A day before the season started, not a single hockey fan expected the Columbus Blue Jackets to be one point out of a playoff ...

Elvis Merzļikins was spectacular in this game, stopping 25 of 26 Vegas shots. With the one goal given up, Elvis has now allowed two or fewer goals in five of his last six starts, ...

Merzlikins stopped 36 shots in Saturday's 4-3 loss to the Rangers.

Merzlikins allowed five goals on 39 shots in Sunday's 5-3 loss to the Stars. The Blue Jackets took the lead on three separate occasions, but Merzlikins didn't protect any of those advantages. Evgenii ...

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 ...

Elvis Merzlikins has an .887 save percentage, while Daniil Tarasov is all the way down at .857, and it makes you wonder how much Columbus could separate themselves from the playoff race in the ...

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They won their fifth straight game at home because of skill, defensive plays in their own zone, an impressive ability to counterpunch, goalie Elvis Merzlikins (31 saves), a growing confidence ...

Elvis Merzlikins made 36 saves and the Blue Jackets remained one point behind Detroit for the final Eastern Conference ...

Justin Danforth (4) and Ivan Provorov (6-SHG) scored the only goals for Columbus, and Elvis Merzļikins made some monster ...

The win moves them back into the wild card two spot. Elvis Merzļikins was spectacular in this game, stopping 25 of 26 Vegas shots. With the one goal given up, Elvis has now allowed two or fewer ...