Senators to Watch

«  D Thomas Chabot, who leads Ottawa blueliners with 9-26-35 in 56 outings, has posted four points in his last three games (1-2-3).

«  RW Claude Giroux has collected  points in four-straight games (3-7-10), 5-8-13 in his past eight games and has posted 26-37-63 in 61 outings this season.

«  LW Brady Tkachuk, who has registered points in 11 of his last 14 outings (9-9-18), including four-straight (2-3-5), leads the club in assists and points with 26-39-65 in 61 games this season.

All-Time Series

«  Columbus is 16-16-4 in 36 all-time meetings vs. Ottawa, including 7-9-2 on the road.

«  CBJ have recorded points in nine of the last 11 games of the series dating back to Mar. 17, 2018 (7-2-2).

«  The Blue Jackets had registered points in four-straight games at Canadian Tire Centre (3-0-1) prior to a 4-0 shutout loss in the Jan. 3 loss earlier this season.

«  The road team has recorded points in seven of the last nine games in the series dating back to Feb. 22, 2019 (5-2-2).

«  The club has killed off 28-of-32 Ottawa power play chances over the last 14 meetings dating back to Mar. 4, 2017 (87.5 pct.).

«  The Blue Jackets and Senators have split the six shutouts in the all-time series at three each with the Senators recording the most recent one in the earlier game this season by Anton Forsberg in a 4-0 win over CBJ in Ottawa on Jan. 3, 2023 (22 saves).

«  The Senators have registered both hat tricks and were awarded all three penalty shot attempts in the series.

This Season (CBJ, 0-1-0)

«  Jan. 3, 2023 – CBJ 0, at OTT 4

«  Mar. 4, 2023 – at Ottawa (7 p.m. ET)

«  Apr. 2, 2023 – at Columbus (6 p.m. ET)

Player Notables vs. Ottawa

«  LW Johnny Gaudreau – 6-15-21 in 24 career GP, including 3-7-10 with two multi-point efforts in his last 11 contests vs. the club

«  LW Patrik Laine – 4-8-12 in 11 career GP, including points in seven of his contests and 3-4-7 with three multi-point efforts in his past five

«  G Elvis Merzlikins – 1-1-1 with a 2.05 GAA and .931 SV% in 5 career GP, including a 0.96 GAA and .965 SV% while recording points in his last two games (1-0-1)

«  LW Eric Robinson – 1-2-3 in 8 career GP with all three of his points scored in his last three road games.

«  C Jack Roslovic – 3-1-4 in 8 career GP, including goals in two of the last three games played (3-0-3)

BLUE JACKETS TEAM NOTES

• Columbus had its three-game points streak (2-0-1) snapped with a 4-2 loss to Seattle on Friday.  The club has now recorded points in six of the last eight games overall (4-2-2).
• The club has also registered points in seven of its last 10 contests (5-3-2) with wins against four of the top-14 teams in the League (Toronto 4^th; Dallas 6^th; Edmonton 12^th;  Winnipeg 14^th).
• The Blue Jackets have won three-straight Saturday games and have earned victories in six of their last seven games played on the day dating back to December 31.
• Sunday’s game at Minnesota kicked off a stretch of 12-of-15 games played on the road from February 26-March 30.  The lone home games during that stretch are March 3 (vs. Seattle), March 11 (vs. St. Louis) and March 24 (vs. NY Islanders).
• CBJ have earned a point in a season-high five-straight road games (3-0-2) since February 11.  The club has also collected points in eight of its last 11 contests away from Nationwide Arena dating back to January 23 (5-3-3).
• Columbus, which has collected points in four of its last five games of a back-to-back set (2-1-2), concludes its 13^th of 17 back-to-back sets of the season at Ottawa (Saturday).
• CBJ have allowed 31 goals over their last 11 games, ranking ninth in the NHL in goals-against/game (2.82) since returning from the NHL break on February 10.
• The Blue Jackets rank sixth in the League in power play percentage since January 21, converting on 11-of-46 opportunities over the last 17 contests (23.9).
• Columbus blueliners have registered 9-30-39 in the last 23 contests and 25-71-96 in 62 games this season.
• CBJ rookies combined for 1-2-3 in Tuesday’s victory at Buffalo and have racked up 25-20-45 over the last 31 games.  They lead all NHL teams in goals and rank second in points with 38-37-75 in 62 contests in 2022-23 and have set a franchise record for the most goals scored by team rookies in a single season (37; 2017-18).  RW Kirill Marchenko (16) and C Kent Johnson (13) are also 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

