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The Columbus Blue Jackets (CBJ) defeated the Ottawa Senators 4-2 in a game where they scored four unanswered goals. Boone Jenner scored his 12th goal of the season, with assists from Zach Werenski and Johnny Gaudreau. Elvis Merzlikins made 41 saves in a sterling effort, including a big stop on a breakaway by Mathieu Joseph. Despite being outshot and out-attempted by the Senators, the Jackets held on to secure the win. The victory marks the Jackets' fourth win in six games after a nine-game winless streak.
Jackets reel off 4 straight goals, rally past Senators https://t.co/Sr1tnI9Aii https://t.co/5aTCfpHNhX
The Athletic: Elvis Merzlikins continues his career turn-around with 41 saves in Blue Jackets’ 4-2 win over #GoSensGo. #CBJ score four unanswered goals after early penalty problems, spoil Joonas Korpisalo’s return https://t.co/nGXx9rnWt9
FINAL: #CBJ 4, Senators 2 The Jackets come off the mat after a tough start and score four straight to earn the victory. Elvis Merzlikins with a sterling 41-save effort. Next up: The dads go with the guys to Boston for a Sunday night matchup.
#CBJ win 4-2, scoring four unanswered goals, including two power play goals for just the second time this season. That's four wins in six games for Columbus after a nine-game winless streak.
Senators have doubled up the Jackets in attempts (66-32) and have almost doubled them in shots (38-19) with 9:46 left 3rd. Columbus, however, has a 4-2 lead. #CBJ
Jackets still up 4-2 with 9:46 left, but they're starting to get hemmed in their own end again here.
Now #CBJ Merzlikins defends his crease with a whack of his stick. #GoSensGo Tkachuk and #CBJ Gudbranson separated by officials.
Now Merzlikins with a massive whack at a Sens player for getting in there while he's making a save. This game is threatening to go off here. Elvis was not a happy camper on that one. #CBJ
End of the 2nd and the #CBJ lead 4-2, scoring twice in the second and four unanswered since getting off to a poor start in this one. Ottawa has wide advantages in shots (28-16) and attempts (52-28) ... but Elvis Merzlikins has been sharp again.
Big break there for #CBJ. Puck gets through Merzlikins pads and creeps through the blue toward the goal line, forcing the lanky Latvian to sprawl and spin to smother it. #CBJ 4-2 late second.
Tarasenko nearly just snuck one in on Elvis on a Senators power play, as it got behind Merzlikins in the blue paint, but the goalie dives back and keeps it out. Another #CBJ PK.
Merzlikins keeps it a two-goal #CBJ lead, denying Mathieu Joseph on a breakaway.
Huge stop by Merzlikins there on a breakaway by Joseph, which was sparked by a #CBJ turnover while the Jackets tried one too many fancy passes.
#CBJ Elvis Merzlikins with a big stop on #GoSensGo Joseph, negating a breakaway. Merzlikins has been really good again tonight.
Second game of the season with multiple power-play goals for #CBJ Werenski and Gaudreau get the assists on the Jenner goal and each have two helpers tonight.
Jenner scores his 12th goal of the season on the power play 8:54 into the second period to give #CBJ a 4-2 lead. Assists to Werenski and Gaudreau.
🚨 #CBJ goal: Boone Jenner The boys are buzzin now. The Jackets get their second power-play goal of the night as Zach Werenski fires from the center point and Jenner tips it by Korpisalo for his team-best 12th goal. 4-2 Jackets, 11:06 left in the second.
4-2 ...Werenski the shot from the point, Jenner with the tip in the low slot. It's the captain's team leading 12th. goal and the Jackets' second PPG of the game. #CBJ
#CBJ Jenner gets his stick on a Werenski wrister at 8:54, and it's 4-2. That's four unanswered by the home club, Jenner's 12th of the season.