Columbus Blue Jackets Game Notes

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Columbus Blue Jackets Game Notes

Sat, Mar 25, 2017 NHL Game #1105

Columbus Blue Jackets

Team Game: 74 Home Game: 38

47 - 19 - 7 (101 pts)

26 - 10 - 1 (Home) 21 - 9 - 6 (Road)

Philadelphia Flyers

Team Game: 74 Road Game: 38

34 - 31 - 8 (76 pts)

21 - 11 - 4 (Home) 13 - 20 - 4 (Road)

# Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV%

70 Joonas Korpisalo 11 6 4 0 2.85 .905

72 Sergei Bobrovsky 57 39 13 5 2.02 .932

# Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV%

30 Michal Neuvirth 26 10 10 1 2.91 .887

35 Steve Mason 53 22 21 7 2.73 .906

# P Player GP G A P +/- PIM

3 D Seth Jones 67 11 29 40 14 20

7 D Jack Johnson 73 3 17 20 19 32

8 D Zach Werenski 73 11 36 47 20 14

10 C Alexander Wennberg 72 12 42 54 6 19

11 L Matt Calvert 57 9 4 13 -4 46

13 R Cam Atkinson 73 33 27 60 14 22

17 C Brandon Dubinsky 71 11 29 40 22 85

20 L Brandon Saad 73 21 28 49 21 8

25 C William Karlsson 72 6 18 24 11 4

26 D Kyle Quincey 64 4 8 12 2 41

27 D Ryan Murray 60 2 9 11 3 24

28 R Oliver Bjorkstrand 22 6 5 11 6 6

29 L Lauri Korpikoski 67 8 12 20 6 10

34 R Josh Anderson 69 16 11 27 12 76

38 C Boone Jenner 73 16 14 30 12 41

43 L Scott Hartnell 70 13 21 34 14 59

45 C Lukas Sedlak 58 7 6 13 9 25

54 D Scott Harrington 16 1 2 3 3 6

58 D David Savard 65 6 16 22 27 38

65 D Markus Nutivaara 60 2 5 7 9 6

71 L Nick Foligno 70 24 24 48 0 49

89 C Sam Gagner 72 18 27 45 8 20

# P Player GP G A P +/- PIM

3 D Radko Gudas 62 4 16 20 4 75

9 D Ivan Provorov 73 6 22 28 -10 32

10 C Brayden Schenn 70 22 26 48 -21 36

11 C Travis Konecny 61 11 16 27 0 47

13 L Roman Lyubimov 46 4 1 5 -2 8

14 C Sean Couturier 57 12 15 27 4 31

15 D Michael Del Zotto 43 5 10 15 -5 22

17 R Wayne Simmonds 73 29 20 49 -21 94

22 R Dale Weise 55 4 5 9 -5 17

23 D Brandon Manning 58 3 7 10 -14 58

24 R Matt Read 59 10 8 18 3 8

25 C Nick Cousins 59 6 10 16 -6 31

28 C Claude Giroux 73 14 39 53 -16 38

40 C Jordan Weal 15 4 1 5 3 6

47 D Andrew MacDonald 64 2 14 16 -9 22

51 C Valtteri Filppula 70 8 29 37 -5 24 53 D Shayne Gostisbehere 67 6 25 31 -24 26

55 D Nick Schultz 23 0 4 4 0 8

76 C Chris VandeVelde 73 6 6 12 -7 16

78 L Pierre-Edouard Bellemare 73 3 4 7 0 18

93 R Jakub Voracek 73 18 38 56 -25 52

President, Hockey Operations John Davidson

General Manager Jarmo Kekalainen

Assistant General Manager Bill Zito

Head Coach John Tortorella

Coaching Staff Brad Larsen (Assistant), Brad Shaw (Assistant), Kenny McCudden (Assistant), Ian Clark (Goaltender), Dan Singleton (Video)

President Paul Holmgren

Executive Vice President/General Manager

Ron Hextall

Head Coach Dave Hakstol

Coaching Staff Assistants - Ian Laperriere, Joe Mullen, Gord Murphy;

Goaltending - Kim Dillabaugh;

Video - Adam Patterson Head Trainer/Equipment Manager Jim McCrossin/Derek Settlemyre

Tonight's Officials

Referees Dan O'Halloran (13), Justin StPierre (12) Linesmen Brian Murphy (93), Vaughan Rody (73)

