Columbus Blue Jackets Game Notes Sun, Oct 0, 0 NHL Game #5 Columbus Blue Jackets - 9 - ( pts) Anaheim Ducks 5 - - ( pts) Team Game: Home Game: 6 - - (Home) 0-6 - 0 (Road) Team Game: Road Game: 6 - - 0 (Home) - - (Road) # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% Steve Mason 0 8..885 0 Curtis Sanford 0 0 0 0.00.00 0 Allen York 0 0.9.89 # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM D Marc Methot 6 0 0 0 - D John Moore 0 0 0 5 D Aaron Johnson 7 5-6 0 D Kris Russell 0-8 L Matt Calvert 6 0 0 D Grant Clitsome 0 5 5-5 R Derek Dorsett 0-6 6 C Derick Brassard -7 8 L RJ Umberger (A) - 9 C Ryan Johansen 8 0 D James Wisniewski (A) 0 L Vinny Prospal 5 5 0-0 C Derek MacKenzie 5 6 C Samuel Pahlsson 0-8 L Alexandre Giroux 7 0-6 C Cody Bass 6 0 0 7 50 C Antoine Vermette (A) 0-5 D Fedor Tyutin 8 6 R Rick Nash (C) 6 9 - # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% Jonas Hiller 9.55.90 8 Dan Ellis 0 0..966 # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM D Cam Fowler 0 0-0 5 D Luca Sbisa 0 0 0 9 6 D Kurtis Foster 0 0 7 C Andrew Cogliano 0 8 R Teemu Selanne (A) 0 6 9-9 R Bobby Ryan 0 8 0 R Corey Perry 0 7 6 C Saku Koivu (A) 0 0-6 5 C Ryan Getzlaf (C) 0 7 6 R George Parros 9 0 7 D Lubomir Visnovsky 0 - D Sheldon Brookbank 9 0 D Francois Beauchemin 0 - D Toni Lydman 8 0-6 9 L Matt Beleskey 7 0 0 0 - R Andrew Gordon 0 0-0 9 C Maxime Macenauer 0 0 6 C Brandon McMillan 0 0-6 77 R Devante Smith-Pelly 8 0 - Executive VP & General Manager Assistant General Manager Head Coach Assistant Coaches Goaltending Coach/Video Assistant Coach Scott Howson Chris MacFarland Scott Arniel Brad Berry, Dan Hinote & Todd Richards Ian Clark/Dan Singleton Exec. VP & General Manager Senior VP of Hockey Ops. Director of Player Personnel Head Coach Coaching Staff Bob Murray David McNab Rick Paterson Randy Carlyle Dave Farrish, Mike Foligno, Pete Peeters, Joe Trotta Tonight's Officials Referees Marc Joanette (5); Ghislain Hebert () Linesmen Derek Amell (75); Ryan Galloway (8) Ntl. Anthem Leo Welsh Video Judge Dave Harvey Today's Schedule LAK @ COL : 6:00 STL @ EDM : 6:00 ANA @ CBJ : 6:0 TOR @ OTT : 7:0
Columbus Blue Jackets: Roster Active ( Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place Steve Mason G 6' " 7 May 9, 988 Oakville, ON, CAN Marc Methot D 6' " 7 Jun, 985 Ottawa, ON, CAN John Moore D 6' " 0 Nov 9, 990 Winnetka, IL, USA 5 Aaron Johnson D 6' " 0 Apr 0, 98 Port Hawkesbury, NS, CAN 0 Kris Russell D 5' 0" 7 May, 987 Caroline, AB, CAN Matt Calvert L 5' 0" 87 Dec, 989 Brandon, MB, CAN Grant Clitsome D 5' " 5 Apr, 985 Gloucester, ON, CAN 5 Derek Dorsett R 6' 0" 9 Dec 0, 986 Kindersley, SK, CAN 6 Derick Brassard C 6' " 0 Sep, 987 Hull, QC, CAN 8 RJ Umberger L 6' " 0 May, 98 Pittsburgh, PA, USA 9 Ryan Johansen C 6' " 0 Jul, 99 Vancouver, BC, CAN James Wisniewski D 6' 0" 08 Feb, 98 Canton, MI, USA Vinny Prospal L 6' " 9 Feb 7, 975 Ceské Budejovice, CZE Derek MacKenzie C 5' " 80 Jun, 98 Sudbury, ON, CAN 6 Samuel Pahlsson C 6' 0" 0 Dec 7, 977 Ange, SWE 8 Alexandre Giroux L 6' " 08 Jun 6, 98 Quebec City, QC, CAN 0 Curtis Sanford G 5' " 87 Oct 5, 979 Owen Sound, ON, CAN Cody Bass C 6' 0" 05 Jan 7, 987 Owen Sound, ON, CAN Allen York G 6' " 88 Jun 7, 989 Wetaskiwin, AB, CAN 50 Antoine Vermette C 6' " 98 Jul 0, 98 St. Agapit, QC, CAN 5 Fedor Tyutin D 6' " 6 Jul 9, 98 Izhevsk, RUS 6 Rick Nash R 6' " 9 Jun 6, 98 Brampton, ON, CAN Players Total Avg: 6' " 0 Age: 7.0 Injured Reserve List (5 Players) Radek Martinek D 6' " 0 Aug, 976 Havlicko Brod, CZE 7 Jeff Carter C 6' " 99 Jan, 985 London, ON, CAN 0 Kristian Huselius L 6' " 8 Nov 0, 978 Osterhaninge, SWE Mark Dekanich G 6' " 85 May 0, 986 N. Vancouver, BC, CAN 0 Jared Boll R 6' " 9 May, 986 Charlotte, NC, USA Goal Streaks VINNY PROSPAL ( / Games) Assist Streaks JAMES WISNIEWSKI ( / Games) Point Streaks VINNY PROSPAL (-0- / Games) FEDOR TYUTIN (-- / Games) JAMES WISNIEWSKI (0-- / Games) Anaheim Ducks: Roster Active ( Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place Jonas Hiller G 6' " 9 Feb, 98 Felben Wellhausen, CHE Cam Fowler D 6' " 96 Dec 5, 99 Windsor, ON, CAN 5 Luca Sbisa D 6' " 07 Jan 0, 990 Ozieri, ITA 6 Kurtis Foster D 6' 5" 6 Nov, 98 Carp, ON, CAN 7 Andrew Cogliano C 5' 0" 88 Jun, 987 Toronto, ON, CAN 8 Teemu Selanne R 6' 0" 96 Jul, 970 Helsinki, FIN 9 Bobby Ryan R 6' " 09 Mar 7, 987 Cherry Hill, NJ, USA 0 Corey Perry R 6' " May 6, 985 Peterborough, ON, CAN Saku Koivu C 5' 0" 8 Nov, 97 Turku, FIN 5 Ryan Getzlaf C 6' " May 0, 985 Regina, SK, CAN 6 George Parros R 6' 5" 8 Dec 9, 979 Washington, PA, USA 7 Lubomir Visnovsky D 5' 0" 97 Aug, 976 Topolcany, SVK Sheldon Brookbank D 6' " 0 Oct, 980 Lanigan, SK, CAN Francois Beauchemin D 6' 0" 07 Jun, 980 Sorel, QC, CAN Toni Lydman D 6' " 0 Sep 5, 977 Lahti, FIN 8 Dan Ellis G 6' " 9 Jun 9, 980 Saskatoon, SK, CAN 9 Matt Beleskey L 6' 0" 0 Jun 7, 988 Windsor, ON, CAN Andrew Gordon R 6' 0" 9 Dec, 985 Halifax, NS, CAN 9 Maxime Macenauer C 5' " 88 Jan, 989 Laval, QC, CAN 6 Brandon McMillan C 5' " 88 Mar, 990 Richmond, BC, CAN 77 Devante Smith-Pelly R 6' 0" Jun, 99 Scarborough, ON, CAN Players Total Avg: 6' 0" 0 Age: 8. Injured Reserve List ( Players) 5 Matt Smaby D 6' 6" 9 Oct, 98 Minneapolis, MN, USA Jason Blake L 5' 0" 90 Sep, 97 Moorhead, MN, USA Goal Streaks No active streaks Assist Streaks No active streaks Point Streaks No active streaks
