Nashville Predators vs Columbus Blue Jackets
Regular season · Tuesday, April 1, 2025 · Nationwide Arena
FDSNSO · FDSNOH
Game summary
The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Nashville Predators 8-4 on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at Nationwide Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Predators 37-28.
Kirill Marchenko scored a hat trick, Adam Fantilli scored twice and Sean Monahan scored twice. Filip Forsberg, Michael Bunting, Justin Barron, Dante Fabbro and Jordan Oesterle also scored.
Elvis Merzlikins made 24 saves on 28 shots for the win; Juuse Saros stopped 19 of 26.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Kirill Marchenko (29)Zach Werenski (53)0–101:15 CBJ
Adam Fantilli (23)Denton Mateychuk (7), Kent Johnson (25)Barron 2:01 into shift0–216:34 CBJ
Sean Monahan (15)Kent Johnson (26), Zach Werenski (54)Skjei 1:00 into shift0–318:10 CBJ · PPG
Filip Forsberg (29)Luke Evangelista (17), Ryan O'Reilly (28)1–318:34 NSH
2nd period
- Kirill Marchenko (30)Sean Monahan (31)1–404:12 CBJ
Michael Bunting (17)Fedor Svechkov (8), Luke Evangelista (18)2–405:43 NSH
Justin Barron (5)Jakub Vrana (5)3–406:26 NSH- Adam Fantilli (24)Boone Jenner (11)Svechkov 1:19 into shift3–512:00 CBJ
- Sean Monahan (16)Kirill Marchenko (39), Boone Jenner (12)Smith 2:02 into shift3–616:47 CBJ · PPG
Dante Fabbro (7)Adam Fantilli (23), Kent Johnson (27)Oesterle 1:04 into shift3–719:41 CBJ
3rd period
- Kirill Marchenko (31)Sean Monahan (32), Dante Fabbro (15)3–805:23 CBJ
Jordan Oesterle (2)Cole Smith (8), Michael McCarron (9)4–809:02 NSH
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
3–6 · 2nd 16:47 · Monahan. Smith was 2:02 into his shift when it went in.
0–1 CBJ
1st 1:15 · Marchenko
O'Reilly 0:42
0–2 CBJ
1st 16:34 · Fantilli
Stuck out there: Barron 2:01
0–3 CBJ
1st 18:10 · PP · Monahan
Long shift: Skjei 1:00
1–3 NSH
1st 18:34 · Forsberg
Gudbranson 0:24
1–4 CBJ
2nd 4:12 · Marchenko
Stamkos 0:24
2–4 NSH
2nd 5:43 · Bunting
Jenner 0:41
3–4 NSH
2nd 6:26 · Barron
Gudbranson 0:43
3–5 CBJ
2nd 12:00 · Fantilli
Long shift: Svechkov 1:19
3–6 CBJ
2nd 16:47 · PP · Monahan
Stuck out there: Smith 2:02
3–7 CBJ
2nd 19:41 · Fabbro
Long shift: Oesterle 1:04
3–8 CBJ
3rd 5:23 · Marchenko
Stamkos 0:24
4–8 NSH
3rd 9:02 · Oesterle
Jenner 0:44
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
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
Penalties
- 1st 17:10
Andreas Englund · holding the stick2 min - 2nd 15:10Filip Forsberg · slashing2 min
- 2nd 20:00
Damon Severson · hooking2 min - 3rd 01:04Luke Evangelista · tripping2 min
- 3rd 06:23Sean Kuraly · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 11:04Ivan Provorov · interference2 min
- 3rd 14:27Michael Bunting · roughing2 min
- 3rd 14:27Michael Bunting · roughing2 min
- 3rd 14:27Ivan Provorov · roughing2 min
- 3rd 16:40Damon Severson · tripping2 min
- 3rd 17:23Fedor Svechkov · hooking2 min
- 3rd 18:34Ivan Provorov · holding2 min
- 3rd 18:34Ryan O'Reilly · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3rd 18:34Ryan O'Reilly · fighting5 min
- 3rd 18:34Ivan Provorov · fighting5 min
Season series
Nashville Predators
| 77Luke EvangelistaR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 15:42 |
| 9Filip ForsbergL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 18:49 |
| 19Jakub VranaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:12 |
| 36Cole SmithR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:55 |
| 40Fedor SvechkovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 17:17 |
| 47Michael McCarronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 18:03 |
| 58Michael BuntingL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16:59 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:44 |
| 20Justin BarronD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:44 |
| 82Jordan OesterleD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 13:11 |
| 26Kieffer BellowsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 09:56 |
| 68Zachary L'HeureuxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:29 |
| 91Steven StamkosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 1 | 16:12 |
| 7Marc Del GaizoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:01 |
| 8Andreas EnglundD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 11:48 |
| 24Spencer StastneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:11 |
| 37Nick BlankenburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:53 |
| 76Brady SkjeiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:17 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Justus AnnunenG | 11 | 10 | 1 | .909 | 20:00 | |
| 74Juuse SarosG | L | 26 | 19 | 7 | .731 | 40:00 |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 23Sean MonahanC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 5 | 17:13 |
| 86Kirill MarchenkoR | 3 | 1 | 4 | +3 | 6 | 16:00 |
| 19Adam FantilliC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 11:43 |
| 91Kent JohnsonC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 0 | 13:27 |
| 38Boone JennerC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 13:15 |
| 8Zach WerenskiD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 19:18 |
| 15Dante FabbroD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 20:41 |
| 5Denton MateychukD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 18:52 |
| 4Cole SillingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:39 |
| 7Sean KuralyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 17:41 |
| 10Dmitri VoronkovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 13:40 |
| 11Luke KuninC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:23 |
| 17Justin DanforthR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 13:40 |
| 24Mathieu OlivierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:58 |
| 27Zachary Aston-ReeseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 14:59 |
| 9Ivan ProvorovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:05 |
| 44Erik GudbransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 19:59 |
| 78Damon SeversonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:49 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Daniil TarasovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 90Elvis MerzlikinsG | W | 28 | 24 | 4 | .857 | 59:38 |