By Joe Coopersmith
Kirill Marchenko CBJ RW Postgame Dressing Room after 3-2 Shootout win over Philadelphia Flyers 1 14 2025
GAME AT A GLANCE
THREE STARS
1st – Z. Werenski, CBJ (2-0-2); 2nd – D. Tarasov, CBJ (23-of-25, SOW); 3rd – K. Marchenko, CBJ (0-1-1)
- RW Kirill Marchenko (18-30-48, 44 GP) registered an assist for points in five-straight games (2-4-6) and has tallied 5-6-11 in his last nine games played. He has 2-4-6 in nine career contests against the Flyers and 1-2-3 in this season’s series against the club.
BLUE JACKETS TEAM NOTES
- The Blue Jackets won for a season-high fifth-straight game and have now recorded points in 10 of their past 12 contests overall since Dec. 19 (9-2-1) following tonight’s shootout win over the Flyers.
- The last time Columbus won five consecutive games was from Jan. 11-22, 2020 when the club had a six-game win streak.
- CBJ have collected points in 14 of their last 16 home contests (11-2-3) following the shootout win.
- Columbus won its league-high fourth shootout of the season, improving to 4-0 on the campaign.
- The Jackets improved to 1-1-1 against the Flyers in the 2024-25 season series. The club has also posted points in four of the last five contests of the series overall (3-1-1) and won four of the past six meetings at Nationwide Arena (4-2-0).
- The club has recorded 148 goals (not including SO goals) in the first 44 games this season. It’s the most goals scored through the opening 44 contests of a campaign in franchise history, surpassing the 143 scored in the 2016-17 season.
- Columbus has scored goals in 92-of-the-132 periods played in regulation this year after scoring in the first and third periods.
- Tonight’s attendance was 15,018.
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