Columbus Blue Jackets: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks L Vinny Prospal 5 5 0-0 0 0.7 8:9. 9 R 6 Rick Nash 6 9-0 0 8.8 9:7 5.0 0 D 5 Aaron Johnson 7 5-6 0 0 5. 8:6 0.0 7 6 D Grant Clitsome 0 5 5-0 0 0 0.0 :05 0.0 9 D 5 Fedor Tyutin 8 0 0 0. :7 0.0 7 L 8 RJ Umberger - 0 0 0 7.7 8:5 9. 8 C 50 Antoine Vermette 0-0 0 0 5 0.0 9:9 5. 8 D 0 Kris Russell 0-8 0 0 0 6.5 8: 0.0 8 C Derek MacKenzie 5 0 0 9. 9: 6. C 6 Derick Brassard -7 0 0 8. 5:.7 6 C 9 Ryan Johansen 8 0 0 7. :5.5 C 7 Jeff Carter 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 9:56 57. D James Wisniewski 0 0 0 0 7 0.0 8:8 0.0 D Radek Martinek 7 0-0 0 0 0 0 0.0 9:6 0.0 5 7 L 8 Alexandre Giroux 7 0-6 0 0 0 7. : 00.0 9 0 R 5 Derek Dorsett 0-6 0 0 0 0 0.0 :0 0.0 6 5 D John Moore 0 0 0 0 0 0 50.0 0:9 0.0 L Matt Calvert 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 8:58 0.0 6 0 C 6 Samuel Pahlsson 0-0 0 0 0.0 : 50.0 8 5 C Cody Bass 6 0 0 7 0 0 0 5 0.0 9: 00.0 9 D Marc Methot 6 0 0 0-0 0 0 5 0.0 8: 0.0 0 # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM Steve Mason 0 576. 8 0 6.885 0 0 0 0 Curtis Sanford 8 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 Allen York 6.9 0 0 0.89 0 0 0 Anaheim Ducks: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks R 8 Teemu Selanne 0 6 9-0 0 8.8 8:07.9 R 0 Corey Perry 0 7 6 0.9 :0 0.0 6 C 5 Ryan Getzlaf 0 7 0 8. :.5 0 0 R 9 Bobby Ryan 0 8 0 0 0 6.5 8:7 6. D 7 Lubomir Visnovsky 0-0 0 0.8 :57 0.0 0 D Francois Beauchemin 0-0 0 0 7. :5 0.0 5 D 5 Luca Sbisa 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 8 0.0 5:09 0.0 8 C Saku Koivu 0 0-6 0 0 0 9 0.0 7:9 5.8 6 C 9 Maxime Macenauer 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 0:05 5.9 5 C 7 Andrew Cogliano 0 0 0 0 8. :5. 7 5 C 6 Brandon McMillan 0 0-6 0 0 0 0.0 :50. 6 D Cam Fowler 0 0-0 0 0 0 0.0 5:6 0.0 5 5 D Toni Lydman 8 0-6 0 0 0 6 0.0 0:56 0.0 0 D 6 Kurtis Foster 0 0 0 0 0 00.0 :9 0.0 D Sheldon Brookbank 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 :8 0.0 8 R 6 George Parros 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 :57 0.0 7 R 77 Devante Smith-Pelly 8 0-0 0 0 8 0.0 :0 0.0 R Andrew Gordon 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0.0 :50 0.0 9 6 L 9 Matt Beleskey 7 0 0 0-0 0 0 8 0.0 7:9 00.0 7 L Jason Blake 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0.0 :7 0.0 0 # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM Jonas Hiller 9 57.55 06.90 0 0 0 8 Dan Ellis 90. 0 0 0 57.966 0 0 0
Anaheim Ducks @ Columbus Blue Jackets Team Records Anaheim Ducks Columbus Blue Jackets Last game: Saturday AT NASHVILLE (-0 L) Saturday AT CHICAGO (5- L) Next game: Tuesday AT WASHINGTON Thursday VS TORONTO Overall record/streak: 5 - - / Lost - 9 - / Lost Home record/streak: - - 0 / Lost - - / Win / Undef Road record/streak: - - / Lost 0-6 - 0 / Lost 6 Last 5 Games: - - - - 0 Last 0 Games: 5 - - - 8 - -Goal Games: - - 0 - - -Goal Games - 0 - -Goal Games 0 - - Scoring first 5-0 - - - 0 Opponent scoring first 0 - - 0 0-7 - Leading after period 5-0 - 0-0 - 0 Trailing after period 0 - - 0 0 - - Tied after period 0 - - 0-5 - 0 Leading after periods - 0 - - - 0 Trailing after periods 0 - - 0 0-5 - 0 Tied after periods - 0-0 0 - - OT Record - This Season: - 0 - OT Record - Franchise: 98-97 - 07 69-80 - Shootout Record - This Season: - 0 - Shootout Record - Franchise: - 8 9 - Outshooting opponent: - - 0-5 - Outshot by opponent: - - 0 - - 0 Even shots: 0-0 - 0 0 - - 0 vs. Northeast: 0 - - 0 0 - - 0 vs. Atlantic: - 0-0 0-0 - 0 vs. Southeast: 0-0 - 0 0-0 - 0 vs. EASTERN CONFERENCE: - - 0 0 - - 0 vs. Central: - - - - 0 vs. Pacific: - - 0 0 - - 0 vs. Northwest: - 0-0 0 - - vs. WESTERN CONFERENCE: - - - 7 - Month by Month Record Anaheim Ducks Columbus Blue Jackets W-L-OT Points W-L-OT Points October: 5-- -9- November: 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0 December: 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0 January: 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0 February: 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0 March: 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0 April: 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0 Totals: 5-- -9-
Anaheim Ducks @ Columbus Blue Jackets Situations Goals by Period OT T Avg Anaheim Ducks: 8 6 6 0 0 (.0 avg.) Opponents: 8 9 7 0 (. avg.) Columbus Blue Jackets: 7 9 9 0 5 (. avg.) Opponents: 9 7 0 8 (.5 avg.) Shots by Period OT T Avg Anaheim Ducks: 7 0 8 6 (6. avg.) Opponents: 98 0 79 6 87 (8.7 avg.) Columbus Blue Jackets: 6 96 7 (0.6 avg.) Opponents: 90 08 0 0 (9. avg.) Power Play Anaheim Ducks Columbus Blue Jackets G Att % G Att % Overall: 6. (T-0th NHL) 5 56 8.9 (9th NHL) Home: 9.5 (T-8th NHL) 6 7.7 (0th NHL) Road: 9.0 (T-0th NHL) 0 0.0 (th NHL) 0 SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-st NHL) SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-th NHL) Penalty Killing Anaheim Ducks Columbus Blue Jackets G Att % G Att % Overall: 6 86.0 (0th NHL) 9 69. (0th NHL) Home: 0 9 00.0 (T-st NHL) 6 87.5 (T-th NHL) Road: 6 75.0 (T-th NHL) 0 56.5 (0th NHL) 0 SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-8th NHL) SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-6th NHL) Penalties Anaheim Ducks Columbus Blue Jackets GP Min Avg./Rank GP Min Avg./Rank 0. (rd NHL) 5 0.5 (0th NHL) Goal Situations Anaheim Ducks Columbus Blue Jackets For Against For Against 5 on 5: 8 9 5 on : 6 0 5 5 on : 0 0 0 0 on : 0 0 0 on : 0 0 0 0 on : 0 0 0 0 on : 0 0 0 0 on 5: 0 0 0 on 5: 0 5 0 Empty Net: 0 0 Penalty Shots: 0 0 0 0 Total: 0 5 8
Anaheim Ducks @ Columbus Blue Jackets Situations Individual Leaders Anaheim Ducks Columbus Blue Jackets Points: T. SELANNE (9),R. GETZLAF (7),C. PERRY (7) V. PROSPAL (0),R. NASH (9),A. JOHNSON (5) Goals: R. GETZLAF (),C. PERRY (),T. SELANNE () V. PROSPAL (5),R. NASH (),D. MACKENZIE () Assists: T. SELANNE (6),S. KOIVU (),L. VISNOVSKY () R. NASH (6),V. PROSPAL (5),G. CLITSOME (5) PP Goals: C. PERRY (),R. GETZLAF (),T. SELANNE () V. PROSPAL (),A. JOHNSON (),R. NASH () SH Goals: D. MACKENZIE () GW Goals: C. PERRY (),R. GETZLAF (),M. MACENAUER () R. JOHANSEN () + Goals: PIM: C. PERRY (6),G. PARROS (),M. BELESKEY () C. BASS (7),D. DORSETT (6),V. PROSPAL (0) Shots: T. SELANNE (),C. PERRY (),B. RYAN (6) V. PROSPAL (),R. NASH (),R. UMBERGER (7) +/-: S. BROOKBANK (+),G. PARROS (+),B. RYAN (+) D. MACKENZIE (+5),F. TYUTIN (+),J. WISNIEWSKI (+) Shootout Anaheim Ducks Shooter G/S % GDG Bobby Ryan / 00.0 Teemu Selanne / 50.0 0 Ryan Getzlaf 0 / 0.0 0 Corey Perry 0 / 0.0 0 Goaltender Rec. G/S % Jonas Hiller - /7.7 Columbus Blue Jackets Shooter G/S % GDG Rick Nash / 00.0 0 Vinny Prospal 0 / 0.0 0 Jeff Carter 0 / 0.0 0 Goaltender Rec. G/S % Steve Mason 0 - /.000 Power Play Anaheim Ducks Player G A P Corey Perry 5 Teemu Selanne 5 Ryan Getzlaf Lubomir Visnovsky 0 Saku Koivu 0 Cam Fowler 0 Columbus Blue Jackets Player G A P Vinny Prospal Rick Nash Fedor Tyutin 0 Derick Brassard 0 Ryan Johansen 0 Aaron Johnson 0 Kris Russell 0 Antoine Vermette 0 Grant Clitsome 0 Short Handed Anaheim Ducks Columbus Blue Jackets Player G A P Player G A P Derek MacKenzie 0 RJ Umberger 0 Grant Clitsome 0
