By Melville Van Buren

GAME AT A GLANCE

THREE STARS
1^st – S. Martin, CBJ (stopped 36-of-37 shots faced, W); 2^nd – J. Danforth, CBJ (1-1-2, GWG); 3^rd – S. Kuraly, CBJ (1-0-1)

GOAL SCORERS
Columbus: S. Kuraly (1), J. Danforth (2), EN – Z. Werenski (1)

Calgary: SHG – E. Lindholm (2)

GOALTENDERS
Columbus: S. Martin (36 saves, W)
Calgary: J. Markstrom (26 saves, L)

SPECIAL TEAMS
Columbus PP:  0-for-2, 2 shots
Calgary PP:  0-for-2, 6 shots

BLUE JACKETS TEAM NOTES

• With tonight’s 3-1 victory over the Flames, the Blue Jackets improved to 2-2-0 to start the 2023-24 season.
• The Blue Jackets have now recorded points in three-straight games vs. the Flames (2-0-1).
• The winning team in the series has recorded three-plus goals in each of the last 10 meetings.
• The Blue Jackets killed off both of the Flames’ power play opportunities tonight and have now killed off all 18 Calgary power play attempts over the last eight games.
• CBJ blueliners recorded posted 1-2-3 tonight and have now combined for 3-5-8 in four games this season.
• The club finished a four-game homestand tonight (2-2-0).  It was the longest homestand at the start of a campaign in franchise history, surpassing a three-game homestand to start the 2016-17 campaign.
• CBJ is playing their first of 13 back-to-back sets of the 2023-24 season on Friday vs. Calgary and Saturday at Minnesota.

BLUE JACKETS PLAYER NOTES_­

• RW Justin Danforth notched his first career multi-point game with one goal and one assist (2-1-3 in 4 GP).
• C Sean Kuraly scored his first goal and point of the season.
• D Zach Werenski notched his first points and first multi-point game of the season with one goal and one assist.  He has now collected 4-4-8 in 11 career outings vs. Calgary, including three career multi-point efforts.
• D Ivan Provorov tallied his third assist of the season, giving him 0-3-3 in four outings.  He improved to 1-5-6 in 13 career games vs. the Flames, including points in four of his seven meetings vs. the club at home (1-4-5).
• C Jack Roslovic recorded his first point of the campaign with the first assist on Danforth’s third period goal (0-1-1 in 3 GP).
• G Spencer Martin stopped 36-of-37 shots tonight to earn his first win as a Blue Jacket and first NHL win since Dec. 27, 2022 vs. the Sharks (with Vancouver).

BLUE JACKETS POST-GAME AUDIO INTERVIEWS

HC Pascal Vincent | F Justin Danforth | F Sean Kuraly | G Spencer Martin

FLAMES POST-GAME AUDIO INTERVIEWS

HC Ryan Huska | F Mikael Backlund | F Elias Lindholm

BLUE JACKETS UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Saturday, Oct. 21                     at Minnesota – 8pm ET at Xcel Energy Center

Sunday, Oct. 22                        No Practice

Monday, Oct. 23                      Practice – 11 am ET at Nationwide Arena

PRE-GAME NOTES

Flames to Watch

«  D Rasmus Anderson led Calgary blueliners in goals, assists and points in 2022-23 with 11-38-49 in 79 outings and has racked up 15-84-99 in 161 contests over the last two campaigns.

«  C Nazem Kadri led the Flames in power play goals and finished third-T in points during the 2022-23 season with 24-32-56 and 11 PPG in 82 games.

«  C Elias Lindholm, who has collected 1-3-4 in the first three games this season, has posted four 20-goal and 60-point campaigns in his career, including 22-42-64 in 80 contests in 2022-23.

All-Time Series

«  Columbus has gone 33-24-8 in 65 all-time meetings vs. Calgary, including 19-10-4 at home.

«  The Flames have won seven of the last eight meetings in the series since Dec. 4, 2018 (CBJ; 1-5-2) after the Blue Jackets earned points in 15-of-17 contests from Nov. 21, 2011-Mar. 29, 2018 (12-3-2).

«  The winning team has scored four-plus goals in three of the last four meetings of the series.

«  Columbus has killed off all 16 Calgary power play attempts over the last seven games dating back to Mar. 19, 2019.

«  The Blue Jackets have notched three of the four hat tricks in the all-time series, including each of the last two from Pierre-Luc Dubois (Mar. 29, 2018; 5-1 W at CGY) and Cam Atkinson (Dec. 4, 2018; 9-6 L at CBJ).

«  CBJ have been awarded all three of the penalty shots in the all-time series, including one by Johnny Gaudreau (unsuccessful) in the most recent meeting between the clubs on Jan. 23, 2023.

