Columbus Blue Jackets vs Nashville Predators
Regular season · Saturday, January 16, 2021 · Bridgestone Arena
ESPN+ · FS-O · FS-TN
Game summary
The Nashville Predators beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-2 on Saturday, January 16, 2021 at Bridgestone Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Predators 44-33.
Goals came from Nick Foligno, Rocco Grimaldi, Filip Forsberg, Alexandre Texier, Brad Richardson, Luke Kunin and Colton Sissons.
Juuse Saros made 42 saves on 44 shots for the win; Elvis Merzlikins stopped 28 of 33.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Nick Foligno (1)Michael Del Zotto (1), Alexandre Texier (1)1–007:58 CBJ
Rocco Grimaldi (1)Ryan Ellis (1)1–109:44 NSH
3rd period
Filip Forsberg (2)Unassisted1–201:43 NSH
Alexandre Texier (1)Liam Foudy (1), Michael Del Zotto (2)2–205:47 CBJ
Brad Richardson (1)Mattias Ekholm (1)2–311:00 NSH
Luke Kunin (2)Nick Cousins (1), Matt Duchene (1)2–414:28 NSH
Colton Sissons (1)Viktor Arvidsson (1), Dante Fabbro (1)2–515:22 NSH
Team stats
CBJNSH
44Shots on goal33
46%Faceoff %54%
0/2Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes4
11Hits16
17Blocked shots10
4Giveaways6
3Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 00:22
Erik Haula · tripping2 min - 1st 18:07
Alexandre Texier · slashing2 min - 2nd 10:47Nick Foligno · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 11:27Bench · delaying game bench face off violation2 min
- 3rd 16:45Oliver Bjorkstrand · high sticking2 min
Season series
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 42Alexandre TexierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 15:36 |
| 15Michael Del ZottoD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 15:02 |
| 19Liam FoudyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:43 |
| 71Nick FolignoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 17:15 |
| 13Cam AtkinsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 6 | 15:47 |
| 16Max DomiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 15:19 |
| 18Pierre-Luc DuboisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 17:24 |
| 20Riley NashC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11:21 |
| 25Mikhail GrigorenkoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:04 |
| 28Oliver BjorkstrandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 17:28 |
| 38Boone JennerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 16:11 |
| 50Eric RobinsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 09:24 |
| 52Emil BemstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 09:12 |
| 3Seth JonesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 24:32 |
| 8Zach WerenskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 5 | 24:37 |
| 44Vladislav GavrikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:14 |
| 46Dean KukanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:10 |
| 58David SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 20:41 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70Joonas KorpisaloG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 90Elvis MerzlikinsG | L | 33 | 28 | 5 | .848 | 60:00 |
Nashville Predators
| 9Filip ForsbergL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:10 |
| 10Colton SissonsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 14:16 |
| 11Luke KuninC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14:33 |
| 15Brad RichardsonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:59 |
| 21Nick CousinsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 16:29 |
| 23Rocco GrimaldiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:06 |
| 33Viktor ArvidssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 19:11 |
| 95Matt DucheneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:25 |
| 4Ryan EllisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 22:17 |
| 14Mattias EkholmD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 21:48 |
| 57Dante FabbroD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 18:01 |
| 19Calle JarnkrokC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:31 |
| 25Mathieu OlivierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:58 |
| 56Erik HaulaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:58 |
| 92Ryan JohansenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:47 |
| 5Matt BenningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:08 |
| 59Roman JosiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 22:16 |
| 90Mark BorowieckiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:07 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Pekka RinneG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 74Juuse SarosG | W | 44 | 42 | 2 | .955 | 60:00 |