Blue Jackets Beat Blues To Win Second Straight Road Game; Fourth Straight Overall

Adam Fantilli(10) and Cole Sillinger(7) provided the offense for the CBJ, and Jet Greaves was outstanding, making 31 saves in a 2-1 Jackets win on Saturday night in St. Louis.

There's just something about this Columbus Blue Jackets team right now. They've now won two straight on the road, both in arenas that they typically NEVER win in: St. Louis and Pittsburgh. They've also won four straight games and are 7-2-1 in the last 10. The Blue Jackets are the hottest team in the Metro. To top it off, they have the 7th best points percentage in the Eastern Conference. All this while missing several regulars due to injury.

On Saturday night, the Jackets went into Enterprise Center and held the Blues scoreless for 59 minutes and 48 seconds. They needed 12 more seconds to secure Jet Greaves's first career shutout. St. Louis would dash those dreams with a very late power-play goal to bring the game to within a single goal. Luckily, there was very little time left for the Blues to complete a comeback.

Adam Fantilli, who played just over 16 minutes and scored a goal, now has a five-game point streak. He has three goals and three assists and is a plus-5 in those five games. The Jackets hope he takes full advantage of the top center minutes with Sean Monahan out.

Cole Sillinger scored what would be the game-winner late in the second period. Sillinger now has points in three of his last four games. His brother Owen also scored a game-winner for the Cleveland Monsters on Saturday night as well.

This marks the Jackets' second game straight in St. Louis that has been a low scoring. They shut out the Blues in their last visit to St. Louis last season by a score of 1-0.

The Columbus Blue Jackets showed last night that they can grind out a win 2-1, or blow teams out 6-2. This was a good team win.

Final Stats

Player Stats

• Adam Fantilli scored his 10th goal of the season.

• Cole Sillinger scored his 7th goal of the season.

• Kirill Marchenko recorded his 29th assist.

• Dmitri Voronkov picked up his 13th assist.

• James van Riemsdyk tallied his 9th assist.

• Luca Del Bel Belluz got his 2nd assist. He has points in his first three NHL games.

• Jet Greaves won his 2nd game straight while making 31 saves.

• Dante Fabbro has 7 blocked shots.

Team Stats

• The Jackets power play went 50% on the night, scoring once.

• The Penalty Kill for the Jackets stopped two of three Blues power plays. They gave up a PP goal with 10 seconds left in the game.

• Columbus won 47.1% of the faceoffs.

What's Next - The Philadelphia Flyers visit Nationwide on Tuesday night.

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