Blues to Watch

• LW Pavel Buchnevich ranks second on the club in goals (tied) and points with 17-22-39 in 46 contests and has registered 7-8-15 in 18 career games against the Blue Jackets.
• D Torey Krug leads Blues defensemen in assists and points with 1-19-20 in 48 appearances and has collected 3-13-16 in 24 career games against CBJ.
• C Robert Thomas, who has collected assists in five consecutive games (1-7-8), leads St. Louis in goals (tied), assists and points with 17-35-52 in 48 outings in 2023-24.

All-Time Series

• Columbus has gone 34-42-16 in 92 all-time games against the Blues, including 11-26-9 on the road.
• The teams split five of six season series prior to the Blues sweeping the series in 2022-23.
• The home team is 6-1-0 in the last seven meetings dating back to Nov. 1, 2019.
• CBJ have swept one season series all-time, outscoring the Blues 11-3 and winning both games of the 2014-15 campaign.
• The winning team has scored five or more goals in each of the last five meetings and four-plus goals in eight of the past nine games of the series.
• CBJ have recorded a power play goal in seven of the last nine meetings overall since Oct. 25, 2018 (8-of-24; 33.3 pct.).
• Columbus owns two of the five shutouts all-time with the most recent shutout in the series recorded by St. Louis’ Manny Legace stopping all 25 shots in a 3-0 home win back on Apr. 5, 2008.
• CBJ’s lone hat trick in the series was recorded by RJ Umberger in a 5-2 win at Nationwide Arena on Nov. 30, 2009.

This Season (CBJ, 1-0-0)

• Dec. 8, 2023 – at Columbus 5, St. Louis 2
• Jan. 30, 2024 – at St. Louis (8 p.m. ET)

Player Notables vs. Blues

• RW Emil Bemstrom – 1-3-4 in 5 career GP, including assists in three of his last four games against the club (1-3-4).
• RW Yegor Chinakhov – 2-1-3 in 4 career GP, notching his first career three-point game (2-1-3) in the first meeting of the season series on Dec. 8.
• LW Johnny Gaudreau – 6-19-25 in 24 career GP, registering points in three of his last four games (1-3-4) and five of his last seven (2-8-10; 3 multi-point efforts).
• C Boone Jenner – 5-3-8 in 16 career GP, including
• RW Kirill Marchenko – 1-1-2 in 2 career GP, collecting both of his points in the first game of the season series at Nationwide Arena.
• D Zach Werenski – 2-3-5 in 12 career GP,

BLUE JACKETS TEAM NOTES

• The Blue Jackets complete a five-game road trip and last game before the NHL All-Star Break at St. Louis on Tuesday.  The club is 1-2-1 on the trip after a 4-1 loss at Edmonton on Jan. 23, 5-2 win at Calgary on Jan. 25, 5-4 overtime loss at Vancouver on Saturday and 4-2 loss at Seattle on Sunday.
• Following Tuesday’s game at St. Louis, the Blue Jackets will be off for All-Star Weekend and the NHL midseason break, returning to action 11 days later on Feb. 10 vs. Tampa Bay at Nationwide Arena.
• Columbus is currently in a stretch of nine of 10 games on the road over a month’s span from Jan. 23-Feb. 21.  It includes the team’s first of two five-game road trips of the campaign from Jan. 23-30 (also Mar. 19-28).
• After scoring one goal to begin the road trip, the club has recorded 11 goals over the last three contests (3.67 goals/game).  The club has scored at least two goals in 32 of the last 38 games played dating back to Nov. 6.
• The Blue Jackets have played in 21 one-goal games this season with the 21 one-goal games tied for the ninth-most in the NHL.
• Columbus has played past regulation eight times (3-5) over the last 16 games.  CBJ have had 15 of their games decided after regulation this season, tied for the fourth-most in the NHL.
• The Blue Jackets have scored a power play goal in two of the last three games (2-of-9; 22.2 pct.).
• CBJ rank seventh in the NHL with 106 goals scored at 5-on-5 play this season.
• Columbus ranks eighth in the league with 48 first period goals.
• The club picked up 20 blocked shots at Seattle on Sunday and has combined for 675 blocked shots over the past 38 games since Nov. 6.  CBJ rank fourth in the league in blocks-per-60 minutes (17.75) and fifth in blocked shots (884) in 2023-24.
• Blue Jackets blueliners have collected 2-6-8 over the last three games of the road trip and have combined for 6-15-21 in the last 10 contests as well as 14-60-75 over the past 33 contests.  They rank fifth among NHL defensive units in assists and ninth in points with 19-92-111 in 49 games this season.  The club also leads the league in assists percentage (39.0 pct.) and ranks second in points percentage (29.1 pct.) recorded by its defense.
• CBJ’s rookie class has combined for 24-36-60 in 49 games this season.  They lead the league among teams’ rookies in goals and rank second points and fourth in assists.  The Blue Jackets are one of two teams in the league (Minnesota) to have two rookies with 20 or more points in 2023-24 (Fantilli-27, Voronkov-24).

