🪶 Away Blackhawks 1-2-0 before this game
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🧥 Home Blue Jackets 2-1-0 before this game
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Blackhawks at Blue Jackets

Blue Jackets beat Blackhawks 2–1 at Nationwide Arena on October 16, 2003.

🗓 Thu, Oct 16, 2003 · 18:00 CDT 📍 Nationwide Arena, Columbus 🏒 2003-04 🔁 Blue Jackets lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🧥 CBJ
Rick Nash
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 19:08 TOI
2nd star 🧥 CBJ
Geoff Sanderson
2 A
5 shots · 17:04 TOI
3rd star 🧥 CBJ
Todd Marchant
1 G
4 shots · 26:23 TOI
4rd star 🧥 CBJ
Marc Denis
30 saves
0.968 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🪶CHI CBJ🧥
31 Shots on goal 36
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 2/7
13 Hits 14
8 Blocked shots 9
4 Takeaways 5
5 Giveaways 11
14 Penalty minutes 6
CHI shooting 3.2% (1/31) CBJ shooting 5.6% (2/36)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🪶Blackhawks
Jocelyn Thibault
34/36
.944 SV% · 2 GA · 58:49 TOI
🧥Blue Jackets
Marc Denis
30/31
.968 SV% · 1 GA · 59:53 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — tied after 1st: 1-2 (33% win rate, 3 games)
Blue Jackets
Blue Jackets — tied after 1st: 2-1 (67% win rate, 3 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — tied after 2nd: 1-2 (33% win rate, 3 games)
Blue Jackets
Blue Jackets — tied after 2nd: 2-1 (67% win rate, 3 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🪶Blackhawks
L1 Sullivan · Nieminen · Ruutu 17:02
L2 Arnason · Bell · Vorobiev 16:25
L3 Calder · McLean · Nichol 15:01
L4 Radulov · Moen 11:03
D1 Karpovtsev · Poapst 23:46
D2 Dempsey · Klemm 19:28
D3 Kukkonen · Quint 13:44
D4 Strudwick 8:29
🧥Blue Jackets
L1 Pirjeta · Nash · Marchant 19:31
L2 Sanderson · Knutsen · Vyborny 16:30
L3 Nedorost · Fritsche · Ling 11:48
L4 Shelley · Cassels 7:53
D1 Spacek · Sydor 22:41
D2 Richardson · Lachance 20:10
D3 Walser · Klesla 16:48
D4 Grand-Pierre 9:24

⚔️ Last meetings

Blue Jackets lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Feb 15, 2003
🪶CHI @ 🧥CBJ
7–1 · Blackhawks won
Jan 20, 2003
🪶CHI @ 🧥CBJ
1–5 · Blue Jackets won
Dec 20, 2002
🧥CBJ @ 🪶CHI
1–3 · Blackhawks won
Oct 29, 2002
🧥CBJ @ 🪶CHI
2–3 · Blackhawks won
Oct 10, 2002
🪶CHI @ 🧥CBJ
1–2 · Blue Jackets won

❓ CHI vs CBJ, answered

Who won Blackhawks vs Blue Jackets on October 16, 2003?

Blue Jackets won 2–1.

What was the final score of Blackhawks vs Blue Jackets?

The final score was Blackhawks 1, Blue Jackets 2.

How did the Blackhawks goalie play?

Jocelyn Thibault made 34 saves on 36 shots (.944 save percentage).

How did the Blue Jackets goalie play?

Marc Denis made 30 saves on 31 shots (.968 save percentage).

Where is Blackhawks vs Blue Jackets played?

At Nationwide Arena in Columbus, the Blue Jackets home rink.

What is the Blackhawks vs Blue Jackets season series?

Blue Jackets lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🪶Blackhawks
Previous game · Oct 12
👑LAK @ 🪶CHI
4–2 · LAK won
Next game · Oct 18
🪶CHI @ 🐦ATL
2–7 · ATL won
🧥Blue Jackets
Previous game · Oct 13
🐋VAN @ 🧥CBJ
2–3 · CBJ won
Next game · Oct 18
🧥CBJ @ 🐯NSH
2–3 · NSH won
Also on October 16, 2003
🐦ATL @ 🗽NYR
0–0 final
🌵PHX @ ⚡TBL
1–5 final
🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–4 final
🍁TOR @ 😈NJD
2–2 final
🐋VAN @ 🐙DET
2–3 final
🏔️COL @ 🌲MIN
5–2 final
🎵STL @ 🐯NSH
1–4 final
⚔️BUF @ 🛢️EDM
1–4 final
Blackhawks season page Blue Jackets season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule