The Columbus Blue Jackets are a really good hockey club. They play an intelligent, structured brand of hockey. The Calgary Flames played Columbus tonight and fared better than expected – largely because of star netminder Mike Smith. With the team in front of him largely unable to muster the type of offense they had created in previous games, Smith was all-world and held the Flames in the game all the way until overtime.
A T.J. Brodie gaffe later, and the Flames still captured a point in a 1-0 overtime loss at Nationwide Arena.
The Rundown
Here’s what you need to know about the game: Columbus out-shot the Flames in all three periods.