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Less than five minutes into Monday night's game against the New York Islanders, Kent Johnson had scored for the second time in three games and the Columbus Blue Jackets ended a brief, three-game drought without a power play goal.
It all went downhill from there.
The Islanders scored three goals in the second period and shut down the Blue Jackets offense in a 3-1 victory for New York, ending Columbus' seven-game point streak.
Columbus was 6-0-1 in those seven games, their longest point streak since 2018.
Head coach Dean Evason was not happy with the effort.
“We didn’t have any positives in tonight’s hockey game; we were slow in all areas," said Evason. "We thought slow, we skated slow, we passed slow. We haven’t done that lately."
"It looked like we were stuck in a bit of mud.”
Here's how the loss in Elmont went down:
1st Period:
(4:52 — CBJ PP Goal): Things start out good for the Blue Jackets as Dmitri Voronkov uses his large frame to block Islanders goalie Ilya Sorokin from seeing Johnson's wrist shot from near the left face-off dot. The power play goal is Johnson's 13th of the season, with assists to Kirill Marchenko and Voronkov.
KJ gives Columbus a 1-0 lead! #CBJ pic.twitter.com/J21zmTRjxD
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2nd Period
(0:43, 2:57, 5:47 — NYI Goals): The Islanders get three goals in just over five minutes. Bo Horvat gets the first one at even-strength to tie the game at 1-1, Simon Holmstrom the second while short-handed to give New York a 2-1 lead, and then Horvat makes it 3-1 on the power play.
3rd Period
Trailing two entering the third period, the Blue Jackets did not register a shot on goal for the first 8:47 of the period. Columbus would pull Elvis Merzlikins with just over three minutes remaining but were unable to find the back of the net.
| CBJ | GAME STATS | NYI |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | SHOTS | 25 |
| 32% | FACEOFFS | 68% |
| 1/4 | POWER PLAY | 1/2 |
| 1/2 | PENALTY KILL | 3/4 |
| 27 | HITS | 40 |
| 15 | GIVEAWAYS | 9 |
| 1 | TAKEAWAYS | 6 |
| 25 | BLOCKED SHOTS | 14 |
| ALL SITUATIONS ADVANCED STATS | ||
| 1.99 | EXPECTED GOALS | 2.74 |
| 52 | SHOT ATTEMPTS | 68 |
| 19 | SCORING CHANCES | 36 |
| 6 | HIGH-DANGER CHANCES | 13 |
| Data via NHL.com & NaturalStatTrick.com | ||
Stat Chat:
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The Blue Jackets won just 32% of their faceoffs and had only one takeaway for the game. Both were season lows and indicative of the outcome.
- It was another night of Zach Werenski on the ice more than off it: he logged 30:37 for the game. It was the 6th time this season he registered more than 30 minutes of action.
Up Next:
The Blue Jackets will conclude their four-game road trip with a really tough back-to-back: Wednesday in Toronto at 7:30 p.m. and Thursday in Carolina at 7:00 p.m.