• D Nick Blankenburg registered his third multi-point effort of the campaign with two primary assists on Tuesday at Buffalo.  He has collected 0-3-3 in his past six contests.
• D Adam Boqvist factored in both Blue Jacket goals on Friday (1-1-2) for his third multi-point effort of the season.   He has registered 3-5-8 in his last eight contests and 3-9-12 in his past 13 appearances.  He set a new single-season career high in assists with his 15^th of the campaign against the Kraken.

• LW Johnny Gaudreau became the 13^th different player in franchise history to record 40 assists in a single season after picking up an assist on Friday.  He leads the team in assists and points with 15-40-55 in 60 contests this season.  He set the franchise record for fewest games played to record 50 career points (53 GP), surpassing the mark set by Ray Whitney (56 GP).
• D Erik Gudbranson recorded an assist for the second time in three games on Friday.  He has collected 1-11-12 in 61 games in his first season with the club and has tied his single-season career high in assists (11 in 78 games with Calgary in 2021-22).
• C Boone Jenner has collected three multi-point efforts in the last six games (3-3-6).  The forward, who leads the team in goals (19), has notched 5-5-10 in his last 10 outings and 8-6-14 in his past 17 games.
• C Kent Johnson has collected 5-5-10 in his past 17 contests.  He ranks fifth among League rookies in goals (tied) and points with 13-16-29 in 59 games.
• LW Patrik Laine picked up his 12^th multi-point effort of the campaign with 1-1-2 on Friday.  He has posted 4-6-10 in his last nine contests and 9-16-25 with seven multi-point efforts in 23 outings since Jan. 10.
• RW Kirill Marchenko ranks second-T among NHL rookie goal scorers in 2022-23 with 16-1-17 in 39 games but leads League rookies in goals and ranks fifth-T in points since making his NHL debut on December 6.  The 16 goals are tied for third-most by a rookie in a single season in franchise history (Jenner in 2013-14; Sillinger in 2021-22), trailing only Rick Nash (17 in 2002-03) and Pierre-Luc Dubois (20 in 2017-18).
• G Elvis Merzlikins is 2-2-2 with a 2.95 GAA and .912 SV% in his last six games since returning from the NHL break on February 10.
• RW Mathieu Olivier has recorded 2-2-4 in his last seven games and has set career highs with 5-8-13 and 79 penalty minutes in 57 contests this season.
• D Andrew Peeke ranks 13^th in the NHL in blocked shots this season (132) and has registered a blocked shot in 54 of his 60 contests this season.
• LW Eric Robinson has recorded points in two of his last three games (3-1-4), including notching his first career hat trick on Tuesday at Buffalo.  He has collected 4-2-6 in his last four road games.  The winger, who has posted three multi-point efforts in 2022-23, sits two goals shy of tying his single-season career high (10 in 2021-22) with 8-10-18 in 55 outings.

BLUE JACKETS MILESTONES

• GM Jarmo Kekalainen is three games from 800 for his NHL GM career.
• LW Patrik Laine is six goals from 200 for his NHL career (194-174-368, 454 GP).

OhioHEALTH INJURY REPORT

• D Jake Bean (shoulder) is on Injured Reserve (Nov. 17); out 4-to-6 months (47 games)
• C/RW Justin Danforth (torn labrum) is on Injured Reserve (Oct. 25); 6 months (56 games)
• C Sean Kuraly (left oblique strain); expected to miss six weeks (1 game)
• D Zach Werenski (shoulder separation/torn labrum) is on Injured Reserve (Nov. 10); expected to miss rest or reg. season (49 games)

TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 422

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