COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS NOTES:
Dec. 29, 2022 Game No. 34 (10-21-2, 22 pts.)
at New York Islanders (20-14-2, 42 pts.), UBS Arena Road Game No. 14 (2-10-1, 5 pts.) The Blue Jackets Press Box website, which includes game notes, stats, releases and video/audio clips as well as the 2022-23 Media Guide can be accessed at bluejackets.com/pressbox. Follow @BlueJacketsPR on Twitter for comprehensive information and updates on the team.
THE LAST GAME: DEC. 23, 2022 – CBJ 2 at CHI 5
CBJ Goal Scorers: PP – Marchenko (4), Bjork (3)
CHI Goal Scorers: Kane (5), Domi (11), Athanasiou (7), Raddysh (10), PP – Toews (11)
Goalies: CBJ – Tarasov (16/20; 23:24), Korpisalo (17/18; 36:22); CHI – Stalock (27/29; 60:00)
CBJ PP: 1/4; PK: 4/5 | Shots: CBJ: 29 / CHI: 38
3 Stars: 1. Toews, CHI; 2. Kane, CHI; 3. Stalock, CHI
Noteworthy: CBJ lost their 6th-straight game… CHI led 4-0 until CBJ scored with 6:12 left in the 2nd period and again 3:21 into the 3rd period to make it 4-2… CHI scored a PPG with 7:44 left in the 3rd… Bjork notched his 1st career multi-point game (1-1-2)… Roslovic (0-2-2) recorded his 3rd multi-assist/4th multi-point effort to extend his assists streak to 3-straight games (0-4-4), while also notching his 100th career NHL assist (1st assist)… Marchenko scored in his 2nd consecutive game (2-0-2)… Nyquist registered an assist, extending his assist streak to 3-straight outings (0-3-3)
OhioHEALTH INJURY REPORT
Danforth (torn labrum); Placed on Injured Reserve (Oct. 25); 6 months (27 games)
Voracek (concussion); Placed on Injured Reserve (Nov. 4); out indefinitely (22 games)
Blankenburg (ankle); Placed on Injured Reserve (Nov. 10); 6-8 weeks (20 games)
Werenski (torn labrum); Placed on Injured Reserve (retro to Nov. 10); rest of regular season (20 games)
Bean (shoulder); Placed on IR (retro to Nov. 15); out indefinitely (19 games)
Jenner (thumb); Placed on IR (Dec. 19); approximately 4 weeks (3 games)
Chinakhov (ankle); Placed on IR (Dec. 20); 4 weeks (2 games)
Merzlikins (COVID); day-to-day (2 games)
Laine (COVID); day-to-day
TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 206
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Dec. 28 Activated Sillinger off Injured Reserve, added Bemstrom to roster on emergency recall from Cleveland (AHL) and assigned Christiansen to Cleveland (AHL)
Dec. 24. Assigned Dunne to Cleveland (AHL)
Dec. 22 Activated Boqvist and Korpisalo off Injured Reserve, placed Sillinger on Injured Reserve retroactive to Dec. 17 and assigned Greaves to Cleveland (AHL)
Dec. 20 Placed Chinakhov on Injured Reserve and added Greaves to roster on emergency recall from Cleveland (AHL)
Dec. 19 Signed Richards to a one-year, two-way NHL/AHL contract for rest of 2022-23 season
Dec. 19 Placed Jenner on Injured Reserve and recalled Dunne from Cleveland (AHL)
Dec. 12 Recalled Tarasov from Cleveland (AHL) and assigned Greaves to Cleveland (AHL)
TONIGHT’S GAME BROADCAST INFO
7:30pm ET | Bally Sports Ohio | 97.1 FM
AGAINST THE ISLANDERS
2022-23 Series: 0-1-1 (0-0-1 at NYI)
2021-22 Series: 1-3-0 (0-2-0 at NYI)
All-Time Series: 23-17-1-7 (8-12-0-3 at NYI)
Last 10 (Overall | Road): 3-5-2 | 3-6-1
All-Time GF/GA: 140/135
All-Time SF/SA: 1,583/1,481
All-Time PP: 37-of-163
All-Time PK: 114-of-135
THE LAST GAME VS. NYI: NOV. 25, 2022 – CBJ 2 vs. NYI 3
CBJ Goal Scorers: PP – Chinakhov (4), PP – Johnson (5)
NYI Goal Scorers: Wahlstrom (6), PP – Pageau (6), Nelson (10)
Goalies: CBJ – Korpisalo (21/24; 58:04); NYI – Sorokin (24/26; 60:00)
CBJ PP: 2/4; PK: 3/4 | Shots: CBJ: 26 / NYI: 24
3 Stars: 1. Nelson, NYI; 2. Johnson, CBJ; 3. Barzal, NYI
Noteworthy: CBJ fell for 2nd-straight game… CBJ scored 2 PPG for 2nd time this season (also on Nov. 20 vs. FLA)… NYI scored the 1st 2 goals of the game, but CBJ scored 2 goals 33 seconds apart in the 2nd to tie the game heading into the 3rd… NYI scored GWG 6:10 into the 3rd… Johnson notched his 1st career multi-point game (1-1-2)… Gaudreau recorded his team-leading 5th multi-point and 3rd multi-assist effort of the campaign (0-2-2)… Chinakhov scored a PPG, giving him 2-3-5 in his last 6 games played.
