By Joe Coopersmith

Pascal Vincent CBJ head coach 4 1 2024 Postgame Press Conference CBJ 4 PITT 1.mp3

BLUE JACKETS PLAYER NOTES_­

• RW Alex Nylander notched his fifth career multi-goal effort and third of the campaign with two goals and has recorded 10-3-13 in his first 17 games with the club.
• RW Kirill Marchenko notched his seventh multi-point game of the season with 1-1-2, giving him goals in two consecutive contests (1-2-3). With 20-17-37 in 71 appearances in 2023-24, he is the second Blue Jacket (Pierre-Luc Dubois) to record back-to-back 20-goal seasons to begin his NHL career.
• D Erik Gudbranson tallied his fourth multi-assist and multi-point game of the season with two assists and has now collected 5-17-22 in 71 games this season.
• LW Johnny Gaudreau recorded an assist in his second-straight game, giving him 0-6-6 in the last seven outings (overall, 11-45-56 in 75 GP). He now has 8-12-20 in 25 career games vs. Colorado, including assists in two consecutive contests (0-2-2) and 3-9-12 in his past 13 appearances against the club.
• C Cole Sillinger scored a goal to extend his points streak to three games (2-2-4; overall, 13-16-29 in 70 GP).
• D Ivan Provorov registered an assist, giving him 0-2-2 in the last three contests (overall, 5-26-31 in 75 GP).
• C Alexandre Texier tallied an assist and now has 0-2-2 in the last three outings (overall, 11-16-27 in 71 GP).
• LW Dmitri Voronkov recorded an assist to give him 17-15-32 in 69 contests in 2023-24.
• D Jake Bean collected an assist, giving him 4-9-13 in 71 appearances.
• G Daniil Tarasov stopped 45-of-46 shots faced tonight and has complied a .939 SV% (277-of-295) in eight games (seven starts) since Mar. 7. He has allowed three goals or less in eight of his last 10 starts.

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