The Columbus Blue Jackets have placed goaltender Joonas Korpisalo on Injured Reserve retroactive to December 29 and loaned him to the American Hockey League's Cleveland Monsters on a conditioning assignment, club General Manager Jarmo Kekalainen announced today. The Blue Jackets have also assigned right wing Kole Sherwood to the Monsters.

Korpisalo, 25, has missed the past 22 games with a knee injury suffered on December 29 vs. Chicago. He was named to his first NHL All-Star Game and has set single-season career highs in wins, shutouts, minutes played and games played with a 17-10-4 record, 2.49 goals-against average, .913 save percentage and two shutouts on 1,877 minutes in 32 appearances in 2019-20.

Prior to his injury, the Pori, Finland native had a nine-game regulation unbeaten streak with a 6-0-3 mark, 1.72 goals-against average, .942 save percentage and one shutout from December 9-29. Since November 1 (min. 20 games played), he leads the NHL in goals-against average and ranks third-T in save percentage with a 12-6-3 record, 2.11 GAA, .926 SV% and two shutouts in 22 outings.