Oct 22, 2024; Columbus, Ohio, USA; Columbus Blue Jackets proper wing Mathieu Olivier (24) celebrates with teammates after scoring a aim towards the Toronto Maple Leafs in the course of the second interval at Nationwide Area. Necessary Credit score: Aaron Doster-Imagn Photos The Columbus Blue Jackets will look to publish back-to-back victories for the primary time this season after they journey to Nashville to face the Predators on Saturday night time.
Columbus enters the sport following a 6-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday night time.
Mathieu Olivier recorded his first profession two-goal recreation for the Blue Jackets. Justin Danforth collected a aim and two assists, Sean Monahan and Kirill Marchenko had considered one of every, and James van Riemsdyk scored the opposite aim.
“You need guys to get rewarded for taking part in the proper manner, taking part in onerous,” Blue Jackets coach Dean Evason stated. “Everyone needs to attain, so for us to get scoring up and down the lineup, our protection to leap in and contribute was actual good.”
Marchenko has a team-leading eight factors via six video games. He joins Olivier and Yegor Chinakhov with a club-best three targets.
Goaltender Daniil Tarasov is 3-1-0 in 4 begins this season with an .888 save proportion and a 3.29 goals-against common. Tarasov is winless in two profession appearances towards the Predators regardless of posting a .948 save proportion and a 2.05 GAA.
Nashville received each conferences between the golf equipment final season, edging the Blue Jackets 2-1 on March 9 earlier than defeating Columbus 6-4 on April 13.
The Predators will return dwelling following a 3-2, come-from-behind victory in Chicago on Friday night time.
Nashville erased a 2-0 deficit due to second-period targets from Filip Forsberg and Gustav Nyquist. Defenseman Brady Skjei scored the winner on the ability play at 13:07 of the third interval. Juuse Saros made 27 saves for the Predators, who’ve received back-to-back video games after opening the season with 5 losses.
Saros improved to 2-4-0 with the victory.
Nyquist additionally had an help, and defenseman Alexandre Provider arrange a pair of targets.
“Gutsy win,” Predators coach Andrew Brunette stated. “You are down two on the street … and discover a strategy to have some huge kills, and an enormous shorty. (Forsberg) made an excellent play to form of get us again within the recreation, after which Brady on the finish. So it wasn’t fairly, however we did some issues, and (we) nonetheless proceed to construct our recreation right here just a little bit.”
Forsberg has two targets and three assists throughout his five-game level streak.
“It began just a little gradual, clearly,” he stated. “I assumed they have been higher within the first, however then we began preventing again. … I assumed the penalty kill performed glorious, after which the ability play stepped up large there within the third and received us a win.”
Goaltender Scott Wedgewood misplaced his lone begin this season 4-3 to the Dallas Stars on Oct. 10. In 4 profession appearances towards the Blue Jackets, Wedgewood is 1-1-2 with a .919 save proportion and a 2.65 GAA.
Saturday will mark the primary of two conferences between the Blue Jackets and Predators this season. Nashville will journey to Columbus on April 1 to conclude the season sequence.
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