COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS NOTES:
Jan. 14, 2023 Game No. 42 (12-27-2, 26 pts.)
at Detroit Red Wings (18-15-7, 43 pts.), Little Caesars Arena Road Game No. 18 (2-14-1, 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: JAN. 12, 2023 – CBJ 2 vs. CAR 6
CBJ Goal Scorers: Kuraly (8), Gaudreau (12)
CAR Goal Scorers: Pesce (3), Burns (6), SH – Chatfield (3), Pesce (4), Slavin (3), Jarvis (7)
Goalies: CBJ – Korpisalo (35/41; 60:00); CAR – Andersen (21/23; 60:00)
CBJ PP: 0/3; PK: 4/4 | Shots: CBJ: 23 / CAR: 41
3 Stars: 1. Pesce, CAR; 2. Burns, CAR; 3. Slavin, CAR
Noteworthy: CBJ fell for 3rd consecutive game… CBJ trailed 2-1 after the 1st period and 3-1 after the 2nd… CBJ scored at 15:27 in the 3rd to make it 5-2… Korpisalo played in his 200th career NHL game… Gaudreau took over team lead in goals… Laine tallied an assist for 2nd-straight game (0-3-3)… Boqvist recorded an assist in 3rd consecutive game played (0-3-3)… Bayreuther registered an assist, giving him points in 2-straight outings (1-1-2).
OhioHEALTH INJURY REPORT
Danforth (torn labrum); Placed on Injured Reserve (Oct. 25); 6 months (35 games)
Voracek (concussion); Placed on Injured Reserve (Nov. 4); out indefinitely (30 games)
Werenski (torn labrum); Placed on Injured Reserve (retro to Nov. 10); rest of regular season (28 games)
Bean (shoulder); Placed on IR (retro to Nov. 15); out indefinitely (26 games)
Jenner (thumb); Placed on IR (Dec. 19); approximately 4 weeks (11 games)
Chinakhov (ankle); Placed on IR (Dec. 20); 4 weeks (10 games)
Tarasov (upper body); Placed on IR (retro to Dec. 30); day-to-day (7 games)
Robinson (upper body); Placed on IR (retro to Jan. 3); day-to-day (5 games)
Meyer (oblique strain); Placed on IR (Jan. 11); 6-8 weeks (1 game)
Merzlikins (illness); day-to-day (1 game)
TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 279
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Jan. 13 Assigned Greaves and Fix-Wolansky to Cleveland (AHL)
Jan. 12 Activated Blankenburg off Injured Reserve, placed Robinson on Injured Reserve retroactive to Jan. 3 and added Greaves to the roster on emergency recall from Cleveland (AHL)
Jan. 11 Placed Meyer on Injured Reserve and added Fix-Wolansky to roster on emergency recall from Cleveland (AHL)
Jan. 11 Assigned Greaves to Cleveland (AHL)
Jan. 10 Placed Tarasov on IR retroactive on Dec. 30 and added Greaves to roster on emergency recall from Cleveland (AHL)
TONIGHT’S GAME BROADCAST INFO
7pm ET | Bally Sports Ohio | 97.1 The Fan
AGAINST THE RED WINGS
2022-23 Series: 0-2-0 (0-0-0 at DET)
2021-22 Series: 2-1-0 (1-1-0 at DET)
All-Time Series: 45-49-1-13 (19-27-0-6 at DET)
Last 10 (Overall | Road): 4-6-0 | 6-3-1
All-Time GF/GA: 258/328
All-Time SF/SA: 3,050/3,534
All-Time PP: 58-of-439
All-Time PK: 334-of-416
THE LAST GAME VS. DET: DEC. 4, 2022 – CBJ 2 vs. DET 4
CBJ Goal Scorers: PP – Bjork (2), Johnson (6)
DET Goal Scorers: Czarnik (2), PP – Kubalik (10), PP – Raymond (7), Copp (3)
Goalies: CBJ – Korpisalo (31/35; 56:42); DET – Husso (32/34; 60:00)
CBJ PP: 1/3; PK: 3/5 | Shots: CBJ: 34 / DET: 35
3 Stars: 1. Copp, DET; 2. Hronek, DET; 3. Jenner, CBJ
Noteworthy: Both CBJ’s goals were scored by rookies… Jenner tallied his 5th multi-point/2nd multi-assist game of the season (0-2-2) to extend his points streak to 3-straight games (1-3-4)… Gaudreau recorded his team-leading 18th assist of the campaign, while extending his assists streak to 4 consecutive games (1-7-8)… Johnson scored to make it 3-2 DET 1:58 into the 3rd and to give him points in 2-straight contests (1-1-2)… Bjork scored his 1st career NHL PPG… Roslovic tallied an assist for a 2nd consecutive game (0-2-2).
