The Blue Jackets are 5-1-0 in the past six games (outscoring opponents 22-13) and have scored the first goal in each of their victories.
Columbus is 18-9-1 (37 pts) on the road this season, recording the most victories in the first 28 road games of a campaign in franchise history (17-7-4 in 2016-17). The club ranks third-T in the NHL in road victories and fourth-T in points.
CBJ allowed a power play goal for just the second time in the past 19 games on Saturday at Chicago (41-of-43, 95.3 pct. since Dec. 31)... The Jackets have recorded three or more goals in seven of the past nine contests.
RW Kole Sherwood (New Albany, OH) became the first Columbus-area native to play for the Blue Jackets in club history after making his NHL debut on Saturday at Chicago (four hits on 6:58 TOI).
LW Artemi Panarin collected 2-1-3 on Saturday to reach 300 career points (112-188-300 in 298 games)... RW Josh Anderson has 5-3-8 in the past nine games... C Pierre-Luc Dubois has 9-15- 24 in the last 24 outings.
D Ryan Murray, who set a single game career high with three assists on Saturday at Chicago, has posted 0-9-9 in the past 12 games. He has already set single season career highs in assists and points with 1-28-29, surpassing the 4-21-25 collected in 2015-16.
CBJ Weekly Report 2.18.19
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