Supervisor Video Judge David Harvey

Ntl. Anthem Leo Welsh

Today's Schedule

VAN @ MIN : 1:00 PHI @ CBJ : 2:00 CGY @ STL : 6:00 TOR @ BUF : 7:00 CHI @ FLA : 7:00 OTT @ MTL : 7:00 CAR @ NJD : 7:00 SJS @ NSH : 7:00 BOS @ NYI : 7:00 ARI @ WSH : 7:00 NYR @ LAK : 7:30 COL @ EDM : 8:00

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Columbus Blue Jackets: Roster

Active (24 Players)

# Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place

3 Seth Jones D 6' 4" 220 Oct 3, 1994 Arlington, TX, USA

7 Jack Johnson D 6' 1" 226 Jan 13, 1987 Indianapolis, IN, USA

8 Zach Werenski D 6' 2" 218 Jul 19, 1997 Grosse Pointe, MI, USA

10 Alexander Wennberg C 6' 2" 196 Sep 22, 1994 Stockholm, SWE

11 Matt Calvert L 5' 11" 188 Dec 24, 1989 Brandon, MB, CAN

13 Cam Atkinson R 5' 8" 182 Jun 5, 1989 Riverside, CT, USA

17 Brandon Dubinsky C 6' 2" 218 Apr 29, 1986 Anchorage, AK, USA

20 Brandon Saad L 6' 1" 206 Oct 27, 1992 Pittsburgh, PA, USA

25 William Karlsson C 6' 1" 189 Jan 8, 1993 Marsta, SWE

26 Kyle Quincey D 6' 2" 216 Aug 12, 1985 Kitchener, ON, CAN

27 Ryan Murray D 6' 1" 211 Sep 27, 1993 Regina, SK, CAN

28 Oliver Bjorkstrand R 6' 0" 175 Apr 10, 1995 Herning, DNK

29 Lauri Korpikoski L 6' 1" 193 Jul 28, 1986 Turku, FIN

34 Josh Anderson R 6' 3" 221 May 7, 1994 Burlington, ON, CAN

38 Boone Jenner C 6' 2" 216 Jun 15, 1993 Dorchester, ON, CAN

43 Scott Hartnell L 6' 2" 215 Apr 18, 1982 Regina, SK, CAN

45 Lukas Sedlak C 6' 0" 203 Feb 25, 1993 Ceské Budejovice, CZE

54 Scott Harrington D 6' 2" 219 Mar 10, 1993 Kingston, ON, CAN

58 David Savard D 6' 2" 227 Oct 22, 1990 St. Hyacinthe, QC, CAN

65 Markus Nutivaara D 6' 1" 186 Jun 6, 1994 Oulu, FIN

70 Joonas Korpisalo G 6' 3" 190 Apr 28, 1994 Pori, FIN

71 Nick Foligno L 6' 0" 205 Oct 31, 1987 Buffalo, NY, USA

72 Sergei Bobrovsky G 6' 2" 182 Sep 20, 1988 Novokuznetsk, RUS

89 Sam Gagner C 5' 11" 200 Aug 10, 1989 London, ON, CAN

24 Players Total Avg: 6' 1" 204 Age: 26.0

Injured Reserve List (1 Players)

23 David Clarkson R 6' 0" 207 Mar 31, 1984 Toronto, ON, CAN

Goal Streaks

No active streaks

Assist Streaks

BOONE JENNER (2 / 2 Games) BRANDON DUBINSKY (2 / 2 Games)

Point Streaks

BRANDON DUBINSKY (1-3-4 / 4 Games) BOONE JENNER (2-2-4 / 3 Games)

Philadelphia Flyers: Roster

Active (23 Players)

# Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place

3 Radko Gudas D 6' 0" 204 Jun 5, 1990 Prague, CZE

9 Ivan Provorov D 6' 1" 201 Jan 13, 1997 Yaroslavl, RUS

10 Brayden Schenn C 6' 1" 195 Aug 22, 1991 Saskatoon, SK, CAN

11 Travis Konecny C 5' 10" 175 Mar 11, 1997 London, ON, CAN

13 Roman Lyubimov L 6' 2" 207 Jan 6, 1992 Tver, RUS

14 Sean Couturier C 6' 3" 211 Dec 7, 1992 Phoenix, AZ, USA

15 Michael Del Zotto D 6' 0" 195 Jun 24, 1990 Stouffville, ON, CAN

17 Wayne Simmonds R 6' 2" 185 Aug 26, 1988 Scarborough, ON, CAN

22 Dale Weise R 6' 2" 206 Aug 5, 1988 Winnipeg, MB, CAN

23 Brandon Manning D 6' 1" 205 Jun 4, 1990 Prince George, BC, CAN

24 Matt Read R 5' 10" 185 Jun 14, 1986 Ilderton, ON, CAN

25 Nick Cousins C 5' 10" 188 Jul 20, 1993 Belleville, ON, CAN

28 Claude Giroux C 5' 11" 185 Jan 12, 1988 Hearst, ON, CAN

30 Michal Neuvirth G 6' 1" 209 Mar 23, 1988 Ústí nad Labem, CZE

35 Steve Mason G 6' 4" 210 May 29, 1988 Oakville, ON, CAN

40 Jordan Weal C 5' 10" 179 Apr 15, 1992 North Vancouver, BC, CAN

47 Andrew MacDonald D 6' 1" 204 Sep 7, 1986 Judique, NS, CAN

51 Valtteri Filppula C 6' 0" 196 Mar 20, 1984 Vantaa, FIN

53 Shayne Gostisbehere D 5' 11" 180 Apr 20, 1993 Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

55 Nick Schultz D 6' 1" 203 Aug 25, 1982 Strasbourg, SK, CAN

76 Chris VandeVelde C 6' 2" 190 Mar 15, 1987 Moorhead, MN, USA

78 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L 6' 0" 198 Mar 6, 1985 Le Blanc-Mesnil, FRA

93 Jakub Voracek R 6' 2" 214 Aug 15, 1989 Kladno, CZE

23 Players Total Avg: 6' 0" 196 Age: 27.4

Injured Reserve List (1 Players)

12 Michael Raffl L 6' 0" 200 Dec 1, 1988 Villach, AUT

Goal Streaks

MATT READ (2 / 2 Games)

Assist Streaks

WAYNE SIMMONDS (2 / 2 Games)

Point Streaks

MATT READ (2-0-2 / 2 Games) WAYNE SIMMONDS (0-2-2 / 2 Games)

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Columbus Blue Jackets: Season Statistics

Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks

R 13 Cam Atkinson 73 33 27 60 14 22 10 2 7 220 15.0 18:10 100.00 26 31

C 10 Alexander Wennberg 72 12 42 54 6 19 2 0 4 99 12.1 18:27 46.71 56 54

L 20 Brandon Saad 73 21 28 49 21 8 1 0 4 182 11.5 17:06 44.44 16 22

L 71 Nick Foligno 70 24 24 48 0 49 11 0 5 168 14.3 18:28 44.30 119 47

D 8 Zach Werenski 73 11 36 47 20 14 4 0 1 182 6.0 20:58 0.00 38 80

C 89 Sam Gagner 72 18 27 45 8 20 8 0 1 157 11.5 13:35 46.66 19 16

D 3 Seth Jones 67 11 29 40 14 20 0 0 3 130 8.5 23:24 0.00 55 109

C 17 Brandon Dubinsky 71 11 29 40 22 85 1 0 5 110 10.0 17:50 51.72 219 53

L 43 Scott Hartnell 70 13 21 34 14 59 2 0 1 92 14.1 11:59 50.00 72 34

C 38 Boone Jenner 73 16 14 30 12 41 0 2 4 188 8.5 16:04 52.02 189 72

R 34 Josh Anderson 69 16 11 27 12 76 0 0 3 105 15.2 12:03 28.57 125 39

C 25 William Karlsson 72 6 18 24 11 4 1 0 3 81 7.4 13:29 45.78 30 21

D 58 David Savard 65 6 16 22 27 38 0 0 0 116 5.2 21:45 0.00 107 113

L 29 Lauri Korpikoski 67 8 12 20 6 10 0 0 0 106 7.5 12:32 0.00 35 34

D 7 Jack Johnson 73 3 17 20 19 32 1 0 1 104 2.9 21:46 100.00 84 113

L 11 Matt Calvert 57 9 4 13 -4 46 0 3 1 81 11.1 13:32 14.28 53 32

C 45 Lukas Sedlak 58 7 6 13 9 25 0 1 0 52 13.5 09:37 51.33 62 27

D 26 Kyle Quincey 64 4 8 12 2 41 0 0 0 71 5.6 18:09 0.00 86 80

R 28 Oliver Bjorkstrand 22 6 5 11 6 6 0 0 2 48 12.5 13:44 100.00 13 7

D 27 Ryan Murray 60 2 9 11 3 24 0 0 0 52 3.8 18:19 0.00 23 96

D 65 Markus Nutivaara 60 2 5 7 9 6 0 0 0 60 3.3 12:59 0.00 30 36

D 54 Scott Harrington 16 1 2 3 3 6 0 0 0 8 12.5 12:17 0.00 16 19

# Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM

70 Joonas Korpisalo 11 610 2.85 6 4 0 1 29 277 .905 0 0 0

72 Sergei Bobrovsky 57 3353 2.02 39 13 5 6 113 1559 .932 0 0 8

Philadelphia Flyers: Season Statistics

Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks

R 93 Jakub Voracek 73 18 38 56 -25 52 4 0 2 231 7.8 19:17 23.07 28 15

C 28 Claude Giroux 73 14 39 53 -16 38 5 0 3 180 7.8 19:16 55.38 61 25

R 17 Wayne Simmonds 73 29 20 49 -21 94 15 2 4 199 14.6 19:05 47.05 144 53

C 10 Brayden Schenn 70 22 26 48 -21 36 15 0 6 154 14.3 17:49 46.83 178 37

C 51 Valtteri Filppula 70 8 29 37 -5 24 0 0 1 83 9.6 17:29 47.20 25 34

D 53 Shayne Gostisbehere 67 6 25 31 -24 26 2 0 1 169 3.6 19:31 0.00 29 84

D 9 Ivan Provorov 73 6 22 28 -10 32 0 0 1 138 4.3 21:49 0.00 99 149

C 14 Sean Couturier 57 12 15 27 4 31 0 0 2 107 11.2 18:15 54.96 35 31

C 11 Travis Konecny 61 11 16 27 0 47 3 0 0 122 9.0 14:31 0.00 82 25

D 3 Radko Gudas 62 4 16 20 4 75 0 0 0 105 3.8 19:33 0.00 259 121

R 24 Matt Read 59 10 8 18 3 8 2 1 2 87 11.5 13:46 33.33 90 28

C 25 Nick Cousins 59 6 10 16 -6 31 1 0 0 95 6.3 11:54 41.01 60 24

D 47 Andrew MacDonald 64 2 14 16 -9 22 0 0 0 55 3.6 20:05 0.00 33 137

D 15 Michael Del Zotto 43 5 10 15 -5 22 0 0 0 79 6.3 19:37 0.00 144 72

C 76 Chris VandeVelde 73 6 6 12 -7 16 0 0 0 62 9.7 11:33 51.28 97 54

L 12 Michael Raffl 52 8 3 11 -7 20 0 0 3 63 12.7 13:15 30.00 91 22

D 23 Brandon Manning 58 3 7 10 -14 58 0 1 1 76 3.9 17:52 0.00 107 63

R 22 Dale Weise 55 4 5 9 -5 17 1 0 1 74 5.4 12:56 100.00 114 18

L 78 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare 73 3 4 7 0 18 0 0 0 79 3.8 13:08 48.72 68 66

L 13 Roman Lyubimov 46 4 1 5 -2 8 0 0 1 40 10.0 09:32 14.28 27 16

C 40 Jordan Weal 15 4 1 5 3 6 0 0 0 30 13.3 14:10 50.00 4 6

D 55 Nick Schultz 23 0 4 4 0 8 0 0 0 23 0.0 15:10 0.00 36 45

# Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM

30 Michal Neuvirth 26 1297 2.91 10 10 1 0 63 496 .887 0 0 2

35 Steve Mason 53 2919 2.73 22 21 7 3 133 1278 .906 0 1 0

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Philadelphia Flyers @ Columbus Blue Jackets

Team Records

Philadelphia Flyers Columbus Blue Jackets Last game: Thursday AT MINNESOTA (3-1 W) Thursday AT WASHINGTON (2-1 O)

Next game: Sunday AT PITTSBURGH Tuesday VS BUFFALO

Overall record/streak: 34 - 31 - 8 / Win 1 / Undef 1 47 - 19 - 7 / OTL 1 Home record/streak: 21 - 11 - 4 / Win 2 / Undef 2 26 - 10 - 1 / Lost 1 Road record/streak: 13 - 20 - 4 / Win 1 / Undef 1 21 - 9 - 6 / OTL 1

