Nashville Predators vs Columbus Blue Jackets
Regular season · Wednesday, May 5, 2021 · Nationwide Arena
BSSO · BSOH
Game summary
The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Nashville Predators 4-2 on Wednesday, May 5, 2021 at Nationwide Arena. The Predators outshot the Blue Jackets 32-27.
Oliver Bjorkstrand scored twice. Tanner Jeannot, Jack Roslovic, Calle Jarnkrok and Mikhail Grigorenko also scored.
Elvis Merzlikins made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Juuse Saros stopped 23 of 26.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Tanner Jeannot (4)Unassisted1–003:22 NSH
2nd period
Jack Roslovic (11)Cam Atkinson (18), Oliver Bjorkstrand (25)1–102:08 CBJ · PPG
Calle Jarnkrok (13)Unassisted2–117:53 NSH
Oliver Bjorkstrand (16)Mikko Lehtonen (5), Vladislav Gavrikov (8)2–219:09 CBJ
3rd period
Mikhail Grigorenko (4)Vladislav Gavrikov (9), Mikko Lehtonen (6)2–313:50 CBJ- Oliver Bjorkstrand (17)Max Domi (15), Cam Atkinson (19)2–419:59 CBJ · EN
Team stats
NSHCBJ
32Shots on goal27
51%Faceoff %49%
0/1Power play1/2
4Penalty minutes2
17Hits17
11Blocked shots16
3Giveaways5
6Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 06:27
Alexandre Carrier · tripping2 min - 2nd 01:14Juuse Saros · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 00:56
Vladislav Gavrikov · tripping2 min
Season series
Nashville Predators
| 19Calle JarnkrokC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:31 |
| 84Tanner JeannotL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 13:57 |
| 9Filip ForsbergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 20:01 |
| 10Colton SissonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 15:28 |
| 11Luke KuninC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 12:29 |
| 13Yakov TreninC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 12:12 |
| 15Brad RichardsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:23 |
| 28Eeli TolvanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:36 |
| 56Erik HaulaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 17:05 |
| 64Mikael GranlundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:22 |
| 92Ryan JohansenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:54 |
| 95Matt DucheneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:34 |
| 4Ryan EllisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:39 |
| 14Mattias EkholmD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 21:46 |
| 17Ben HarpurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:18 |
| 45Alexandre CarrierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 19:52 |
| 57Dante FabbroD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:35 |
| 59Roman JosiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 25:10 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Pekka RinneG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 74Juuse SarosG | L | 26 | 23 | 3 | .885 | 58:14 |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 28Oliver BjorkstrandR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 20:31 |
| 13Cam AtkinsonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 19:12 |
| 43Mikko LehtonenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 20:35 |
| 44Vladislav GavrikovD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 19:20 |
| 16Max DomiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:10 |
| 25Mikhail GrigorenkoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:56 |
| 96Jack RoslovicC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:40 |
| 11Kevin StenlundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:01 |
| 19Liam FoudyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:10 |
| 24Nathan GerbeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:00 |
| 29Patrik LaineR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:58 |
| 49Ryan MacInnisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 09:49 |
| 50Eric RobinsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:51 |
| 52Emil BemstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:19 |
| 3Seth JonesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25:05 |
| 7Gavin BayreutherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:57 |
| 15Michael Del ZottoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:40 |
| 46Dean KukanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:46 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80Matiss KivlenieksG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 90Elvis MerzlikinsG | W | 32 | 30 | 2 | .938 | 60:00 |