This Season (CBJ, 0-0-0)

«  Oct. 20, 2023 – at COLUMBUS (7 p.m. ET)

«  Jan. 25, 2024 – at Calgary (9 p.m. ET)

Player Notables vs. Flames

«  LW Johnny Gaudreau – 0-2-2 in 2 career GP against his former team with both assists collected in the most recent meeting on Jan. 23, 2023 at Calgary.

«  C Boone Jenner – 2-2-4 in 17 career GP, including points in each of his last three games against the club (1-2-3).

«  F Patrik Laine – 7-5-12 in 14 career GP, including points in five of his last six games against Calgary (4-5-9).

«  D Ivan Provorov – 1-4-5 in 12 career GP, including 1-3-4 in his last five home contests against the Flames.

«  D Zach Werenski – 3-3-6 in 10 career GP, including two career multi-point outings.

BLUE JACKETS TEAM NOTES

• The club finishes a four-game homestand (1-2-0) on Friday against the Flames.  It’s the longest homestand at the start of a campaign in franchise history, surpassing a three-game homestand to start the 2016-17 campaign.  The Blue Jackets also hosted the Flyers on Oct. 12 (4-2 L), Rangers on Oct. 14 (5-3 W) and Red Wings on Oct. 16 (4-0 L).
• Columbus’ game against Calgary is the first of eight Friday games this season for the club but the only one over the first six weeks of the campaign.
• The Blue Jackets play five of their first six games of the season at home and six of nine overall in the month of October.
• Friday’s contest kicks off a stretch of three consecutive games against the Western Conference from October 20-24.
• CBJ play their first of 13 back-to-back sets this season on Friday vs. Calgary and Saturday at Minnesota.

BLUE JACKETS PLAYER NOTES

• Making his NHL debut on his 19^th birthday, C Adam Fantilli became the 18^th teenager in franchise history to make his NHL debut and the eighth to record a point after picking up an assist in the first period on Thursday against the Flyers.  Fantilli, who was selected third overall in the 2023 NHL Draft, became the third freshman in NCAA history to win the Hobey Baker Award as the NCAA’s top collegiate player, joining Paul Kariya (1993) and Jack Eichel (2015) after leading all players in goals and points with 30-35-65 in 36 games at the University of Michigan in 2022-23.
• C Boone Jenner recorded the Blue Jackets’ first three goals in Saturday’s 5-3 victory over the Rangers for his second career hat trick (Mar. 19, 2021 vs. BOS) and the club’s eighth natural hat trick in team history (MR: Emil Bemstrom; May 3, 2021 vs. NSH).  He leads the club in goals and points with 3-1-4 in three games this season after leading CBJ in goals with 26-19-45 in 68 outings in 2022-23.
• LW/C Patrik Laine collected points in the first two games this season (1-1-2).  The forward led the Blue Jackets in power play goals and points-per-game and ranked second in goals and points in 2022-23 despite missing 27 games due to injury as he finished with 22-30-52 and eight PPG in 55 outings (.95 points-per-game).
• RW Kirill Marchenko recorded an assist in the first two games of the season (0-3-3) and is already one assist shy of tying his total from his rookie campaign in 2022-23 (21-4-25 in 59 GP).  He finished tied for the NHL lead among rookies in power play goals and third in goals while setting franchise rookie records in both categories last season.
• Blue Jackets blueliners have combined for 2-3-5 in three games this season with D Jake Bean collecting points in the first two games (1-1-2) and D Ivan Provorov recording his first two assists with the team on Saturday against the Rangers.
• Seven-time NHL All-Star LW Johnny Gaudreau, who led the club in assists, points and multi-point efforts with 21-53-74 and 20 multi-point outings in 80 games in his first season with the Blue Jackets in 2022-23, collected his first two assists of the 2023-24 campaign on Saturday.

BLUE JACKETS MILESTONES

• C Liam Foudy is 10 games from 100 for his NHL career (7-12-19, 90 GP).
• F Patrik Laine is one goal from 200 for his NHL career (199-182-381, 465 GP).
• C Jack Roslovic is 10 points from 200 for his NHL career (71-119-190, 388 GP).
• D Andrew Peeke is four games away from his 200^th NHL game (9-25-34, 196 GP).

OhioHEALTH INJURY REPORT

• RW Yegor Chinakhov (back strain) is on the Injured/Non Roster List on Oct. 9 (Week-to-Week); 3 games
• RW Jordan Dumais (upper body) is on the Injured/Non-Roster List on Oct. 9 (Day-to-Day)
• G Daniil Tarasov (knee) is on the Injured/Non Roster List on Oct. 9 (Week-to-Week); 3 games
• D Zach Werenski (quad contusion) is on Injures Reserve on Oct. 13 (1-to-2 Weeks); 2 games
• G Elvis Merzlikins (illness) (Day-to-Day); 1 game

TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 10

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