BLUE JACKETS PLAYER NOTES

• RW Yegor Chinakhov has collected points in three-straight contests (3-2-5) after notching his second multi-goal game of the campaign with both CBJ goals on Sunday.  He has picked up points in five of the last six games (4-3-7) and has totaled 12-7-19 over the last 21 contests.
• C Adam Fantilli has collected 4-7-11 in the past 18 contests. The 2023 third overall pick ranks third among NHL rookies in goals, fourth in points and sixth-T in assists with 12-15-27 in 49 appearances this season.
• LW Johnny Gaudreau has collected assists in two-straight games (0-2-2) and five of his past seven games (0-6-6) after registering an assist on Sunday (7-24-31, 49 GP).  He has recorded 3-13-16 in the last 19 games and 6-19-25 with six multi-point outings in his last 32 contests after collecting 1-5-6 in the first 17 games of the season.
• RW Kirill Marchenko, scored his team-leading 15^th goal of the season on Saturday.  He has recorded 15-10-25 in 47 contests this season and has already set single-season career highs in assists and points after posting 21-4-24 in 59 contests during his 2022-23 rookie campaign.
• D Ivan Provorov ranks second on the club in blocked shots and time on ice and third in assists with 4-19-23 and 93 blocked shots, while averaging 22:41 TOI in 49 appearances this season.
• D Damon Severson has registered assists in three consecutive outings (1-3-4) after collecting an assist on Sunday.  He has posted 5-6-11 over his last 18 outings, including notching his third multi-point effort of the campaign on Thursday at Calgary (1-1-2).  He leads club defensemen in goals with 6-10-16 in 34 appearances this season.
• C Cole Sillinger has notched 7-3-10 with two multi-point efforts over the past 17 contests.
• C Alexandre Texier notched shorthanded goals in two-straight games at Calgary (Jan. 25) and Vancouver (Jan. 27) to become the fourth player in Blue Jackets history to score shorthanded goals in back-to-back games on Jan. 25 at Calgary and Jan. 27 at Vancouver, joining Cam Atkinson (2020-21), R.J. Umberger (2010-11) and Rick Nash (2009-10, 2008-09).
• LW Dmitri Voronkov has notched a goal in three of the past six contests (4-0-4).  He ranks fourth among NHL rookies in goals, seventh in points and eighth-T in assists with 11-13-24 in 43 games this season.
• D Zach Werenski has registered assists in two of the past three games (0-2-2).  He ranks seventh-T among NHL blueliners in assists-per-game (.70) as well as leads the team in assists and TOI and ranks second-T in points with 1-26-27 on 24:17 TOI in 37 contests this season.

BLUE JACKETS MILESTONES

• D Adam Boqvist is six games from 200 for his NHL career (22-60-82, 194 GP).
• D Zach Werenski is one assist from surpassing F Nick Foligno (142-192-334, 599 GP) for the third-most assists in franchise history and eight assists from 200 for his NHL career (80-192-272, 453 GP).

OhioHEALTH INJURY REPORT

• F Patrik Laine (clavicle fracture-Dec. 14; NHL Player Assistance Program-Jan. 28); 17 games
• D Adam Boqvist (upper body) is on Injured Reserve retroactive to Jan. 25 (At least through All-Star break); 2 games
• C Adam Fantilli (leg)

TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 178

COURTESY BLUE JACKETS COMMUNICATIONS