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The Columbus Blue Jackets (CBJ) faced the Vancouver Canucks in a game where Elvis Merzlikins made numerous crucial saves, keeping the score at 0-0 despite the Canucks' 12-4 shot advantage in the first period. Alexandre Texier scored a shorthanded goal, giving CBJ a 1-0 lead in the second period. Sean Kuraly extended the lead to 2-0. Kirill Marchenko and Jake Bean added two more goals, making it 4-1 in favor of CBJ. However, the Canucks staged a comeback, scoring three power-play goals and tying the game 4-4. The game went into overtime, and the Canucks won 5-4, despite CBJ leading 4-1 earlier in the third period.
#CBJ win 1-0. Elvis Merzlikins with a 21-save shutout, his first -- and the Blue Jackets' first -- since Jan. 13, 2022. Merzlikins' 10th career shutout. Voronkov, the only goal, his 12th of the season.
Merzlikins jumps on a loose puck with 38.5 seconds to go. #CBJ hanging on to this 1-0 lead.
Last media timeout, 5:48 to go. #CBJ up 1-0 on the Voronkov goal.
#CBJ Voronkov gets a clean look coming through the slot after Werenski breaks down the Blues by carrying the puck deep into the zone. 1-0 #CBJ at 4:11 of the third
Gaudreau to Werenski to Voronkov, snap shot off the rush for a 1-0 lead #CBJ over #stlblues ... rewards Elvis Merzlikins for a fantastic sprawling save at the other end to keep it 0-0 starting the 3rd.
#CBJ on the board 1st as Dmitri Voronkov scores on the feed from Zach Werenski. 1-0 4:11 into the 3rd with Voronkov's 12th of the season.
🚨 #CBJ goal: Dmitri Voronkov The big man keeps it going, but Zach Werenski makes it happen. The CBJ defenseman speeds through the St. Louis defense and feeds it across the crease for the Vronk Spike. Jackets up 1-0 with 15:49 left.
Voronkov puts #CBJ 1-0 at 4:11 of the 3rd.
Bad #CBJ turnover in the dying seconds of the middle period, but Elvis Merzlikins makes the late save. 0-0 through 40 minutes here in St. Louis. Shots on goal are 11-9. A lot of shot blocks...
And there goes that power play. #CBJ Voronkov nailed for slashing at 3:29. So, 1:28 of 4-on-4, then the Blues will be up a skater for :32.
Voronkov off for slashing ... negating #CBJ PP just 32 seconds into it. 4v4, game 0-0 3:29 into the 2nd.
Jackets back to the PK, Walker off for tripping at 1:57 of the 2nd, 0-0. #CBJ #stlblues
End of the 1st and it's 0-0 in St. Louis. #CBJ have 5 seconds left on a PP that included several good looks but no goals. Jackets outshooting #stlblues 7-4.
#CBJ starters in St. Louis: Gaudreau-Jenner-Chinakhov Provorov-Severson Merzlikins Scratches: F Fantilli (injury), F Bemstrom, D Blankenburg Jordan Binnington in the #stlblues net.
Elvis Merzlikins gets the net for #CBJ in the pre-break finale at St. Louis. As pregame skate showed, Olivier and Roslovic in, Bemstrom and Fantilli (lower body injury) out
#CBJ Chinakhov scores again to pull the Blue Jackets within 3-2 with 4:02 remaining. Skated away from a faceoff and beat Daccord from the slot with a wrister.
Chinakhov scores again ... unassisted ... cuts it to 3-2 with just under four to play. #CBJ
Yegor Chinakhov with his 2nd of the game makes it a 3-2 game with 4:00 to play. #CBJ
#CBJ Chinakhov scores off a slapper from the left wing to make it 3-1 at 7:12 of the season. His 13th goal of the season.
#CBJ on the board. Yegor Chinakhov scores to make it 3-1 with 12:48 to play. Has recorded points in 3-straight games (2-2-4) and five of the last six contests (3-3-6).
🚨 #CBJ goal: Yegor Chinakhov Chinny stays hot, coming in on the left wing on the rush and beating Daccord short side. Jackets cut the deficit to 3-1 with 12:48 left.
#CBJ going down a skater. Voronkov for holding ... in the offensive zone. #SeaKraken on the power play at 11:42 of the first.
OK, more hockey. #CBJ @ #SeaKraken is under way from Seattle.
Challenge denied. #Canucks win #CBJ falls 5-4 in OT, after coughing up a 4-1 lead starring the third.
That's three power play goals for the #Canucks this period. The lead is gone. 4-4. Boeser finishes a rebound in front to get a hat trick. Took Vancouver just 6:27 to erase the #CBJ 4-1 lead after two periods.
#CBJ and the Canucks tied at 4 as Boeser nets a hat trick scoring his 3rd goal of the game on the power play with 13:32 left in the third period.
Hat trick for Boeser. #Canucks and #CBJ tied 4-4.
And we're tied ... third straight PPG allowed in this period by #CBJ and it's 4-4. This one scored with seven seconds left in Jenner's penalty. #Canucks
#CBJ vs #Canucks ... already clinging to a 4-3 lead that was a 4-1 lead when the third started. https://t.co/dQc1Tpjruj
Boeser scores his 2nd goal of the night on the power play 3:24 into the 3rd period to cut #CBJ's lead to 4-3.
Canucks *again* to the power play. #CBJ lost too many battles that shift, couldn't clear the zone.
Another power play goal for the #Canucks. Boeser may have gotten a piece of that in front of Merzlikins. It's 4-3 at 3:24 of the third.
Brock Boeser gets his second of the night, tipping Quinn Hughes' power-play shot past Merzlikins. #CBJ up 4-3 with 16:36 to go. Took the Canucks less than four minutes to get two power-play goals.
