The Columbus Blue Jackets secured a 4-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers, marking the end of the Oilers' five-game winning streak. The game featured the debuts of Adam Henrique and Sam Carrick for the Oilers, with Henrique starting on Draisaitl's wing and Carrick as the fourth line centre. Despite efforts to rally, including goals from Hyman and Perry, the Oilers couldn't overcome the early 3-0 lead established by the Blue Jackets, highlighted by Mathieu Olivier's performance which included a goal and a notable fight with Carrick. The Blue Jackets' win was sealed with an empty-net goal (ENG) from Jack Roslovic towards the game's end. Henrique's penalty and Carrick's fight were pivotal moments. The Oilers' lineup adjustments and the performances of newly acquired players Henrique and Carrick were closely watched, but ultimately, the team's struggle with puck maintenance contributed to their defeat.
The @EdmontonOilers 5-game winning streak comes to an end. Poor puck maintenance. Off night all-around. Kudos to Sam Carrick for stepping up and taking on one of the best technical fighters in the NHL.
The @EdmontonOilers 5-game winning streak comes to an end. Poor puck maintenance. Off night all-around. Kudos to Sam Carrick for stepping up and taking one of the best technical fighters in the NHL.
The Oilers lose 4-2 in Columbus in the debuts of Adam Henrique and Sam Carrick.
JACKETS WIN!! Final: 4-2 over the Oilers! #CBJ
FINAL: #CBJ 4, Oilers 2 Jackets deserved that one. They played their butts off tonight to earn their third win in four games. Let's do it again Saturday afternoon against the Preds.
That's it ... #CBJ wins 4-2 over #LetsGoOilers here in Columbus. Big win for them.
BOOM! Roslovic makes it 4-2 #CBJ
Texier to Roslovic off a 2-on-1 with 19.2 left ... and if that's the last goal Roslovic scores for his hometown Blue Jackets, that's a nice way to end this chapter. It's 4-2 CBJ over #LetsGoOilers
Roslovic makes it 4-2 CBJ with an ENG.
🚨 #CBJ goal: Jack Roslovic 19.2 seconds to go and he dunks it off the Texier feed. Perhaps fitting for 96 to get one tonight. Jackets are gonna win this one.
Welp, the Oilers get one on the power play. Corey Perry tips one in front off an Evander Kane shot to make it 3-2 #CBJ with 7:53 left.
Corey Perry tips a shot into the top left corner, pulling Edmonton within 3-2 of the #CBJ with 7:52 left. That's one of those sequences that makes you go, "Hmm." How do you call tripping on a guy (Danforth) who was taken out by his own teammates' hit?
Perry tips in a shot from Kane near the end of an Edmonton power play. 3-2 CBJ
Welp, the Oilers get one on the power play. Evander Kane through a screen makes it 3-2 #CBJ with 7:53 left.
That escalated quickly ... Kuraly takes out Perry and Danforth with one big hit. Perry and Danforth go down, both hurting. Foegele decides to take issue with Danforth for some reason and Olivier skates over to confront him. Olivier, Danforth and Foegele are boxed. Oilers PP.
Corey Perry and Justin Danforth get tangled up in the corner and Perry goes down very awkwardly. Danforth also felt it. Mathieu Olivier not happy with the treatment of Danforth and comes in to smash Warren Foegele. Olivier headed to the box and is steaming. #CBJ
#CBJ getting a quick power play here early in the 3rd, leading #LetsGoOilers 3-1 ... Henrique to the box for Edmonton.
End of the 2nd and it's 3-1 #CBJ over #LetsGoOilers ... yet another opportunity for the Jackets to see if they can protect a multiple-goal lead in a third period against a playoff contender.
#LetsGoOilers get one back quickly, cutting it to 3-1 at 1:11 of the 2nd. Hyman with the goal. Looked like a fortunate bounce that went right to him. #CBJ with a two-goal lead.
And the mixer is out. Oilers lines: Draisaitl-McDavid-Hyman Kane-McLeod-Perry RNH-Henrique-Foegele Janmark-Carrick-Ryan
Second period under way in Columbus, #CBJ with a 3-0 lead on #LetsGoOilers
Mathieu Olivier is two-thirds of the way to a Gordie Howe hat trick through one period. Always cracks me up that the last was Oliver Bjorkstrand (!) of all people, back in 2021 at Detroit. Are we due? #CBJ
End of one in Columbus and the #CBJ have a 3-0 lead on #LetsGoOilers ... shots 11-11.
