Fantilli scored a goal on three shots and went plus-2 in Thursday's 6-1 win over the Islanders.
Fantilli ended the season on a tear with seven goals over his last six games. That's a preview of his potential for 2025-26, as the 20-year-old center took a big leap forward in his sophomore season. He posted 31 goals, 54 points, 191 shots on net, 113 hits, 56 blocked shots and a plus-4 rating over 82 appearances. Fantilli should be in the mix for top-six minutes and power-play time next season as he looks to continue to grow his game.
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Blue Jackets' Adam Fantilli: Pots goal No. 30
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Fantilli scored his 30th goal of the season in Tuesday's 3-0 win over the Flyers.
The 20-year-old is emerging as the franchise player he was expected to be when he was selected third overall in the 2023 Draft. Fantilli has found the back of the net six times in the last five games as the Blue Jackets push for a miraculous finish to the regular season and a playoff berth. On the season, he has 53 points over 81 appearances in his first full NHL campaign.
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Blue Jackets' Adam Fantilli: Nets 25th goal of season
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Fantilli scored a goal Tuesday in a 5-2 win over the Senators.
He notched his 25th goal of the season on a third-period breakaway that pushed the score to 5-1. The 20-year-old Fantilli has taken a big step forward this season, jumping to 48 points after supplying 27 points as a rookie in 2023-24. He's also rung up 178 shots this season, and his 48 points have come almost entirely at even strength. Fantilli has just four PPP this season. The sky is really the limit for this young pivot. Next season could bring 65-70 points if he can continue this level of growth.
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Blue Jackets' Adam Fantilli: Pots goal in shootout win
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Fantilli scored a goal on four shots and added four hits in Monday's 4-3 shootout win over the Islanders.
Fantilli snapped a five-game point drought with his second-period goal to get the Blue Jackets on the board. The 20-year-old was moved down to the second line to accommodate the return of Sean Monahan on the top line. Fantilli found some success with a larger role for most of Monahan's absence, but this was a line change that was likely overdue. Fantilli is now at 22 goals, 43 points, 160 shots on net, 100 hits, 51 blocked shots and a minus-4 rating through 70 appearances this season.
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Blue Jackets' Adam Fantilli: Scores hat trick vs. Rangers
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Fantilli scored a hat trick in Sunday's 7-3 win over the Rangers. He also recorded four shots on goal and posted a plus-2 rating.
Fantilli snapped a two-game goal drought in style and delivered his second hat trick of the season, as he previously achieved this feat in a 5-1 win over the Maple Leafs on Jan. 22. Perhaps as a coincidence, the 20-year-old notched both hat tricks playing on the road. Fantilli notched 27 points across 49 games as a rookie in 2023-24, but he's elevated his game considerably in this new campaign and has racked up career-high marks across the board with 41 total points (21 goals, 20 assists) in 63 games in 2024-25.
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Blue Jackets' Adam Fantilli: Puts away empty-netter
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Fantilli scored an empty-net goal on two shots and blocked two shots in Saturday's 5-3 Stadium Series win over the Red Wings.
Fantilli's point streak is up to five games (three goals, three assists) following his late tally to secure the win in front of the NHL's second-largest crowd of all time (94,751). The 20-year-old center continues to fill in admirably on the top line in place of Sean Monahan (wrist). Fantilli is up to 37 points across 60 outings, and he's earned 22 of those points across 22 appearances since the start of January as he takes a big step forward in his second season.
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Blue Jackets' Adam Fantilli: Point streak reaches three games
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Fantilli recorded a goal, an assist, three shots on goal and three hits in Tuesday's 6-4 win over the Stars.
Fantilli has cracked the scoresheet in each of the Blue Jackets' last three games, tallying two goals and two helpers in that span, and he's been a steady contributor for Columbus all season long. The 20-year-old playmaker recorded 27 points across 49 games as a rookie in 2023-24 but has bested those numbers considerably in his sophomore year, tallying 17 goals and 35 total points across 58 contests in the current campaign.
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Blue Jackets' Adam Fantilli: Grabs goal Saturday
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Fantilli scored a goal, took three shots on net and had four hits in Saturday's 5-1 win against the Blackhawks.
Fantilli tallied the final goal of the game for Columbus off a feed from linemate Kirill Marchenko. The No. 3 pick from the 2023 draft has 16 goals, 17 assists and 126 shots on net in 57 appearances this season. Fantilli has been a steady source of offensive production through the middle of the ice for Columbus with Sean Monahan (wrist) sidelined. He has 10 points in his last 10 games and continues to add value to his fantasy file. Between his combination of time on ice at even strength and on the power play, the 20-year-old has a chance to reach the 50-point mark in just his second season.
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Blue Jackets' Adam Fantilli: Finds twine in loss
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Fantilli scored a goal on six shots in Sunday's 5-3 loss to the Stars.
Fantilli has five goals and three assists over his last six outings. The 20-year-old gave the Blue Jackets a 2-1 lead in the second period. For the season, he's up to 16 goals, 31 points, 117 shots on net, 67 hits, 39 blocked shots and a minus-3 rating through 53 appearances. All of those marks are improvements on his performance from a 49-game rookie season in 2023-24, and his play has taken a significant step forward over the last month or so.
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Blue Jackets' Adam Fantilli: Produces assist Friday
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Fantilli contributed an assist and four shots on goal in Friday's 3-2 overtime win over Utah.
Fantilli wrapped up an eight-goal, 15-point January, with that production coming over 14 appearances. The 20-year-old set up linemate Kirill Marchenko to spark Friday's comeback win. Fantilli is up to 15 goals, 15 helpers, 111 shots on net, 66 hits, 38 blocked shots and a minus-3 rating over 52 appearances. His play primarily on the top line in January has put the No. 3 pick from 2023 into must-have territory in most fantasy formats.
