Columbus Blue Jackets vs Phoenix Coyotes
Regular season · Saturday, March 3, 2012 · Jobing.com Arena
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Game summary
The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Phoenix Coyotes 5-2 on Saturday, March 3, 2012 at Jobing.com Arena. The Coyotes outshot the Blue Jackets 32-26.
Rick Nash scored twice. Ray Whitney, Lauri Korpikoski, Nikita Nikitin, Derick Brassard and Colton Gillies also scored.
Steve Mason made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Mike Smith stopped 21 of 25.
| Goals | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | SOG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 CBJ | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 26 |
 PHX | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 32 |
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Rick Nash (1)Derek MacKenzie (1), John Moore (1)1–016:21 CBJ · SHG
2nd period
- Rick Nash (2)Derick Brassard (1)2–005:18 CBJ
Ray Whitney (1)Shane Doan (1), David Rundblad (1)2–108:19 PHX · PPG
Lauri Korpikoski (1)Shane Doan (2)2–213:50 PHX
3rd period
Nikita Nikitin (1)R.J. Umberger (1)3–209:12 CBJ
Derick Brassard (1)Rick Nash (1)4–213:44 CBJ
Colton Gillies (1)Jack Johnson (1)5–219:00 CBJ · EN
Team stats
CBJPHX
26Shots on goal32
56%Faceoff %44%
0/4Power play1/4
13Penalty minutes13
25Hits23
16Blocked shots11
5Giveaways8
8Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 10:47Mike Smith · delaying game illegal play by goalie2 min
- 1st 14:31Derek Dorsett · hooking2 min
- 1st 19:17Oliver Ekman-Larsson · high sticking double minor4 min
- 2nd 06:57Colton Gillies · roughing2 min
- 2nd 06:57Chris Summers · fighting5 min
- 2nd 06:57Colton Gillies · fighting5 min
- 2nd 09:01Mikkel Boedker · holding2 min
- 2nd 17:10Rick Nash · tripping2 min
- 3rd 11:21Nikita Nikitin · tripping2 min
Season series
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 61Rick NashL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 4 | 17:03 |
| 16Derick BrassardC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 16:25 |
| 9Colton GilliesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:53 |
| 18R.J. UmbergerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 16:00 |
| 24Derek MacKenzieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 14:34 |
| 4John MooreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 15:43 |
| 6Nikita NikitinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 24:42 |
| 7Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 22:20 |
| 13Cam AtkinsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:15 |
| 15Derek DorsettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:19 |
| 17Mark LetestuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:02 |
| 22Vinny ProspalL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:12 |
| 25Ryan RussellL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:31 |
| 43Darryl BoyceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 07:47 |
| 5Aaron JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:32 |
| 21James WisniewskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:48 |
| 23Brett LebdaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:02 |
| 51Fedor TyutinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 26:37 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Steve MasonG | W | 32 | 30 | 2 | .938 | 59:53 |
| 30Curtis SanfordG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Phoenix Coyotes
| 19Shane DoanR | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 7 | 17:54 |
| 13Ray WhitneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 22:20 |
| 28Lauri KorpikoskiL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 15:45 |
| 2David RundbladD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 5 | 17:15 |
| 8Gilbert BruleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 08:04 |
| 11Martin HanzalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20:42 |
| 14Taylor PyattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:57 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:58 |
| 17Radim VrbataR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:16 |
| 22Daymond LangkowC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:38 |
| 37Raffi TorresL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 08:47 |
| 50Antoine VermetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 15:24 |
| 89Mikkel BoedkerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:44 |
| 3Keith YandleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 20:40 |
| 20Chris SummersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:15 |
| 23Oliver Ekman-LarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26:25 |
| 32Michal RozsivalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:57 |
| 33Adrian AucoinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:50 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jason LaBarberaG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Mike SmithG | L | 25 | 21 | 4 | .840 | 59:09 |