FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: FEBRUARY 14, 2020 COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS RECALL LEFT WING JAKOB LILJA FROM CLEVELAND (AHL), ASSIGN FORWARD LIAM FOUDY TO LONDON (OHL) COLUMBUS, OHIO – The Columbus Blue Jackets have recalled left wing Jakob Lilja from the American Hockey League’s Cleveland Monsters and assigned forward Liam Foudy to the Ontario Hockey League’s London Knights, club General Manager Jarmo Kekalainen announced today. Lilja, 26, made his NHL debut in the Blue Jackets’ 2019-20 season opener on October 4 against Toronto and has recorded two goals and two assists for four points with two penalty minutes and a +4 plus/minus rating in 27 appearances with the club. The 6-1, 196-pound winger registered his first career NHL assist on October 16 vs. Dallas and his first career goal on December 27 at Washington. The Malmo, Sweden native has added 5-8-13 and two penalty minutes in 22 games with the Monsters this season. The winger, who signed a one-year entry level contract with Columbus on June 15, 2019, notched 48-51-99 with 71 penalty minutes and a +14 plus/minus rating in 222 career Swedish Hockey League contests from 2012-19. Foudy, 20, made his NHL debut on Monday vs. Tampa Bay and collected his first NHL point with an assist in his second contest last night at Buffalo. The 6-2, 182-pound forward had notched 20-24-44, 18 penalty minutes and is +28 in 33 games with London this season, serving as one of the club’s co-captains. He is tied for the team lead in plus/minus and ranks second in points-per-game (1.33). In 218 career OHL games, he has racked up 89-78-167, 91 penalty minutes and a cumulative +66 plus/minus rating since 2016. The Scarborough, Ontario native has represented Canada at several international competitions, including this year’s IIHF World Junior Championship, where he picked up 3-1-4 in seven games and helped Canada capture the gold medal. He was selected by the Blue Jackets in the first round, 18th overall, at the 2018 NHL Draft. The Blue Jackets return to action tonight when they host the New York Rangers. Game time from Nationwide Arena is 7 p.m. Live coverage on FOX Sports Ohio begins with the Blue Jackets Live pre-game show starting at 6:30 p.m. All Blue Jackets games televised on FOX Sports Ohio will also be streamed live via the FOX Sports app. The game can also be heard on the Eldorado Gaming Scioto Downs Blue Jackets Radio Network, including Sports Radio 97.1 the Fan in Columbus, and online at BlueJackets.com. Single game tickets for all home games played at Nationwide Arena during the 2019-20 regular season are on sale now. Information on all ticketing options can be obtained by calling (800) NHL-COLS or by visiting BlueJackets.com. ‐ CBJ ‐ Contacts: Todd Sharrock, Vice President of Communications & Team Services – 614/246-4157 or [email protected] Glenn Odebralski, Manager of Communications – 614/246-0288 or [email protected] .