Chicago Blackhawks vs Columbus Blue Jackets

Regular season · Saturday, February 22, 2025 · Nationwide Arena

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SOG 28–21

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Game summary

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-1 on Saturday, February 22, 2025 at Nationwide Arena. The Blackhawks outshot the Blue Jackets 28-21.

Kent Johnson scored twice. Craig Smith, Denton Mateychuk, Zach Werenski and Adam Fantilli also scored.

Elvis Merzlikins made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Petr Mrazek stopped 16 of 21.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
CHI	0	1	0	1	28
CBJ	1	2	2	5	21

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Kent Johnson (18)Cole Sillinger (19), Zach Werenski (43)Murphy 1:13 into shift0–104:10 CBJ

2nd period

Kent Johnson (19)Zach Werenski (44), Dmitri Voronkov (17)0–201:12 CBJ · PPG
Craig Smith (8)Alex Vlasic (19), Frank Nazar (7)1–204:53 CHI · PPG
Denton Mateychuk (2)Unassisted1–312:42 CBJ

3rd period

Zach Werenski (18)Boone Jenner (1), Cole Sillinger (20)Kurashev 1:05 into shift1–413:51 CBJ
Adam Fantilli (16)Kirill Marchenko (35), Dmitri Voronkov (18)1–514:44 CBJ

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:13

0–1 · 1st 4:10 · Johnson. CHI stayed on through an icing. Murphy was 1:13 into his shift when it went in.

GoalCHI on iceCBJ on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 CBJ

1st 4:10 · Johnson

Long shift: Murphy 1:13

Long shiftMurphy 1:13

0–2 CBJ

2nd 1:12 · PP · Johnson

Martinez 0:08

Fresh legsMartinez 0:08

1–2 CHI

2nd 4:53 · PP · Smith

Werenski 0:05

Fresh legsWerenski 0:05

1–3 CBJ

2nd 12:42 · Mateychuk

Brodie 0:54

NormalBrodie 0:54

1–4 CBJ

3rd 13:51 · Werenski

Long shift: Kurashev 1:05

Long shiftKurashev 1:05

1–5 CBJ

3rd 14:44 · Fantilli

Foligno 0:53

NormalFoligno 0:53

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).

4.2%

5.7%

5.9%

6.9%

6.6%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

CHICBJ

28Shots on goal21

36%Faceoff %64%

1/4Power play1/1

7Penalty minutes13

14Hits39

8Blocked shots13

18Giveaways13

6Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 13:06Dante Fabbro · tripping2 min
1st 19:40Nick Foligno · roughing2 min
1st 19:40Joseph LaBate · fighting5 min
1st 19:40Nick Foligno · fighting5 min
2nd 03:17Ivan Provorov · high sticking2 min
2nd 07:41Cole Sillinger · hooking2 min
3rd 17:10Dmitri Voronkov · hooking2 min

Season series

Chicago Blackhawks

Chicago Blackhawks skaters

15Craig SmithC	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	–	13:08
91Frank NazarC	0	1	1	-2	2	0	0	0	56	15:08
72Alex VlasicD	0	1	1	-1	1	0	1	0	–	21:17
8Ryan DonatoC	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0	0	33	19:53
17Nick FolignoL	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	7	11	13:55
23Philipp KurashevC	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	–	14:13
59Tyler BertuzziL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	15:04
73Lukas ReichelL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	20	11:17
77Patrick MaroonL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	50	16:01
84Landon SlaggertL	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	–	11:59
86Teuvo TeravainenC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	50	17:29
95Ilya MikheyevR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	14:52
98Connor BedardC	0	0	0	-1	5	1	1	0	50	23:12
4Seth JonesD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	20:43
5Connor MurphyD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	–	20:04
25Alec MartinezD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	3	0	–	19:28
38Ethan Del MastroD	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	0	–	14:55
78TJ BrodieD	0	0	0	-2	1	1	1	0	–	16:07

Chicago Blackhawks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34Petr MrazekG	L	21	16	5	.762	59:43
40Arvid SoderblomG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

8Zach WerenskiD	1	2	3	+2	2	0	1	0	–	23:11
4Cole SillingerC	0	2	2	+2	0	2	2	2	75	17:08
10Dmitri VoronkovL	0	2	2	+1	1	0	0	2	–	15:20
91Kent JohnsonC	2	0	2	+2	2	0	1	0	–	16:32
19Adam FantilliC	1	0	1	+1	3	4	0	0	45	16:15
38Boone JennerC	0	1	1	+2	1	4	1	0	50	16:56
86Kirill MarchenkoR	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	16:17
5Denton MateychukD	1	0	1	+1	4	2	1	0	–	21:32
7Sean KuralyC	0	0	0	+1	1	2	1	0	78	12:36
14Joseph LaBateC	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	5	–	07:19
17Justin DanforthR	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	60	14:10
21James van RiemsdykL	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	09:03
24Mathieu OlivierR	0	0	0	0	3	8	0	0	–	16:24
27Zachary Aston-ReeseC	0	0	0	0	1	7	1	0	–	15:32
2Jake ChristiansenD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	0	–	13:44
9Ivan ProvorovD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	2	–	21:44
15Dante FabbroD	0	0	0	+1	1	3	0	2	–	22:41
78Damon SeversonD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	16:00

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40Daniil TarasovG		0	0	0	–	00:00
90Elvis MerzlikinsG	W	28	27	1	.964	60:00