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Blue Jackets' Adam Fantilli: Registers pair of helpers
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Fantilli logged two assists and two shots on goal in Thursday's 7-4 loss to the Hurricanes.
Fantilli has five points over his last two contests and a total of 13 points through 11 outings in January. The 20-year-old has played on the top line for a majority of the month due to Sean Monahan's (wrist) absence. Fantilli has equaled his number of games played from 2023-24 (49), and he's picked up one extra point so far this season. He's at 14 goals, 14 helpers, 100 shots on net, 66 hits and a minus-5 rating and should continue to show growth on offense in the second half of the campaign.
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Blue Jackets' Adam Fantilli: Logs hat trick Wednesday
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Fantilli recorded a hat trick, including a shorthanded goal, in Wednesday's 5-1 win over the Maple Leafs.
Fantilli recorded points in seven straight games between Jan. 2 and Jan. 16, and while he went pointless in the Blue Jackets' last two games, he bounced back admirably in this one with the first hat trick of his NHL career. The 20-year-old is up to 14 goals and 12 assists this season, and he's only two points away from surpassing the numbers he posted as a rookie last season.
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Blue Jackets' Adam Fantilli: Two points in comeback win
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Fantilli scored a power-play goal and added an even-strength assist in Tuesday's 4-3 shootout win over the Penguins.
With the Blue Jackets in a 3-1 hole midway through the third period, Fantilli sparked a comeback by setting up Dmitri Voronkov for one goal before scoring the tying tally himself with 2:36 remaining in regulation. Fantilli has a modest three-game point streak going, and if the upper-body injury Sean Monahan picked up Tuesday proves to be serious, the third-overall pick in the 2023 Draft could find himself thrust into a top-six role and a prominent spot on the power play.
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Blue Jackets' Adam Fantilli: Gets goal in win
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Fantilli scored a goal Saturday in a 6-4 win over the Blues.
It's his eighth of the season (17 points) in 40 games. Fantilli, who is just 20, isn't wowing with huge offensive numbers, but he's definitely growing his two-way game. He's the Jackets' third-line center and has been playing between James van Riemsdyk and Zach Aston-Reese. Fantilli may not take an offensive jump until his fourth season, and that's OK for the Jackets -- they want his game to be complete. Fantasy managers, especially those in keeper and dynasty formats, will need to weigh how long they can wait on Fantilli's offensive explosion.
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Blue Jackets' Adam Fantilli: Scores in Friday's win
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Fantilli scored a goal on three shots and added two hits in Friday's 6-2 win over the Bruins.
Fantilli's goal was the first of four in the second period as the Blue Jackets took control of the game. The 20-year-old has had a rough December with three points, 26 shots on net, 23 hits and a minus-8 rating over 14 appearances. He remains in a middle-six role and on the second power-play unit, but Fantilli's 15 points over 36 contests won't win over many fantasy managers in redraft formats.
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Blue Jackets' Adam Fantilli: Pots goal in loss
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Fantilli scored a goal on two shots in Tuesday's 5-3 loss to the Lightning.
The goal ended his droughts -- he'd gone nine games without scoring and six contests without a point prior to Tuesday. Fantilli had previously gone no more than three games without a point. The 20-year-old has been firmly in the middle six this season, racking up six goals, eight helpers, 63 shots on net, 50 hits and a minus-9 rating over 32 appearances. Fantilli has plenty of long-term promise, but that level of scoring for a center has relatively low fantasy value in redraft formats, though he has the talent to pick up the pace.
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Blue Jackets' Adam Fantilli: Offers helper in loss
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Fantilli notched an assist, two shots on goal and a minus-2 rating in Thursday's 6-3 loss to the Oilers.
Fantilli has picked up four points over his last five contests. The 20-year-old forward is seeing top-six minutes as the Blue Jackets' second-line center, and he hasn't often looked out of place this year. He's yet to go more than two consecutive games without a point, racking up five goals, eight helpers, 50 shots on net, 39 hits and a minus-3 rating over 25 appearances. He's on roughly the same scoring pace that saw him rack up 27 points in 49 contests as a rookie in 2023-24.
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Blue Jackets' Adam Fantilli: Snaps 13-game goal drought
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Fantilli scored twice Friday in a 5-2 win over the Flames.
His first goal ended a 13-game goal drought; it opened the scoring in the first period. His second came on a two-on-one in the third after he came out of the penalty box to join the rush. Fantilli hasn't taken the big offensive step forward that was predicted in the preseason. But that will come. Fantilli's two-way play has improved, and he has turned around an abysmal minus-21 in 49 games from last season to a minus-2 in 22 games this year. His future is bright in keeper and dynasty formats, but temper expectations in redraft leagues. Fantilli is just 20 years old.
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Blue Jackets' Adam Fantilli: Sets up goal in loss
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Fantilli had an assist, a blocked shot and four hits in Wednesday's 4-3 overtime loss to the Canadiens.
Cole Sillinger's upper-body injury prompted a newly configured second line, which combined to produce Columbus' second tally. Fantilli hit Yegor Chinakhov in stride, leading to Columbus' second goal. Kent Johnson also assisted. It was the third helper in the last six games for the 20-year-old Fantilli, who has gone 13 games without a goal.
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Blue Jackets' Adam Fantilli: Picks up power-play helper
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Fantilli notched a power-play assist and two PIM in Saturday's 5-2 loss to the Kings.
Fantilli has two helpers over his last five contests amid a slowdown in the Blue Jackets' offense -- they've scored nine goals as a team in that span. This assist was the 20-year-old's first power-play point of the campaign. Fantilli is up to seven points, 33 shots on net, 10 hits, 10 blocked shots, four PIM and a minus-2 rating over 13 appearances this season.
