his first three assist game as a Blue Jacket on Friday and now has 3-13-16 in the last 10 contests.
• Boone Jenner collected an assist vs. the Jets and has points in each of his last two games (1-1-2).  He finished with the third-most goals in the month of November in franchise history (tied) with 8-3-11 in 11 contests.
• C Kent Johnson registered an assist vs. the Jets and now has 2-4-6 in his last eight games.  He ranks fourth-T among NHL rookies in goals and points-per-game (min. 10 GP) and fifth-T in points with 5-7-12 in 19 contests (.63 ppg).
• G Joonas Korpisalo turned aside 37-of-38 shots faced in the win on Friday (.974 SV%) and has stopped 84-of-90 shots over his last three games since November 23 (.933 SV%).
• Playing in his first game since November 12 due to injury, LW/RW Patrik Laine tallied two goals in Friday’s win at Winnipeg.  He has notched 3-2-5 in his last five games played.
• LW Gustav Nyquist collected a goal at Winnipeg and now has points in two-straight (1-2-3) and 1-6-7 in his last nine contests.
• D Andrew Peeke leads the team with 45 blocked shots and has registered at least one in 20 of his 22 contests this season.

BLUE JACKETS MILESTONES

• G Joonas Korpisalo is nine games from 200 for his NHL career (80-71-22, 191 GP).
• C Sean Kuraly is three games from 100 for his CBJ career (20-19-39, 97 GP).
• C Jack Roslovic is eight assists from 100 for his NHL career (61-92-153, 328 GP).

OhioHEALTH INJURY REPORT

• D Jake Bean (shoulder) is on Injured Reserve (Nov. 17); out 4-to-6 months (7 games)
• D Nick Blankenburg (ankle) is on Injured Reserve (Nov. 10); 6-to-8 weeks (9 games)
• D Adam Boqvist (broken foot) is on Injured Reserve (Oct. 26); 6-weeks; (14  games)
• C/RW Justin Danforth (torn labrum) is on Injured Reserve (Oct. 25); 6 months (16 games)
• RW Mathieu Olivier (illness) is day-to-day (2 games)
• LW Jakub Voracek (upper body) is on Injured Reserve (Nov. 4); out indefinitely (11 games)
• D Zach Werenski (shoulder separation/torn labrum) is on Injured Reserve (Nov. 10); out 6 months (9 games)

TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 122

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