Blue Jackets' Mikael Pyyhtia: Earns pair of points
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Pyyhtia scored a goal and added an assist in AHL Cleveland's 3-1 win over Charlotte on Tuesday.
Pyyhtia had been a little cold prior to this game, having logged just one assist over his last four outings. The forward is up to four goals, 14 points, 44 shots on net and a minus-5 rating over 18 appearances. While he's seen action in each of the last three NHL campaigns, he has yet to receive a call-up in 2025-26.
Blue Jackets' Jet Greaves: Looking to rebound Tuesday
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Greaves will protect the road net Tuesday against Carolina, per Jeff Svoboda of the Blue Jackets' official site.
Greaves turned in a solid performance Sunday against Washington, stopping 36 of 37 shots, but he didn't receive any offensive support en route to a 2-0 loss. He hasn't earned a win since Nov. 20 in Toronto, as he's 0-1-3 with a 2.70 GAA and a .907 save percentage over his last four outings. The Hurricanes are coming off a 4-1 loss to the Sharks on Sunday and have scored exactly one goal in three of their last four games, a span in which they are 2-2-0.
Greaves stopped 36 of 37 shots in Sunday's 2-0 loss to the Capitals. Washington's second goal was scored into an empty net.
Greaves was great, but Logan Thompson did a little better in protecting the opposite net. This was Greaves' fourth straight loss (0-1-3), and he's allowed 11 goals on 118 shots in that span. Elvis Merzlikins didn't exactly dominate in starting three straight games, so the door should be open for Greaves to maintain a good share of playing time. On the year, the 24-year-old Greaves is 7-5-5 with a 2.71 GAA and a .907 save percentage through 17 starts this season. The Blue Jackets' next game is a tough one on the road versus the Hurricanes.
Greaves will guard the road goal against the Capitals on Sunday, per Jeff Svoboda of the Blue Jackets' official site.
Greaves will get the second half of the Blue Jackets' back-to-back after Elvis Merzlikins played in Saturday's 7-6 overtime loss to Florida. The 24-year-old Greaves has a 7-4-5 record this season with a 2.81 GAA and a .901 save percentage through 16 appearances. Washington ranks second in the league with 3.48 goals per game this campaign.
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Blue Jackets' Damon Severson: Tallies on power play Saturday
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Severson scored a power-play goal and went minus-2 in Saturday's 7-6 overtime loss to the Panthers.
Severson scored for the first time since Oct. 18 versus the Lightning. In the 22 contests between goals, he chipped in six assists. The 31-year-old has done enough to be a steady part of the Blue Jackets' top four and second power-play unit throughout the season. He's at nine points, 32 shots on net, 27 hits, 29 blocked shots and a plus-3 rating through 28 appearances. Severson will push to reach the 30-point mark for the first time in his Columbus tenure.
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Blue Jackets' Kirill Marchenko: Nets another goal Saturday
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Marchenko scored a goal on four shots and went plus-2 in Saturday's 7-6 overtime loss to the Panthers.
Marchenko has scored in consecutive contests since returning from a knee injury. The winger is up to 10 goals and 24 points through 24 outings this season as he continues to impress in a top-line role. He's added 73 shots on net, 20 hits, 15 blocked shots and a plus-11 rating while averaging a career-high 19:03 of ice time.
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Blue Jackets' Ivan Provorov: Two helpers in OT loss
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Provorov pocketed two assists, one on the power play, in Saturday's 7-6 overtime loss to the Panthers.
The veteran blueliner had a hand in the Blue Jackets' first two tallies in the wild afternoon contest. It was Provorov's first multi-point performance of the season, but he's gotten onto the scoresheet in three straight games, giving him four goals and 11 points in 28 games with 56 shots on net, 45 blocked shots and a plus-6 rating to begin 2025-26.
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Blue Jackets' Miles Wood: Two points in Florida
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Wood produced a goal and an assist in Saturday's 7-6 overtime loss to the Panthers.
It's the second multi-point performance in the last three games for Wood, who has suddenly sprung to life offensively. After managing just four points (all goals) in his first 13 games with the Blue Jackets, the veteran winger has four goals and eight points over the last nine contests. His 20.5 percent shooting on the season strongly suggests his goal-scoring prowess won't last, however.
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Blue Jackets' Cole Sillinger: Two-point effort against Cats
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Sillinger scored an even-strength goal and added a power-play assist in Saturday's 7-6 overtime loss to Florida.
He added a team-high five shots on net, two hits and a minsu-1 rating to his ledger. It was Sillinger's first multi-point performance since he collected two goals and an assist against the Leafs on Oct. 29, and the helper was his first power-play point of the campaign. The 22-year-old Columbus native has gotten onto the scoresheet in three straight games, however, as he fills a top-six role at 5-on-5, and on the season Sillinger has three goals and 13 points in 27 contests.
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Blue Jackets' Isac Lundestrom: Pots first Columbus goal in OT loss
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Lundestrom scored a goal and added an assist in Saturday's 7-6 overtime loss to the Panthers.
After helping to set up a Miles Wood tally in the second period, Lundestrom completed a nifty back-and-forth passing play with his linemate in the third to score his first goal in a Columbus jersey. The multi-point performance was also Lundestrom's first of the season, and the bottom-six forward has just five points in 27 games so far in 2025-26 while chipping in 20 shots on net, 14 blocked shots, 10 hits and a minus-1 rating.
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Blue Jackets' Dmitri Voronkov: Snaps drought with two-point effort
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Voronkov produced a goal and an assist in Saturday's 7-6 overtime loss to the Panthers.
The burly center had gone six straight games without getting onto the scoresheet, but Voronkov broke out of his slump with a couple points in the second period that helped the Blue Jackets grab a 4-1 lead, although it didn't last long in the wild affair. Voronkov is up to 10 goals and 20 points through 28 games on the season, along with 54 shots on net, 47 hits, 40 PIM and a plus-9 rating.
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Blue Jackets' Elvis Merzlikins: Loses wild one in Florida
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Merzlikins made 33 saves in Saturday's 7-6 overtime loss to the Panthers.
The Blue Jackets held a 4-1 lead midway through the second period and a 6-4 lead early in the third, but both times Merzlikins let it slip away before Sam Bennett put a puck past him with just four seconds left in the extra frame. The seven goals allowed were a season worst for Merzlikins, but the 31-year-old netminder has been brutal of late overall, giving up at least five goals in four of his last five starts while going 2-2-1 with a 4.87 GAA and .850 save percentage. Jet Greaves has yet to get a start in December after three straight OTLs to close out November, but the younger goalie should be back between the pipes Sunday against the Capitals and still seems like the preferred fantasy option in the Columbus crease.
Blue Jackets' William Whitelaw: Two goals in WMU win
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Whitelaw scored twice in Western Michigan University's 3-2 overtime win over the University of Minnesota-Duluth.
Whitelaw's breakout with the Broncos continues, as he's now up to nine goals and 15 points in 16 appearances. He's just three points back of matching the total he had over 35 games with the University of Michigan last year. The transfer to Western Michigan has paid off in a larger opportunity for the Blue Jackets prospect as he pushes toward a career year in his junior campaign in the NCAA.
Merzlikins will defend the road net against Florida on Saturday, per Jeff Svoboda of the Blue Jackets' official site.
Merzlikins is coming off a 28-save performance in Thursday's 6-5 shootout win over Detroit. He has a 6-5-0 record with a 3.61 GAA and an .891 save percentage through 11 appearances this campaign. Florida ranks 21st in the league this season with 2.92 goals per game.
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