Former Blue Jacket Ryan Johansen would make his first return to Columbus. Could the Blue Jackets dig deep and get one more win before the break?
First Period: Well you’re up at dawn/kid, look alive
For the third straight game, the Blue Jackets were playing a team on the second leg of a back-to-back. Nashville had lost on Saturday night in Minnesota. Despite that, it was the Predators that came out of the gate playing harder. The Preds opened the scoring with a long bomb by Roman Josi getting tipped in by Ryan Ellis.
After that, however, the Blue Jackets took control.