The Columbus Blue Jackets are back home to take on the New York Islanders tonight at 6 PM.
New York Islanders – 33-21-5 – 71 Points – 6-4-0 in the last 10 – Won 3 – 3rd in the Metro.
Columbus Blue Jackets – 29-21-7 – 65 Points – 8-2-0 in the last 10 – Lost 1 – 4th in the Metro.
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Team Notes Per CBJ PR
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Columbus had its season-high seven-game win streak snapped in the first game following the Olympic Break with a 4-2 loss at Boston on Thursday.
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The Blue Jackets, who open a stretch of five-of-six games played at home on Saturday, have won four consecutive home games since Jan. 22 and earned points in eight-of-nine contests at Nationwide Arena in 2026 (7-1-1).
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Since Dec. 22, the Blue Jackets have gone 15-6-1 (31 pts, .705 points pct.) and are among NHL leaders in team save percentage (.910/3rd-T), points (5th-T), goals-against per game (2.59, 5th), penalty kill pct. (83.3 pct./5th-T), points pct (6th-T) and goals-for per game (3.41/12th).
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The club has scored the opening goal in 11 of the past 13 games and has scored the first goal in 35 contests (24-7-4), tied for third-most in the NHL in 2025-26.
Player Notes Per CBJ PR
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Charlie Coyle ranks sixth-T in the NHL in scoring since Jan. 24 with 5-7-12 and four multi-point efforts in seven games.
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Adam Fantilli posted his eighth multi-point effort of the season with 1-1-2 on Thursday and has totaled 2-6-8 in the past seven contests. He has set a single-season career high in assists with 14-24-38 in 57 games in 2025-26.
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Boone Jenner (207-203-410, 784 GP), who is the club’s all-time leader in games played and ranks third in goals and points, is one assist from tying David Vyborny (204) for third-most in CBJ history.
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Mason Marchment collected his third multi-point outing as a Blue Jacket with two assists on Thursday. He has totaled 9-6-15 in 15 games since making his debut with the club on Dec. 20.
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Zach Werenski helped Team USA capture a Gold Medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics (1-5-6, 6 GP). He collected an assist on Thursday to tie his career-high points streak at eight games (2-9-11) originally set from Nov. 15-Dec. 1, 2024 (5-11-16). He also has points in 21 of his past 23 games played since Dec. 11 (11-22-33, 10 multi-point efforts).
Blue Jackets Stats
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Power Play – 19.6% – 19th in the NHL
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Penalty Kill – 77.2% – 25th in the NHL
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Goals For – 176 – 17th in the NHL
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Goals Against – 180 – 17th in the NHL
Islanders Stats
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Power Play – 16.1% – 28th in the NHL
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Penalty Kill – 81.5% – 9th in the NHL
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Goals For – 169 – 22nd in the NHL
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Goals Against – 160 – 4th in the NHL
Series History vs. The Islanders
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Columbus is 28-23-1-7 all-time, and 19-7-1-4 at home vs. New York.
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The home team is 11-3-1 in the last 15, and 5-0-1 in the last 6.
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The CBJ have killed off 9 of 10 NYI power plays.
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The winning team has won by multiple goals in seven of the last nine meetings overall, including five-straight at Nationwide Arena.
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Each team has recorded a 2-0 shutout victory over the past five contests played at Nationwide Arena.
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The Jackets have killed off 9-of-10 Islanders power play attempts over the last five contests played in Ohio (90 pct.).
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CBJ have recorded five shutouts in the all-time series (MR: Merzlikins, 26 saves in 2-0 W at CBJ on Oct. 30, 2024).
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The teams have averaged a combined 58.5 shots on goal in the past six meetings of the series.
Who To Watch For The Islanders
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Bo Horvat leads the team with 24 goals
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Mathew Barzal leads NYI with 35 assists and 52 points.
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Ilya Sorokin is 21-13-2 with a SV% of .915.
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David Rittich is 12-8-3 with a SV% of .900
CBJ Player Notes vs. Islanders
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Zach Werenski has 15 points in 25 career games vs. the Islanders.
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Boone Jenner has 16 points in 34 games.
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Mason Marchment has 5 points in 10 games against New York.
Injured Reserve
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Brendan Smith – Lower Body – Missed 19 Games IR – Out for the rest of the regular season.
TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 156
How to Watch & Listen: Tonight’s game will be on FANDUEL SPORTS NETWORK. The radio broadcast will be on 97.1 The Fan, with Bob McElligott behind the mic doing the play-by-play.
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