Columbus Blue Jackets: Media Notes Last Game at CHI 5, CBJ Columbus rallied from -0 and - deficits, but could not overcome three Blackhawks third period goals and lost at United Center (,). Marcus Kruger scored :5 into the game, only to be matched by Vinny Prospal, who lit the lamp at 5:58 of the opening frame. Chicago regained the lead at 8: of the first when Dave Bolland scored to make it -. Derek MacKenzie s second of the season made it - at :0 of the second period. Viktor Stalberg scored at :6 and 6: of the third period to make it -. Michael Frolik scored an empty netter at 9:57 to cap the scoring. Allen York made the first start of his NHL career and stopped -of-7 shots in the loss. Recent Transactions 0/8: Assigned LW Maksim Mayorov and D David Savard to Springfield (AHL). Recalled LW Matt Calvert from Springfield (AHL). 0/7: Recalled D David Savard from Springfield (AHL). Activated D Theo Ruth off injured reserve. Assigned D Theo Ruth to Springfield (AHL). 0/6: Assigned D David Savard to Springfield (AHL). 0/: Placed D Radek Martinek on injured reserve. Recalled D John Moore from Springfield (AHL). 0/0: Added G Allen York to the roster on emergency recall from Springfield (AHL). 0/9: Assigned G Mathieu Corbeil to Saint John (QMJHL). 0/8: Placed C Jeff Carteron injured reserve; added G Mathieu Corbeil to the roster on emergency recall from Saint John (QMJHL). OhioHealth Injury Report RW Jared Boll (hand, Sept. 0 at Carolina preseason) is out at least -6 weeks. C Jeff Carter (foot, Oct. 5 at Dallas) is listed as week-to-week. G Mark Dekanich (lower body, Sept. 0 vs. Winnipeg preseason) is out - weeks. LW Kristian Huselius (upper body, off-season) is out indefinitely. D Radek Martinek (upper body, Oct. at Detroit) is out at least one week. D Marc Methot (hand, Oct. at Detroit) is listed as day-to-day. G Curtis Sanford (lower body) is out - weeks. Total Man Games Lost: 6 Storylines For Tonight s Game Blue Jackets Look to Rebound: The Blue Jackets won their first game of the season Tuesday against Detroit to snap an eight-game winless skid. It was the deepest Columbus had gone into the season without a win. Previously, the club had gone six games into the season without a win, going 0---0 to start the 00-0 campaign. The Jackets will look to rebound from back-to-back road losses at Buffalo (Thursday) and Chicago (last night) when they host Anaheim tonight. The Wiz is Free, Makes Blue Jackets Debut, Notches First Points: D James Wisniewski made his Blue Jackets debut Tuesday against Detroit and had one shot on goal, a game-high four blocked shots and was + in a game-high 7: of action. He picked up his first point as a Blue Jacket with an assist on Fedor Tyutin s goal and played a game-high 7:55 Oct. 7 at Buffalo. He has points in back-to-back games after notching an assist last night at Chicago. He played in a game-high 0:09, which fell seconds shy of a career high (played 0:0 Jan., 0 vs. Anaheim). He also had a game-high seven blocked shots against the Blackhawks. Nash First Blue Jacket to Play 600 Games; Hits,000 Shot Mark, Is Three Points Shy of 500: LW Rick Nash, in his ninth NHL season, became the first Blue Jacket to play in 600 games with the club Oct. at Ottawa. He then eclipsed the,000 shot mark with his first shot Oct. 7 at Buffalo. He is three points shy of 500 for his career, as he has collected 6-5-97 and,006 shots in 60 games. He is the Blue Jackets all-time leader in games played, goals, assists, points, power play goals (78), power play points (65), game-winning goals (), shorthanded goals (), hat tricks (5), shots on goal, multi-goal games () and multi-point games (5). He has scored at least 0 goals in five of the last six seasons, eclipsed the 0 assist mark in five-straight and has recorded 65-or-more points in four-straight campaigns. My Cousin Vinny: LW Vinny Prospal has points in eight of games this season and goals in back-to-back games after scoring his team-leading fifth goal last night at Chicago. He has 5-5-0 to open the season, which leads the club in points. He recorded his second multi-point game of the season Oct. at Ottawa with a pair of assists, which gave him points in back-to-back games. Dating back to last season, he has -9- and is + his last 0 games. Tonight s Opponent Anaheim: Tonight marks first of four meetings overall and first of two meetings at Nationwide Arena this season between the Blue Jackets and Ducks. Columbus is 9-7- all-time against Anaheim, including a 0-9- mark at Nationwide Arena. The clubs have split the last four meetings in Columbus. Tyutin His Own Horn to 500 NHL Games: LW Rick Nash is not the only player to hit a games played milestone, as D Fedor Tyutin played the 500th game of his NHL career Oct. at Ottawa. In 50 career games, he has collected 8-5-6 and 9 penalty minutes, including -7-97 and 68 penalty minutes in 5 games with the Blue Jackets. He has points in back-to-back games after picking up an assist last night at Chicago. He has collected -- the past four games after opening the season with 0-- the first seven games and has played in -or-more minutes in every game this season, including 5-plus the last five games. MacKenzie Lights the Lamp: C Derek MacKenzie has goals in two of the past three games after scoring his second goal of the season last night at Chicago. Prior to his goal Oct. 5 vs. Detroit, he had been held goalless the previous 7 games. He had a gamehigh seven hits to push his season total to, which is tops on the team and seventh (tied) in the NHL. Vermette Est Magnifique: C Antoine Vermette had his four-game point streak come to an end last night at Chicago. He had 0-- during that stretch after opening the season pointless the first six games. He has played in 9 consecutive games, the fourth longest streak in franchise history. He trails David Vyborny, who is third on the list at 9 games set Oct. 7, 00-Dec. 0, 005.
