nhl Game Recap
Columbus Skates Past Seattle 6-2 - Recap
The Blue Jackets beat Seattle 6-2 on Thursday, earning a victory backstopped by Elvis Merzlikins's 29 saves.
Columbus was an underdog by +111 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.0.
Columbus got goals from Denton Mateychuk, Kent Johnson, Kirill Marchenko, Zach Werenski, Sean Kuraly, and Luca Del Bel Belluz in the victory. Kuraly opened the scoring at 11:58 of the first period.
Elvis Merzlikins stopped 29 of 31 Seattle shots in the victory.
Eeli Tolvanen(2) scored for the Kraken, finding the net behind Elvis Merzlikins.
Seattle got a 14-stop effort from Philipp Grubauer in the loss.
Columbus scored 0 times on 1 chances on the power play, while Seattle went 0-for-3 with the man advantage.
Seattle outshot Columbus 31-24 in the game.
Next game, Columbus takes its act on the road to face St. Louis looking for another win. For Seattle, they head on the road to face Buffalo.