They're officially on fire.
Adam Fantilli and Cole Sillinger each scored goals and Jet Greaves was perfect before losing his first career shutout bid with 12 seconds left as the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the St. Louis Blues 2-1 on Saturday night from Enterprise Center.
The Blue Jackets have won a season-high four straight games.
Games it took for the #CBJ to win their 20th of the season over the last three seasons:
— Ed Francis (@BlueJacketStats) January 12, 2025
2024-25: Game #43
2023-24: Game #60
2022-23: Game #61
Here's how win #20 came tonight for the Blue Jackets: https://t.co/psVsCtkIOZ
Greaves Nearly Perfect
How good has Greaves been?
The 23-year-old improved to 2-1-2 on the season after Saturday's victory in which he came seconds from his first career shutout before Colton Parayko's (8) power-play goal — Zack Bolduc (10) Justin Faulk (14) — at 19:48 broke the bid. Bolduc is on a three-game point streak (zero goals, three assists).
In five NHL starts this season, Greaves has a 2.98 goals against average and a .906 save percentage. He was recently named AHL Player of the Week after going 3-0-1 with a 0.98 GAA, .971 SV%, and one shutout for the Cleveland Monsters.
Greaves was the First Star of the Night on Saturday.
Adam Fantilli's Streaking
Fantilli's (10) goal — Kirill Marchenko (29), Dmitri Voronkov (13) — at 15:38 of the first period started the scoring in the game.
The #CBJ have a 1-0 lead after the first period compliments of this Adam Fantilli goal and the dope apples from from Marchy & Ronny.
— 1st Ohio Battery (@1stOhioBattery) January 12, 2025
Fantilli now has points in five straight games. pic.twitter.com/9djlPSe6zI
Fantilli is on a career-high five-game point streak (three goals, three assists). Voronkov is on a four-game point streak (four goals, two assists). Fantilli had a game-high six shots on goal.
Adam Fantilli scored to give the @BlueJacketsNHL a 1-0 lead and extend his point streak to a career-high five games.#NHLStats: https://t.co/rgJyFzEUd5 pic.twitter.com/dVfFxQs1VH
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) January 12, 2025
#BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!#CBJ 2, STL 1
— 1st Ohio Battery (@1stOhioBattery) January 12, 2025
IT'S A FOUR-GAME WINNING STREAK FOR THE BLUE JACKETS, THEIR FIRST IN NEARLY THREE CALENDAR YEARS. THEY'RE NOW TIED FOR THE *FIRST* WILD CARD SPOT AND ARE THREE GAMES ABOVE .500!
Cole Sillinger's Game-Winner
Cole Sillinger's (7) power-play goal — James van Riemsdyk (9), Luca Del Bel Belluz (2) — at 16:51 of the second period extended the Blue Jackets' 2-0 lead.
The #CBJ have now connected on the power play in seven of their last nine games. It's Cole Sillinger here to make it a 2-0 lead, which is where we are entering the third. pic.twitter.com/IDkXhNATah
— 1st Ohio Battery (@1stOhioBattery) January 12, 2025
Only the second #CBJ player ever to do this, joining Zach Werenski. https://t.co/sXQkXnoGHp
— Jeff Svoboda (@JacketsInsider) January 12, 2025
Columbus is 20-17-6 on the season and in fourth place in the Metropolitan Division. They're 8-2-1 in the last 11 games and hold a two-point lead for second in the Eastern Conference wild card, trailing the Boston Bruins by one point for the first spot. They came into Saturday's game on their best run since 2022.
Over their last 10 games, the #CBJ have picked up 15 of a possible 20 points.
— Ed Francis (@BlueJacketStats) January 11, 2025
That's their best run since picking up 16 (8-2-0) of a possible 20 over a stretch between Jan. 30th and Feb. 24th, 2022.
The Jackets' scoring differential is -2. Dante Fabbro had a game-high seven blocked shots, and Columbus had 23 for the game.
Flyers Rematch
The Blue Jackets return home on Tuesday, Jan. 14, to face the Philadelphia Flyers for the third time. Philadelphia has won the prior two meetings. Puck drop is at 7 p.m. ET.