Ironman Umberger Scores First of the Year, Has Points in Back-to-Back Games: LW R.J. Umberger scored his first goal of the season Oct. 5 vs. Detroit. It was his first goal in games as he last scored Apr., 0 vs. St. Louis. With 75 goals as a Blue Jacket, he is one goal shy of tying Nikolai Zherdev (76 goals) for fourth on the Blue Jackets all-time goal scoring list. He also had an assist against the Red Wings for his first multi-point game of the season and added a helper on Oct. 7 at Buffalo to give him points in backto-back games. He has set the franchise record for consecutive games played, playing in 57-consecutive games, a streak that began Oct. 0, 008. He broke Jason Chimera s record of, which was set Oct. 9, 005-Apr. 5, 008. Umberger has played in 60-straight games overall, dating back to Apr., 008 vs. Pittsburgh (with Philadelphia). Pair of Firsts: For the first time in franchise history, the Blue Jackets had two players score the first goal of their NHL career in the same game. C Ryan Johansen and D John Moore each got their first tally in the NHL. Johansen s goal came in his sixth NHL game and also was the game-winner. He added an assist for his first NHL multi-point game. Moore s goal came in his fourth NHL game. Blue Jackets Play 6 Back-To-Back Sets: Columbus plays in 6 back-to-back sets this season. The Jackets play one home/home sets, home/road sets five times, road/home sets on five occasions and five back-to-back road/road sets. Columbus is 7-7- all-time in the first game of back-to-backs and is 56-90- all-time in the second game. Tonight is the second night of back-to-back games. Special Teams Notes: Power Play: Columbus ranks 9th in the NHL in power play percentage (8.9 percent). The club has scored with the man advantage in 5-of- games. Five players lead the team with one power play goal each. Penalty Kill: The Jackets rank 0th in the NHL in penalty kill percentage, killing off 69. percent of opponent s chances. The club is -- in which it shuts out its opponents on the power play. The club has scored one shorthanded goal, ranking sixth in the NHL. Attendance at Nationwide Arena: The Blue Jackets are averaging,6 fans (60,678 total) per game in five home games at Nationwide Arena (capacity 8,) this season. In home games since joining the NHL in 000, the Blue Jackets have averaged 6,90 fans per game (6,7,057 total), which is 90. percent of capacity at Nationwide Arena. There have been sellouts. Slap Shots * The Blue Jackets had shots on goal Oct. 7 at Buffalo, falling two short of the club record for shots on goal in a road game. James Wisniewski, Antoine Vermette, Fedor Tyutin and Rick Nash all tied for the team lead with five shots each. * D Aaron Johnson picked up an assist last night at Chicago to push his season totals to --5, which is tops among club defensemen. * G Allen York made the first start of his NHL career last night at Chicago. He stopped -of-7 shots in 58:0 of action. He made his NHL debut Oct. 5 vs. Detroit, playing : of action in relief of Steve Mason. Upcoming Player Milestones RW Derek Dorsett is 0 games shy of 00 for his NHL career (--7 in 90 games). LW Rick Nash is three points shy of 500 for his NHL career (6-5-97 in 60 games). LW Vinny Prospal is games shy of,000 and 0 points shy of 700 for his NHL career (-58-690 in 989 games). C Antoine Vermette is five points shy of 00 for his NHL career (-6-95 in 550 games). Recently Achieved Player Milestones LW Rick Nash played the 600th game of his NHL career Oct. at Ottawa. D Fedor Tyutin played the 500th game of his NHL career Oct. at Ottawa.
Columbus Blue Jackets: Game By Game Summary * = Overtime, ** = Shootout, + = Sellout # Date Team W-L-OT Record GF-GA Scorers W Goal PP PK SF-SA W-L Gltdr. Attend. 0/07/0 Nashville Predators L 00-0-00 -,6 0-5 - - 5 / 87+ 0/08/0 @ Minnesota Wild L 00-0-00-5,8 5 0-6 - -6 / 900+ 0/0/0 Vancouver Canucks L 00-0-00 -, 0-5 - 5-5 5 / 987 0//0 Colorado Avalanche O** 00-0-0-6, 9 0- - - / 8986 5 0/5/0 @ Dallas Stars L 00-0-0 - p,8-5 - 5- / 805 6 0/8/0 Dallas Stars L 00-05-0-6p,0 7-5 - 0-8 / 958 7 0//0 @ Detroit Red Wings L 00-06-0-5 6,5p - -5-5 / 0066+ 8 0//0 @ Ottawa Senators L 00-07-0-5,0,6p 9-0- -7 / 8867 9 0/5/0 Detroit Red Wings W 0-07-0-8,9p,,s 9-7 - - / 9 500 0 0/7/0 @ Buffalo Sabres L 0-08-0 -,5 6 0-6 - -6 / 8690+ 0/9/0 @ Chicago Blackhawks L 0-09-0-5, 5 0-5 5-5 9-8 0 / + 0/0/0 Anaheim Ducks /0/0 Toronto Maple Leafs /05/0 @ Philadelphia Flyers 5 /0/0 Chicago Blackhawks 6 //0 Winnipeg Jets 7 /5/0 Minnesota Wild 8 /7/0 @ Boston Bruins 9 /9/0 @ Nashville Predators 0 //0 Calgary Flames //0 @ New Jersey Devils /5/0 Buffalo Sabres /7/0 St Louis Blues /9/0 @ Vancouver Canucks 5 /0/0 @ Calgary Flames 6 /0/0 @ Edmonton Oilers 7 /06/0 @ Montréal Canadiens 8 /08/0 Nashville Predators 9 /0/0 Boston Bruins 0 //0 Vancouver Canucks /5/0 Los Angeles Kings /7/0 Tampa Bay Lightning /8/0 @ St Louis Blues //0 @ Nashville Predators 5 /6/0 @ Chicago Blackhawks 6 /7/0 Calgary Flames 7 /9/0 @ Dallas Stars 8 //0 Washington Capitals 9 0/05/0 @ San Jose Sharks 0 0/07/0 @ Los Angeles Kings 0/08/0 @ Anaheim Ducks 0/0/0 @ Chicago Blackhawks 0//0 Phoenix Coyotes 0//0 San Jose Sharks 5 0/7/0 Edmonton Oilers 6 0/9/0 Nashville Predators 7 0//0 @ Detroit Red Wings 8 0//0 @ Nashville Predators 9 0//0 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 50 0//0 @ San Jose Sharks 5 0/0/0 @ Los Angeles Kings 5 0/0/0 @ Anaheim Ducks 5 0/07/0 Minnesota Wild 5 0/09/0 Dallas Stars 55 0//0 @ Minnesota Wild 56 0//0 Anaheim Ducks 57 0//0 St Louis Blues 58 0/8/0 Chicago Blackhawks 59 0/9/0 @ New York Rangers 60 0//0 San Jose Sharks 6 0//0 Colorado Avalanche 6 0/6/0 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 6 0/8/0 Detroit Red Wings 6 0/0/0 @ Colorado Avalanche 65 0/0/0 @ Phoenix Coyotes 66 0/06/0 Phoenix Coyotes 67 0/08/0 Los Angeles Kings 68 0/0/0 @ St Louis Blues 69 0//0 St Louis Blues 70 0//0 @ Edmonton Oilers 7 0/7/0 @ Vancouver Canucks 7 0/8/0 @ Calgary Flames 7 0/0/0 Chicago Blackhawks 7 0//0 Carolina Hurricanes 75 0/5/0 Edmonton Oilers 76 0/6/0 @ Detroit Red Wings 77 0/8/0 Detroit Red Wings 78 0/0/0 Florida Panthers 79 0//0 @ St Louis Blues 80 0/0/0 @ Phoenix Coyotes 8 0/05/0 @ Colorado Avalanche 8 0/07/0 New York Islanders
