DECEMBER 5, 2019 II COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS VS. NEW YORK RANGERS ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAME AT A GLANCE GOAL SCORERS Columbus: C. Atkinson (5), S. Jones (4) NY Rangers: B. Lemieux (5), PP – J. Trouba (4), A. Panarin (13) GOALTENDERS Columbus: J. Korpisalo (16 saves, L) NY Rangers: A. Georgiev (45 saves, W) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ BLUE JACKETS TEAM NOTES • Columbus suffered its third-straight loss, falling at home to the NY Rangers, 3-2. • Tonight was the first meeting between the Blue Jackets and Rangers this season. Columbus took the season series last year (3-0-1). The Blue Jackets will play in New York on Jan. 19, host the Rangers on Valentine’s Day and play the final game of the season series at Madison Square Garden on Mar. 24. • The loss snapped a six-game point streak (5-0-1) as well as four-game home point streak (3-0-1) against the Rangers. • Tonight was a rare loss in a Thursday night home game for the Blue Jackets. It was just their second regulation loss in the last 17 Thursday home games dating back to Dec. 14, 2017 (14-2- 1). The club also fell to 22-5-1 in Thursday games overall dating back to Mar. 8, 2018. • It was the club’s league-leading 18th one-goal contest this season (9-5-4). • The Blue Jackets outshot the Rangers, 47-to-19 in the game. The 47 shots are the most recorded in a game this season, topping the 44 shots the Jackets had on Oct. 7 vs. Buffalo. • Columbus went 0-for-5 on the power play and 1-for-2 on the penalty kill in the match. • Tonight’s attendance was a crowd of 15,785. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ BLUE JACKETS PLAYER NOTES • D Seth Jones, who had seven shots on a team-high 24:16 TOI, scored Columbus’ second goal of the game early in the third period. He now has 3-3-6 in his last eight games this season. He also has 4-7-11 in his last 11 games vs. the Rangers. • RW Cam Atkinson scored the first goal of the game and now has 2-3-5 in his last eight games. He also has notched 3-3-6 in his last six contests vs. the Rangers. • LW Nick Foligno had the lone assist on Atkinson’s goal for his ninth helper of the season. He became the fourth player to record 300th career points in Blue Jackets history (129-171-300 in 514 games). • D Andrew Peeke registered a shot and three hits on 12:53 TOI while making his NHL debut tonight. • D Dean Kukan had the lone assist on Jones’ goal, giving him points in back-to-back games. He scored the first regular season goal of his NHL career on Tuesday vs. Arizona. • RW Oliver Bjorkstrand set a career high and tied a single-game franchise record with 10 shots on goal (11th occurrence). • C Riley Nash played in his 500th NHL game tonight. The Consort, Alberta native has 57-100-157 so far in his NHL career. • G Joonas Korpisalo stopped 16-of-19 shots while making his 22nd start this season. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ POST-GAME AUDIO Blue Jackets: Coach John Tortorella | Cam Atkinson | Nick Foligno | Boone Jenner | Andrew Peeke NY Rangers: Coach David Quinn | Artemi Panarin | Jacob Trouba | Mika Zibanejad ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ CBJ UPCOMING SCHEDULE Friday, December 6 Practice at 12 pm ET – Nationwide Arena Saturday, December 7 at Florida Panthers – BB&T Center (7pm ET) Sunday, December 8 TBD Practice – Florida .