St. Louis Blues vs Columbus Blue Jackets

Preseason · Wednesday, September 25, 2024 · Nationwide Arena

0–3

31–41

Game summary

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the St. Louis Blues 3–0 on Wednesday, September 25, 2024 at Nationwide Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Blues 41–31.

Goals came from Denton Mateychuk, Kirill Marchenko and Kent Johnson.

Elvis Merzlikins made 19 saves on 19 shots for the win; Joel Hofer stopped 26 of 28.

Goals
STL	0	0	0	0	31
CBJ	1	1	1	3	41

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Denton Mateychuk (1)Kent Johnson (1), Sean Kuraly (1)0–118:59 CBJ

2nd period

Kirill Marchenko (1)Sean Kuraly (2), Ivan Provorov (1)0–215:59 CBJ

3rd period

Kent Johnson (1)Erik Gudbranson (1)0–319:20 CBJ ·

Team stats

STLCBJ

3141

48%52%

0/60/2

1018

2217

1312

1623

Penalties

8:40 into the first periodMikael Pyyhtia · tripping2 min
16:37 into the first periodJames Malatesta · roughing2 min
16:37 into the first periodJustin Faulk · roughing2 min
6:16 into the second periodCole Clayton · high sticking2 min
11:05 into the second periodZachary Bolduc · slashing2 min
0:32 into the third periodZachary Bolduc · roughing2 min
0:32 into the third periodSean Kuraly · roughing2 min
3:24 into the third periodRyan Suter · roughing2 min
6:25 into the third periodErik Gudbranson · roughing2 min
10:47 into the third periodEgor Chinakhov · high sticking double minor4 min
11:10 into the third periodJustin Faulk · holding2 min
12:44 into the third periodLuca Del Bel Belluz · hooking2 min
20:00 into the third periodGavin Brindley · hooking2 min

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues skaters

13Alexey ToropchenkoR	−1	0	1	1	0	–	0	0	18	12:58
18Robert ThomasC	−1	2	0	0	0	41	5	0	21	23:06
25Jordan KyrouC	−1	3	1	2	0	100	0	0	18	20:32
26Nathan WalkerL	−1	0	1	1	0	100	0	0	22	19:04
34Samuel BittenC	−1	1	3	0	0	100	0	0	12	09:30
42Kasperi KapanenR	0	2	0	0	0	–	1	0	19	15:04
52Zach DeanC	−1	1	1	2	0	–	0	0	18	12:41
53Matthew PecaC	−1	0	0	0	0	67	0	0	17	11:03
54Dalibor DvorskyC	−2	1	1	0	0	38	0	0	20	16:51
58Mathias LaferriereR	−1	1	0	0	0	33	0	0	16	13:25
59Nikita AlexandrovC	0	2	2	0	0	56	0	0	13	10:19
76Zachary BolducC	−1	6	2	0	4	–	1	1	21	23:06
22Ryan SuterD	0	2	2	1	2	–	0	1	28	26:04
41Scott HarringtonD	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	3	02:42
43Hunter SkinnerD	0	1	4	2	0	–	1	1	15	11:14
51Matthew KesselD	−1	1	1	2	0	–	2	0	22	16:58
72Justin FaulkD	−2	5	0	1	4	–	3	0	29	26:46
75Tyler TuckerD	−2	3	3	1	0	–	2	2	27	22:10

St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie
30Joel HoferG	L	28	26	2	.929	40:00
35Colten EllisG		12	12	0	1.000	16:27

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

7Sean KuralyC	0	2	2	+2	2	1	1	2	48	3	0	24	18:53
91Kent JohnsonC	1	1	2	+2	5	0	1	0	57	0	0	22	18:34
86Kirill MarchenkoR	1	0	1	+1	3	2	0	0	50	1	0	24	17:42
5Denton MateychukD	1	0	1	+1	4	1	0	0	–	2	1	18	16:26
9Ivan ProvorovD	0	1	1	+3	4	0	3	0	–	0	0	24	24:10
44Erik GudbransonD	0	1	1	+2	2	0	1	2	–	4	0	22	22:08
12Owen SillingerC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	50	1	0	18	13:38
21James van RiemsdykL	0	0	0	+1	4	0	1	0	–	0	0	19	15:26
45Gavin BrindleyC	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	2	–	0	0	15	11:37
53Luca PinelliC	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	1	0	13	09:30
59Egor ChinakhovR	0	0	0	+1	5	0	1	4	67	0	0	23	18:46
63Jake GaudetC	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	60	0	0	13	08:05
65Luca Del Bel BelluzC	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	2	50	1	0	17	14:17
67James MalatestaL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	–	1	0	14	09:30
82Mikael PyyhtiaL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	2	0	17	10:49
2Jake ChristiansenD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	3	0	23	19:44
34Cole ClaytonD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	–	1	1	18	13:18
78Damon SeversonD	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	–	2	1	23	21:46

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie
36Zach SawchenkoG		12	12	0	1.000	19:41
90Elvis MerzlikinsG	W	19	19	0	1.000	40:00