SEASON SERIES LEFT: Mar. 24 at CBJ
CBJ/NYI CONNECTIONS
CBJ: Goto spent 7 seasons with NYI from 2005-12.
NOTED (Team Highlights vs. NYI)
CBJ are 9-10-2 vs. NYI since the start of 2016-17 but NYI has won the last 5 outings (CBJ; 0-4-1)… CBJ have picked up points in 2 of the last 4 games at NYI (1-2-1)… The home team is 7-3-1 in the last 11 meetings of the series dating back to 3/11/19… CBJ have killed off 22-of-26 NYI power play attempts over last 13 games (84.6 pct.) and 11-of-13 in the last 7 road contests (84.6 pct.)… NYI have posted 7 of the 11 shutouts in the all-time series, including the most recent occurrence on 3/10/22 at NYI… Neither team has recorded a penalty shot in the series… Most goals scored at NYI: 7 (12/23/00)… Most goals allowed at NYI: 6 (2/14/15).
NOTED (Player Highlights vs. NYI)
Bayreuther tallied his 1st career assist on 11/18/18 at NYI… Bjork notched a goal in his NHL debut on 11/12/22 at NYI… Gudbranson made his NHL debut on 10/8/11 at NYI… Jenner notched his 200th career NHL point (goal) on 10/19/19 vs. NYI… Korpisalo posted 1st NHL shutout (24 saves) on 2/25/17 vs. NYI… Laine skated in his 400th career NHL game on 3/31/22 at NYI… Peeke skated in his 100th career NHL game on 3/29/22 vs. NYI… Robinson skated in his 200th career NHL game on 11/12/22 at NYI… Sillinger scored 1st career
NHL goal on 10/21/21 vs. NYI.
PLAYER NOTABLES vs. NYI
•Bemstrom – 2-1-3 in 5 career GP, including 1-1-2 in the game on Nov. 12
•Bjork – 1-1-2 in 2 career GP with points scored in both contests of the season series including his first career NHL goal on Nov. 12
•Gaudreau – 4-10-14 in 13 career GP, including three multi-point outings in the last four games against NYI (1-5-6), and points in nine of the last 10 games played (3-10-13)
•Gavrikov – 3-2-5 in 9 career GP, including 2-1-3 in the last four contests
HIT THE ROAD, (BLUE) JACK(ETS)
The Blue Jackets fell for the sixth-straight game and moved to 7-12-2 in the last 21 games overall following a 5-2 loss at Chicago on December 23. Columbus plays two more games before the new year; Thursday at the NY Islanders and a Saturday matinee vs. the Blackhawks at Nationwide Arena. The Blue Jackets close out a stretch of six-of-eight contests away from Nationwide Arena tomorrow. The stretch of road games began back on December 13.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS NOTES:
LAST GAME
DATE NYI RESULT SCORE NYI SCORERS IN GOAL
Tues., Dec. 27, 2022 Win NYI 5 vs. PIT 1 Lee (2), Barzal (2),
Bailey
Sorokin (20/21)
Anders Lee and Mathew Barzal each scored twice, while Brock Nelson recorded two assists and Josh Bailey recorded a goal and assist to help the New York Islanders defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins, 5-1, Tuesday night at UBS Arena. Hudson Fasching recorded his third point as an Islander, Noah Dobson recorded his 14th assist of the season, and netminder Ilya Sorokin turned away 20 of 21 shots to earn his 12th win of the season in his 100th career NHL game.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Dec. 23 Kyle Palmieri (Dec. 16) and Semyon Varlamov (Dec. 17) have both been placed on IR, retroactive to their
dates. Aatu Raty and Parker Wotherspoon have been recalled from loan (Bridgeport).