Last 5 Games: 3 - 2 - 0 3 - 1 - 1

Last 10 Games: 4 - 5 - 1 7 - 2 - 1

1-Goal Games: 19 - 7 - 8 21 - 7 - 7

2-Goal Games 10 - 10 10 - 6

3-Goal Games 5 - 14 16 - 6

Scoring first 17 - 9 - 4 33 - 9 - 4

Opponent scoring first 17 - 22 - 4 14 - 10 - 3

Leading after 1 period 9 - 1 - 2 27 - 8 - 1

Trailing after 1 period 8 - 16 - 2 5 - 8 - 2

Tied after 1 period 17 - 14 - 4 15 - 3 - 4

Leading after 2 periods 15 - 2 - 2 30 - 1 - 2

Trailing after 2 periods 5 - 20 - 2 4 - 14 - 3

Tied after 2 periods 14 - 9 - 4 13 - 4 - 2

OT Record - This Season: 13 - 8 11 - 7

OT Record - Franchise: 157 - 182 - 220 126 - 120 - 33

Shootout Record - This Season: 6 - 4 2 - 2

Shootout Record - Franchise: 39 - 74 60 - 60

Outshooting opponent: 19 - 19 - 5 25 - 12 - 2

Outshot by opponent: 14 - 11 - 3 20 - 6 - 5

Even shots: 1 - 1 - 0 2 - 1 - 0

vs. Atlantic: 12 - 9 - 2 13 - 7 - 2

vs. Metropolitan: 8 - 12 - 2 17 - 6 - 2

vs. EASTERN CONFERENCE: 20 - 21 - 4 30 - 13 - 4

vs. Central: 8 - 5 - 1 8 - 2 - 2

vs. Pacific: 6 - 5 - 3 9 - 4 - 1

vs. WESTERN CONFERENCE: 14 - 10 - 4 17 - 6 - 3

Month by Month Record

Philadelphia Flyers Columbus Blue Jackets

W-L-OT Points W-L-OT Points

October: 4-5-1 9 3-3-1 7

November: 7-5-2 16 9-2-3 21

December: 9-4-1 19 14-0-0 28

January: 5-6-2 12 7-7-0 14

February: 4-6-1 9 6-4-2 14

March: 5-5-1 11 8-3-1 17

Totals: 34-31-8 76 47-19-7 101

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Situations

Goals by Period

1 2 3 OT T Avg

Philadelphia Flyers: 40 78 60 7 185 ( 2.5 avg.)

Opponents: 59 73 77 4 213 ( 2.9 avg.)

Columbus Blue Jackets: 74 73 73 9 229 ( 3.1 avg.)

Opponents: 42 64 58 5 169 ( 2.3 avg.)

Shots by Period

1 2 3 OT T Avg

Philadelphia Flyers: 736 785 710 53 2284 (31.3 avg.)

Opponents: 657 700 675 45 2077 (28.5 avg.)

Columbus Blue Jackets: 762 764 694 44 2264 (31.0 avg.)

Opponents: 688 807 683 33 2211 (30.3 avg.)

Power Play

G Att % G Att %

Overall: 49 251 19.5 (14th NHL) 41 194 21.1 (T-9th NHL)

Home: 26 131 19.8 (14th NHL) 22 104 21.2 (11th NHL)

Road: 23 120 19.2 (14th NHL) 19 90 21.1 (9th NHL)

9 SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-27th NHL) 2 SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-1st NHL)

Penalty Killing

G Att % G Att %

Overall: 45 220 79.5 (22nd NHL) 34 198 82.8 (10th NHL)

Home: 16 93 82.8 (T-11th NHL) 14 92 84.8 (8th NHL)

Road: 29 127 77.2 (T-24th NHL) 20 106 81.1 (15th NHL)

4 SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-20th NHL) 8 SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-5th NHL)

Penalties

GP Min Avg./Rank GP Min Avg./Rank

73 713 9.8 (T-19th NHL) 73 636 8.7 (8th NHL)

Goal Situations

For Against For Against

6 on 5: 7 11 2 6

6 on 4: 3 0 2 1

6 on 3: 0 0 0 0

5 on 5: 110 142 155 119

5 on 4: 45 9 38 1

5 on 3: 1 0 0 0

4 on 4: 3 2 6 0

4 on 3: 0 0 1 0

3 on 3: 7 2 9 3

3 on 4: 0 2 0 2

3 on 5: 0 4 0 2

3 on 6: 0 0 0 0

4 on 5: 3 40 6 28

4 on 6: 0 0 1 1

5 on 6: 5 1 7 6

Empty Net: 5 11 8 8

Penalty Shots: 1 0 2 0

Total: 185 213 229 169

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Situations

Individual Leaders

Points: J. VORACEK (56),C. GIROUX (53),W. SIMMONDS (49) C. ATKINSON (60),A. WENNBERG (54),B. SAAD (49) Goals: W. SIMMONDS (29),B. SCHENN (22),J. VORACEK (18) C. ATKINSON (33),N. FOLIGNO (24),B. SAAD (21) Assists: C. GIROUX (39),J. VORACEK (38),V. FILPPULA (29) A. WENNBERG (42),Z. WERENSKI (36),B. DUBINSKY (29) PP Goals: W. SIMMONDS (15),B. SCHENN (15),C. GIROUX (5) N. FOLIGNO (11),C. ATKINSON (10),S. GAGNER (8) SH Goals: W. SIMMONDS (2),B. MANNING (1),M. READ (1) M. CALVERT (3),C. ATKINSON (2),B. JENNER (2) GW Goals: B. SCHENN (6),W. SIMMONDS (4),C. GIROUX (3) C. ATKINSON (7),B. DUBINSKY (5),N. FOLIGNO (5)