Hey look, another PPG for #Canucks and it's 4-3 just 3:14 into the 3rd. #CBJ in full meltdown mode again.
Vancouver power play goal by Pettersson 1:11 into the 3rd period. #CBJ lead 4-2.
#CBJ take another penalty. Voronkov off at 2:22 after hooking J.T. Miller. Not an ideal way to protect a lead.
#Canucks cut it to 4-2 with a power play goal. Pettersson from the right circle at 1:10 of the third period.
Canucks score on the power play 1:11 into the third to make it 4-2 #CBJ. Elvis' stick got caught up in Provorov's legs and Elias Pettersson scores from the right circle.
And here we go ... #Canucks cut it to 4-2 with a PPG just 1:11 into the 3rd.
#CBJ lead 4-1 as Marchenko scores his 15th goal of the campaign on the power play with 1:36 left in the 2nd period. Assists to Gaudreau and Werenski.
A four-goal (!) second period -- Texier, Kuraly, Bean and Marchenko -- and the Jackets are up 4-1 after 40. Excellent response period for the #CBJ. Canucks will be on the power play to start the third.
That'll do it for the second period, #CBJ leading #Canucks 4-1 with 1:30 left for Vancouver on a carryover PP with Severson boxed.
Severson going off for slashing with 30.9 seconds left 2nd ... #CBJ going to the PK leading #Canucks 4-1.
#CBJ take a 4-1 lead. Marchenko redirects the puck off the post, off Demko's back and into the net. 4-1 now at 18:22 of the second.
🚨 #CBJ goal: Kirill Marchenko Jackets get one on the power play, as Marchenko tips Johnny Gaudreau's pass in the slot off the post, then it rebounds off Demko and in Jackets up 4-1 with 1:36 left in the second. Four goals this period for CBJ.
Now #CBJ Chinakhov draws a tripping call. #Canucks Zadorov off at 17:43.
#CBJ push the lead back to two goals. Some fancy work, too. Chinakhov pressured the puck off the stick of J.T. Miller, feeds Jake Bean all alone through the slot for the wrister. 3-1 #CBJ at 17:27 of the second
Chinakhov tripped up, #CBJ back to the PP with 2:17 left 2nd leading #Canucks 3-1 on the road. Zadorov to the box.
🚨 #CBJ goal: Jake Bean Yegor Chinakhov flat out steals a puck from a helpless Canuck and feeds Bean, who dekes his way down the slot and beats Demko with a wrister. Good goal. 3-1 Jackets with 2:33 left in the second.
Canucks goal by Boeser with 4:40 left in the 2nd period to cut #CBJ's lead to 2-1.
#CBJ get caught flat-footed in the neutral zone. #Canucks come the other way, and Boeser finishes a rush with a redirection of a J.T. Miller pass. #CBJ lead 2-1 at 15:20 of the second
Canucks get on the board with 4:40 left in the second. Jackets can't get it deep in the neutral zone and Boeser scores going the other. way on a perfect redirection. Canucks had been buzzing for a bit there, and now it's 2-1.
Some good chances on a #CBJ power play -- Voronkov stopped on a between-the-legs try, Chinakhov ripping one off the iron -- but no goal. Stays a 2-0 lead.
#CBJ getting a power play now at 10:11 of the second. #Canucks Hollander off for hooking.
#CBJ strike 1st as Texier scores his 8th goal of the season shorthanded and unassisted 4:30 into the 2nd period.
#CBJ take a 2-0 lead at 6:14 of the second. Texier this time with the primary assist, setting up Kuraly in the right circle. It's 2-0 Blue Jackets
🚨 #CBJ goal: Sean Kuraly That line has been very good, and now two of them have goals. This time, Alexandre Texier sets Kuraly up and he finishes crashing the net. Jackets up 2-0 with 13:46 left in the second.
Another shorthanded goal by Texier, and it's 1-0 #CBJ at 4:30 of the second. #Canucks still have :54 remaining on the power play.
🚨 #CBJ goal: Alexandre Texier He did it again! Tex scores shorthanded for the second game in a row, converting a rush by beating Demko far side from the left circle. Jackets up 1-0 with 15:30 left in the second.
#CBJ going down a skater. Voronkov off at 3:24 of the second for highsticking. #Canucks to the power play.
First PP of the game goes to #Canucks after Voronkos is called for high-sticking at 3:24 of the 2nd ... after more good work by Merzlikins in net. #CBJ to the PK and game is 0-0
#Canucks come up empty on a 2-on-1. Still scoreless, early second.
Period two under way in Vancouver and it starts with a 0-0 score between #CBJ and #Canucks
No score after the 1st period of play. The Canucks lead shots, 11-4. #CBJ
0-0 game through 20 minutes in Vancouver. The Canucks were flying early but #CBJ found some footing as the period went on. Shots on goal are 12-4 Canucks; shot attempts are 26-11.
End of one here in VAN and it remains 0-0 mostly thanks to Elvis Merzlikins. This game could easily be 3-0 or even 4-0 #Canucks were in not from some crazy good work by the #CBJ goalie. Vancouver outshooting Columbus 12-4 after 20 mins. #CBJAfterDark
#CBJ needed Elvis Merzlikins to be their best player in that first period, and he delivered. #Canucks with a 12-4 edge in shots, but score is 0-0.
dominant period for #Canucks but nothing to show for it. Spent almost entire period in CBJ zone Shots 12-4 Shot attempts 26-11
There's 5:13 left in this 1st period and it's been the Elvis Merzlikins show for the #CBJ ... score remains 0-0 despite the #Canucks holding a 9-2 shot advantage. #CBJAfterDark
Another good stop by Merzlikins, getting over to deny a backhand by Brock Boeser. #CBJ just hanging on right now. Canucks have been smothering.