Columbus Blue Jackets: Player Game By Game Summary Skaters: Goals-Assists (Game Winning or Game Tying), Shots / (+/-), TOI Goalies: Goals Allowed/Shots, Decision, Minutes Played Date Opp. MARTINEK # METHOT # MOORE # JOHNSON #5 CARTER #7 MAYOROV #8 RUSSELL #0 Oct 7 Vs NSH 0-0 /0 :59 0-0 /0 5: MIN DND 0-6/ 0:0 DND 0-0 /0 7:55 Oct 8 @ MIN 0-0 /0 :8 0-0 /- 7:6 MIN 0- /0 : 0-5/- 9:9-0 /0 9: DND Oct 0 Vs VAN 0-0 /0 :0 0-0 /0 6:8 MIN DND 0-0 /0 7: 0-0 /0 :9 0-0 /- 6:8 Oct Vs COL -0 /0 6: 0-0 0/0 5:7 MIN DND 0-0 / :50 DND 0-0 /0 5: Oct 5 @ DAL 0-0 0/- 0:56 0-0 /- 9:50 MIN DND 0-0 /0 0:9 0-0 0/- :0 0-0 /0 7:6 Oct 8 Vs DAL 0-0 /- :9 INJ MIN 0-0 /- : INJ 0-0 /- :8-0 /0 7:0 Oct @ DET 0-0 0/0 0:56 0-0 0/0 6:6 MIN - 6/0 5: INJ 0-0 0/0 0:7 0-0 0/ 9: Oct @ OTT INJ INJ 0-0 0/0 9:5-0 / :8 INJ 0-0 0/0 :5-0 / :0 Oct 5 Vs DET INJ INJ -0 / : 0-0 /0 7:9 INJ 0-0 0/0 :9 0- /- 9:09 Oct 7 @ BUF INJ INJ 0-0 /- 8:6 0-0 /0 7: INJ 0-0 0/0 6:6 0-0 /0 :5 Oct 9 @ CHI INJ INJ 0-0 0/0 : 0-0/- 5:56 INJ MIN 0-0 /- 6:9 Date Opp. CALVERT # ATKINSON # CLITSOME # DORSETT #5 BRASSARD #6 UMBERGER #8 JOHANSEN #9 Oct 7 Vs NSH 0-0 0/0 8:55 0-0 /- 7:6 0-0 /0 :9 0-0 0/0 0:5 0-0 /0 0:00 0-0 /- 8: 0-0 0/0 8:6 Oct 8 @ MIN 0-0/ 0:0 0-0 /- 6:5 0-0/0 :08-0 /0 0:0 0-0 /0 :9 0-0 /0 8: DND Oct 0 Vs VAN 0-0 0/0 7:6-0 /0 7:5 0- /0 0:5 0-0 0/0 5: 0-0 0/0 6: 0-0 /0 9:9 DND Oct Vs COL 0-0 /0 8:06 0-0 /- :6 0-0 /0 5: 0-0 0/0 : 0-0 /- :9 0-0 /0 7:9 0-0 /0 8:6 Oct 5 @ DAL 0-0 0/0 7:5 MIN 0-0 /0 : 0-0 0/- : 0-0 0/0 8: 0-0/- 6:58 DND Oct 8 Vs DAL MIN MIN 0-0 /0 :07 0-0 0/- :7-0 /- 8: 0-0 /- 0:0 0-0 /0 7: Oct @ DET MIN MIN 0-0 0/- 8:00 0-0 /0 9:0-0 /- 8:0 0-0 0/0 0:0 0-0 /0 : Oct @ OTT MIN MIN 0-0 /- 5: 0-0 /0 :8 0- /0 6:9 0-0 /0 9:00 0- / 7: Oct 5 Vs DET MIN MIN 0- / 6: 0-0 /0 :0 0-0 /- 6: - 5/ 8:5 - (W) / 6:55 Oct 7 @ BUF MIN MIN 0-0 /- 5: 0-0 /0 :7 0-0 0/- 9: 0- / :58 0-0 /- 0: Oct 9 @ CHI 0-0 /- :0 MIN 0-0 /- 6:55 0-0 0/0 9:6 0-0 /- :7 0-0 /- 7:0 0-0 /- :59 Date Opp. WISNIEWSKI # PROSPAL # MACKENZIE # PAHLSSON #6 GIROUX #8 BASS # VERMETTE #50 Oct 7 Vs NSH SUS - / 0:7 0-0 /0 9:0 0-0 0/0 0: MIN MIN 0-0 /- 0: Oct 8 @ MIN SUS 0-0 /0 9: 0-0 / 0:7 0-0 0/ 0:07 MIN MIN 0-0 0/0 : Oct 0 Vs VAN SUS -0 /0 7: 0- /0 8:5 0-0 /0 : MIN MIN 0-0 /0 :8 Oct Vs COL SUS 0- / 8:0 0-0 /0 :5 0-0 0/0 6:07 MIN MIN 0-0 /- 7:5 Oct 5 @ DAL SUS -0 /0 7:5 0-0 0/0 9:5 0-0 0/- :7-0 /- :55 MIN 0-0 0/- 8:5 Oct 8 Vs DAL SUS 0-0 5/0 0:0 0-0 0/0 7: 0-0 0/- :0 0-0 /0 8:59 0-0 0/0 6:5 0-0 /0 9:7 Oct @ DET SUS 0-7/- 8: 0-0 /0 7:9 0-0 /0 0:55 0-0 /- 7:6 0-0 /0 0:0 0- /0 8:5 Oct @ OTT SUS 0-0/0 7:5 0-0 /0 9:9 0-0 0/- : 0-0 0/0 0: 0-0 /0 8:8 0-0/ 9:0 Oct 5 Vs DET 0-0 / 7: 0-0 /- 6:5-0 / 9:0 0-0 0/0 6: 0-0 / 6:0 0- / 9:5 0- / 0:0 Oct 7 @ BUF 0-5/ 7:55-0 /0 9: 0-0 0/0 5:6 0-0/ : 0-0 / :0 0-0 /0 8:5 0-5/0 : Oct 9 @ CHI 0- /- 0:09-0 5/- 7:5-0 / : 0-0 /- 6:7 0-0 /- 0: 0-0 0/- :5 0-0 /- 6:7 Date Opp. TYUTIN #5 SAVARD #58 NASH #6 Oct 7 Vs NSH 0-0 /0 : 0-0 /0 6: - / 0:5 INJ INJ /L 59 DNP Oct 8 @ MIN 0-0 0/ : 0-0 /0 8:07 0-0 /- 0: INJ INJ /L 0 0/ 8 Oct 0 Vs VAN 0-0 / : 0-0 /0 0:5 0- /0 7:8 INJ INJ /5L 58 DNP Oct Vs COL 0-0 /0 :6 0-0 /0 : - / 0: INJ INJ /O 65 DNP Oct 5 @ DAL 0- /0 :9 0- /- 8:9 0-0 /0 0: INJ INJ /L 60 DNP Oct 8 Vs DAL 0-0 /- :7 0- /- 7:5 0- /- :8 INJ INJ /8L 58 INJ Oct @ DET 0-0 /- 7: DND 0-0/- 0: INJ INJ /L 59 INJ Oct @ OTT 0- /- 6:7 0-0 /0 9:8-0 6/0 8: INJ INJ /7L 60 INJ Oct 5 Vs DET 0-0 / 5:8 DND 0-0 /- 7:50 INJ INJ /W 57 INJ Oct 7 @ BUF -0 5/ 6:58 MIN 0-0 5/- 9:5 INJ MIN /6L 59 INJ Oct 9 @ CHI 0- / 9:0 MIN 0- /- 0: INJ MIN DNP INJ BOLL # RUTH # MASON # SANFORD #0 Date Opp. YORK # Oct 7 Vs NSH MIN INJ Oct 8 @ MIN MIN INJ Oct 0 Vs VAN MIN INJ Oct Vs COL MIN INJ Oct 5 @ DAL MIN INJ Oct 8 Vs DAL MIN INJ Oct @ DET DNP INJ Oct @ OTT DNP INJ Oct 5 Vs DET 0/0 INJ Oct 7 @ BUF DNP INJ Oct 9 @ CHI /7L 58 INJ DEKANICH #
Columbus Blue Jackets: Head Coach and Player Bios Head Coach: Scott Arniel * Named fifth head coach in Blue Jackets history on June 8, 00 and led club to a -5- record his first season. * Club set records for road wins (7), road points () and longest road streak earning at least a point, going 6-0- Jan. 5-Feb. 8, 0. * Also led the team to its best start in franchise history, going -6-0 the first 0 games of the season. * Joined the Blue Jackets after spending four seasons as the head coach of the Manitoba Moose (AHL) * Led the Moose to a 8-06- record (.67) from 006-0 and four appearances in the Calder Cup Playoffs * Named 008-09 AHL Coach of the Year after guiding the Moose to a 50--7 record * Prior to his stint in Manitoba, served as an assistant coach with the Buffalo Sabres for four seasons between 00 and 006 * Was Winnipeg s second pick, nd overall, in the 98 Entry Draft * Played parts of seasons in the NHL from 98-9, registering 9-89-8 and 599 penalty minutes in 70 career games with Buffalo, Winnipeg &Boston #: Steve Mason (G) 6' ", 7 lbs. / May 9, 988 ( years and 5 months) Drafted: Columbus' nd pick, 69th overall, in the 006 Entry Draft th NHL / th CBJ Season Last Win: OCT 5, 0 vs DETROIT () Last SO: FEB, 0 vs NASHVILLE (5) Career Shootouts: 59/9 (.6), 0-8 GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Season 0-8- 0..885 Career 8 78-75- 8.80.905 Career vs. Opp 8 --0.98.900 Season Highs: Shots Saves 0 0/5 vs. DAL x Notched his first win of the season, stopping 0-of- shot, Oct. 5 vs. Detroit; first win since Mar. 9, 0 vs. Florida. #0: Curtis Sanford (G) 5' ", 87 lbs. / Oct 5, 979 ( years) Drafted: Not drafted Acquired: Signed as a free agent July, 0 5th NHL / st CBJ Season Last Win: DEC 8, 008 vs OTTAWA () Last SO: DEC 8, 008 vs OTTAWA () Career Shootouts: 8/5 (.5), -8 GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Season 0-0-0 0 0.00.000 Career 09 7-7- 5.75.90 Career vs. Opp 7 -- 0.6.95 Season Highs: Shots Saves 0/8 vs. MIN 0/8 vs. MIN Is expected to miss - weeks with a lower body injury. #: Mark Dekanich (G) (*Injured) 6' ", 85 lbs. / May 0, 986 (5 years and 5 months) Drafted: Nashville's rd pick, 6th overall, in the 006 Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent July, 0 st NHL / st CBJ Season Last Win: Last SO: Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0-0 GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Season 0 0-0-0 0 0.00.000 Career 0-0-0 0.60.880 Career vs. Opp - ----0 - - - Season Highs: Shots Saves - - Suffered a lower body injury Sept. 0 vs. Winnipeg (preseason) and is expected to miss -6 weeks. #: Allen York (G) 6' ", 88 lbs. / Jun 7, 989 ( years and months) Drafted: Columbus' 6th pick, 58th overall, in the 007 Entry Draft st NHL / st CBJ Season Last Win: Last SO: Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0-0 GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Season 0--0 0.9.89 Career 0--0 0.9.89 Career vs. Opp - ----0 - - - Season Highs: Shots Saves 7 0/9 vs. CHI 0/9 vs. CHI Recalled from Springfield (AHL) Oct. 0; made his NHL debut Oct. 5 vs. Detroit, playing : of action in relief of Steve Mason. Made the first start of his NHL career last night at Chicago; stopped -of-7 shots in the game.
