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1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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CBJ GOALS: Chinakhov CBJ ASSISTS: Monahan, Jiricek |
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For the first time this season, the Columbus Blue Jackets offense was stymied.
Filip Gustavsson stopped 23 of Columbus' 24 shots and the Minnesota Wild defeated the Blue Jackets 3-1 on Saturday night.
It was the first time in five games that Columbus was held to less than two goals.
Here's how it all went down:
1st Period
(12:40 — 1-0 MIN): After a great job of shutting down the Minnesota offensive attack for the first half of the opening frame, the Wild score with 7:20 remaining in the period. A nice keep in by the road team near the Blue Jackets bench allows the puck to get a streaking Marco Rossi in the slot and he has little trouble beating Daniil Tarasov to give the Wild a 1-0 lead.
Live. Laugh. Love. Marco Rossi. pic.twitter.com/7nGs1FW9Es
— Minnesota Wild (@mnwild) October 19, 2024
(18:04): Joel Eriksson Ek sprung lose on a breakaway but Tarasov comes up with a big save to keep the score at 1-0. His best save of the night.
2nd Period
(4:48): Jake Middleton looks to have a goal, but it's challenged and overturned for goaltender interference. Minnesota forward Jakub Lauko shoved Jordan Harris into Tarasov on the play. It wasn't much, but it was enough. A good challenge here from Columbus head coach Dean Evason, his first successful challenge as the Blue Jackets bench boss.
No goal... pic.twitter.com/PAtRo3YD8G
— Spoked Z (@SpokedZ) October 20, 2024
| MIN | GAME STATS | CBJ |
|---|---|---|
| 35 | SHOTS | 24 |
| 47% | FACEOFFS | 53% |
| 1/3 | POWER PLAY | 0/3 |
| 3/3 | PENALTY KILL | 2/3 |
| 13 | HITS | 27 |
| 23 | GIVEAWAYS | 18 |
| 4 | TAKEAWAYS | 10 |
| 19 | BLOCKED SHOTS | 10 |
| DATA VIA NHL.COM | ||
(5:42): Less than a minute after it appeared the Wild had doubled their lead, momentum shifts in the Blue Jackets favor again when Columbus gets a four-minute power play. Yakov Trenin draws blood on Yegor Chinakhov with a high-stick. Chinny was fine, but the Blue Jackets came up with only a few low-to-medium danger chances on the double power play and the score would remain 1-0 Minnesota.
3rd Period
(2:52 — 2-0 MIN): This one is set up by a pair of Blue Jacket penalties. First, Jordan Harris flips the puck over the glass at 2:20 for a delay of game penalty. Just a few seconds later, Cole Sillinger trips Matt Boldy and heads off. The Wild would call a timeout to set themselves up and needed just five seconds of the 5-on-3 advantage to score. Kirill Kaprizov gets his second of the season, with Brock Faber and Boldy getting the assists.
(8:26 — 3-0 MIN): The clincher for Minnesota comes nearly halfway through the period. Mats Zuccarello gets a good entry into the zone, flips it over to Kaprizov, who gets it back to Zuccarello and he flips it over the stick of Tarasov. Kaprizov's second assist of the night.
(18:35 — 3-1 MIN): Columbus stops the shutout when Chinakhov rips one past Gustavsson to cut the lead to two. The goal would continue Chinakhov's hot start to the season, picking up a point in all five games and give him his team-leading third goal of the season.
Columbus goal!
— NHL Goals (@nhl_goal_bot) October 20, 2024
Scored by Yegor Chinakhov with 01:25 remaining in the 3rd period.
Assisted by Sean Monahan and David Jiricek.
Columbus: 1
Minnesota: 3#MINvsCBJ #CBJ #mnwild pic.twitter.com/iAJo2iFqX8
Up Next:
The Blue Jackets play their final of four straight at home with a Tuesday night battle against the Toronto Maple Leafs. All 32 NHL teams are in staggered action as part the league's Frozen Frenzy program, so the puck drops a little late on this one: 7:30 p.m. at Nationwide Arena.
