Scratches: Zach Aston-Reese, Mason Marchment (upper body\u00a0injury), Mathieu Olivier (upper body injury), Dmitri Voronkov (upper body injury), Damon Severson (shoulder surgery, out for season), Jake Christiansen\u00a0<\/p>\n
Injured Reserve: D Brendan Smith (knee surgery, out three to four months as of Jan. 8)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roster Report:\u00a0Marchment\u00a0joined the ranks of the injured CBJ players as he did not play Thursday, though it remains to be seen if he can return tonight. The team will do a full morning\u00a0skate\u00a0today before the game.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
This Day in CBJ History<\/p>\n
April 4, 2003: During the third period\u00a0of a 5-5 tie\u00a0vs. Detroit\u00a0in Nationwide, Marc Denis breaks the NHL single season record for minutes played by a goaltender (4,433 by New Jersey\u2019s Martin Brodeur in 1995-96).\u00a0Denis, who\u00a0played in 77 of the team\u2019s 82 games that year,\u00a0finishes the season with a new standard of\u00a04,511\u00a0minutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
April 4, 2015: Nick Foligno earns his first hat trick with Columbus, scoring three times in a 5-3 victory vs. Pittsburgh\u00a0in\u00a0Nationwide Arena. The victory is the ninth in a row for the Blue Jackets, setting a then-franchise record.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
April\u00a04, 2023: Jet Greaves makes his NHL debut for the Blue Jackets, setting a team record for saves in his first game by stopping 46 of 49 shots\u00a0in\u00a0a 4-2 loss at Toronto.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Numbers Game<\/p>\n
Zach Werenski\u00a0has\u00a0moved into\u00a0fifth place in CBJ single-season annals with 78\u00a0points\u00a0this year. With 21\u00a0goals and 57\u00a0assists \u2013\u00a0two\u00a0short\u00a0of tying the franchise record \u2013 he is\u00a0third\u00a0among NHL defensemen in goals and\u00a0second\u00a0in points.\u00a0He leads NHL defensemen\u00a0with 25\u00a0multipoint games\u00a0and\u00a0has tied\u00a0Artemi Panarin\u2019s team record set in 2018-19. …\u00a0Denton Mateychuk scored his 13th\u00a0goal of the season Thursday, placing him sixth all-time among CBJ defensemen in a single season. He is just the third CBJ D to reach that mark (Werenski, four times; Seth Jones, once). …\u00a0Adam\u00a0Fantilli\u00a0has\u00a0nine\u00a0goals in the last\u00a020\u00a0games and posted a\u00a010-15-25\u00a0line in the last\u00a026\u00a0contests. He has set a new career high in points with 55.\u00a0…\u00a0Kirill Marchenko\u00a0is\u00a0second in\u00a0the NHL with six shootout goals and\u00a0has\u00a0scored on\u00a010 of 16\u00a0career shootout\u00a0attempts,\u00a0third\u00a0among all active NHLers and\u00a0fourth\u00a0best in league history\u00a0(minimum 10 attempts).\u00a0…\u00a0Charlie Coyle\u00a0has 12\u00a0goals and\u00a031\u00a0points in the past\u00a032\u00a0games. …\u00a0With his 14th\u00a0goal with the Blue Jackets on Sunday, Mason\u00a0Marchment\u00a0is tied for the most tallies for a CBJ player in his first\u00a033\u00a0games with the franchise in team history.\u00a0…\u00a0Jet Greaves is\u00a012-3-3\u00a0in his last 19\u00a0appearances with a 2.36\u00a0GAA, as well as a 2.11 GAA and .920 save percentage in his last eight games. … Blue Jackets defensemen have scored\u00a056\u00a0goals this season, the most in the NHL\u00a0and a new franchise\u00a0record. \u2026\u00a0Columbus\u00a0has scored\u00a0first in 45\u00a0of\u00a076\u00a0games overall,\u00a0second behind\u00a0Washington\u00a0for the most in the NHL. … Jenner has 210 career goals, three behind Cam Atkinson for second in team history. … Coyle (fourth, 405) and Provorov (seventh, 369) are both in the top 10 among active\u00a0NHLers in consecutive games played. Provorov is set to play in his 241th consecutive game with the Blue Jackets, which would tie Antoine Vermette for third in franchise history. … Miles Wood is one goal from 100 and four points from 200 in his NHL career.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Know The Foe:\u00a0Winnipeg Jets<\/p>\n
