Post-Game Notes Columbus Blue Jackets (2) vs. Detroit Red Wings (1) February 11, 2017 – Nationwide Arena (19,143)

FINAL SCORE Overall Record Home/Road Record 1 2 3 OT F Detroit Red Wings 22-23-10 (54 pts.) Road: 11-11-5 (27 pts.) 1 0 0 0 1 Columbus Blue Jackets 35-14-5 (75 pts.) Home: 19-7-1 (39 pts.) 1 1 0 0 2

Goal Scorers Columbus: B. Jenner (10), C. Atkinson (27) Detroit: PP – T. Vanek (14)

Goalies Columbus: S. Bobrovsky (35 Saves, W) Detroit: P. Mrazek (37 Saves, L)

Game Summary: http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20162017/GS020820.HTM Event Summary: http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20162017/ES020820.HTM

Blue Jackets Team Notes • The club improved to 35-14-5 (75 points) through the first 54 games with the loss. The 35 wins and 75 points are the most through the opening 54 games, surpassing the 27 wins and 58 points (2013-14). • The win moved the club’s record at home to 19-5-1 in the last 25 home contests. It’s still the best start at Nationwide Arena with 19 wins and 39 points through the first 27 home games. They previously had 17 wins (2008-09) and 36 points (2007-08) through the first 27 games. • 19,143 fans attended the game at Nationwide Arena vs. the Red Wings. It was the fifth time over 19,000 fans attended a game at Nationwide this season. It’s the largest crowd this season and tied for the fourth largest regular season crowd in Jackets history (Dec. 4, 2010 vs. Pittsburgh) and tied for the seventh largest crowd including playoffs. • Columbus played in its second of a franchise-long seven-straight games at home. • The Blue Jackets improved to 24-6-3 when scoring the first . • The club improved to 11-2-2 when tied after the first period and 22-1-2 when leading after the second. • The Jackets allowed two goals or less (not including SO goals) for the 32nd time this season, improving to 28-2-2 when doing so. • Columbus improved to 31-42-1-12 vs. Detroit all-time, including 18-18-1-7 at Nationwide Arena. Columbus also improved to 13-3-2 in the past 18 contests in the series, including sweeping the season series (3-0-0) vs. the Wings for the first time in club history. • The line of Brandon Dubinsky (2-4-6), Cam Atkinson (3-1-4) and Boone Jenner (1-2-3) combined for 6-7-13 in the three-game season series vs. the Wings, including both goals on Saturday (2-3-5). • The Blue Jackets failed to score a power play goal against the Red Wings, finishing 0-of-2. They are 47-of-374 all-time against Detroit (12.6%), including 0-of-4 in the season series (0.0%). • The Jackets’ power play moved to 35-of-150 (23.3%) on the season. • Columbus killed off 3-of-4 of Detroit’s power play opportunities (75.0%). They have now killed off 299-of-367 power play chances in the series against the Red Wings all-time (81.5%), including 6-of-9 in the season series (66.7%). • The Jackets have now killed off 121-of-149 of opponents’ opportunities on the season (81.2%).

Blue Jackets Player/Coach Notes • G Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 35-of-36 shots to record his 30th win of the campaign. It’s the third time in the past four seasons he’s tallied 30 or more wins. He improved to 20-6-2 with a 2.10 goals-against average and .926 save percentage in his last 28 games. • LW Boone Jenner tallied a goal and an assist for his third multi-point contests of the season and now has 10-1-20 in 54 games. That includes 1-2-3 in three games vs. the Wings this season. • C Brandon Dubinsky collected his sixth multi-point game of the campaign with two assists and has 2-4-6 in three games against the Wings in the season series. He has 7-20-27 in 52 games, including 4-8-12 in the past 13 contests. • RW Cam Atkinson notched his 27th goal of the season, tying his career high set last season. He leads the club with 27- 22-49 and is a point from notching his second-straight 50-point campaign. He notched his sixth game-winner of the season, one away from tying the club mark for a season which he tied in 2014-15. He has 3-1-4 in three games vs. the Red Wings. • D David Savard returned to action after missing eight of the past nine contests with an injury. He had a takeaway and six minutes on 20:47 of ice time.

Post-Game Audio & Video (Click on name to open mp3 file)

Blue Jackets: Coach John Tortorella | Brandon Dubinsky | Boone Jenner | David Savard

Red Wings: Coach Jeff Blashill | Petr Mrazek | Xavier Ouellet | Henrik Zetterberg

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