Elvis Merzlikins faced 35 shots and stopped all but one to help the Blue Jackets steal a preseason win against the Washington Capitals.
Elvis Merzlikins dazzled with 34 saves for the Blue Jackets, who improved to 3-1-1 in the preseason by stealing a 2-1 victory over the Washington Capitals on Saturday at Nationwide Arena.
“Obviously, it’s important to win the game, but right now, personally, I don’t really care about it,” Merzlikins said. “I want to just feel the game, the game flow and all that stuff. The whole third period, I felt heavy legs. I wasn’t used to it. The good part is just to get practice on focusing all the time, through the 60 minutes, and, overall, I felt pretty good.”
Merzlikins usually needs to ease into the start of a season before he feels in top form, but his goal in this camp has changed. He’s trying to reach midseason form“It’s not that I’m not ready at the start of the season, but I need a little more time to get hot and feel myself,” he said. “This year, I want to try to be, from game one, already hot and ready to go.”Time is running out for Blue Jackets players hoping to earn one of the team’s final few roster openings.
“He had some energy at least,” Larsen said of Chinakhov, who might be poised for a breakout in his second NHL season. “He looks more confident this camp than he did last camp, which … it’s not surprising. He put in some pretty good work in the summer.” “It helps a little bit , but I don’t feel as good about that g game as the game against Buffalo. Even though I scored in both, I just felt like I played a lot heavier and faster in the Buffalo game, so for me, it’s great to get the goal. It ultimately helps the team win, but I think I’m more effective when I’m playing physical and throwing the body . I tried to do a bit of that tonight, but not as much as I’d have liked.
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