FEB. 10, 2023 II NATIONWIDE ARENA II VS. TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS

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)

Leafs to Watch

«  RW Mitch Marner leads the Maple Leafs in assists and points and ranks eighth-T in the League in assists with 19-41-60 in 52 GP this season after registering points in each of his last four outings (2-2-4).

«  RW William Nylander, who has notched 28-31-59 in 52 contests, leads the team in goals and ranks second in points. Has had his seven-game points streak (6-6-12) snapped in the club’s most recent game against Boston on February 1.

«  G Ilya Samsonov, the team’s top goaltender, who ranks sixth in the NHL in GAA (2.42), is also 17-6-2 with a .913 SV% in 25 games.

All-Time Series

«  The Blue Jackets are 16-16-1 in 33 all-time meetings vs. Toronto, including 7-9-0 at home.

«  Columbus has earned wins in 10 of the last 18 games in the series since Apr. 8, 2015.

«  CBJ are 5-0-1 (one tie) in overtime in the all-time series, including 2-0-0 at home.

«  The winning team has recorded four or more goals in 13 of the last 15 games in the series, including nine-straight dating back to Feb. 14, 2018.  Toronto earned a 5-4 victory in the most recent meeting on Mar. 7, 2022.

«  CBJ have scored a power play goal in five consecutive games in the series since Oct. 4, 2019 (5-of-17; 29.4 pct.).

«  The Blue Jackets own the only two shutouts in the all-time series with the most recent registered by Sergei Bobrovsky (35 saves) in the club’s 5-0 win on Apr. 8, 2015.

«  CBJ also have the only penalty shot attempt in the series with Gustav Nyquist scoring the overtime winner in a 4-3 OTW at Toronto on Oct. 21, 2019.

«  Both teams have recorded a hat trick in the all-time series with Toronto owning the most recent in Nazem Kadri scoring three goals in a 6-3 win at Toronto.

This Season (CBJ, 0-0-0)

«  Feb. 10, 2023 – at COLUMBUS (7 p.m. ET)

«  Feb. 11, 2023 – at Toronto (7 p.m. ET)

«  Apr. 4, 2023 – at Toronto (7 p.m. ET)

Player Notables vs. Toronto

«  LW Johnny Gaudreau – 6-9-15 in 21 career GP, including assists in his last three-straight against the club (1-3-4) and 5-5-10 in nine career home contests.

«  C Boone Jenner – 4-7-11 in 21 career GP, including assists in two of his last three against Toronto (0-2-2).

«  G Joonas Korpisalo – 5-3-0 with a 2.87 GAA and .914 SV% in eight career GP, including winning his most recent game against the Leafs where he stopped 28-of-31 shots (.903 SV%) on Oct 21, 2019.

«  C Sean Kuraly – 3-3-6 in 13 career GP, including 1-1-2 in his last three home outings against the Leafs.

«  LW Patrik Laine – 9-1-10 in 10 career GP, including goals in three of his last four matchups (4-0-4) and points in five of his six career home appearances (7-1-8; 2 multi-point efforts).

BLUE JACKETS TEAM NOTES

• The Blue Jackets play their first games following the club’s season break with a home-and-home series against the Maple Leafs.  The club plays its 10^th of 17 back-to-back sets of the season on Friday/Saturday.
• The series is the second of two home-and-home sets for the club in 2022-23 after playing the Colorado Avalanche in the 2022 Global Series in Tampere, Finland from November 4-5.
• Last Tuesday’s contest against the Capitals kicked off a run of four consecutive games against the Eastern Conference that runs through February 14 against New Jersey.  The club will then play six-straight against the Western Confrerence from February 16-26.
• The club has killed off 24-of-28 opponent power plays over the last 11 games dating back to January 12 (85.7 pct.; 12^th-T in NHL).
• The Jackets rank third-T in the NHL in power play percentage since January 21, scoring on 5-of-15 chances (33.3 pct.) over their last six games.
• Columbus blueliners have registered 6-16-22 in the last 12 contests and 22-57-79 in 51 games this season.
• CBJ rookies have combined for 17-13-30 over the last 20 games and lead all NHL teams in goals and rank second in points with 30-31-61 in 51 contests in 2022-23.  It’s the fourth-most goals scored by team rookies in franchise history, trailing only 2017-18 (37), 2019-20 (35) and 2000-01 (33).  RW Kirill Marchenko (13) and C Kent Johnson (10) are the third pair of rookie teammates to score double digit goals in a single season in club history, joining C Serge Aubin (13) and RW David Vyborny (13) in 2000-01 and C Pierre-Luc Dubois (20) and LW Sonny Milano (14) in 2017-18.

