See Less Blue Jackets' Elvis Merzlikins: Set to start Monday Jan 16, 2023 Merzlikins is slated to start Monday at home versus the Rangers, Blue Jackets team reporter Jeff Svoboda reports. Merzlikins has surrendered at least three goals in five of his last six games. He's 5-11-0 with a 4. 52 GAA and. 867 save percentage in 18 contests this season. The Rangers have the 16th-ranked offense with 3. 16 goals per game.... See Less Blue Jackets' Joonas Korpisalo: Unlikely to play vs. Rangers Korpisalo (personal) isn't expected to play Monday versus the Rangers, per Bailey Johnson of the Columbus Dispatch. Korpisalo didn't join the Blue Jackets for Monday's practice. He has a 6-8-1 record, 3. 28 GAA and. 908 save percentage in 18 contests this season.
See Less Blue Jackets' Elvis Merzlikins: Finally finds another win Merzlikins made 25 saves in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Red Wings. The 28-year-old netminder didn't make things easy on himself -- he took a shutout, and a 4-0 lead, into the third period before the wheels nearly came off after Detroit's first tally came on an own goal by Mathieu Olivier. Merzlikins held on for his first win in over a month, and his fifth of the season. He's beginning to show flashes of his old form, and if he sees consistent work while Joonas Korpisalo (personal) is away from the team, Merzlikins might just climb his way back into fantasy relevance again. The Latvian's got a long way to go, though, and through four starts in January, Merzlikins has coughed up 16 goals on 130 shots (.
He had a hand in two of Patrik Laine's three goals on the night, making a slick cross-ice pass midway through the first period to get his linemate started on the hat trick. Gaudreau has been dragged down by the struggles of the team around him, but even his slow stretches are still fairly productive, and he has two goals and seven points in nine games since Christmas.... See Less Blue Jackets' Patrik Laine: Hat trick against Wings Laine scored three goals, the last of which proved to be the game-winner, in Saturday's 4-3 win over Detroit. He came into Saturday stuck in a nine-game goal drought, but Laine smashed it apart by scoring twice in less than three minutes midway through the first period before completing his 10th career hat trick early in the second. The 24-year-old sniper is up to 12 goals and 22 points through 27 games on the season, and if he can stay healthy he could put together a big second half for Columbus....
Peeke found the back of the net at 1:21 of the third period to narrow the Rangers' lead to 3-1, but Columbus wasn't able to chip away at New York's edge any further. It was his fourth goal and sixth point in 41 games this season. The 24-year-old was held off the scoresheet in his previous eight outings....
Columbus Blue Jackets News, Scores, Status, Schedule - NHLTop Blue Jackets News Blue Jackets' Daniil Tarasov: Guarding goal Tuesday Rotowire Jan 17, 2023 Tarasov will defend the road net Tuesday against Nashville, Blue Jackets team reporter Jeff Svoboda reports. Tarasov has a 2-8-1 record this season with a 3. 40 GAA and a. 907 save percentage in 12 appearances with the Blue Jackets. He will get the second half of the team's back-to-back after Elvis Merzlikins played in Monday's 3-1 loss to the Rangers.... See More... See Less Blue Jackets' Elvis Merzlikins: Falls short against Rangers Merzlikins turned aside 30 of 33 shots in a 3-1 loss to the Rangers on Monday.
It remains to be seen if Korpisalo will be an option Tuesday against Nashville.... See Less Blue Jackets' Jack Roslovic: Two-point effort Saturday Jan 15, 2023 Roslovic recorded two assists in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Red Wings. Skating on Columbus' top line between Johnny Gaudreau and Patrik Laine, Roslovic helped set up the latter for two of his three goals on the night. The 25-year-old hasn't scored a goal himself in 15 games and has a modest three tallies and 22 points through 39 contests on the season, but Roslovic will have some intriguing fantasy upside as long as he can hang onto that assignment.... See Less Blue Jackets' Johnny Gaudreau: Two helpers in Saturday's win Gaudreau picked up two assists in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Red Wings.
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