Columbus Blue Jackets vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Saturday, March 2, 2024 · United Center
NBCSCH · BSOH
Game summary
The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 on Saturday, March 2, 2024 at United Center. The Blue Jackets outshot the Blackhawks 31-28.
Goals came from Alexandre Texier, Boone Jenner, Philipp Kurashev, Mathieu Olivier, Cole Sillinger, Ryan Donato and Johnny Gaudreau.
Elvis Merzlikins made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Arvid Soderblom stopped 26 of 30.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Alexandre Texier (9)Unassisted1–000:33 CBJ
Boone Jenner (19)Zach Werenski (31), Jack Roslovic (15)2–014:05 CBJ
Philipp Kurashev (10)Connor Bedard (24), Ryan Donato (11)2–117:32 CHI
2nd period
Mathieu Olivier (2)Zach Werenski (32)3–103:09 CBJ
Cole Sillinger (11)Alex Nylander (2), Adam Boqvist (8)4–111:51 CBJ
3rd period
Ryan Donato (7)Philipp Kurashev (24), Alex Vlasic (10)4–206:18 CHI
Johnny Gaudreau (9)Jack Roslovic (16)5–217:35 CBJ · EN
Team stats
CBJCHI
31Shots on goal28
47%Faceoff %53%
0/2Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes4
13Hits21
14Blocked shots21
3Giveaways4
6Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 17:54
Erik Gudbranson · holding2 min - 2nd 05:55Damon Severson · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 07:21
Seth Jones · tripping2 min - 2nd 16:18Ivan Provorov · hooking2 min
- 3rd 07:23Seth Jones · tripping2 min
Season series
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 96Jack RoslovicC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 18:22 |
| 8Zach WerenskiD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 3 | 22:13 |
| 4Cole SillingerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:01 |
| 13Johnny GaudreauL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 14:48 |
| 24Mathieu OlivierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:12 |
| 38Boone JennerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 19:01 |
| 42Alexandre TexierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:11 |
| 92Alex NylanderL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:02 |
| 27Adam BoqvistD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 17:39 |
| 7Sean KuralyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:44 |
| 10Dmitri VoronkovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:44 |
| 17Justin DanforthR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:32 |
| 59Egor ChinakhovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:25 |
| 86Kirill MarchenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:11 |
| 9Ivan ProvorovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:59 |
| 22Jake BeanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:45 |
| 44Erik GudbransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:38 |
| 78Damon SeversonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:33 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Daniil TarasovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 90Elvis MerzlikinsG | W | 28 | 26 | 2 | .929 | 60:00 |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 8Ryan DonatoC | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 18:00 |
| 23Philipp KurashevC | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 3 | 20:32 |
| 98Connor BedardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 21:19 |
| 72Alex VlasicD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:06 |
| 11Taylor RaddyshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:57 |
| 14Boris KatchoukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:44 |
| 15Joey AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:07 |
| 16Jason DickinsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:37 |
| 17Nick FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:52 |
| 43Colin BlackwellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:08 |
| 52Reese JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 08:40 |
| 90Tyler JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:05 |
| 91Anthony BeauvillierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 10:27 |
| 4Seth JonesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26:19 |
| 24Jaycob MegnaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:24 |
| 41Isaak PhillipsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:53 |
| 46Louis CrevierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 12:29 |
| 55Kevin KorchinskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:38 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Petr MrazekG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Arvid SoderblomG | L | 30 | 26 | 4 | .867 | 59:43 |