#: Radek Martinek (D) (*Injured) 6' ", 0 lbs. / Aug, 976 (5 years and month) Drafted: NY Islanders' th pick, 8th overall, in the 999 Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent July 6, 0 0th NHL / st CBJ Season Last Goal: OCT, 0 vs COLORADO () Last Assist: MAR, 0 vs NY RANGERS () Season 7-0- - 0 Career 60-8-0-7 Career vs. Opp 8 0-0-0 - - 6: - 0/ vs. COL 0/ vs. COL 0/ vs. COL x 0/5 vs. DAL Was placed on injured reserve on Oct. ; is going to miss at least one week. #: Marc Methot (D) 6' ", 7 lbs. / Jun, 985 (6 years and months) muh-thaht Drafted: Columbus' 8th pick, 00th overall, in 00 Entry Draft 6th NHL / 6th CBJ Season Last Goal: MAR 5, 00 vs EDMONTON (9) Last Assist: JAN, 0 vs PHOENIX () Season 6 0-0-0 - Career 5 6-8- 88 Career vs. Opp 0-- 0 8 - - - 5:7 - x 0/ vs. COL 0/7 vs. NSH 0/8 vs. MIN Was injured Oct. at Detroit; is listed as day-to-day with a hand injury. #: John Moore (D) 6' ", 0 lbs. / Nov 9, 990 (0 years and months) Drafted: st pick, st overall, in 009 Entry Draft st NHL / st CBJ Season Last Goal: OCT 5, 0 vs DETROIT () Last Assist: Season -0-0 0 Career 6-0- 0 0 Career vs. Opp - ----- - - - - : + 0/5 vs. DET 0/5 vs. DET 0/5 vs. DET x 0/5 vs. DET 0/5 vs. DET Scored the first goal of his NHL career Oct. 5 vs. Detroit; goal was his first NHL point, as well. Was recalled from Springfield (AHL) Oct. ; made his season debut and had 9:5 TOI Oct. at Ottawa. #5: Aaron Johnson (D) 6' ", 0 lbs. / Apr 0, 98 (8 years and 6 months) Drafted: Columbus' th pick, 85th overall, in the 00 Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent July 5, 0 7th NHL / th CBJ Season Last Goal: OCT, 0 @ OTTAWA () Last Assist: OCT 9, 0 @ CHICAGO Season 7 --5-6 Career 6-5-5 97 Career vs. Opp -0- - 5: 6 + x x 0/ vs. DET x 0/ vs. DET 0/ vs. DET x 0/ vs. OTT Leads all club defensemen and is third (tied) overall in scoring with --5 in five games; had goals in back-to-back games Oct. -. Scored his first goal of the season Oct. at Detroit; was his first goal in games (Mar., 00 vs. San Jose with Edmonton). #7: Jeff Carter (C) (*Injured) 6' ", 99 lbs. / Jan, 985 (6 years and 9 months) Drafted: Philadelphia's st pick, th overall, in the 00 Entry Draft Acquired: From Philadelphia in exchange for Jakub Voracek, a st round pick (Sean Couturier) and rd round pick (Nick Cousins) in the 0 Entry Draft on June, 0 7th NHL / st CBJ Season Last Goal: APR, 0 @ NEW JERSEY (9) Last Assist: OCT 8, 0 @ MINNESOTA () Career Shootouts: /0 (5%), 0 GDG Season 5 0-- Career 66 8-65-6 5 9 Career vs. Opp 5 -- - :50 6 + 0/7 vs. NSH 0/7 vs. NSH x 0/ vs. COL 0/7 vs. NSH 0/7 vs. NSH x Was placed on injured reserve Oct. 8; listed as week-to-week with a foot injury.
#0: Kris Russell (D) 5' 0", 7 lbs. / May, 987 ( years and 5 months) Drafted: Columbus' rd pick, 67th overall, in the 005 Entry Draft 5th NHL / 5th CBJ Season Last Goal: OCT, 0 @ OTTAWA () Last Assist: OCT 5, 0 vs DETROIT () Career Shootouts: 0/ (0%), 0 GDG Season 0 -- - 8 Career 86 8-6-79-9 9 Career vs. Opp -- -5 :0 + x 0/5 vs. DET x x 0/ vs. OTT 0/7 vs. BUF 0/7 vs. NSH 0/ vs. OTT Scored his first goal of the season Oct. 8 vs. Dallas; was his first goal in games (last scored Mar. 9, 0 at Minnesota). Has points in three of the past five games after picking up an assist Oct. 5 vs. Detroit. #: Matt Calvert (L) 5' 0", 87 lbs. / Dec, 989 ( years and 0 months) Drafted: Columbus' fifth pick, 7th overall, in the 008 Entry Draft nd NHL / nd CBJ Season Last Goal: MAR 7, 0 @ ST. LOUIS () Last Assist: OCT 8, 0 @ MINNESOTA () Career Shootouts: 0/ (0%), 0 GDG Season 6 0-- 0 Career 8-0- 6 Career vs. Opp 0-0-0 - - :0 + 0/8 vs. MIN 0/8 vs. MIN x 0/9 vs. CHI x 0/9 vs. CHI 0/8 vs. MIN Recalled from Springfield Oct. 8; notched his first point of the season with an assist and was + Oct. 8 at Minnesota. #: Grant Clitsome (D) 5' ", 5 lbs. / Apr, 985 (6 years and 6 months) Drafted: Columbus' th pick, 7st overall, in the 00 Entry Draft nd NHL / nd CBJ Season Last Goal: MAR 5, 0 vs BOSTON (6) Last Assist: OCT 5, 0 vs DETROIT () Season 0-5-5 - Career 5 5--7-6 Career vs. Opp 0-- - 0-8:00 + 0/5 vs. DET 0/5 vs. DET x 0/ vs. DET x x 0/5 vs. DET Had three assists Oct. 5 vs. Detroit for the first three-assist and three-point game of his NHL career. Played in a career high 8:00 of ice time Oct. at Detroit; had two hits and two blocked shots in the game. #5: Derek Dorsett (R) 6' 0", 9 lbs. / Dec 0, 986 ( years and 0 months) DOHRS-it Drafted: Columbus' 9th pick, 89th overall, in the 006 Entry Draft th NHL / th CBJ Season Last Goal: OCT 8, 0 @ MINNESOTA (9) Last Assist: MAR 9, 0 vs FLORIDA (7) Season -0- - 6 Career 90 --7-55 Career vs. Opp -0-9 - 7 5: 5-0/8 vs. MIN 0/8 vs. MIN 0/ vs. COL 0/0 vs. VAN 0/8 vs. MIN 0/8 vs. DAL Scored his first goal of the season Oct. 8 at Minnesota; had four shots and two hits in the game. #6: Derick Brassard (C) 6' ", 0 lbs. / Sep, 987 ( years and month) bruh-sahrd Drafted: Columbus' st pick, 6th overall, in the 006 Entry Draft 5th NHL / 5th CBJ Season Last Goal: OCT, 0 @ DETROIT () Last Assist: OCT, 0 @ OTTAWA () Career Shootouts: / (5%), 0 GDG Season -- -7 Career 9-7- -7 0 Career vs. Opp 0 --7 0 0 9: - x 0/ vs. OTT x x 0/7 vs. BUF 0/8 vs. DAL 0/ vs. DET Had goals in back-to-back games after scoring his second goal of the season Oct. at Detroit. Scored his first goal of the season Oct. 8 vs. Dallas; goal was the,000th in Blue Jackets history. Had points (--) in three-straight games after recording an assist Oct. at Ottawa.
