If you like goal-scoring, this one was for you.
The Columbus Blue Jackets overcame a 3-0 first-period deficit to outlast the Tampa Bay Lightning 7-6 in overtime on Thursday night at Nationwide Arena.
1 | 2 | 3 (OT) | F | |
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3 | 2 | 1 (0) | 6 | |
1 | 4 | 1 (1) | 7 | |
CBJ GOALS: |
Zach Werenski scored the overtime game-winner and set a franchise record becoming the first Blue Jackets defenseman with five points (two goals, three assists) in a single game. Sean Monahan scored as part of a four-point night (one goal, three assists) and took over the team lead for goals. Werenski (six goals, 13 assists) and Monahan (seven goals, 12 assists) co-lead the Blue Jackets with 19 points.
Kent Johnson returned from an upper-body injury after missing the previous 14 games and scored a power-play goal and short-handed goal. Johnson is on a five-game point streak (four goals, three assists).
Elvis Merzikins made 24 saves for his third straight win. Jonas Johansson made 36 saves in defeat.
Here's how it all went down:
1st Period:
(1:51 — TBL Goal): Brayden Point started the goal fest with his 11th tally of the season on the power play. Nikita Kucherov (16) and Jake Guentzel (11) picked up the assists. Point has five goals in his last four games.
Brayden Point is BACK pic.twitter.com/GuGQV8H6Mj
— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) November 22, 2024
(3:58 — TBL Goal): Brandon Hagel's ninth of the year added to the Lightning lead. Kucherov added his second assist of the game for his 17th of the season and the 900th point of his career. Anthony Cirelli added his 13th helper.
Already a two goal lead for Tampa as Brandon Hagel finishes off Nikita Kucherov's nifty pass!#GoBolts pic.twitter.com/Sgpd1vUZsl
— Hockey Daily 365 l NHL Highlights & News (@HockeyDaily365) November 22, 2024
Nikita Kucherov recorded an assist on the game-opening tally for @TBLightning to reach 900 career points. . . the two clubs have since combined for nine more goals in the opening 26:18 of play.#NHLStats: https://t.co/HEvQHsPfdy pic.twitter.com/CQPjMnudyY
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) November 22, 2024
(11:52 — TBL Goal): Cam Atkinson scored his first of the season and his first as a member of the Lightning. Victor Hedman (14) and Mitchell Chaffee (3) had the assists. Atkinson sat out the last three games coming in as a healthy scratch.
CAM ATKINSONS FIRST AS A BOLT AGAINST HIS FORMER TEAM!
— SleeperNHL (@SleeperNHL) November 22, 2024
pic.twitter.com/xzefSbVi9R
(13:35 — CBJ Goal): Columbus stopped the bleeding as Monahan scored his team-leading seventh goal of the season to break a nine-game goalless drought. The goal was the beginning of Monahan's four-point (one goal, three assists) night — Dmitri Voronkov (2) and Damon Severson (5) assisted on the play. The point was the 300th of Severson's career.
Sean Monahan - Columbus Blue Jackets (7) pic.twitter.com/n0yDeefaUv
— NHL Goal Videos (@NHLGoalVideos) November 22, 2024
2nd Period:
(0:28 — CBJ Goal): Voronkov started the second period just as the Jackets needed with his fourth goal of the year. Monahan (10) added his second point of the night with the assist and Werenski (11) had his first point of the night with an assist.
Heres that Voronkov goal to make it a 3-2 game.
— 1st Ohio Battery (@1stOhioBattery) November 22, 2024
Both teams have scored in the few minutes since then, so its now 4-3 Tampa. #CBJ pic.twitter.com/OdAkb7cZHB
(1:55 — CBJ Goal): Kent Johnson returned to the lineup and picked up right where he left off with his fifth goal of the season to tie the game 3-3 on the power play. Werenski (12), Kirill Marchenko (11) assisted.
Now that's a way to make a return!
— FanDuel Sports Network Columbus (@FanDuelSN_CBUS) November 22, 2024
Kent Johnson scores in his first game back from injury.#CBJ pic.twitter.com/7TUfgZFNnl
(2:11 — TBL Goal): Chaffee's fifth goal of the season gave Tampa the lead back to make it 4-3. Conor Geekie (3) had an assist.
Dave Mishkin calls Chaffee's goal pic.twitter.com/wZfZxXGyyQ
— Bucs Rays Bolts (@BucsRaysBoltsYT) November 22, 2024
(3:42 — CBJ Goal): Werenski added his third point of the evening with his fifth goal on the season to make it a 4-4 hockey game. Kirill Marchenko (12) and Monahan (11) added the assists.
The 4th goal of the night for the #CBJ in what is now a 5-5 game halfway through. Werenskis third point in a span of 3:14 here in one of the most wild periods youll ever see. pic.twitter.com/QZYmJRaDlE
— 1st Ohio Battery (@1stOhioBattery) November 22, 2024
(5:26 — CBJ Goal): Yegor Chinakhov's sixth goal gave Columbus a 5-4 lead. The assists went to Cole Sillinger (8) and Mathieu Olivier (3).
