Detroit Red Wings vs Columbus Blue Jackets
Preseason · Wednesday, October 6, 2021 · Nationwide Arena
Game summary
The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Detroit Red Wings 4–2 on Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at Nationwide Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Red Wings 37–22.
Goals came from Oliver Bjorkstrand, Zach Werenski, Riley Barber, Dan Renouf, Jakub Voracek and Patrik Laine.
Elvis Merzlikins made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 33 of 37.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Oliver Bjorkstrand (4)Boone Jenner (2), Jakub Voracek (4)0–114:14 CBJ · 
Zach Werenski (1)Patrik Laine (3), Jakub Voracek (5)0–217:32 CBJ ·
3rd period
Riley Barber (1)Filip Zadina (2), Troy Stecher (2)1–201:58 DET
Dan Renouf (1)Turner Elson (3), Givani Smith (1)2–206:39 DET
Jakub Voracek (2)Jake Bean (3), Alexandre Texier (2)2–307:14 CBJ
Patrik Laine (2)Zach Werenski (3)2–415:39 CBJ ·
Team stats
DETCBJ
2237
44%56%
0/13/4
82
2119
199
26
57
Penalties
- 13:01 into the first period
Adam Erne · hooking2 min - 16:38 into the first periodGustav Lindstrom · cross checking2 min
- 19:13 into the second period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 14:26 into the third periodGivani Smith · cross checking2 min
- 17:24 into the third periodRiley Barber · high sticking2 min
Detroit Red Wings
| 11Filip ZadinaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:09 |
| 26Riley BarberR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:25 |
| 48Givani SmithR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:12 |
| 57Turner ElsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:56 |
| 21Dan RenoufD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:34 |
| 70Troy StecherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:08 |
| 22Mitchell StephensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:07 |
| 23Lucas RaymondL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:41 |
| 37Carter RowneyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:35 |
| 52Jonatan BerggrenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:14 |
| 54Bobby RyanF | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:41 |
| 71Dylan LarkinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:38 |
| 73Adam ErneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:16 |
| 90Joseph VelenoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:43 |
| 28Gustav LindstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:47 |
| 32Brian LashoffD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:24 |
| 44Donovan SebrangoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:16 |
| 53Moritz SeiderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 22:54 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Victor BrattstromG | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 39Alex NedeljkovicG | L | 37 | 4 | .892 |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 93Jakub VoracekR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 17:12 |
| 29Patrik LaineR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 17:05 |
| 8Zach WerenskiD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 23:29 |
| 28Oliver BjorkstrandR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 19:28 |
| 38Boone JennerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 18:53 |
| 42Alexandre TexierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:14 |
| 22Jake BeanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:39 |
| 7Sean KuralyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:38 |
| 14Gustav NyquistC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:40 |
| 15Gregory HofmannC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:52 |
| 34Cole SillingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:20 |
| 50Eric RobinsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13:03 |
| 59Egor ChinakhovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:58 |
| 96Jack RoslovicC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 14:56 |
| 27Adam BoqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:36 |
| 43Mikko LehtonenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:38 |
| 44Vladislav GavrikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:12 |
| 46Dean KukanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:34 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Daniil TarasovG | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 90Elvis MerzlikinsG | W | 22 | 2 | .909 |