#8: RJ Umberger (L) 6' ", 0 lbs. / May, 98 (9 years and 5 months) Drafted: Vancouver's st pick, 6th overall, in the 00 Entry Draft Acquired: From Philadelphia with a th round pick in the 008 Entry Draft (Drew Olson) in exchange for a st round pick (Luca Sbisa) and rd round pick (Marc-Andre Bourdon) in the 008 Entry Draft on June 0, 008 7th NHL / th CBJ Season Last Goal: OCT 5, 0 vs DETROIT () Last Assist: OCT 7, 0 @ BUFFALO () Career Shootouts: 0/5 (0%), 0 GDG Season -- - Career 85-5-78-7 Career vs. Opp -5-6 -6 8 :58 5 5 + 0/5 vs. DET x 0/5 vs. DET 0/ vs. DET 0/7 vs. BUF 0/5 vs. DET 0/ vs. OTT 0/5 vs. DET Scored his first goal of the season Oct. 5 vs. Detroit; first goal in games (last scored Apr., 0 vs. St. Louis). Also had an assist against the Red Wings for his first multi-point game of the season; has points in back-to-back games. With 75 goals as a Blue Jacket, is one goal shy of tying Nikolai Zherdev (76 goals) for fourth on the Blue Jackets all-time list. Has played in a franchise record 57-straight consecutive games with Columbus, a streak that began Oct. 0, 008. #9: Ryan Johansen (C) 6' ", 0 lbs. / Jul, 99 (9 years and months) Drafted: Columbusâ first pick, th overall in the 00 Entry Draft st NHL / st CBJ Season Last Goal: OCT 5, 0 vs DETROIT () Last Assist: OCT 5, 0 vs DETROIT () Season 8 -- 0 Career 8 -- 0 Career vs. Opp - ----- - - 7: + 0/5 vs. DET x 0/5 vs. DET 0/8 vs. DAL 0/ vs. OTT x x x Scored the first goal/game-winning goal of his NHL career Oct. 5 vs. Detroit; added an assist for his first NHL multi-point game. Recorded the first point of his NHL career with an assist (Kris Russell goal) Oct. at Ottawa. Also played in a career high 7: of TOI in the game; made his NHL debut Oct. 7 vs. Nashville. #0: Kristian Huselius (L) (*Injured) 6' ", 8 lbs. / Nov 0, 978 ( years and months) hoo-say-lee-uhs Drafted: Florida's nd pick, 7th overall, in the 997 Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent July, 008 0th NHL / th CBJ Season Last Goal: APR 9, 0 vs BUFFALO Last Assist: FEB 8, 0 @ CHICAGO () Career Shootouts: /6 (%), 5 GDG Season 0 0-0-0 0 0 Career 660 90-6-5-5 Career vs. Opp 6 9-7-6 7 8 - - - - - - - - Expected to miss -6 months due to a torn pectoral injury suffered during the offseason. #: James Wisniewski (D) 6' 0", 08 lbs. / Feb, 98 (7 years and 8 months) Wiz-NOO-skee Drafted: Chicago's 5th pick, 56th overall, in the 00 Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent on July, 0 6th NHL / st CBJ Season Last Goal: MAR 0, 0 @ MINNESOTA () Last Assist: OCT 9, 0 @ CHICAGO Career Shootouts: /5 (0%), GDG Season 0-- Career 7--50 6 0 Career vs. Opp 0 0-- -6 9-0:09 5 + x x 0/9 vs. CHI 0/9 vs. CHI 0/7 vs. BUF 0/5 vs. DET x Made his Blue Jackets debut Oct. 5 vs. Detroit after missing the first eight games of the season due to suspension. Had one shot on goal, a game-high four blocked shots, two hits and was + in a game-high 7: of action against the Red Wings. Has points in back-to-back games after notching an assist last night at Chicago; played in a season high 0:09 of ice time.
#: Vinny Prospal (L) 6' ", 9 lbs. / Feb 7, 975 (6 years and 8 months) Drafted: Philadelphia's nd pick, 7st overall, in the 99 Entry Draft Acquired: Signed by Columbus as a free agent July, 0 6th NHL / nd CBJ Season Last Goal: OCT 9, 0 @ CHICAGO Last Assist: OCT, 0 @ OTTAWA () Career Shootouts: 6/6 (8%), GDG Season 5-5-0-0 Career 989-58-690-50 5 Career vs. Opp -7-8 0:7 7 + 5x 0/ vs. OTT x 0/5 vs. DAL 0/7 vs. NSH 0/ vs. DET 0/5 vs. DAL x Scored his team-leading fifth goal of the season last night at Chicago to give him goals in back-to-back games. Recorded his second multi-point game of the season Oct. at Ottawa with a pair of assists to give him points in back-to-back games. Scored his team leading fourth goal of the season Oct. 7 at Buffalo; leads the team in points. Has points in eight of the games and has at least one shot on goal in eight of those games; ranks nd (tied) in the NHL in points. #: Derek MacKenzie (C) 5' ", 80 lbs. / Jun, 98 (0 years and months) Drafted: Atlanta's 6th pick, 8th overall, in the 999 Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent on July, 007 6th NHL / th CBJ Season Last Goal: OCT 9, 0 @ CHICAGO Last Assist: OCT 0, 0 vs VANCOUVER (8) Career Shootouts: 0/ (0%), 0 GDG Season -- 5 Career 8-0- 9 5 Career vs. Opp 6-0- 0 : 7 + x 0/0 vs. VAN x 0/ vs. DET 0/9 vs. CHI 0/ vs. DET 0/9 vs. CHI x Scored his first goal of the season Oct. 5 vs. Detroit; first goal in 7 games (last scored Mar., 0 at Colorado). Scored his second goal of the season last night at Chicago; had a game-high seven hits; leads team and ranks seventh in the NHL () #6: Samuel Pahlsson (C) 6' 0", 0 lbs. / Dec 7, 977 ( years and 0 months) PAWL-suhn Drafted: Colorado's 0th pick, 76th overall, in the 996 Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent on July, 009 th NHL / rd CBJ Season Last Goal: APR, 0 vs CHICAGO (5) Last Assist: OCT 7, 0 @ BUFFALO () Career Shootouts: 0/ (0%), 0 GDG Season 0-- - Career 79 6-9-8-70 Career vs. Opp 8 0-- - - 6:7 + 0/7 vs. BUF 0/7 vs. BUF 0/5 vs. DET 0/9 vs. CHI x 0/5 vs. DET x Picked up his first point of the season with an assist Thursday at Buffalo; first point in nine games (Apr. 9, 0 vs. Buffalo). #8: Alexandre Giroux (L) 6' ", 08 lbs. / Jun 6, 98 (0 years and months) Drafted: Ottawaâs 7th pick, th overall, in the 999 Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent on July, 0 nd NHL / st CBJ Season Last Goal: OCT 5, 0 @ DALLAS (6) Last Assist: MAR, 0 @ PITTSBURGH (0) Career Shootouts: 0/ (0%), 0 GDG Season 7-0- - 6 Career 6 6-6- - Career vs. Opp - ----- - - - 8:59 + 0/5 vs. DAL 0/5 vs. DAL x 0/8 vs. DAL 0/8 vs. DAL x x Made his Blue Jackets debut and scored his first goal with the club Oct 5 at Dallas; recalled from Springfield (AHL) on Oct.. #: Cody Bass (C) 6' 0", 05 lbs. / Jan 7, 987 ( years and 9 months) Drafted: Ottawa's rd pick, 95th overall, in the 005 Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent on July, 0 rd NHL / rd CBJ Season Last Goal: APR, 008 @ TORONTO (0) Last Assist: OCT 5, 0 vs DETROIT () Season 6 0-- 0 7 Career 0 --5-5 Career vs. Opp - ----- - - - :5 + 0/5 vs. DET 0/5 vs. DET 0/7 vs. BUF 0/9 vs. CHI 0/ vs. DET x 0/5 vs. DET Made his Blue Jackets debut Oct. 8 vs. Dallas; had five penalty minutes and two hits in the game; recalled from Springfield Oct. 7.