BLUE JACKETS PLAYER NOTES

• LW Johnny Gaudreau skated in his seventh career NHL All-Star – and first representing the Blue Jackets – on February 4.  He has collected points in six of his last seven games (2-6-8) and leads the team in assists and points with 14-35-49 in 51 contests this season.
• C Boone Jenner, who has registered points in four of his last six contests (3-1-4), skated in his 628^th career game on January 28 at Seattle, passing Cam Atkinson for the second-most games played in franchise history.
• C Kent Johnson has collected 2-3-5 in the past six contests.  He ranks fifth among NHL rookies in goals (tied) and points and seventh-T in points-per-game (min. 20 GP) with 10-14-24 in 48 contests (.50 Pt/GP).
• LW Patrik Laine has tallied assists in six of the past seven outings (2-7-9).  He has collected 5-10-15 in his last 12 contests to raise his season totals to 14-17-31 in 36 contests.
• RW Kirill Marchenko ranks second-T among NHL rookie goal scorers in 2022-23 with 13-0-13 in 28 games and leads League rookies in goals and ranks fourth-T in points since making his NHL debut on December 6.  He is the third player in NHL history to have each of his first 13 or more career regular-season points come solely in the form of goals, joining Joe Malone (16-0-16 in 1917-18 w/ MTL) and John McKinnon (13-0-13 in 1926-27 w/ PIR).
• D Andrew Peeke notched his fifth goal of the campaign against Washington last Tuesday.  He leads team blueliners in goals and all players in blocked shots, ranking 20^th-T overall in the NHL with 100.
• C Jack Roslovic has picked up 3-18-21 in 30 outings since December 1 after totaling 1-5-6 in his first 18 games of the campaign.

BLUE JACKETS MILESTONES

• D Gavin Bayreuther is seven games from 100 for his NHL career (5-15-20, 93 GP).
• D Erik Gudbranson in nine games from 700 for his NHL career (28-76-104, 691 GP).
• C Sean Kuraly is four games from 400 for his NHL career (47-64-111, 396 GP).
• LW Patrik Laine is 10 goals from 200 for his NHL career (190-168-258, 443 GP).
• RW Mathieu Olivier is six games from 100 for his NHL career (6-9-15, 94 GP).

OhioHEALTH INJURY REPORT

• D Jake Bean (shoulder) is on Injured Reserve (Nov. 17); out 4-to-6 months (36 games)
• D Nick Blankenburg (upper body) is day-to-day (3 games)
• D Adam Boqvist (upper body) is day-to-day (2 game)
• RW Yegor Chinakhov (ankle) is on Injured Reserve (Dec. 20); 4 weeks (20 games)
• C/RW Justin Danforth (torn labrum) is on Injured Reserve (Oct. 25); 6 months (45 games)
• RW Carson Meyer (oblique strain) is on Injured Reserve (Jan. 10); 6-to-8 weeks (11 games)
• LW Gustav Nyquist (shoulder) is on Injured Reserve (Jan. 25); expected to miss rest of reg. season (3 games)
• LW Jakub Voracek (upper body) is on Injured Reserve (Nov. 4); out indefinitely (40 games)
• D Zach Werenski (shoulder separation/torn labrum) is on Injured Reserve (Nov. 10); expected to miss rest or reg. season (38 games)

TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 347

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