SEASON SERIES LEFT: Series is complete.
NOTED (Team Highlights vs. DET)
CBJ are 26-10-3 vs. DET since the start of the 2012-13 season, including 12-4-2 in road games over that stretch… Winning team has recorded 3+ goals in 18 of the last 20 contests… CBJ have killed off all 9 DET PP attempts in the last 4 road contests… CBJ have posted 8 of 21 shutouts in series, as teams each picked up their most recent shutout in a 1-0 SO CBJ win on 4/27/21 (CBJ-Merzlikins, 41; DET-Greiss, 33)…Most goals scored at DET: 8 (3/7/09)… Most goals allowed at DET: 7 (3/26/12).
NOTED (Player Highlights vs. DET)
Chinakhov made his NHL debut on 10/19/21 at DET and scored his 1st career NHL goal on 11/15/21 vs. DET… Danforth made his NHL debut on 11/15/21 vs. DET… Robinson played his 100th career NHL game on 3/28/21 at DET… Roslovic notched his 2nd career hat trick in his 300th career NHL game on 4/9/22 at DET.
PLAYER NOTABLES vs. DET
• Gaudreau– 5-15-20 in 15 career GP, including points in 9 of his last 10 games played (5-11-16)
• Jenner – 11-13-24 in 29 career GP, including points in 12 of his last 13 outings overall (7-7-14) and points in 6 of his last 7 games at Detroit (3-4-7)
• Nyquist – 1-7-8 in 9 career GP, including multiple assists in 2 of the last 4 games (0-4-4) and multi-point efforts in 3 of his last 7 (1-6-7)
• Roslovic – 6-3-9 in 15 career GP, including 3-2-5 in his last 2 games
DETROIT RED WINGS NOTES:
LAST GAME
RED WINGS 4 vs. TORONTO 1 (1/12/23)
1ST PERIOD: DET Raymond (Larkin) 8:48-EV
2ND PERIOD: DET Fabbri (Berggren, Kubalík) 3:49-PP; TOR Sandin (Tavares, Liljegren) 6:18-EV
3RD PERIOD: DET Chiarot (Raymond, Larkin) 18:07-EN; DET Seider (Walman, Raymond) 19:40-PP
SHOTS: DET 23 (9-6-8) / TOR 33 (8-8-17)
GOALIES: DET Husso (W, 32-33) / TOR Samsonov (L, 19-22)
PP: DET 2-5 / TOR 0-3
MAN GAMES LOST (games missed / out since)
Filip Zadina – lower body (29 / Nov. 5)
Matt Luff – upper body (27 / Nov. 8)
Robert Hägg – undisclosed (14 / Dec. 8)
Total Man Games Lost: 207
Individual Man Games Lost: Robby Fabbri (35), Jakub Vrána (33), Tyler Bertuzzi (29), Elmer Söderblom (13), Gustav Lindström (11), Oskar Sundqvist (7), Olli Määttä (4), Ville Husso (2), Michael Rasmussen (2), Dylan Larkin (1)
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
1/13 – Reassigned defenseman Donovan Sebrango from Grand Rapids to Toledo (ECHL)
1/10 – Activated forward Tyler Bertuzzi from injured reserve
1/8 – Assigned forward Elmer Söderblom to Grand Rapids
1/4 – Assigned goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic to Grand Rapids to conditioning … Activated forward Robby Fabbri from injured reserve
… Assigned forward Jakub Vrána to Grand Rapids
TONIGHT’S GAME
RED WINGS vs. BLUE JACKETS / 7:00 P.M. EST / LITTLE CAESARS ARENA / TV: BSD / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
TONIGHT: 109th all-time meeting, 53rd in Detroit … Third of three games this season, only game at Little Caesars Arena
ALL-TIME vs. CBJ: 62-30-1-15 / HOME: 33-11-0-8 / LAST 10: 6-1-3 / IN 2021-22: 1-1-1 / THIS SEASON: 2-0-0
DET top scorers vs. CBJ: David Perron (18-30-48 in 47 GP), Dylan Larkin (6-17-23 in 24 GP), Filip Hronek (4-9-13 in 17 GP),