3+ Goals: B. SCHENN(1) S. HARTNELL(1)

PIM: W. SIMMONDS (94),R. GUDAS (75),B. MANNING (58) B. DUBINSKY (85),J. ANDERSON (76),S. HARTNELL (59) Shots: J. VORACEK (231),W. SIMMONDS (199),C. GIROUX (180) C. ATKINSON (220),B. JENNER (188),B. SAAD (182)

+/-: R. GUDAS (+4),S. COUTURIER (+4),J. WEAL (+3) D. SAVARD (+27),B. DUBINSKY (+22),B. SAAD (+21)

Shootout

Shooter G/S % GDG

Jordan Weal 1 / 1 100.0 0

Jakub Voracek 5 / 9 55.6 1

Wayne Simmonds 1 / 3 33.3 1

Shayne Gostisbehere 1 / 3 33.3 1

Claude Giroux 3 / 10 30.0 3

Valtteri Filppula 0 / 2 0.0 0

Travis Konecny 0 / 3 0.0 0

Sean Couturier 0 / 1 0.0 0

Nick Cousins 0 / 6 0.0 0

Matt Read 0 / 1 0.0 0

Brayden Schenn 0 / 2 0.0 0

Roman Lyubimov 0 / 1 0.0 0

Shooter G/S % GDG

Sam Gagner 2 / 4 50.0 1

Cam Atkinson 2 / 4 50.0 1

Alexander Wennberg 0 / 3 0.0 0

Goaltender Rec. G/S %

Steve Mason 4 - 4 8/33 .758

Michal Neuvirth 2 - 0 0/6 1.000

Goaltender Rec. G/S %

Sergei Bobrovsky 0 - 2 2/5 .600

Power Play

Player G A P

Claude Giroux 5 23 28

Brayden Schenn 15 11 26

Wayne Simmonds 15 8 23

Shayne Gostisbehere 2 18 20

Jakub Voracek 4 16 20

Valtteri Filppula 0 7 7

Ivan Provorov 0 5 5

Travis Konecny 3 1 4

Nick Cousins 1 1 2

Sean Couturier 0 2 2

Matt Read 2 0 2

Dale Weise 1 1 2

Radko Gudas 0 1 1

Player G A P

Alexander Wennberg 2 20 22

Cam Atkinson 10 11 21

Zach Werenski 4 17 21

Nick Foligno 11 9 20

Sam Gagner 8 10 18

Seth Jones 0 6 6

Brandon Dubinsky 1 3 4

Scott Hartnell 2 1 3

Brandon Saad 1 2 3

Jack Johnson 1 1 2

Boone Jenner 0 1 1

William Karlsson 1 0 1

Ryan Murray 0 1 1

Short Handed

Player G A P

Wayne Simmonds 2 0 2

Pierre-Edouard Bellemare 0 1 1

Sean Couturier 0 1 1

Michael Del Zotto 0 1 1

Claude Giroux 0 1 1

Andrew MacDonald 0 1 1

Brandon Manning 1 0 1

Matt Read 1 0 1

Player G A P

Matt Calvert 3 0 3

Cam Atkinson 2 0 2

Boone Jenner 2 0 2

William Karlsson 0 2 2

Jack Johnson 0 1 1

Lauri Korpikoski 0 1 1

Ryan Murray 0 1 1

David Savard 0 1 1

Lukas Sedlak 1 0 1

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Philadelphia Flyers (0-1-1) @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2-0)

