NHL Highlights | Blue Jackets vs. Dallas Stars – October 21, 2025

NHL Highlights | Blue Jackets vs. Dallas Stars – October 21, 2025

week. So, the Stars will look to rely on this line to get things going. The puck is dropped. We are underway from American Airlines Center. Nice job save with the blocker. Controlled his rebound. Dallas though doesn’t get it out of their zone. Tried to cut it off behind the net. Kent Johnson on the near side and Fanti scores. snaps a wrist shot from the near side faceoff dot and slipped it pasture. Vanilli gives Columbus the lead early in the hockey game. This is an opportunity to get it out of the defensive zone and then it it’s just a you know short side big breed snapper. That thing sizzled off the stick of Fantelli. What a talent he is. just painted the inside corner. The quick play from two jackets were there. Provar the defenseman brings it ahead. Now it’s flipped in Isaac Lundistrom. A backhand blocker save rebound that fired by Chinov back into Anger who made the sprawling stop. hear coaches talk about neutral ice and and being good in that area cuz it’s like speed bumps and the Stars allowed the Blue Jackets to flow through and it led to the pretty spiffy little backhander. They follow up. Nobody’s covering anybody and Jake Odder got a toe. Meired with injury last year then a healthy scratch at times. Marenko in centers. Marenko catching up himself over for Fabro. redirected by Veronov and in the way of that Dante Fabro a year ago at this time could not crack the Nashville lineup. In comes Chino again backand saved by Andrew who’s gotten him twice he finds Robertson turns away looking for his options. Robertson low Johnston. Robertson shoots off the outside of the post. Robertson and Johnston. Now over to Hasten and the defenseman deep for hit. Save. Rebound whacked out by Johnston. Power play for Columbus. Boy, those two chances for the Stars. I think a lot of Johnston was going to take it himself in front of the net. Instead, just lays it back for Robertson. What a chance for Roe Hint coming off the flank. Just a twinkle toe save by Elvis to spit that back. They almost bashed the rebound to try and keep the momentum gained off those chances, but the score holds firm. It’s steel. Snapped it low. Sean save made off the chest leak. He had quite a year at Michigan with the Wolverines. One and done, but what a won. Coyle from the circle in front. Score. Camped out was Boone Jenner. took the feed on the doorstep and the Columbus captain deposits a power play goal and makes it two nothing Jackets. This just looks systematic. Lose a draw in your own zone. It breaks down into man-on-man and the Stars went scrambling up top. Lots of room to the back door. I mean, he’s in the puddle and unmarked. Does he kick it in? I think he did. you’re allowed to direct it in. [Music] Have another peek at this. It’s a seeing eye thing. It’s a reactionary thing as it goes off the boot. And I think we’re going to have some debate about this here now. And again, it’s what’s the difference between a direct and a kick. The overhead, I don’t know. trying to tilt something but absorbing this rush here from Olivier. Pass off for Coyle. Coyle summer trade from Colorado now in his mate Chuck and a glove save. Yeah, this has been a putrid period. Look at the Stars. They’re they’re all collapsing to the net. Yeah, it’s a they’ve been outscored two love so far. Down to the closing seconds and taken by Veronov. A wraparound and one more save for anger before it’s cleared. Wyatt Johnston, Shawn Monahan at center ice as the Jackets control. The final shot totals were 14 to five as that puck goes up and offered it up ahead. Maverick Bour spun one has helped. Wyatt Johnston on a platter. Robertson and he painted the Jackets logo in behind. They’re trying to get a change in. Second periods can be dicey. The Blue Jackets are. And the Stars expose that. Lot of room to work the puck across the rink and then feed Robertson. And he nails I think the top of the play. Stars trailing two nothing here in the second period. Up a man. Ranton in for Johnston. Bottom of the left wing circle across shot and it’s gloved. Hasten in. Just slips off the end of the blade for hints. Then that quick one-time. No big There’s a lot of guys who are just kind of fighting the puck a little bit. It’s not crisp. A tuck off the draw leaves for Winsky. His shot off the bar sizzled through on the wrist of blood. Just watch the goalender. All those bodies in front. What are you looking at? Looked around and by the time he spotted it, it was on him already. Lorinsky has that sift wrist like here through more than 30 minutes. Stars with numbers. It’s Sean and Blackwell. Sean. Blackwell. Save. Ms. Leakens. Moving to his right. What a stop. Sean keeps it alive. Back in front. It pinballs away. Ernie to Blackwell. Low shot. Score. Sean. [Applause] [Music] turned away once but the followup. The Stars finally punched through while Winsky bit trying to keep a puck in. Perfect play on the twoon one. Exotic stop by Elvis. What a lovely setup and spank the media in off of him. Wise play by Colin Blackwell and the big pump as the Stars are on the board. Bouncing puck Johnston Barantin set it up. Hastin and shot save. Rebound still loose. Fought for and taken by the Jackets. He watches on as the line of Robertson, Johnston and Bourke is out there. They began things in this second period and really tilted things right away. It was Robertson worked on by Lundustrom up to Harley. Harley shot tip save. Wyatt Johnston got the redirection he wanted. And they become a little more liberal at finding a lane, wiring it toward the net. Fabro up the boards and out to center. Bishial gets written off there. Fantelli prances in wide left. dropped it off and used his head. Longer shifts killing penalties than on the power play. That’s a workload. Here’s Mate Chuck. He scores. The Columbus defenseman waited, picked his spot, and Denton Matechuk has reclaimed the twogoal lead for Columbus. on, you know, one of these little broken plays that Thomas Harley’s trying to glove the puck down and then it got away from him. Watch the stars. They all are just flatfooted. Dman comes in, throws a little stick language at Harley and then rips it short side over top of the glove of Jakeer or under the glove, pardon me. Now bring back going back in cuz it was an icing so he’s not allowed to be kicked out of the draw. There’s number seven hardly down the left wing in front. Shot saved. Ms. Leakens late in the first period on the power play. Warenski forward for Marenko crossing the blue line. Pass to the left. Monahan Gonov score quickly off of his stick and the Columbus Blue Jackets who only had one power play goal on the season entering tonight are two for two and have their largest lead of the game as soon as it it was passed on to it just zinger trying to get across has it go tweeners on him it’s it’s just a a simple attack on the way in the Stars couldn’t close down a passing lane, the return passing lane. Quick shot right through Radic Fox, I think, too. And the big guy is usually their netfront presence on the power play. Horseshoes it in. Rantin and out off the skates of Hasten. Empty net bid scored. Kent Johnson from his side of center. And what was a very close game here in the third period is going to look like a runaway when it’s all said and done. Has unfolded and hope just died on that play in neutral ice and a bullseye from his own. The final seconds tick away as Ritz Kovian centers and the horn sounds 51. The Blue Jackets get the victory. They improve to three and three while the star Everything. [Music]

Kent Johnson, Boone Jenner, and Adam Fantilli each finished with a goal and an assist while Elvis Merzlikins stopped 22 shots as the Columbus Blue Jackets went on to beat the Dallas Stars 5-1.

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