Do the latest injuries provide a potential glimpse of the future in the Columbus Blue Jackets' crease? Head coach Pascal Vincent's bunch have dealt with their string of bad injury luck over the final few weeks of the season.
The Columbus Blue Jackets announced that goaltender Daniil Tarasov left Thursday’s game vs. the New York Islanders with an upper-body injury and would not return.
If the Colorado Avalanche don’t win the Central Division, it might be because they lost to the Montreal Canadiens and Columbus Blue Jackets down the stretch.
Despite 43 saves from Daniil Tarasov, the Vegas Golden Knights dominated the Blue Jackets at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, winning 4-2 on Saturday. Erik Gudbranson opened the scoring at 4:32 with his fifth goal of the season when his right-point shot deflected off of Brayden McNabb at the goalmouth and flipped over Adin Hill and in.
Despite allowing four goals on 27 shots in the Blue Jackets' 4-3 overtime loss to the Red Wings on Tuesday, Daniil Tarasov has been one of the league's best goaltenders in the last month.
He's on fire. Since Feb. 13, Daniil Tarasov has played like an ace net-minder for the Columbus Blue Jackets. Since that day exactly one month ago, the 24-year-old from Russia is 3-4-0 with a .928 save percentage and 2.49 goals against average.
The Columbus Blue Jackets face a multitude of questions as the 2023-24 season winds down. Most of these questions focus on what the future will look like.
The Blue Jackets fell 2-1 to the Predators at Nationwide Arena on Saturday despite Daniil Tarasov tying a career-high with 47 saves. Columbus native Kiefer
On Thursday, the Blue Jackets improved to 22-31-10 with a 4-2 win over the red-hot Edmonton Oilers. The club has now won three of its last four games and six of its last 10. Here are three things from Thursday's game: Tarasov was fantastic on Thursday, stopping 29 of 31 shots.
The 21-31-10 Blue Jackets host the 38-20-2 Oilers at Nationwide Arena on Thursday at 7 p.m. ET on Bally Sports Ohio. For a full game preview, click here. After being a healthy scratch on Tuesday against Pittsburgh, Marchenko rejoins Yegor Chinakhov and Dmitri Voronkov on the team's second line.
In a season filled with disappointments, it's sometimes important to highlight the bright spots. The Blue Jackets are 19-30-10 and sit in the basement of the Eastern Conference, but not all is doom and gloom.
The Columbus Blue Jackets had a decision to make in the early part of December. With goaltender Daniil Tarasov ready to play NHL games, it was thought something would have to give with the goaltending with both Elvis Merzlikins and Spencer Martin in the fold.
The Columbus Blue Jackets swapped backup goaltenders, recalling Daniil Tarasov and sending Jet Greaves down.
Record: 14-7-1-0, 29 points, 1st in North Division Goals/Game: 3.45 Goals Against/Game: 3.36 Shots Against/Game: 29.50 Power Play % (rank): 17.0% (20th)
This moment was going to happen sooner or later. On Saturday, the Columbus Blue Jackets have started the clock on deciding their immediate goaltending future.
If you’re a Blue Jackets fan, you’ve got to be thrilled right now. The sky isn’t falling anymore.
The transaction indicates that starting netminder Elvis Merzlikins is likely ready to return to the team. Merzlikins has been away from the team for two weeks on personal leave, returning home to Latvia to be with his grandmother as she deals with an illness.
In a long season for both the Blue Jackets and Ducks, the two struggling teams will try to create some late positives when Columbus visits Anaheim on Friday.
Amid a season-high five-game home point streak, the Ottawa Senators will try to hand the Columbus Blue Jackets an eighth consecutive road defeat on Tuesday night.
The news continues to be pretty grim for the Philadelphia Flyers. Cam Atkinson, who was second on the team with 23 goals last season, will not return until next season due to pending neck surgery on Wednesday.
The Columbus Blue Jackets have kept their goaltending status quo this season with starter Elvis Merzlikins and backup Joonas Korpisalo behind him. Yet, for the second consecutive season, Daniil Tarasov has been more impressive than either of them.
Daniil Tarasov made 30 saves and the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the New York Rangers 5-1 on Sunday. Tarasov was solid in picking up his first NHL win in seven career games, including three his season.
Goaltending obviously is vital in the NHL, but sustained excellence between the crease is often hard to come by. These young netminders could flourish quickly and establish themselves as difference-makers sooner than later.
A promising young goalie is under contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets for the next three years. The team announced a three-year extension for Daniil Tarasov today worth $3.15M, paying him $1.05M per season.
The 22-year-old Tarasov has just 15 starts at the AHL level under his belt, after being selected by the Blue Jackets in 2017.
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