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 ...

Merzlikins has taken only one regulation loss in his last seven starts, going 6-1-0 with a 2.26 GAA and .917 save percentage to help the surprising Blue jackets stay in the playoff picture.

The Columbus Blue Jackets continue to show the rest of the NHL just how good they are, beating the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-1 Wednesday night, with Adam Fantilli scoring his first career NHL hat trick.

He’s far from an elite goaltender who will solve all of the Blue Jackets’ problems, but he could certainly perform at a higher level than either Merzlikins or Tarasov at this point.