#CBJ 3, Oilers 0 after 20 minutes. 10/10, no notes.
Just like that ... moments after Olivier's scrap Voronkov makes it 3-0 #CBJ with a wrister that beats Pickard from between the circles off a 2-on-1 with Gaudreau. Late first and the Blue Jackets have opened up a cushion. It's very early, of course.
🚨 #CBJ goal: Dmitri Voronkov First-period chili and Nationwide is vibing. Voronkov gets off a little mini-schneid, as he intercepted a clearing attempt by the OIlers, had all the ice in the world and ripped one past Pickard's glove. Two CBJ goals in 27 seconds. Up 3-0.
Olivier scraps off the draw with new Oilers forward Sam Carrick and that did not go well for Carrick. Olivier pounded him ... not as badly as he got Rempe, but he got in some big blows. Finished with a face that probably made Ric Flair, who's in attendance, proud. #CBJ
Now before the puck is even dropped after the Nylander goal, Mathieu Olivier drops the gloves vs. Sam Carrick. Olivier some big early shots, Carrick lands a good one too, then Olivier drops him to the ice. That's a darn good tilly there, boys. Nationwide roaring. #CBJ
Additions of Henrique, Carrick, Stecher help Oilers keep pace in Pacific arms race https://t.co/1NGXjBqiAQ https://t.co/3HxWS5kjKZ
Things get started for the Blue Jackets thanks to Mathieu Olivier 🔥 https://t.co/B2UbTHjMvq
Olivier! 1-0 #CBJ
Mathieu Olivier makes it 1-0 CBJ.
Fourth-line goal for #CBJ. Olivier, the sniper, from the right circle at 6:20 of the first period. 1-0
EDM’s four-game road trip continues in Columbus, OH with a pair of new faces entering the fold. Henrique & Carrick are set to make their Oilers debuts. 🥅 : Pickard v. Tarasov. Edmonton took the first matchup of this season series 4-1 back on Jan. 23. #Oilers
Oilers Ice Chips: Henrique starts on Draisaitl's wing; Carrick as fourth line centre https://t.co/n673cfZctM
At Oilers skate in CBJ: • Brown the 13th fwd after deals, Holloway down • Henrique a 2nd line LW • Carrick at 4C • Pickard gets a start, and likely another with B2B games this weekend. RNH-McDavid-Hyman Henrique-Draisaitl-Kane Foegele-McLeod-Perry Janmark-Carrick-Ryan Brown
Oilers lines and pairings at morning skate at CBJ: RNH-McDavid-Hyman Henrique-Draisaitl-Kane Foegele-McLeod-Perry Janmark-Carrick-Ryan Brown Ekholm-Bouchard Nurse-Desharnais Kulak-Ceci Pickard Skinner
Oilers lines and pairings at morning skate at CBJ: RNH-McDavid-Hyman Henrique-Draisaitl-Kane Foegele-McLeod-Perry Janmark-Carrick-Brown Brown Ekholm-Bouchard Nurse-Desharnais Kulak-Ceci Pickard Skinner
Henrique on left wing with Kane and Draisaitl. McDavid Hyman and RNH back together.
Oilers morning skate in Columbus is about to beginning. Adam Henrique is wearing a top-six white sweater.
#CBJ faces #LetsGoOilers for the 2nd/final time this season. #CBJ lost 4-1 on 1/23 in Edmonton, snapping the Jackets' 3-game win streak in the series. EDM is 33-8-1 since 11/22. They added center depth on Wednesday, acquiring Adam Henrique and Sam Carrick in a trade with Anaheim.
Instant Analysis - Edmonton Oilers Acquire Adam Henrique! w/ Steve Dangle https://t.co/7lGjhmeBTT via @YouTube
In the absence of a perfect fit at 2RW, Oilers elect to shore themselves up at C, allowing the likes of McLeod, Janmark, Henrique, Holloway, Foegele, Perry etc to be options in top 6. Holloway can also shift back to full time winger which is better fit.
Love this. One of the best 5 on 5 teams in the league adds an awesome two way player in Henrique. #LetsGoOilers https://t.co/mZ37iJkRrj