Boone Jenner(5) and Kirill Marchenko(28) provided the only offense for Columbus, and Daniil Tarasov suffered a 3-2 loss to the Ottawa Senators on Saturday.
The Jackets fell short against Ottawa on Saturday night, and their playoff hopes suffered for it.
With the loss to the Senators, the CBJ fell out of the wild card two spot, getting supplanted by the Montréal Canadiens the second the clock hit zeros. But then, later in the night, the New York Rangers beat the San Jose Sharks and would jump both Columbus and Montréal, knocking the Blue Jackets down another spot in the standings. All in all, it was a tough night for Columbus.
Dean Evason said after the game, "That was a great game. Both teams played hard, played fast. Certainly the start was fantastic, the pace of the game. Everybody was playing their butts off. We had lots of chances, certainly in the third period and at the end to tie it. It was just a great hockey game that we fell a little bit short."
Zach Werenski added, "I thought we played hard. I thought it was a pretty even game for the most part. We'd probably like to have back some minutes in the second there where I thought we didn't get to our game, but it's a good team. I liked our effort."
The Jackets are now 33-30-9 with 75 points.
Final Stats
Player Stats
- Boone Jenner scored his 5th goal of the season.
- Kirill Marchenko scored his 28th goal of the season.
- Zach Werenski had a pair of assists, his 51st and 52nd of the year. He also led the team with 5 shots.
- Denton Mateychuk recorded his 6th assist of the season.
- Daniil Tarasov stopped 24 of 27 Ottawa shots.
Team Stats
- The Jackets power play went 0/1 on the night.
- The Columbus PK stopped both of Ottawa's power plays.
- Columbus won 38.5% of the faceoffs.
Up Next: The Jackets welcome the Nashville Predators into Nationwide Arena on Tuesday.
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