Columbus Blue Jackets vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Friday, March 22, 2024 · Ball Arena
ALT · BSOH
Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 6-1 on Friday, March 22, 2024 at Ball Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Blue Jackets 50-24.
Mikko Rantanen scored twice. Damon Severson, Cale Makar, Ross Colton, Nathan MacKinnon and Valeri Nichushkin also scored.
Alexandar Georgiev made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Elvis Merzlikins stopped 44 of 50.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Damon Severson (7)Johnny Gaudreau (41), Boone Jenner (12)1–004:28 CBJ
Cale Makar (18)Artturi Lehkonen (13), Jonathan Drouin (30)1–111:00 COL
2nd period
Ross Colton (15)Miles Wood (14), Zach Parise (4)1–205:43 COL
Mikko Rantanen (38)Josh Manson (14), Samuel Girard (15)1–307:07 COL
3rd period
Nathan MacKinnon (43)Cale Makar (59)1–406:01 COL- Mikko Rantanen (39)Nathan MacKinnon (76), Jonathan Drouin (31)1–507:14 COL · PPG
Valeri Nichushkin (26)Casey Mittelstadt (36), Mikko Rantanen (57)1–613:38 COL
Team stats
CBJCOL
24Shots on goal50
44%Faceoff %56%
0/0Power play1/3
11Penalty minutes5
20Hits26
24Blocked shots11
2Giveaways9
16Takeaways15
Penalties
- 1st 12:13
Erik Gudbranson · tripping2 min - 1st 16:54Alex Nylander · tripping2 min
- 3rd 06:22Jake Bean · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 18:26Mathieu Olivier · fighting5 min
- 3rd 18:26
Josh Manson · fighting5 min
Season series
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 13Johnny GaudreauL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 15:33 |
| 38Boone JennerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 20:18 |
| 78Damon SeversonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 22:00 |
| 4Cole SillingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 16:43 |
| 10Dmitri VoronkovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:37 |
| 16Brendan GaunceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:27 |
| 24Mathieu OlivierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:58 |
| 42Alexandre TexierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 18:54 |
| 64Trey Fix-WolanskyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:51 |
| 72Carson MeyerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:52 |
| 82Mikael PyyhtiaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:05 |
| 86Kirill MarchenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:54 |
| 92Alex NylanderL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:20 |
| 8Zach WerenskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 22:45 |
| 9Ivan ProvorovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 20:00 |
| 22Jake BeanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 21:49 |
| 23Jake ChristiansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:51 |
| 44Erik GudbransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:11 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Daniil TarasovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 90Elvis MerzlikinsG | L | 50 | 44 | 6 | .880 | 60:00 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 96Mikko RantanenR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 19:58 |
| 27Jonathan DrouinL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 19:15 |
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 7 | 19:47 |
| 8Cale MakarD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 5 | 21:39 |
| 9Zach PariseL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:10 |
| 13Valeri NichushkinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 19:42 |
| 20Ross ColtonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:26 |
| 28Miles WoodL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 11:55 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 16:18 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:15 |
| 42Josh MansonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:46 |
| 49Samuel GirardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 21:03 |
| 11Andrew CoglianoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:26 |
| 12Brandon DuhaimeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:38 |
| 73Yakov TreninC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:08 |
| 3Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:44 |
| 7Devon ToewsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | 20:39 |
| 26Sean WalkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:11 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Alexandar GeorgievG | W | 24 | 23 | 1 | .958 | 60:00 |
| 60Justus AnnunenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |