By Joe “Big Head” Coopersmith

GAME AT A GLANCE

THREE STARS 1^st – D. Voronkov, CBJ (2-0-2); 2^nd – J. Gaudreau, CBJ (0-2-2); 3^rd – K. Marchenko, CBJ (shootout winner)

GOAL SCORERS
Columbus: Y. Chinakhov (11), PP – D. Voronkov (8), D. Voronkov (9), SO – K. Marchenko

Vancouver: J.T. Miller (20), C. Garland (6), PP – E. Pettersson (23)

GOALTENDERS
Columbus: E. Merzlikins (27 saves, SOW)
Vancouver: C. DeSmith (41 saves, SOL)

SPECIAL TEAMS
Columbus PP:  1-for-5, 11 shots
Vancouver PP:  1-for-4, 6 shots

BLUE JACKETS TEAM NOTES

• The Blue Jackets have recorded points in six of their last nine games (3-3-3) and 15 of the past 25 contests (10-10-5) following today’s shootout win over the Canucks.
• Columbus improved to 6-6-3 in the last 15 home games.
• CBJ improved to 6-2-0 in the last eight meetings vs. Vancouver since Mar. 24, 2019 and have now won four-straight home games in the series dating back to Mar. 1, 2020.
• The home team has won five consecutive games in the series and is 6-1-0 in the last seven dating back to Mar. 24, 2019.
• The winning team in the series has recorded four-plus goals (including shootout) in five-straight meetings and nine of the past 11 games of the series since Dec. 11, 2020.
• Four of the last six games in the series have been decided by a single goal.
• The teams combined for 74 shots today (CBJ-44, VAN-30) and have now combined for 60-plus shots in seven of the last nine games in the series since Dec. 11, 2020.
• The Blue Jackets have played past regulation in seven of the last 11 contests dating back to Dec. 21 and have had 14 of their games decided after regulation this season.
• Columbus has played in 20 one-goal games this season (6-5-9), including eight of the last 13 contests.
• Columbus blocked 15 shots today and has been credited with 597 blocked shots over the past 33 contests dating back to Nov. 6 and 806 in 44 games this season.
• With D Adam Boqvist’s assist today, Blue Jackets’ blueliners have now collected 12-54-66 in the last 28 games and 17-86-103 in 44 games this season.
• With LW Dmitri Voronkov’s two goals today, CBJ rookies have now recorded 21-35-56 in 44 games this season.
• CBJ played their third of five Monday games this season (2-0-1) and their fourth of five matinees games this season (2-2-0).
• The Blue Jackets improved to 8-2-1 in games played on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in franchise history and have picked up points in eight of the past nine contests (7-1-1) on the day.

BLUE JACKETS PLAYER NOTES_­

• C Dmitri Voronkov notched his first career multi-goal game and second multi-point contest of the season with two goals, giving him 3-2-5 in his past eight contests and 4-6-10 in his last 16 appearances (overall, 9-13-22 in 38 GP).
• LW Johnny Gaudreau notched his team-leading seventh multi-point and fifth multi-assist effort of the campaign with two assists. He now has assists in two consecutive games (0-3-3) and has registered 6-16-22 with six multi-point outings in his last 27 contests. He improved to 14-33-47 with 12 multi-point efforts in 44 career games against the Canucks, including assists in his last four games (2-5-7) and points in his past four (3-5-8), as well as points in 16 of his past 18 outings (7-17-234). He has also posted points in his last six home appearances vs. the club (3-8-11; five multi-point games).
• RW Yegor Chinakhov scored a goal to give him 8-5-13 in the last 16 games and 11-7-18 in 33 appearances this season. He now has 1-2-3 in three career outings vs. Vancouver.
• D Adam Boqvist registered an assist for his second-straight game (0-2-2) and has now posted assists in four of his last five games played (0-5-5; overall, 0-7-7 in 17 GP). He improved to 1-3-4 in six career games vs. the Canucks, including points in each of his last three games against the club (1-2-3).
• C Jack Roslovic notched his 200^th career NHL point (73-127-200, 408 GP) with an assist giving him 2-8-10 in 22 appearances this season.

BLUE JACKETS POST-GAME AUDIO INTERVIEWS

HC Pascal Vincent | F Yegor Chinakhov | F Kirill Marchenko | G Elvis Merzlikins

CANUCKS POST-GAME AUDIO INTERVIEWS

HC Rick Tocchet

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