Goalie Spencer Martin comes back to haunt Blue Jackets in 4-2 win; Team released him in January

By Joe Coopersmith

BLUE JACKETS TEAM NOTES

The Blue Jackets fell to 3-4-0 in the past seven games following tonight’s loss to the Hurricanes.
The winning team in the series has scored four-plus goals in eight of the past nine meetings dating back to Oct. 23, 2022.
With D Zach Werenski’s assist tonight, CBJ blueliners have now recorded 11-29-40 in the last 20 games and 24-106-130 in 59 games this season.
The Blue Jackets blocked 22 shots tonight and have now been credited with 827 blocked shots over the past 48 games dating back to Nov. 6 and have registered 1,036 blocked shots this season.
Columbus recorded 22 shots on goal tonight and has now registered 296 shots on goal over the last nine contests (32.9 avg.).
The Jackets completed their ninth of 13 back-to-back sets of the campaign, failing to record points in either game for just the second time this season (Nov. 18 at WSH/Nov. 19 at PHI).
CBJ played their 11^th of 16 Thursday games this season.
Tonight’s attendance was a sellout crowd of 18,390, marking the 11th sellout in the past 13 games at Nationwide Arena dating back to December 16.

BLUE JACKETS PLAYER NOTES

LW Alexander Nylander notched his first point (assist) and goal as a Blue Jacket and of the season (overall, 1-1-2 in eight GP). It was his his ninth career multi-point game (MR: 1-1-2 with CHI on Mar. 11, 2020 vs. SJS).
C Cole Sillinger scored a goal in his second consecutive game (2-0-2) and now has 10-12-22 in 54 appearances this season. With 29-35-64 in 197 career games, he moved into a tie with Dan Fritsche for the second-most goals scored among Ohio-born players playing for Columbus. The only player with more is Jack Roslovic (49).
D Zach Werenski registered an assist to give him points in six of his past 10 contests (3-4-7) and eight of his past 13 (3-6-9). With 4-30-34 in 47 appearances this season, he has recorded his fourth career 30-assist campaign (MR: career-high 37 in 2021-22). He improved to 4-5-9 in 25 career games vs. the Hurricanes, including points in three of his past four home contests against the club (2-1-3).
C Jack Roslovic recorded an assist and has now collected assists in five of his last seven games (1-6-7) and points in six of the past eight contests (2-6-8; overall, 4-14-18 in 36 GP).
C Boone Jenner tallied an assist, giving him 5-4-9 in the last nine outings and 18-9-27 in 44 games this season. He improved to 7-11-18 in 39 career contests vs. Carolina, including points in three of his last four home games against the club (1-2-3).

BLUE JACKETS POST-GAME AUDIO INTERVIEWS

HURRICANES POST-GAME AUDIO INTERVIEWS

HC Rod Brind’Amour | G Spencer Martin | D Brady Skjei

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