The Columbus Blue Jackets have assigned goaltender Matiss Kivlenieks, left wing Jakob Lilja and defenseman Andrew Peeke to the Cleveland Monsters, the club's American Hockey League affiliate, Blue Jackets General Manager and Alternate Governor Jarmo Kekalainen announced today.

Kivlenieks, 23, is 1-0-1 with a 1.49 goals-against average and .946 save percentage in two games with the Blue Jackets this season. He turned aside 31 shots in a 2-1 victory at the NY Rangers on January 19, becoming the second player in franchise history to win his NHL debut (Steve Mason). The Riga, Latvia native is 9-7-2 with a 2.91 GAA, .903 SV% and one shutout in 18 games with the Monsters in 2019-20. Signed by Columbus to an entry level contract on May 25, 2017, Kivlenieks has posted a 27-32-7 record, 3.22 GAA, .891 SV% and three shutouts in 75 career AHL appearances with Cleveland since making his professional debut in 2017-18.