Columbus Blue Jackets @ San Jose Sharks: 2/17/24 Game Recap

It's another late game where we start on one day and end on another! Unfortunately, the Blue Jackets wouldn't be the first to score tonight, but a former Blue Jacket would. Anthony Duclair would shoot it through the five holes and into Elvis Merzlikins' net at 3:39. After this, the Blue Jackets would have several chances on breakaways but yield no goals until Zach Werenski would score his second goal this season at 15:16. This goal gives Johnny Gaudreau twenty-nine assists this season, and Jack Roslovic his ninth. This goal would be followed by another, this time from Kirill Marchanko at 16:24. So, it wasn't the fastest start, but the Blue Jackets made up for it quickly. This is Marchanko's eighteenth goal this season, and it also gives Yegor Chinakov his eleventh assist, while Erik Gudbranson has his thirteenth. With those quick goals, the Blue Jackets would go from down a goal to leading by two after one period of play. 

The second period would start with a goal from Johnny Gaudreau, but it would be challenged by the Sharks and successfully removed. However, Dimitri Voronkov would get that goal back at 7:14. This is his fourteenth goal this season. Yegor Chinakov gets his second assist of the night and fourteenth this season on this Voronkov goal, while Erik Gudbranson gets his second assist tonight and fourteenth this season. The Blue Jackets' two-goal lead would evaporate sadly after another goal from Anthony Duclair at 7:33, and a goal from Fabian Zetterlund at 15:29 would bring us to a new game going into period three. 

The third period would be slow, and I expected overtime after we crossed the 19:00 mark. But then, have no fear; Boone Jenner is here! With goal seventeen of his season, right between the legs of the Sharks goalie, at 19:47. This goal would give Johnny Gaudreau his thirtieth assist and Ivan Proverov his twentieth! Best of all, this gave them a 4-3 road win, and on the same night, the franchise was given its first Stadium Series, too. What a night!

Boone Jenner would get the First Star of the Game for his tie-breaking, winning goal. 

Also, Elvis Merzlikins would finish with a .909% after stopping 30 out of the 33 shots by the Sharks. 

Our next game is on Tuesday. The Team will stay in California and head to L.A. to face the Kings. That game will start at 10:30 p.m. Ohio time. 

Go CBJ!   





  

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