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Malkin Scores In His Return, Luke Scores Lone Goal In 4-1 Loss

  Photo: Andrew MacLean The Devils took on the Penguins at PPG Paints Arena on Thursday, January 8th, where they were defeated 4-1, taking their third straight loss. The New Jersey team has been struggling lately, with one of their recent games ending in a 9-0 loss against the New York Islanders. Luke Hughes scored the lone goal for the Devils, preventing a shutout for Stuart Skinner while giving the team something to build on. For the Penguins, this is their sixth straight win. In his return after missing 15 games, Evgeni Malkin scored for Pittsburgh in their 4-1 victory. Erik Karlsson, Connor Dewar, and Blake Lizotte also scored for the Penguins. The Devils head to Winnipeg on Sunday to take on the Jets to hopefully make a comeback, while the Penguins host the Calgary Flames on Saturday, looking to extend their streak to seven. New Jersey Devils Lineup: Hughes - Hischier - Bratt Meier - Mercer - Gritsyuk Cotter - Glass - Brown Palat - Glendening - Noesen Siegenthaler - Hamilton H...

Elvis Merzlikins shutout, Blue Jackets win 1-0 against the Blues 1/30/24

 




*Sorry for the lack of photos! Hoping to get permission eventually.*


   The Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the St. Louis Blues at the Enterprise Center on Tuesday, January 30th. Elvis Merzlikins made 21 saves for Columbus, putting the Blues' 5-game win streak to an end.


Blue Jackets lineup against the Blues:

Gaudreau - Jenner - Chinakhov

Johnson - Voronkov - Marchenko

Texier - Sillinger - Roslovic

Danforth - Kuraly - Olivier


Werenski - Peeke

Provorov - Severson

Bean - Gudbranson


Merzlikins

Tarasov


Blues lineup against the Blue Jackets:

Buchnevich - Thomas - Kyrou

Saad - Schenn - Neighbours

Walker - Hayes - Toropchenko

Alexandrov - Sundqvist - Blais


Leddy - Parayko

Krug - Kessel

Scandella - Tucker


Binnington


   The first period was completely scoreless... 0-0.


   Columbus strikes first - Boone Jenner scored and gave the Blue Jackets a 1-0 lead. The goal was reviewed, being quickly overturned due to the puck hitting the post. The Blue Jackets and the Blues head into the third period with a 0-0 score.


   Dmitri Voronkov scored his 12th goal of the season early into the third period. Voronkov took a cross-crease pass on an odd-man rush from Zach Werenski after Robert Thomas turned the puck over into the Blue Jackets' zone. The Blue Jackets finished with a 1-0 score.




Kevin Hayes after the Blues' 1-0 loss: "We had a slow start. Things have been going well here. I thought we waited too long and it came back to fight us - We'll come back after the break, we'll reset, and get going again."




Notes:

- After getting an assist from Dmitri Voronkov's goal, Zach Werenski moved into sole possession of third place on the Columbus Blue Jackets' all-time assists list with 193 assists.

- Elvis Merzlikins became the fifth Blue Jackets goaltender in franchise history with at least 10 shutouts

-  Adam Fantilli missed his first game of the season due to a left leg laceration he had sustained during the 4-2 loss against the Seattle Kraken on Sunday.

- Dmitri Voronkov stats: 44 GP   12 Goals   13 Assists   25 Points




Elvis Merzlikins after the Blue Jackets' 1-0 win to end before the All-Star break: "It was amazing. I'm really happy and this is a perfect way to end before the break - It's really nice... It's amazing that we played this good."

 

 


 

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