Blue Jackets' Johnny Gaudreau: Plucks pair of apples
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Gaudreau notched two assists during Saturday's 6-2 win over Philadelphia.
After missing Thursday's game due to an illness, Gaudreau returned to his regular spot on the first line. He concluded the contest with five shots on net and a plus-1 rating in 17:48 of ice time. The 30-year-old winger has earned one goal and 12 helpers across his past 11 appearances. The Blue Jackets only have five games left on the season and will face the Hurricanes on Sunday.
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Blue Jackets' Johnny Gaudreau: Returning on Saturday
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Gaudreau (illness) will return to the lineup Saturday versus Philadelphia, per Brian Hedger of The Columbus Dispatch.
Gaudreau sat out Thursday's game versus the Islanders due to an illness. The 30-year-old winger has 11 goals and 56 points in 75 games this season, but he's been hot of late, tallying 11 points in his last 10 games. Gaudreau is expected to play alongside Dmitri Voronkov and Alexander Nylander while seeing time with the No. 1 power-play unit against the Flyers.
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Blue Jackets' Johnny Gaudreau: Unavailable against Isles
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Gaudreau won't play Thursday versus the Islanders because of an illness.
Gaudreau has 11 goals and 56 points in 75 games this season. Trey Fix-Wolansky, who was summoned from AHL Cleveland on Thursday, might draw into the lineup due to Gaudreau's absence.
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Blue Jackets' Johnny Gaudreau: Deals two power-play assists
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Gaudreau notched two power-play assist and two shots on goal in Tuesday's 6-2 loss to the Coyotes.
The Blue Jackets have just one win in their last nine outings, but Gaudreau has been good with a goal and eight assists in that span. He helped out on tallies by Boone Jenner and Zach Werenski in this contest. Gaudreau's shooting luck remains poor -- he's stuck on 11 goals with 43 assists, 138 shots on net and a minus-25 rating through 72 appearances.
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Blue Jackets' Johnny Gaudreau: Registers helper
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Gaudreau posted an assist in Friday's 6-1 loss to the Avalanche.
Gaudreau has turned up the offense recently with a goal and six helpers over his last five games. The winger is up to 52 points, 136 shots on net and a minus-23 rating through 70 appearances. He's likely to fall short of the 74 points he posted over 80 games a year ago, but he could help patient fantasy managers with his surge late in the campaign.
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Blue Jackets' Johnny Gaudreau: Three points in win
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Gaudreau tallied a goal and two assists in Saturday's 4-2 victory over San Jose.
Gaudreau set up Boone Jenner's opening tally late in the first period before extending Columbus' lead to 3-1 in the second, sliding a rebound past Magnus Chrona. Gaudreau would add a third point, matching his season-high, with a second assist on Alexander Nylander's empty-netter. The 30-year-old Gaudreau has averaged a point per game over the last two months, totaling four goals and 21 assists in his past 25 contests. He's up to 50 points (11 goals, 39 assists) through 67 games this season.
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Blue Jackets' Johnny Gaudreau: Two helpers Thursday
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Gaudreau picked up two assists, one on the power play, in Thursday's 3-2 shootout loss to the Senators.
The 30-year-old winger set up Boone Jenner for the game's opening goal just 15 seconds into the first period, and Gaudreau got credit for a power-play helper in the third when his cross-ice pass attempt hit a skate in the slot and fell right to Alexander Nylander, who whacked it home. It's Gaudreau's first multi-point performance since Feb. 25, but he's been in fine form since the All-Star break, racking up three goals and 15 points over the last 16 games.
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Blue Jackets' Johnny Gaudreau: Deposits empty-netter
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Gaudreau scored an empty-net goal on two shots and went plus-2 in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Blackhawks.
Gaudreau snapped a four-game goal drought with the tally. The 30-year-old has struggled to fill the net regularly -- he has just two goals in 2024 and nine markers on the season, but he's been a solid top-line playmaker. The winger has 43 points, 117 shots on net and a minus-20 rating through 60 appearances.
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Blue Jackets' Johnny Gaudreau: Pair of apples in win
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Gaudreau assisted on two goals during Sunday's 4-2 win over the Rangers.
