Columbus Blue Jackets vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Thursday, March 31, 2022 · UBS Arena
ESPN+ · HULU
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-2 on Thursday, March 31, 2022 at UBS Arena. The Islanders outshot the Blue Jackets 36-32.
Goals came from Sebastian Aho, Oliver Wahlstrom, Emil Bemstrom, Justin Danforth, Kyle Palmieri, Mathew Barzal and Ryan Pulock.
Semyon Varlamov made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Elvis Merzlikins stopped 31 of 35.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Sebastian Aho (1)Brock Nelson (17)0–108:39 NYI
Oliver Wahlstrom (13)Zach Parise (17), Mathew Barzal (33)0–208:50 NYI
2nd period
Emil Bemstrom (4)Eric Robinson (14), Jake Bean (14)1–208:47 CBJ
Justin Danforth (6)Vladislav Gavrikov (25), Egor Chinakhov (6)2–210:26 CBJ
3rd period
Kyle Palmieri (12)Josh Bailey (25), Adam Pelech (21)2–303:16 NYI
Mathew Barzal (13)Unassisted2–409:52 NYI
Ryan Pulock (3)Unassisted2–519:03 NYI · EN
Team stats
CBJNYI
32Shots on goal36
57%Faceoff %43%
0/3Power play0/1
2Penalty minutes6
26Hits21
11Blocked shots10
14Giveaways12
1Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 17:30
Oliver Bjorkstrand · tripping2 min - 2nd 12:56
Anthony Beauvillier · slashing2 min - 2nd 15:10Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3rd 07:19Noah Dobson · slashing2 min
Season series
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 17Justin DanforthR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 12:16 |
| 50Eric RobinsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:44 |
| 52Emil BemstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 13:13 |
| 59Egor ChinakhovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:05 |
| 22Jake BeanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 21:28 |
| 44Vladislav GavrikovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19:30 |
| 7Sean KuralyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:42 |
| 14Gustav NyquistC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 17:54 |
| 23Brendan GaunceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 11:38 |
| 28Oliver BjorkstrandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 17:46 |
| 29Patrik LaineL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 20:51 |
| 34Cole SillingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:39 |
| 93Jakub VoracekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 21:04 |
| 96Jack RoslovicC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:40 |
| 2Andrew PeekeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:44 |
| 27Adam BoqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 17:54 |
| 46Dean KukanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:51 |
| 53Gabriel CarlssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:13 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30J-F BerubeG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 90Elvis MerzlikinsG | L | 35 | 31 | 4 | .886 | 57:48 |
New York Islanders
| 13Mathew BarzalC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 16:17 |
| 11Zach PariseL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 17:16 |
| 12Josh BaileyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:05 |
| 21Kyle PalmieriR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:48 |
| 26Oliver WahlstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 13:59 |
| 29Brock NelsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 17:36 |
| 3Adam PelechD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 21:50 |
| 6Ryan PulockD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 4 | 22:59 |
| 25Sebastian AhoD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:31 |
| 17Matt MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:11 |
| 18Anthony BeauvillierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:51 |
| 20Kieffer BellowsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:00 |
| 27Anders LeeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:57 |
| 44Jean-Gabriel PageauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:34 |
| 53Casey CizikasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:59 |
| 7Grant HuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:51 |
| 8Noah DobsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:55 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:42 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Cory SchneiderG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Semyon VarlamovG | W | 32 | 30 | 2 | .938 | 59:39 |