New York Rangers vs Columbus Blue Jackets
Regular season · Friday, February 14, 2020 · Nationwide Arena
ESPN+ · FS-O · MSG
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-1 on Friday, February 14, 2020 at Nationwide Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Rangers 37-28.
Goals came from Pavel Buchnevich, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Chris Kreider and Ryan Strome.
Alexandar Georgiev made 36 saves on 37 shots for the win; Elvis Merzlikins stopped 25 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Pavel Buchnevich (13)Jacob Trouba (17), Chris Kreider (19)1–000:22 NYR
2nd period
Oliver Bjorkstrand (19)Gustav Nyquist (24), Scott Harrington (4)1–118:52 CBJ
3rd period
Chris Kreider (23)Mika Zibanejad (27), Adam Fox (25)2–116:49 NYR
Ryan Strome (14)Phillip Di Giuseppe (2), Artemi Panarin (48)3–118:49 NYR · EN
Team stats
NYRCBJ
28Shots on goal37
51%Faceoff %49%
0/3Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes6
17Hits8
11Blocked shots15
5Giveaways7
0Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 18:58
Eric Robinson · tripping2 min - 2nd 07:34
Pavel Buchnevich · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min - 2nd 07:34Pavel Buchnevich · holding2 min
- 3rd 14:47Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3rd 19:21Gustav Nyquist · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 20Chris KreiderC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 19:10 |
| 10Artemi PanarinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 20:37 |
| 16Ryan StromeC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 20:54 |
| 33Phillip Di GiuseppeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:44 |
| 89Pavel BuchnevichL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 16:49 |
| 93Mika ZibanejadC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 22:16 |
| 8Jacob TroubaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:18 |
| 23Adam FoxD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 23:27 |
| 14Greg McKeggC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:51 |
| 17Jesper FastR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:07 |
| 21Brett HowdenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:37 |
| 24Kaapo KakkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:50 |
| 48Brendan LemieuxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:18 |
| 72Filip ChytilC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 12:14 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:56 |
| 42Brendan SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:44 |
| 55Ryan LindgrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 19:20 |
| 76Brady SkjeiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:14 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Alexandar GeorgievG | W | 37 | 36 | 1 | .973 | 59:34 |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 14Gustav NyquistC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 21:21 |
| 28Oliver BjorkstrandR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:24 |
| 4Scott HarringtonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:02 |
| 11Kevin StenlundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:20 |
| 15Jakob LiljaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:16 |
| 18Pierre-Luc DuboisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:03 |
| 20Riley NashC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:09 |
| 22Sonny MilanoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:54 |
| 24Nathan GerbeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 12:01 |
| 38Boone JennerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 16:31 |
| 50Eric RobinsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:10 |
| 52Emil BemstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:31 |
| 71Nick FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 16:49 |
| 2Andrew PeekeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 16:02 |
| 8Zach WerenskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 23:49 |
| 44Vladislav GavrikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:03 |
| 58David SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:44 |
| 65Markus NutivaaraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:20 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80Matiss KivlenieksG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 90Elvis MerzlikinsG | L | 27 | 25 | 2 | .926 | 58:35 |