The diminutive winger still hasn't matched the huge offensive numbers he posted in Calgary during his two-season tenure with Columbus. A career-low 7.0 shooting percentage in 2023-24 hasn't helped, but it's possible that positive regression will come for Gaudreau before the season ends. He has made up for the lack of finishing touch with playmaking skills recently, racking up one goal and 13 points over his last 10 games.
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Blue Jackets' Johnny Gaudreau: Goal, two assists in win
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Gaudreau tallied a goal and two assists in Wednesday's 7-4 win over Anaheim.
Gaudreau set up Zach Werenski's opening tally in the first period before beating John Gibson on the rush to extend Columbus' lead to 2-0 later in the frame. Gaudreau would add a second assist on Yegor Chinakhov's marker in the third. While the goal was Gaudreau's first in 17 games, he now has 15 points (a goal and 14 assists) over his last 13 contests. The 30-year-old winger is up to eight goals and 40 points through 55 games this season.
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Blue Jackets' Johnny Gaudreau: Two helpers in Saturday's win
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Gaudreau notched a pair of assists and four shots on goal in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Sharks.
Gaudreau ended up with a decent stat line, but it could have been so much better. He had three breakaways in the first period alone, and he failed to register a shot on goal on any of them. The winger has eight helpers over his last six contests, and he's earned 12 assists over 16 games since his last goal Dec. 29 versus the Maple Leafs. Overall, Gaudreau has 37 points, 107 shots on net and a minus-20 rating through 53 appearances.
Blue Jackets' Johnny Gaudreau: Contributes helper Sunday
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Gaudreau recorded an assist and three shots on goal in Sunday's 4-2 loss to the Kraken.
Gaudreau's goal drought is up to 12 games, but he's produced a serviceable six assists in that span. The winger helped out on the first of Yegor Chinakhov's two goals in the third period Sunday. For the season, Gaudreau has 31 points (12 on the power play) with 96 shots on net and a minus-21 rating over 49 appearances. He can be useful in formats that focus on scoring, but his production beyond that is lacking.
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Blue Jackets' Johnny Gaudreau: Adds power-play assist
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Gaudreau notched a power-play assist in Saturday's 5-4 overtime loss to the Canucks.
Gaudreau set up a Kirill Marchenko tally in the second period. With five assists and no goals over his last 11 contests, Gaudreau is not living up to expectations in a top-line role. The winger has 30 points, 93 shots on net and a minus-22 rating through 48 appearances. That puts him on pace to fall short of the 74-point campaign he had in 2022-23, which was considered a disappointment.
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Blue Jackets' Johnny Gaudreau: Picks up two helpers in home win
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Gaudreau finished with two assists in Monday's 4-3 shootout win against the Canucks.
Gaudreau added a plus-1 rating and three shots on goal in 22:28 of ice time across 26 shifts. After opening the month of January with no points and a dismal minus-5 rating, Johnny Hockey has contributed with three helpers in the past two games.
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Blue Jackets' Johnny Gaudreau: Three points including OT winner
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Gaudreau scored the overtime winner and added two assists, one on the power play, in Friday's 6-5 victory over the Maple Leafs.
The Blue Jackets' $68-million man is finally looking like a player worth his gaudy AAV. Gaudreau's game-winner was a slick piece of work, as instead of trying to deflect home a Damon Severson shot from the point, he caught Ilya Samsonov going the wrong way by tapping the puck to his backhand and calmly slotting it into the net. Gaudreau has two three-point performances in the last seven games, a stretch in which the 30-year-old has broken out for three goals and 10 points. It probably isn't a coincidence that the veteran's revival has come while he's skating on a line with dynamic rookie Adam Fantilli.
Blue Jackets' Johnny Gaudreau: Three points in Tuesday's rout
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Gaudreau produced a goal and two assists, with one helper coming on the power play, in Tuesday's 9-4 win over the Sabres.
All three points came in the first period as Columbus erased an early 1-0 lead for Buffalo. Gaudreau appears to be finding his form after a brutal start to the season -- the 30-year-old has two goals and five points over the last three games, and over the last 14 contests he's collected four goals and 13 points.