#0: Jared Boll (R) (*Injured) 6' ", 9 lbs. / May, 986 (5 years and 5 months) Drafted: Columbus' th pick, 0st overall, in the 005 Entry Draft th NHL / th CBJ Season Last Goal: APR 9, 0 vs BUFFALO Last Assist: MAR 9, 0 vs ST. LOUIS (6) Season 0 0-0-0 0 0 Career 9 0-- -0 77 Career vs. Opp 0-0-0-65 - - - - - - - - Has 6-5- the past 68 games after being held to -- the previous 5 games. Has set a career high in goals, one better than his previous best of five set in 75 games in 007-08. Ranks seventh in the NHL in penalty minutes, with 8 to his credit; has over 00 penalty minutes in all four of his NHL seasons. #50: Antoine Vermette (C) 6' ", 98 lbs. / Jul 0, 98 (9 years and months) AN-twuhn vuhr-meht Drafted: Ottawa's rd pick, 55th overall, in the 000 Entry Draft Acquired: From Ottawa in exchange for Pascal Leclaire and nd round pick (Robin Lehner) in the 009 Entry Draft on Mar., 009 8th NHL / th CBJ Season Last Goal: MAR, 0 @ WASHINGTON (6) Last Assist: OCT 7, 0 @ BUFFALO () Career Shootouts: 7/ (%), GDG Season 0-- - Career 55-6-96 5 07 Career vs. Opp -8-0 8 - : 5 + x x 0/ vs. COL 0/7 vs. BUF 0/7 vs. BUF x x Had assists/points in four-straight games after picking up a helper Oct. 7 at Buffalo. Has not missed a game since making his debut with the club Mar. 7, 009; streak of 9 games (fourth longest streak in club history). #5: Fedor Tyutin (D) 6' ", 6 lbs. / Jul 9, 98 (8 years and months) FEH-dohr TOO-tihn Drafted: NY Rangers' nd pick, 0th overall, in the 00 Entry Draft Acquired: From NY Rangers with Christian Backman in exchange for Nikolai Zherdev and Dan Fritsche on July, 008 8th NHL / th CBJ Season Last Goal: OCT 7, 0 @ BUFFALO () Last Assist: OCT 9, 0 @ CHICAGO Career Shootouts: /0 (0%), GDG Season -- 8 Career 50 8-5-6-9 Career vs. Opp -8-0 - 9:0 5 5 + 0/7 vs. BUF x x x 0/9 vs. CHI 0/7 vs. BUF 0/5 vs. DET 0/5 vs. DET Played the 500th game of his NHL career and had an assist Oct. at Ottawa; played in -or-more minutes in every game this season. Notched his first point of the season with an assist Oct. 5 at Dallas; was his first assist in 9 games (Mar., 0 vs. Los Angeles). Scored his first goal of the season Oct. 7 at Buffalo; first goal in games (last scored Mar., 0 at Washington). Has collected -- the past four games after opening the season with 0-- the first seven games. #6: Rick Nash (R) 6' ", 9 lbs. / Jun 6, 98 (7 years and months) Drafted: Columbus' st pick, st overall, in the 00 Entry Draft 9th NHL / 9th CBJ Season Last Goal: OCT, 0 @ OTTAWA () Last Assist: OCT 9, 0 @ CHICAGO Career Shootouts: /59 (9%), 6 GDG Season -6-9 - Career 60 6-5-97-55 5 Career vs. Opp 0 5--9 :8 6 5 + x 6x x x 0/8 vs. DAL 0/ vs. OTT 0/9 vs. CHI 0/7 vs. NSH Had points (--) in three-straight games Oct. 8-, including his third goal of the season Oct. at Ottawa. Picked up -- Oct. vs. Colorado for the 5th multi-point game of his NHL career. Picked up his first assist in three games with a helper last night at Chicago; last had an assist Oct. at Detroit.
Anaheim Ducks: Media Notes LAST ANAHEIM DUCKS GAME OCTOBER 9, 0 - ANAHEIM 0 at NASHVILLE Making their first appearance in Nashville since Game 6 of the 0 Western Conference Quarterfinal Series, the Ducks suffered their first shutout loss of the season in a -0 setback to the Predators at Bridgestone Arena...goaltender Jonas Hiller stopped 6-of-9 shots in the setback, including 6 shots faced in the first period...nashville opened the scoring seconds into the game, tied for the third fastest goal scored by an Anaheim opponent in franchise history...the Predators received goals from Patric Hornqvist, Shea Weber and Martin Erat while Nashville goaltender Pekka Rinne turned away all 0 shots for the shutout win. PP: 0- PK: -6 SF: 0 SA: 9 TOI: Beauchemin (5:07) Three Stars:. Rinne. Weber. Hornqvist ANAHEIM DUCKS INJURIES/TRANSACTIONS INJURIES Total Man Games Lost - 8 PLAYER INJURY/ILLNESS EXPECTED ABSENCE GAMES MISSED Matt Smaby Thumb surgery - torn ligament in right thumb - months 0 Jason Blake Left wrist laceration Approx. months 7 RECENT TRANSACTIONS: Oct. 7, 0 - Recalled LW J.F. Jacques from Syracuse (AHL). Oct. 8, 0 - Reassigned LW Patrick Maroon and LW J.F. Jacques to Syracuse (AHL). Oct. 9, 0 - Recalled LW J.F. Jacques from Syracuse (AHL). ANAHEIM DUCKS NOTES TONIGHT'S GAME: The Anaheim Ducks (5--, pts.) play the fourth game of a -day, seven-game road trip tonight against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena (:0 p.m. PDT, PRIME TICKET/AM 80)...the seven-game trip is tied for the third-longest in club history...the Ducks had seven-game trips from Mar. 8-8, 998 (-- record, 8 pts.) and Dec. 5-8, 00 (broken up into two trips due to Christmas holiday, --0 record, 6 pts.)...the club had an eight-game stretch away from Honda Center from Mar. -0, 00 (broken up into three trips, -- record, 6 pts.) and a nine-game stretch on the road from Jan. -Feb., 008 (divided into two trips with All-Star break in between, 5--, pts.)...additional stops on the current trip include Washington (Nov. ), NY Rangers (Nov. ) and Detroit (Nov. 5)...once returning home, Anaheim will then spend 0-of- days in Southern California from Nov. 6 - Dec. 6 (onegame trip to Phoenix on Nov. )...tonight's game concludes Anaheim's thrid set of back-to-back games this season...the Ducks are - -0 in back-to-back games in 0-, including a -0-0 mark in the second game. DUCKS-BLUE JACKETS: The Ducks open a four-game season series vs. the Blue Jacks tonight at Nationwide Arena...Anaheim owns an all-time record of 0-6- vs. Columbus, including a 0-9- mark in Ohio...these two teams split the 00- season series with Anaheim winning each of the last two games...the Ducks' last win streak of three games or longer over the Blue Jackets came Nov., 007-Dec. 7, 008 (five games)...right wing Teemu Selanne leads Anaheim in career scoring vs. Columbus, earning 7-8=5 points in games...in 00-, Selanne (-=6) and defenseman Lubomir Visnovsky (0-6=6) co-led the Ducks in scoring against the Blue Jackets. STREAKING: Right wing Corey Perry has points in six of his last seven games (-=7) while right wing Teemu Selanne enters tonight's game with points in three of his last four (-5=6)...in addition, center Ryan Getzlaf has goals in three of his last four contests (-=5)...Perry has two game-winning goals this season, both coming in the third period (Oct. 6 vs. STL and Oct. 7 @ SJ)...last season, the Hart Trophy winner led the NHL with third period goals and third period/overtime goals he also co-led the NHL (Ovechkin) with game-winning tallies. ON THE PK: The Ducks have killed 6 of the last 0 opponent power plays (90.0%), dating back to the second period of the club s first contest of the season on Oct. 7 at Buffalo (Helsinki, Finland) the club killed 0 straight penalties from the second period of the Oct. 7 contest until :0 of the third period on Oct. 7 at San Jose (Brent Burns PPG)...the Ducks have killed all penalties over four games at Honda Center...including a "home" game in Sweden, the Ducks are a perfect 9-for-9 in "home" games this season...currently, the Ducks rank 0th in the NHL on the penalty kill (86.5%) and tied for first at "home" (includes game in Sweden). CARLYLE HITS 500 MARK: On Oct. 5 at Chicago, Randy Carlyle recorded his 500th game as an NHL head coach...in seven NHL seasons with the Ducks since being named to the post on Aug., 005, Carlyle has gone 70-7-58 as an NHL head coach, garnering 598 of a possible,00 standings points for a.597 win percentage...carlyle is Anaheim's all-time leader in wins, win percentage and games coached (Ron Wilson is a distant second with 96 games coached)...he signed a three-year contract extension with the club on Aug. 8, 0 (through 0- season)...carlyle is one of only four head coaches since the 005-06 season who have