Season Series

Columbus Blue Jackets Flyers Attend Goaltenders W. Goal

Jan 8, 2017 2 1 17,962 Sergei Bobrovsky / Steve Mason Nick Foligno

Philadelphia Blue Jackets Flyers Attend Goaltenders W. Goal

Mar 13, 2017 5 3 19,447 Sergei Bobrovsky / Steve Mason Brandon Dubinsky

Flyers Head To Head Stats

Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW EN S %

Valtteri Filppula 4 1 2 3 -4 4 0 0 0 0 3 33.3

Brayden Schenn 2 2 0 2 -1 0 1 0 0 0 6 33.3

Travis Konecny 2 2 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 66.7

Radko Gudas 2 0 1 1 -2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

Ivan Provorov 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0

Sean Couturier 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0

Matt Read 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0

Claude Giroux 2 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.0

Shayne Gostisbehere 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.0

Michael Raffl 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

Roman Lyubimov 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

Michael Del Zotto 2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0

Wayne Simmonds 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0

Dale Weise 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

Brandon Manning 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0

Nick Cousins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

Boyd Gordon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

Mark Streit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

Jordan Weal 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

Andrew MacDonald 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.0

Nick Schultz 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

Chris VandeVelde 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

Pierre-Edouard Bellemare 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

Jakub Voracek 2 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0

Goaltender GP Min GA GAA SO W L OT SA SV%

Steve Mason 2 119 6 3.02 0 0 1 1 53 .887

Power play 1 - 9 (11%) Penalty Killing 1 - 4 (75%)

Blue Jackets Head To Head Stats

Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW EN S %

Seth Jones 2 0 3 3 2 4 0 0 0 0 3 0.0

Cam Atkinson 2 2 0 2 -1 0 0 0 0 1 7 28.6

Zach Werenski 2 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 16.7

Brandon Saad 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

Brandon Dubinsky 2 1 0 1 -1 2 1 0 1 0 5 20.0

David Savard 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 16.7

Nick Foligno 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 100.0

Sam Gagner 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 5 20.0

Alexander Wennberg 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0

Matt Calvert 2 0 1 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

William Karlsson 2 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0

Kyle Quincey 2 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

Oliver Bjorkstrand 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

Boone Jenner 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 0.0

Dalton Prout 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

Jack Johnson 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0

Ryan Murray 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

Lauri Korpikoski 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0.0

Markus Hannikainen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

Josh Anderson 2 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

Scott Hartnell 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0

Lukas Sedlak 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

Scott Harrington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

Markus Nutivaara 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0

Goaltender GP Min GA GAA SO W L OT SA SV%

Sergei Bobrovsky 2 123 4 1.96 0 2 0 0 52 .923

Curtis McElhinney 1 58 2 2.06 0 0 1 0 34 .941

Power play 1 - 4 (25%) Penalty Killing 1 - 9 (88.9%)

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THE LAST GAME: Mar. 23, 2017 – CBJ 1 at WSH 2 (SO) CBJ Goal Scorers: Jones

WSH Goal Scorers: Orlov, SO - Oshie

Goalies: CBJ – Bobrovsky (44/45, 64:48); WSH – Holtby (29/30, 65:00) CBJ PP: 0/2; PK: 3/3 | Shots: CBJ: 30 / WSH: 45

3 Stars: 1. Holtby, WSH; 2. Bobrovsky, CBJ; 3. Orlov, WSH

Noteworthy: CBJ moved to 2-1-1 vs. WSH with teams closing out series on 4/2 at CBJ… Jones reached 40-point mark to give CBJ lead 41 seconds into 3rd before Orlov answered at 6:39… Bobrovsky made season-high 44 saves.

OhioHEALTH INJURY REPORT

Clarkson (back); placed on Injured Non-Roster (10/11); out indefinitely (73 games) Murray (hand); 4-6 weeks (36 games)

Bjorkstrand (upper body); day-to-day (1 game) TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 178

*Includes 94 games for Injured Non-Roster players

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

Mar. 21 Signed Sedlak, Harrington & Hannikainen to 2-year contract extensions Mar. 16 Activated Sedlak off IR

Mar. 16 Signed Vigneault (Clarkson) to 2-year ELC beginning in 2017-18

UPCOMING GAMES

Mar. 28 vs. BUF | Mar. 30 at CAR | Mar. 31 at CHI

Games can be seen on FOX Sports Ohio or heard on the Scioto Downs Blue Jackets Radio Network and online at BlueJackets.com.

AGAINST THE FLYERS

2016-17 Series: 2-0-0 (1-0-0 at CBJ) 2015-16 Series: 3-1-0 (2-0-0 at CBJ) All-Time Series: 14-9-3-0 (9-2-2-0 at CBJ) All-Time GF/GA: 72/74

All-Time SF/SA: 753/820 All-Time PP: 22-of-93 All-Time PK: 95-of-107

LAST HEAD-TO-HEAD GAME: Mar. 13, 2017 – CBJ 5 at PHI 3

CBJ Goal Scorers: Gagner, Atkinson, Werenski, PP – Dubinsky, EN - Atkinson PHI Goal Scorers: Konecny, PP – Schenn, Konecny

Goalies: CBJ – Bobrovsky (23/26, 60:00); PHI – Mason (24/28, 57:26) 1/2CBJ PP: ; PK: 7/8 | Shots: CBJ: 29 / PHI: 26

3 Stars: 1. Werenski, CBJ; 2. Konecny, PHI; 3. Dubinsky, CBJ

Noteworthy: CBJ set franchise record w/ 44th win/94th point of campaign… CBJ scored goals a minute apart to lead 2-0 8:42 into game… PHI tallied next 3 goals before CBJ answered w/ 3-straight, incl. GWG w/ 11:14 remaining… Atkinson (2-0-2), Werenski (1-1- 2), Jones (0-2-2) and Saad (0-2-2) all had multi-point games.