Dec. 21 Cal Clutterbuck has been placed on IR (retroactive to Dec. 16).
Dec. 18 Cory Schneider has been emergency recalled from loan (Bridgeport).
Dec. 17 Cal Clutterbuck and Kyle Palmieri are both day to day with upper body injuries.
Dec. 16 Kyle Palmieri has been activated off the team’s IR list.
Dec. 15 Adam Pelech has been placed on IR (retroactive Dec. 6).
TONIGHT’S MATCHUP
Tonight, the New York Islanders host the Columbus Blue Jackets in the third of four matchups between the two clubs this season. The last time these teams met was just over a month ago on November 25, when Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Brock Nelson each scored, and Mathew Barzal tallied two assists, to help the Islanders to a 3-2 win in Columbus. The Islanders enter tonight’s game with an 8-4-0 record against Metropolitan Division opponents after defeating the Penguins on Tuesday, and they have won each of their last five matchups against Columbus.
INJURIES GAMES MISSED
3 Adam Pelech Dec. 9 –
10 Simon Holmstrom Dec. 27 –
12 Josh Bailey Nov. 29
15 Cal Clutterbuck Oct. 13, Nov. 8, Dec. 2- Dec. 6, Dec. 17 –
18 Anthony Beauvillier Dec. 10 – Dec. 13
21 Kyle Palmieri Nov. 23 – Dec. 13, Dec. 17 –
25 Sebastian Aho Oct. 13 – Oct. 20
26 Oliver Wahlstrom Oct. 13
40 Semyon Varlamov Dec. 19 –
Man Games Lost: 47
RECENT RESULTS
Tuesday, Dec. 27 vs. Pittsburgh W (5-1)
Friday, Dec. 23 vs. Florida W (5-1)
Thursday, Dec. 22 at NY Rangers L (5-3)
Monday. Dec. 19 at Colorado L/SO (1-0)
Saturday, Dec. 17 at Vegas W (5-2)
UPCOMING GAMES
Jan. 1 at Seattle Climate Pledge Arena (Seattle, WA) 8:00pm
Jan. 3 at Vancouver Rogers Arena (Vancouver, BC) 10:00pm
Jan. 5 at Edmonton Rogers Place (Edmonton, AB) 9:00pm
Jan. 6 at Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome (Calgary, AB) 9:00pm
Jan. 10 vs. Dallas UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) 7:30pm
SEASON SERIES
DATE LOCATION RESULT/TIME
Nov. 12, 2022 UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) W (OT), 4-3
Nov. 25, 2022 Nationwide Arena (Columbus, OH) W, 3-2
Dec. 29, 2022 UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) 7:30pm
Mar. 24, 2023 Nationwide Arena (Columbus, OH) 7:00pm
LAST FIVE MEETINGS AGAINST COLUMBUS:
Nov. 25, 2022 Nationwide Arena (Columbus, OH) Win (3-2)
Nov. 12, 2022 UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) Win (OT) 4-3
Mar. 31, 2022 UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) Win (5-2)
Mar. 29, 2022 PPG Paints Arena (Pittsburgh, PA) Win (4-3)
Mar. 10, 2022 UBS Arena (Belmont Park, NY) Win (6-0)
vs. THE BLUE JACKETS:
2022-23 2-0-0
Last 5 meetings 5-0-0
Franchise History 24-16-1-7
NYI Home 15-4-0-4
NYI Away 9-12-1-3
