Columbus Upsets Heavy Favorite Winnipeg At Home; Lose Cole Sillinger To Injury

Dmitri Voronkov(7), Kent Johnson(7, 8), and Sean Kuraly(3) scored the goals, and Elvis Merzļikins made 24 saves, including 6 on the PK in the 4-1 Columbus win. Merzļikins even tried to get in on the scoring when he took a puck while the Jets' net was empty and tried to get himself a goalie goal. Unfortunately he kind of whiffed on it, but it was fun to see nonetheless.

The Blue Jackets didn't make this game very easy. Columbus gave Winnipeg four power plays in which they scored one goal. With that goal, the Jackets have now given up a power-play goal in 13 straight games. That's the longest streak in the league since 2009.

Kent Johnson powered the Jackets passed the Jets by scoring twice in 2:27. The young forward is blossoming into the superstar that everyone wanted him to be. With those two goals, he now has 14 points in 13 games played this season.

But with this big win, comes a big loss. Cole Sillinger was lost to a lower-body injury after blocking a shot in the second period. He finished out the second period, came back for the third, but left for the locker and would not return. He was visibly hobbled when he left. Hopefully, it's nothing serious and just needs to rest it for a day.

The Blue Jackets have now scored 76 5-on-5 goals, which is good enough for 3rd in the league behind Washington and Vegas.

Kent Johnson was the "Donkey of the Day."

Final Stats

Player Stats

• Dmitri Voronkov scored his 7th goal.

• Kent Johnson scored his 7th and 8th goals. He now has 14 points in 13 games.

• Sean Kuraly scored his 3rd goal of the season.

• Zach Werenski recorded his 20th assist of the season.

• Kirill Marchenko got his 16th assist.

• Sean Monahan now has 15 assists after assisting on Johnson's goal.

• James van Riemsdyk recorded his 3rd and 4th assists.

• Ivan Provorov got his 8th assist on Kent Johnson's second goal. He was also a plus-3.

Team Stats

• The Blue Jackets have now scored 76 5v5 goals on the year. That's third in the NHL.

• The Blue Jackets power play went 1/2.

• The Columbus PK stopped 3 of 4 Jets' power plays.

• The Blue Jackets won 34.1% of the faceoffs.

What's Next - The Blue Jackets are back for a brief three-game home stand starting Tuesday against the Philadelphia Flyers.

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