Joonas Korpisalo News

Korpisalo has regularly made the trip to Cleveland this season to stay sharp when Sergei Bobrovsky is starting in Columbus. The 23-year-old has gone 2-4-1 with a 2.15 GAA and .928 SV% in seven starts with the Monsters and is 5-5-0 with a 2.97 GAA and .910 SV% in 11 games with Columbus.

Korpisalo allowed five goals on 35 shots in the Blue Jackets loss to the Lightning in his last NHL start (Dec. 31st). Korpisalo has been getting playing time in the AHL recently and will start the Blue Jackets' first game out of their bye week tonight. He started the first game after their break last year and pitched a shutout in a 7-0 win over the Islanders.

Korpisalo allowed five goals on 35 shots in the Blue Jackets loss to the Lightning in his last NHL start (Dec. 31st). Korpisalo has been getting playing time in the AHL recently and it looks like he may start the Blue Jackets first game out of their bye week tonight. He started the first game after their break last year and pitched a shutout in a 7-0 win over the Islanders. We'll find out later if Torts is just messing with us.

The Blue Jackets had a few days off so Korpisalo went down to get a start because Sergei Bobrovsky is on a roll right now. Korpisalo stopped 29 of 30 shots in a 1-0 loss to Milwaukee (AHL)—Juuse Saros was doing the same thing for the Predators and he stopped all 27 shots that he faced in a great AHL goaltending duel.

Korpisalo has sat for the last four games and eight of the last nine games so he heads to Cleveland to get some playing time. Korpisalo returning to the AHL for now, suggests that Sergei Bobrovsky could start both games of their back-to-back on Thursday/Friday.

The Blue Jackets had Friday and Saturday off, so Korpisalo heads to the AHL to get a start over the weekend. This suggests that Sergei Bobrovsky will get the start on Sunday, which comes at no surprise.

Korpisalo allowed two goals on 41 shots in the Blue Jackets win over the Maple Leafs on December 20th. Korpisalo has gone 4-3-0 with a 2.84 GAA and .911 SV% in seven games and one relief appearance this season. He draws a terrible matchup tonight vs. the visiting Lightning.

Korpisalo allowed two goals on 12 shots in relief of Sergei Bobrovsky in the Blue Jackets loss to the Oilers on December 12th. With Bobrovsky struggling right now, Korpisalo will get a shot tonight vs. the Maple Leafs, who will counter with former Columbus netminder Curtis McElhinney. Korpisalo is 2-1-0 with a 2.36 GAA and .918 SV% on home ice.

Korpisalo surrendered five goals on 29 shots in the Blue Jackets’ loss in Chicago on October 7th. Tonight he will give Sergei Bobrovsky the night off in Winnipeg. Korpisalo was 5-3-1 with a 2.93 GAA and .904 SV% on the road last season and draws a rough matchup vs. a powerful Jets squad.

Columbus has been one of the teams who tend to take the morning off and makes it difficult to get a read on their starting goalie. However, there were two players on the ice this morning, one of which was Sergei Bobrovsky. This suggests that Joonas Korpisalo may get the nod tonight, saving Bobrovsky for tomorrow's game in Chicago. Head coach John Tortorella will speak to the media around 5 p.m. ET and is expected to announce his starter at that time.