BLUE JACKETS TEAM NOTES
- The Blue Jackets had their three-game points streak (2-0-1) snapped with tonight’s loss to the Minnesota Wild and fell to 5-5-3 in their past 13 games, including 2-3-1 at home since Jan. 21.
- Columbus has now picked up points in 12 of the last 18 meetings in the series vs. Minnesota dating back to Apr. 13, 2013 (10-6-2).
- The home team failed to record a point for just the second time in the last 10 meetings of the series (6-2-2).
- Columbus fell to 5-3-1 in the last nine home contests in the series and 9-6-1 in the past 16 games at Nationwide Arena.
- The Blue Jackets killed off Minnesota’s only power play attempt tonight and have now killed off 38-of-45 opponent power play chances over the last 18 games of the season (84.4 pct.).
BLUE JACKETS PLAYER NOTES
« C Boone Jenner led the Blue Jackets in shots with six (30 shots total).
« D Andrew Peeke led the club in TOI (23:50) and hits with four (11 total as a team).
« D Gavin Bayreuther, C Sean Kuraly and C Boone Jenner led the club in blocked shots with two each (12 total).
« D Adam Boqvist had his career-best four-game points streak (2-3-5) snapped tonight.
BLUE JACKETS POST-GAME AUDIO INTERVIEWS
HC Brad Larsen | D Erik Gudbranson | F Boone Jenner | G Joonas Korpisalo
WILD POST-GAME AUDIO INTERVIEWS
HC Dean Evason | F Brandon Duhaime | G Marc-Andre Fleury
BLUE JACKETS UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Friday, Feb. 24 Practice – 12:00pm ET at Nationwide Arena
Saturday, Feb. 25 vs. Edmonton Oilers – 12:30pm ET at Nationwide Arena
Sunday, Feb. 26 at Minnesota – 2:00pm ET at Xcel Energy Center
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