Seattle Doesn't Bring Their Best, Gets Ground Up And Roasted By The Blue Jackets

Sean Kuraly(4), Luca Del Bel Belluz(1), Zach Werenski(13), Denton Mateychuk(1), Kent Johnson(11), and Kirill Marchenko(18) supplied the offense for the CBJ. Meanwhile, Elvis Merzļikins was excellent as he made 29 saves on 31 Kraken shots in a 6-2 blowout win over Seattle.

The Jackets were missing seven regulars for this game, either due to injury or illness, but that didn't stop the Blue Jackets from pounding the Kraken and scoring six goals at home yet again. The usual suspects, Zach Werenski and Kirill Marchenko both scored again.

But this time, the youngsters stepped up and helped. Denton Mateychuk had a pair of points, including his first NHL goal. The recently called-up Luca Del Bel Belluz scored a goal and had an assist, and Kent Johnson scored his 11th goal to smash the Kraken. Adam Fantilli also had a beauty of an assist on the Zach Werenski goal.

The Jackets have now won three straight games and sit 4th in the Metro at 19-17-6. Their 44 points currently have them in the wild card two spot. They're also 7-2-1 in the last 10 games and are currently the hottest team in the Metro.

Final Stats

Player Stats

• Sean Kuraly scored his 4th goal of the season.

• Luca Del Bel Belluz scored his 1st goal of the season. It's also his 2nd career goal. He recorded his first assist as well.

• Zach Werenski scored his league-leading 13th goal among defensemen. He also got his 35th assist of the year.

• Denton Mateychuk scored his first career goal and 2nd career assist. He also had 6 blocked shots.

• Kent Johnson scored his 11th goal.

• Kirill Marchenko scored his 18th goal.

• James van Riemsdyk recorded his 7th and 8th assists.

• Ivan Provorov tallied his 16th assist.

• Adam Fantilli got his 11th assist.

• Dmitri Voronkov got his 12th assist.

• Damon Severson picked up assist 12.

• Mathieu Olivier got his 7th assist.

• Dante Fabbro recorded his 7th assist.

Team Stats

• The Jackets power play went scoreless on one attempt.

• Seattle was held scoreless on three power plays.

• The Jackets won 45.1% of the faceoffs.

What's Next - Columbus goes to St. Louis to play the Blues on Saturday night.

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