The Blue Jackets (4-3-1) host the Islanders (3-4-2) on Wednesday at 7 p.m. EDT. Columbus beat Edmonton 6-1 recently, while New York is 1-0-0 in the division. Jackets are +8, Islanders -6.
Damon Severson's goal and Elvis Merzlikins' 28 saves led the Blue Jackets to a 2-0 win over the Islanders. Justin Danforth added an empty-netter; Merzlikins got his first shutout.
Goals by period
Goals by period, New York Islanders at Columbus Blue Jackets
Team
1st1st period
2nd2nd period
3rd3rd period
Total
New York Islanders
0
0
0
0
Columbus Blue Jackets
0
0
2
2
Shots on goal by period
Shots on goal by period, New York Islanders at Columbus Blue Jackets
Team
1st1st period
2nd2nd period
3rd3rd period
Total
New York Islanders
5
11
10
26
Columbus Blue Jackets
8
7
11
26
Three stars
E. Merzlikins, Columbus Blue Jackets (goaltender)
D. Severson, Columbus Blue Jackets (1 goal)
S. Varlamov, New York Islanders (goaltender)
Scoring summary
Every goal, New York Islanders at Columbus Blue Jackets. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period
Time
Team
Goal
Assists
Type
Score
3rd
05:43
Columbus Blue Jackets
Damon Severson (2)
Sean Kuraly (2), Kevin Labanc (5)
Even strength
NYI 0, CBJ 1
3rd
17:57
Columbus Blue Jackets
Justin Danforth (2)
Cole Sillinger (6), Ivan Provorov (3)
Even strength, Empty net
NYI 0, CBJ 2
Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.
Team stats
Team stats, New York Islanders at Columbus Blue Jackets
Stat
New York Islanders
Columbus Blue Jackets
Shots on goal
26
26
Power play
0 of 1
0 of 0
Penalty minutes
0
2
Hits
23
18
Blocked shots
12
20
Giveaways
23
16
Takeaways
10
3
Faceoffs won
27/45 (60%)
18/45 (40%)
Box score
New York Islanders
New York Islanders skaters
Player
PosPosition
GGoals
AAssists
PPoints
+/-Plus/minus
PIMPenalty minutes
SOGShots on goal
HITHits
BLKBlocked shots
FO%Faceoff percentage
TOITime on ice
Number 7 M. Tsyplakov
R
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
1
15:40
Number 10 S. Holmstrom
R
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
15:07
Number 13 M. Barzal
C
0
0
0
-1
0
2
1
0
22:46
Number 14 B. Horvat
C
0
0
0
-1
0
3
2
1
81.3%
22:02
Number 17 M. Martin
L
0
0
0
-1
0
1
3
2
09:23
Number 20 H. Fasching
R
0
0
0
-1
0
0
0
0
07:46
Number 21 K. Palmieri
C
0
0
0
-1
0
3
1
0
19:08
Number 27 A. Lee
L
0
0
0
-1
0
2
1
0
17:44
Number 29 B. Nelson
C
0
0
0
-1
0
3
0
1
35.7%
19:32
Number 32 K. MacLean
C
0
0
0
-1
0
1
1
0
50%
09:10
Number 44 J. Pageau
C
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
50%
15:07
Number 53 C. Cizikas
C
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
100%
13:18
Number 2 M. Reilly
D
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
22:37
Number 3 A. Pelech
D
0
0
0
-1
0
1
1
1
22:45
Number 6 R. Pulock
D
0
0
0
-1
0
2
0
0
19:52
Number 8 N. Dobson
D
0
0
0
-1
0
1
0
1
23:03
Number 24 S. Mayfield
D
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
16:56
Number 25 D. Cholowski
D
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
10:41
New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
SAShots against
SVSaves
GAGoals against
SV%Save percentage
TOITime on ice
DECDecision
Number 40 S. Varlamov
25
24
1
.960
57:23
Loss
Columbus Blue Jackets
Columbus Blue Jackets skaters
Player
PosPosition
GGoals
AAssists
PPoints
+/-Plus/minus
PIMPenalty minutes
SOGShots on goal
HITHits
BLKBlocked shots
FO%Faceoff percentage
TOITime on ice
Number 4 C. Sillinger
C
0
1
1
+1
0
2
2
1
50%
16:29
Number 7 S. Kuraly
C
0
1
1
+1
0
1
1
1
50%
09:31
Number 17 J. Danforth
R
1
0
1
+1
2
2
1
2
36.4%
16:39
Number 19 A. Fantilli
C
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
44.4%
16:29
Number 21 J. van Riemsdyk
L
0
0
0
+1
0
1
0
1
09:45
Number 23 S. Monahan
C
0
0
0
+1
0
4
2
1
40%
18:58
Number 24 M. Olivier
R
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
16:32
Number 27 Z. Aston-Reese
L
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
0
14:54
Number 59 E. Chinakhov
R
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
16:24
Number 62 K. Labanc
R
0
1
1
+1
0
2
1
1
12:10
Number 82 M. Pyyhtia
L
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
14:09
Number 86 K. Marchenko
R
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
15:52
Number 2 J. Christiansen
D
0
0
0
+1
0
1
0
3
20:59
Number 3 J. Johnson
D
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
16:09
Number 8 Z. Werenski
D
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
23:36
Number 9 I. Provorov
D
0
1
1
+1
0
2
2
1
23:41
Number 22 J. Harris
D
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
13:20
Number 78 D. Severson
D
1
0
1
+2
0
2
0
3
22:23
Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie
SAShots against
SVSaves
GAGoals against
SV%Save percentage
TOITime on ice
DECDecision
Number 90 E. Merzlikins
26
26
0
1.000
60:00
Win
Penalties
Penalties, New York Islanders at Columbus Blue Jackets
Period
Time
Team
Player
Infraction
Minutes
2nd
13:50
Columbus Blue Jackets
Justin Danforth
Interference
2
Game information
New York Islanders head coach
Patrick Roy
Columbus Blue Jackets head coach
Dean Evason
Referees
Kelly Sutherland, Furman South
Linesmen
Andrew Smith, Jesse Marquis
New York Islanders scratches
Pierre Engvall, Oliver Wahlstrom, Alexander Romanov
Columbus Blue Jackets scratches
Kent Johnson, David Jiricek
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