Tyler Bertuzzi (10-2-12 in 14 GP), Andrew Copp (3-6-9 in 12 GP), Lucas Raymond (3-5-8 in 5 GP), Dominik Kubalík (3-4-7 in 14 GP), Jordan Oesterle (1-3-4 in 7 GP), Moritz Seider (0-3-3 in 5 GP), Jonatan Berggren (0-1-1 in 2 GP)
CBJ top scorers vs. DET: Johnny Gaudreau (5-15-20 in 15 GP), Patrik Laine (6-8-14 in 17 GP), Jack Roslovic (6-3-9 in 15 GP), Gustav Nyquist (1-7-8 in 9 GP), Adam Boqvist (2-3-5 in 9 GP), Marcus Björk (1-0-1 in 2 GP), Kent Johnson (1-0-1 in 2 GP)
UPCOMING GAMES (ALL TIMES EST)
Monday, Jan. 16: RED WINGS at AVALANCHE / 3:00 p.m. / Ball Arena / TV: BSD / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
Tuesday, Jan. 17: RED WINGS at COYOTES / 9:00 p.m. / Mullett Arena / TV: BSD / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
Thursday, Jan. 19: RED WINGS at GOLDEN KNIGHTS / 10:00 p.m. / T-Mobile Arena / TV: BSD / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
LAST TIME OUT
Jan. 12 vs. Toronto – 4-1 W
Detroit earned a 4-1 victory over Toronto to improve to 18-15-7 overall and 11-8-3 inside Little Caesars Arena … Lucas Raymond finished with a goal and two assists for his second-consecutive three-point game … Raymond has tied Filip Hronek for third place among Detroit skaters with 29 points (12-17-29) through 40 games … Raymond has logged 13 points (5-8-13) in his last 11 contests dating back to Dec. 17 vs. Ottawa … Raymond scored his 35th career goal to tie Gordie Howe for the third-most by a Red Wings skater before age 21, trailing only Steve Yzerman (83) and Dylan Larkin (40) … Raymond also picked up his 50th career NHL assist with the primary helper on Ben Chiarot’s empty-net goal … Larkin recorded his 22nd and 23rd assists of the season, passing Hronek for the team lead in that category … Larkin has 10 points (4-6-10) in his last 10 contests since Dec. 19 at Washington … Robby Fabbri scored what proved to be the game-winning goal on the power play … Fabbri, who has netted the game-winner in back-to-back contests, has tallied a goal in each of his last three appearances … In total, Fabbri has six goals in his last eight games dating back to March 4, 2022 at Tampa Bay … Chiarot added an empty-netter for his third goal of the season before Moritz Seider wrapped up the scoring on the power play with his third goal of the campaign … Jonatan Berggren had the primary assist on Fabbri’s power play goal, giving him seven points (3-4-7) in 10 games since Dec. 19 at Washington … Dominik Kubalík also collected an assist on Fabbri’s power play goal to become the second Detroit skater to reach the 30-point mark this season (13-17-30 in 40 GP) … Kubalík and Raymond pace the Red Wings with 14 power play points … Jake Walman picked up an assist in his 100th career NHL game … Walman is currently on a three-game point streak (2-1-3 in 3 GP), and has registered five points (3-2-5) in eight games since Dec. 28 at Pittsburgh … Ville Husso stopped 32-of-33 shots to earn his 14th win of the season … Husso has allowed one goal or fewer in nine starts this season … Additionally, Husso is 7-0-1 this season when making 32-or-more saves … Detroit is 10-5-6 this season when scoring first, and 7-4-2 when doing so on home ice … The Red Wings have scored the opening goal in each of their last four games … Detroit is 12-0-2 this season when leading after two periods, and a perfect 7-0-0 when doing so on home ice.
