0-for-California.
The Anaheim Ducks beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-2 on Sunday night at Honda Center, extending the Jackets' winless streak to five games.
Brett Leason, Jackson LaComb, Leo Carlsson, and Isac Lundestrom scored for Anaheim.
Yegor Chinakhov scored on the power play and Kirill Marchenko scored for Columbus.
Anything For A Little Offense
Head Coach Dean Evason tinkered with the lines prior to Sunday’s tilt hoping to rejuvenate the offense. Adam Fantilli was bumped up to the first line with Sean Monahan and Kirill Marchenko.
#CBJ changing up the lines tonight in Anaheim, with Fantilli heading to wing and Sillinger back to center.
— Jeff Svoboda (@JacketsInsider) November 11, 2024
Fantilli-Monahan-Marchenko
Voronkov-Sillinger-Chinakhov
Pyyhtia-Danforth-Olivier
JVR-Kuraly-ZAR
Changes on D too:
Werenski-Severson
Christy-Provorov
Johnson-Harris
In spite of the changes, the Jackets were not able to match goals with Anaheim. Yegor Chinakhov (PPG - 16:16, 1st period) and Kirill Marchenko (16:57, 3rd period) were able to break through John Gibson, who made his season debut after emergency appendectomy surgery in September. Gibson made 38 saves.
A look at Chinakhov's fourth. He had a season-high seven shots on goal.
Yegor Chinakhov and power-play goals are a great combination!#CBJ | Watch on FanDuel Sports Network pic.twitter.com/TkZgeNJjUp
— FanDuel Sports Network Columbus (@FanDuelSN_CBUS) November 11, 2024
And Marchenko's sixth.
Kirill Marchenko has 14 points in his last 13 games! #CBJ pic.twitter.com/UpLYN4zLCY
— FanDuel Sports Network Columbus (@FanDuelSN_CBUS) November 11, 2024
In his 500th NHL game, Werenski led the #CBJ with 18 shot attempts (!), eight on net.
— Jeff Svoboda (@JacketsInsider) November 11, 2024
Yegor Chinakhov added 11 (seven on net), Kirill Marchenko had 10 (five on net). As Dean Evason said, they had the right people shooting. Just not going in right now.
Milestone Night
It was a milestone night for the Blue Jackets as Werenski played in his 500th career game, Jack Johnson played in his 1,200th game, and trainer Nates Goto celebrated his 1,500th game.
Werenski is one of four Blue Jackets defensemen to play 500 career games joining David Savard (597), Fedor Tyutin (553), and Rostislav Klesla (515).
#CBJ Zach Werenski becomes the 10th player to play 500 games for the franchise.
— Aaron Portzline (@Aportzline) November 11, 2024
Also, #CBJ Jack Johnson is playing in his 1,200th NHL game. The only three active d'men with more games played are Ryan Suter (1,459), Brent Burns (1,428), and Marc-Edouard Vlasic (1,296).
Werenski also led the game with a season-high eight shots on goal and had 27:57 time on ice. His 18 shot attempts were the most by a Blue Jacket since the stat has been tracked since 2013-14.
Streaking (In Wrong Direction)
Similar to Tuesday's 2-1 overtime loss to the San Jose Sharks, Columbus heavily outshot their opponent and had to come from behind.
Brett Leason's first goal of the season started the game's scoring at 3:13 of the first preriod. Even though Chinakhov was able to match Anaheim in the first period, they were not able to find the scoring down the stretch, even while outshooting the Ducks 40-30.
The Jackets have now dropped five in a row and are 0-4-1 in the month of November. The last time the Jackets were swept in California was the 2021-22 season.
#CBJ D Zach Werenski after tonight's loss: "It's unacceptable, to be honest. Enough of the moral victories. We've played well enough in a lot of games this year to win and we end up losing them. That's on us. We have to look ourselves in the mirror and find a way to win."
— Jeff Svoboda (@JacketsInsider) November 11, 2024
Daniil Tarasov made 26 saves.
Road Trip Finale
The Blue Jackets conclude their five-game road trip on Tuesday, Nov. 12 when they take on the Seattle Kraken at 10:00 p.m. ET.
