By Joe Coopersmith

Pascal Vincent CBJ head coach 3 30 2024 Postgame Press Conference CBJ 4 Penguins 3 Shootout .mp3

BLUE JACKETS PLAYER NOTES_­

• D Zach Werenski notched his 10^th multi-point effort of the campaign with 1-1-2 to give him 3-7-10 and three multi-point outings in the last nine contests. With 7-41-48 in 62 games, he has tied his single-season career high in points (2021-22) and tied Seth Jones (2017-18) for the second-most assists by a defenseman in a single season. He now has 3-7-10 in 18 career games against Pittsburgh, including assists in four of his last six contests vs. the club (1-4-5), points in seven of his past ten outings overall (2-6-8) as well as 2-5-7 in his last eight appearances at home against the Penguins.
• D Damon Severson tallied an assist in his second-straight contest (0-2-2) and scored the game-deciding shootout goal. He improved to 4-of-11 in the shootout for his career with all four goals game-deciding goals. The blueliner has now posted 1-4-5 in the past eight games and 7-17-24 in 59 appearances this season.
• RW Mathieu Oliver scored his first career NHL shorthanded goal to extend his goal streak to two-straight games – tying his career high goal streak (2-0-2, Mar. 23-25, 2021). With 5-5-10 in 46 contests this season, he has also tied his single-season career high in goals.
• C Cole Sillinger registered an assist to give him 1-2-3 in the past two games and has notched a new single-season career high in assists with 12-16-28 in 69 appearances. He improved to 1-3-4 in 10 career games vs. Pittsburgh, including 1-2-3 in two-straight contests against the club.
• LW Johnny Gaudreau recorded an assist, giving him 0-5-5 in the last six outings (overall, 11-44-55 in 74 GP). He now has 9-7-16 in 21 career appearances vs. the Penguins, including points in eight of his last 12 contests against the club overall (5-4-9) as well as 5-4-9 in 11 career home appearances vs. Pittsburgh.
• RW Kirill Marchenko notched a goal to give him 2-1-3 in his past six outings and 19-16-35 in 70 appearances this season.
• RW Cameron Butler made his NHL debut in the second period tonight, finishing with one shift of 54 seconds.

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