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SEASON SERIES LEFT: Apr. 8 at PHI

CBJ/PHI CONNECTIONS

CBJ: Bobrovsky posted 42-23-10 record w/ 2.73 GAA in 83 games (2010-12)... Gagner tallied 8-8-16 in 53 games in 2015-16... Hartnell recorded 157-169-326 in 517 games (2007-14)… // PHI: G. Murphy served as assistant coach from 2002-10… Mason went 96-99-27 and 2.90 GAA (2008-13)… Schultz played in nine games in 2014… Voracek posted 39-95-134 in 241 games (2008-11) after being selected seventh overall in 2007.

NOTED (Player Highlights vs. PHI)

Jones played career-high 30:46 on 11/30/13 vs. PHI.

NOTED (Team Highlights vs. PHI)

CBJ are 12-2-0 vs. PHI since 12/21/13… Club has won 9-straight home games since 12/27/08… Most goals scored vs. PHI: 6 (12/21/13)... Most goals allowed vs. PHI: 4 (11/29/00).

BLUE JACKETS NOTES METRO SHOWDOWN

The Jackets close out a stretch of 5-of-7 games vs. Metro Division opponents (3-0-1). Columbus is 17-6-2 against division opponents this season, including 8-0-1 in the past 9 meetings. The club has 5 games remaining vs. the division including 2 contests against the Flyers.

MATINEE SUCCESS

The Blue Jackets enter Saturday’s 2pm game vs. the Flyers 11-0-0 in games this season that begin at 5pm or earlier (local time) with wins in all 3 March contests. The club has 2 matinee games remaining including the penultimate contest of the regular season in a 12:30 start at the Flyers.

CLINCHED

Columbus punched its ticket to the playoffs with a 4-1 win on Mar. 19 at New Jersey, becoming the 2nd team in the NHL to do so (Washington on Saturday). It’s the 3rd time in club history and the 2nd time in 4 seasons the franchise will battle for the Stanley Cup.

They played Detroit in 2009 (0-4) before facing Pittsburgh in 2014 (2-4) in their most recent appearance.

PAST 18

The Jackets are 12-4-2 in the past 18 contests and 7-2-1 in the last 10 following Thursday’s OT loss. The team has outscored

opponents 54-34 over the 18-game stretch and 29-21 in the last 10. They have scored 1st in 9 victories and led after the 2nd in 8 of the wins in the past 18.

CONTINUING CLUB RECORDS

Columbus earned its 47th win and 100th point (47-19-7) on Mar. 18, continuing their club records for both in a single campaign. It’s surpassed the previous marks with a 43-32-7 record (93 points) in 2013-14. The team has earned points in 46 of the last 60 contests (41-15-5; .725) following the Capitals game. The Jackets are the only team in the NHL to not lose 3-straight games this season and have loss back-to-back games in regulation 3 times (Oct. 13-15, Jan. 5-7 and Jan. 24-26).

HOME AT NATIONWIDE

The club ranks 4th in home point percentage (.716) and 3rd in wins (26), trailing Pittsburgh (.838, 29), Washington (.816, 30) and Anaheim (.730). The 26 wins are the most wins in club history and the 53 points are tied for the most (25-13-3, 2008-09). The Jackets have averaged 17,106 in attendance over the past 22 home games with 9-of-10 sellouts on the season over that stretch (6 crowds over 19,000). The 10 sellouts are the most since 2003-04 (16).

BOTH SIDES OF THE COIN

The Jackets are one of two teams in the NHL to rank in the top-5 in both goals-for (3.14; 4th-T) and goals-against (2.32, 2nd).

Washington ranks 3rd in goals-for (3.18) and 1st in goals-against (2.15). Through the 1st 73 games the season, the Blue Jackets boast a +60-goal differential (229-169; not incl. goals from SO). With 2 goals on Wednesday, the Jackets set a new franchise record in goals in a season (227; 2014-15, non-SO goals). The GAA is also on pace to be the best in club history (2.40, 115 goals in 2012-13).

Columbus has scored 3+ goals in 44 games (not incl. goals from SO; 37-6-1) and allowed two or less in 44 contests (38-2-4).