Head coach:\u00a0Scott\u00a0Arniel\u00a0(Second\u00a0season)\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Team stats: Goals per game:\u00a02.81\u00a0(25th) | Scoring defense:\u00a03.03\u00a0(13th) | PP: 17.3\u00a0percent (28th) | PK:\u00a078.2\u00a0percent (20th)\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The narrative:\u00a0Last season\u2019s Presidents\u2019 Trophy winners\u00a0went into a major funk during the middle of the season but have rebounded of late and are trying to make a late charge into the postseason, sitting\u00a0three points\u00a0out of a playoff spot in the Western Conference\u00a0with seven games to go\u00a0after Thursday\u2019s\u00a0loss\u00a0at\u00a0Dallas. That the Jets are in such a\u00a0tight situation is a surprise considering the franchise\u2019s recent success, which includes postseason appearances in seven of the last eight seasons and two straight 50-win\u00a0campaigns\u00a0coming into this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scoring leaders:\u00a0Mark Scheifele continues to be one of the\u00a0most productive players in the NHL, setting a new career high this year with 92 points (34 goals, 58 assists)\u00a0to tie\u00a0for\u00a0eighth in the league in scoring. Kyle Connor is chasing a third 40-goal season with a 34-51-85 line, while Gabriel Vilardi has blossomed into a key contributor, topping 60 points for the second straight season (28-34-62). Josh Morrissey\u00a0leads the defense in scoring, posting 13 goals among his 52 points.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
In net:\u00a0Two-time reigning Vezina Trophy winner and last year\u2019s Hart Trophy winner Connor Hellebuyck\u00a0has been solid but\u00a0hasn\u2019t\u00a0quite put up the spectacular numbers of the past few seasons, going 20-21-11 with a 2.81\u00a0GAA and .898 save percentage. Backup Eric Comrie is 12-9-1 with a 2.90 GAA and .897 SV%.\u00a0<\/p>\n
What’s\u00a0new:\u00a0The Jets\u00a0started 9-3-0 and then saw the bottom\u00a0fall out, as the team won just two of its next 18 games, including an 11-game losing streak from mid-December to early January.\u00a0Winnipeg has gotten back into the race, though, with its recent 6-3-2 run, though special teams\u00a0remain\u00a0a\u00a0weak point \u2013 the Jets are at just 11.4\u00a0percent on the power play and 75.9\u00a0percent on the penalty kill in the last 26\u00a0games since Jan. 22.\u00a0There are also injuries to contend\u00a0with\u00a0for\u00a0veteran\u00a0forwards Nino\u00a0Niederreiter\u00a0and Vladislav Namestnikov.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Trending:\u00a0Winnipeg won the season opener between the teams Nov. 18, taking a 5-2 final. Columbus has lost two in a row in Nationwide Arena as well, but the all-time series is\u00a0even at\u00a018-18-0-1.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Former CBJ:\u00a0Gustav Nyquist has ended up in Winnipeg after playing for Minnesota, Nashville and then the Wild again since being traded from Columbus in 2023. Now 36, the 14th-year NHL veteran has\u00a0a goal and 11 assists in 51 games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scratches: Zach Aston-Reese, Mason Marchment (upper body\u00a0injury), Mathieu Olivier (upper body injury), Dmitri Voronkov (upper body injury), Damon…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":539717,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5108],"tags":[3644,5180,897,230,5179,5,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-539716","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-columbus-blue-jackets","8":"tag-blue-jackets","9":"tag-bluejackets","10":"tag-columbus","11":"tag-columbus-blue-jackets","12":"tag-columbusbluejackets","13":"tag-hockey","14":"tag-nhl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116344455489763205","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/539717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}