The fourth of four #CBJ goals in a span of less than five minutes. Yegor Chinakhovs sixth of the season briefly put Columbus in front, but Tampa would tie it at 5-5 less than a minute later.
— 1st Ohio Battery (@1stOhioBattery) November 22, 2024
We remain knotted, now with 6:02 left in a wild second period. pic.twitter.com/8S7kxZD4WL
(5:26 — TBL Goal): Cirelli (6) tied the game at 5-5 as the assists went to Hagel (10) and Kucherov (18).
AND CIRELLI RESPONDS! Anthony Cirelli finishes off the beautiful passing play to tie it up at 5 not even halfway through the 2nd period!#GoBolts pic.twitter.com/LptPJXlKrV
— Hockey Daily 365 l NHL Highlights & News (@HockeyDaily365) November 22, 2024
The Blue Jackets had a season-high 21 shots for a period in the second frame.
3rd Period:
(10:39 — CBJ Goal): Kent Johnson added a short-hand goal for his second goal of the game and his second career multi-goal game. Werenski (13) and Monahan (12) each added their third assist for the game.
2 goals for Kent Johnson in his return to the ice for #cbj. Picking up right where he left off pre-injury
— Puck Watching (@_PuckWatching) November 22, 2024
Up to 4 goals in 5 games on the seasonpic.twitter.com/rbDckJn9dc
Kent Johnson recorded a PPG and SHG in his return to the lineup after missing the last 14 games due to injury. He's the 8th different player (10th instance) in #CBJ history to record one of each in a game. Rick Nash and Tyler Wright accomplished the feat twice.
— CBJ Public Relations (@BlueJacketsPR) November 22, 2024
Werenski and Monahan finished with 2-3-5 and 1-3-4 tonight. It's the 8th time - and 5th time at home - that the club has had multiple players with four or more points in a game. The last time was Josh Anderson and Zach Werenski posting 1-3-4 stat lines on 3/12/19 vs. Boston.
— CBJ Public Relations (@BlueJacketsPR) November 22, 2024
(11:23 — TBL Goal): Geekie's third of the season on the power play made it a 6-6 game with assists to Gage Goncalves (1) and Janis Moser (6).
Dave Mishkin calls Geekie's goal pic.twitter.com/5XwRxPY7ZS
— Bucs Rays Bolts (@BucsRaysBoltsYT) November 22, 2024
Overtime:
(1:25 — CBJ Goal): Werenski capped off a career night with his first-career five-point game as he scored the overtime winner to cap off the wild 7-6 victory. Sillinger (9) had his second assist and Ivan Provorov (5) assisted on the play. Werenski led the game with eight shots — the second time this season he's had eight shots in a game — and he led the way in ice time (27:24)
ZACH WERENSKI WINS IT FOR THE JACKETS IN OVERTIME!#CBJ pic.twitter.com/gjHLgyzBhK
— Hockey Daily 365 l NHL Highlights & News (@HockeyDaily365) November 22, 2024
The Zach attack:
— Jeff Svoboda (@JacketsInsider) November 22, 2024
Last night had the first 5-point game for a D in #CBJ history
First NHL D with 5 points in a game this year
Leads NHL D in time on ice and shots on goal
Second among NHL D in goals (6) and points (19) this year
Now 5th in CBJ history in points https://t.co/Ya0Gpxsb6n
TBL | GAME STATS | CBJ |
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30 | SHOTS | 43 |
57.1% | FACEOFFS | 42.9% |
2/2 | POWER PLAY | 1/1 |
0/1 | PENALTY KILL | 0/2 |
21 | HITS | 28 |
10 | GIVEAWAYS | 17 |
3 | TAKEAWAYS | 5 |
32 | BLOCKED SHOTS | 20 |
ALL SITUATIONS ADVANCED STATS | ||
2.35 | EXPECTED GOALS | 4.23 |
60 | SHOT ATTEMPTS | 92 |
20 | SCORING CHANCES | 48 |
11 | HIGH-DANGER CHANCES | 20 |
DATA VIA: NHL.COM & NATURALSTATTRICK.COM |
Stat Talk:
- The Blue Jackets have scored at least five goals in seven of their eight victories. They beat the New York Islanders 2-0 at Nationwide Arena on Oct. 30 and they beat the Boston Bruins 5-1 last time out in Boston on Nov. 18.
- Kent Johnson's third-period short-handed goal gives Columbus three short-handed goals in their last two games. Mathieu Oliver and Justin Danforth each scored shorties against the Bruins.
- The 7-6 comeback victory marks the seventh time in franchise history — third time at home — the Blue Jackets have overcome a three-goal deficit to win. The last time the Blue Jackets won a game that way was over the Washington Capitals 7-6 in overtime on Mar. 21, 2023, in D.C. The last time at home was 5-4 over the Detroit Red Wings on Apr. 3, 2018.
Up Next:
The homestand continues on Saturday, Nov. 23 when the Blue Jackets play the Metropolitan Division-leading Carolina Hurricanes. Puck drop is set for 7:00 p.m.