Kirill Marchenko scored the lone goal for the Blue Jackets (5-6-1), who got 25 saves on 27 shots from Merzlikins. Vitek Vanecek improves to 7-0-0 all-time against Columbus with a career-high 49 saves ...
Looking at expected goals, the Blue Jackets finished with an edge of 4.68 expected goals to 1.41 for the Sharks at even strength, which is a 76.9% share. Including expected goals ...
The Columbus Blue Jackets were stumped all game long by the San Jose Sharks goaltender Vitek Vanecek in a 2-1 OT loss.