Columbus Blue Jackets vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Friday, January 30, 2026 · United Center
NHLN · SN · TVAS · CHSN
Game summary
The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-2 on Friday, January 30, 2026 at United Center. The Blue Jackets outshot the Blackhawks 26-24.
Charlie Coyle scored a hat trick. Connor Bedard, Mathieu Olivier and Frank Nazar also scored.
Elvis Merzlikins made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Spencer Knight stopped 22 of 25.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Charlie Coyle (13)Zach Werenski (39), Kirill Marchenko (26)1–019:13 CBJ · PPG
Connor Bedard (22)Alex Vlasic (12), Tyler Bertuzzi (15)1–119:57 CHI
2nd period
- Charlie Coyle (14)Unassisted2–101:23 CBJ
Mathieu Olivier (6)Charlie Coyle (24), Zach Werenski (40)3–106:47 CBJ
Frank Nazar (7)Connor Bedard (30), Tyler Bertuzzi (16)3–210:49 CHI
3rd period
- Charlie Coyle (15)Cole Sillinger (18), Mathieu Olivier (9)4–218:57 CBJ · EN
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
1–0 CBJ
1st 19:13 · PP · Coyle
Teravainen 0:34
1–1 CHI
1st 19:57 · Bedard
Gudbranson 0:44
2–1 CBJ
2nd 1:23 · Coyle
Murphy 0:25
3–1 CBJ
2nd 6:47 · Olivier
Bertuzzi 0:36
3–2 CHI
2nd 10:49 · Nazar
Gudbranson 0:12
4–2 CBJ
3rd 18:57 · EN · Coyle
Bedard 0:33
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
1.9×
Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).
30%
of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.
Team stats
Penalties
- 1st 18:39
Connor Murphy · holding2 min - 2nd 06:47Bench · delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
- 2nd 13:11
Dmitri Voronkov · holding2 min - 3rd 09:48Matt Grzelcyk · holding2 min
- 3rd 14:22Kent Johnson · holding2 min
Season series
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 3Charlie CoyleC | 3 | 1 | 4 | +3 | 6 | 19:37 |
| 24Mathieu OlivierR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 15:29 |
| 8Zach WerenskiD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 27:38 |
| 4Cole SillingerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 14:29 |
| 86Kirill MarchenkoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:05 |
| 10Dmitri VoronkovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:03 |
| 11Miles WoodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:44 |
| 17Mason MarchmentL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:47 |
| 19Adam FantilliC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:33 |
| 21Isac LundeströmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:56 |
| 23Sean MonahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 14:53 |
| 38Boone JennerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 13:00 |
| 91Kent JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 11:47 |
| 2Jake ChristiansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:38 |
| 5Denton MateychukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:15 |
| 9Ivan ProvorovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 22:42 |
| 44Erik GudbransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:09 |
| 78Damon SeversonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 25:15 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73Jet GreavesG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 90Elvis MerzlikinsG | W | 24 | 22 | 2 | .917 | 60:00 |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 59Tyler BertuzziL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22:20 |
| 98Connor BedardC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22:54 |
| 91Frank NazarC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 22:16 |
| 72Alex VlasicD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:55 |
| 8Ryan DonatoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:18 |
| 11Oliver MooreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:48 |
| 16Jason DickinsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:06 |
| 20Ryan GreeneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:43 |
| 24Sam LaffertyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:44 |
| 28Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 10:47 |
| 84Landon SlaggertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:15 |
| 86Teuvo TeravainenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 15:27 |
| 95Ilya MikheyevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:27 |
| 5Connor MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:57 |
| 6Sam RinzelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:16 |
| 44Wyatt KaiserD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:16 |
| 46Louis CrevierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:45 |
| 48Matt GrzelcykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 16:31 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Spencer KnightG | L | 25 | 22 | 3 | .880 | 59:41 |
| 40Arvid SoderblomG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |