Boone Jenner scored his team-leading eighth goal of the season but the Blue Jackets dropped their franchise record-tying ninth straight contest in a 5-2 loss to the Flyers at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on Sunday.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLUE JACKETS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| PHI FLYERS | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
1st Period
After Ryan Poehling's entry pass took a weird bounce, it found Joel Farabee, who had inside position on Yegor Chinakhov, and used that to drive to the net and beat Spencer Martin with a backhand shot to open the scoring at 5:11.
Poehling's (25) pass takes a weird deflection and finds Farabee (86), who has inside position on Chinakhov (59) before scoring. #CBJ 0-1 #LetsGoFlyers https://t.co/nL0nyvDHXO
— Coby Maeir (@CobyMaeir) November 19, 2023
The Blue Jackets had a chance to tie the game at 13:44 after Johnny Gaudreau found Boone Jenner at the left circle, but Jenner hit the post.
Alexandre Texier tied the game at 15:02 with a left-circle wrist shot after receiving a cross-ice feed from Sean Kuraly.
#CBJ Kuraly (7) draws a tripping penalty and fires a cross-ice pass to Texier (42), who scores from the left circle. CBJ 1-1 #LetsGoFlyers https://t.co/uJe8dm7UGN
— Coby Maeir (@CobyMaeir) November 20, 2023
Nearly two minutes later, Mathieu Olivier and Nicolas Deslauriers fought at 16:59.
FIGHT: #CBJ Olivier vs. #LetsGoFlyers Deslauriers pic.twitter.com/waLLDeFI5Y
— Coby Maeir (@CobyMaeir) November 19, 2023
The teams were tied at one after the first period with Philadelphia outshooting Columbus 11-9.
2nd Period
Bobby Brink gave the Flyers the lead at 1:11 on the power play with a left-circle wrist shot where he had all day to shoot.
#LetsGoFlyers win the face-off, and Walker (26) finds Brink (10) who takes the space he has to fire a wrist shot past Martin (30). #CBJ 1-2 #LetsGoFlyers https://t.co/Y93dH0vrQK
— Coby Maeir (@CobyMaeir) November 20, 2023
After Sean Walker took the puck from Adam Fantilli, who received an unclean pass from Damon Severson, he sent Poehling on a short-handed two-on-zero rush where he scored on an assist from Garnet Hathaway at 6:41.
#CBJ Severson's (78) pass to Fantilli (11) isn't clean so #LetsGoFlyers Walker (26) is able to take it away from Fantilli and find Poehling (25), who scores on a 2v0 on an assist from Hathaway (19). #CBJ 1-3 #LetsGoFlyers https://t.co/T7ia7LMN4C
— Coby Maeir (@CobyMaeir) November 20, 2023
Jenner was able to answer for the Jackets, deflecting Provorov's shot from the left circle following a net-mouth scramble started by a Gaudreau shot.
#CBJ Gaudreau (13) gets this play started with a shot that creates a scramble before the puck is cleared to Provorov (9), whose shot deflects off Jenner (38) and in. CBJ 2-3 #LetsGoFlyers https://t.co/h91Vh2ScbG
— Coby Maeir (@CobyMaeir) November 20, 2023
The Flyers led 3-2 heading into the third period and took a 22-16 advantage in shots on goal along with them.
3rd Period
Owen Tippett had a chance to double the Flyers' lead at 11:44 with a shot off the rush but Martin made a good save.
The Flyers took a 4-2 lead at 12:40 after the Blue Jackets got caught in a change and Travis Konecny scored from the bottom of the right circle.
#CBJ get caught in a change and Konecny (11) has time and space to fire a sharp-angle shot from the bottom of the right circle. CBJ 2-4 #LetsGoFlyers https://t.co/j6d5IeviQF
— Coby Maeir (@CobyMaeir) November 20, 2023
Cam York added an empty-net goal at 17:34 to give the Flyers a 5-2 lead.
With the loss, the Blue Jackets fell to 4-11-4.
Stats
- Shots on Goal: CBJ 22-26 PHI
- Face-off %: CBJ 50.9-49.1 PHI
- Power play: CBJ 0/5-1/4 PHI
- Giveaways: CBJ 9-5 PHI
- Takeaways: CBJ 3-14 PHI
- Blocked shots: CBJ 14-19 PHI
- Hits: CBJ 20-12 PHI
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5-on-5 stats (via naturalstattrick.com):
- Expected Goals (xG): CBJ 1.94-1.90 PHI
- Shot Attempts (CF): CBJ 45-42 PHI
- Shots on Goal (SF): CBJ 26-18 PHI
- Scoring Chances (SCF): CBJ 19-18 PHI
- High-Danger Chances (HDCF): CBJ 7-5 PHI
Injury Update
Jack Roslovic was placed on IR on Monday and is expected to miss four to six weeks with a fractured ankle.
Damon Severson left the game at 6:41 of the second period and did not return with an upper-body injury.
Next Up
The Blue Jackets return home to host Connor Bedard and the Blackhawks on Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET on Bally Sports Ohio.
The club will travel to New Jersey to face Jack Hughes and the Devils on Friday at 3 p.m. ET on Bally Sports Ohio.
