Merzlikins will defend the home crease against the Devils on Thursday, Mark Scheig of The Hockey Writers reports. Merzlikins has struggled in recent outings, posting a 1-4-0 record, 3.23 GAA and .

Cole Sillinger's OT winner, Fantilli's goal in 100th NHL game and Merzlikins' goaltending gem lead Blue Jackets to victoiry in Vegas: takeaways ...

But perhaps one of the biggest reasons why the Blue Jackets are right there is because they are getting more from their goaltending specifically Elvis Merzlikins. Since the game that Merzlkins ...

Cole Sillinger, who missed the previous three games because of an upper-body injury, scored on a rebound 52 seconds into ...

Merzlikins will be between the road pipes against Vegas on Thursday, Jeff Svoboda of the Blue Jackets' official site reports. Merzlikins is in the midst of a two-game winning streak in which he's ...

One thing that’s been an even bigger surprise is the fact that the Blue Jackets are succeeding while their goalies are struggling. Elvis Merzlikins has an .887 save percentage, while Daniil ...

Evason said that Elvis Merzlikins will start in goal for the Blue Jackets on Saturday when they host the St. Louis Blues in Nationwide Arena, which means that backup Daniil Tarasov will be in his ...

The Blue Jackets had no business defeating the Los ... an impressive ability to counterpunch, goalie Elvis Merzlikins (31 saves), a growing confidence level and another memorable goal by Kirill ...

Elvis Merzlikins and the motivation stemming from two big homecomings were plenty enough for the Blue Jackets to overcome the Toronto Maple Leafs' home-ice advantage Wednesday night. Merzlikins ...

TORONTO — Adam Fantilli scored three goals for his first career hat trick, Elvis Merzlikins stopped 28 shots, and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-1 on Wednesday night.

Zack Werenski and Dante Fabbro also scored, and Elvis Merzlikins stopped 31 shots as Columbus won its fifth straight home game. The Blue Jackets’ success keeps them in a wild-card spot in the ...