Tall guy, some tattoos on him. We had some small talk ... It was (Blue Jackets goalie) Elvis (Merzlikins). We’ve been friendly since. Columbus still has a little bit of that small town.

Falls to Utah in OT ...

Merzlikins stopped 36 shots in Saturday's 4-3 loss to the Rangers. The Blue Jackets were out-shot 40-25 on the night, and Merzlikins was especially hung out to dry in the third period as he tried ...

Elvis Merzlikins and the motivation stemming from two big homecomings were plenty enough for the Blue Jackets to overcome the Toronto Maple Leafs' home-ice advantage Wednesday night. Merzlikins ...

Linus Ullmark, OTT @ Andrei Vasilevskiy, TB (7 p.m. ET) Adin Hill, LV @ Jake Allen, NJ (7 p.m. ET) Charlie Lindgren, WSH @ Samuel Ersson, PHI (7 p.m. ET) Connor Ingram, UTAH @ Elvis Merzlikins ...

Pouncing on a turnover inside the Blue Jackets’ zone late in the third period, Cuylle ripped a shot past Elvis Merzlikins, lifting the Rangers to a 4-3 victory in front of a sell-out crowd of ...

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 ...

They lost after winning their three previous games — all in overtime. Elvis Merzlikins stopped 34 shots.

A goal late in the first period by Adam Fantilli plus stellar work from goalie Elvis Merzlikins and his defensive-minded teammates were all the Jackets needed to force the game beyond regulation.