The Columbus Blue Jackets started well in the first two games of the series, but needed to get better results in front of their home fans. Boy, they got it:
The forward lines were reshuffled due to the suspension of Matt Calvert. Torts started with a Nick Foligno/Brandon Dubinsky/Cam Atkinson combo. Just 11 seconds into the game, they struck first with Cam reaching to his right to redirect a deflected Brandon Dubinsky shot.
The celebration was short-lived as just three minutes later the game was tied up. Jake Guentzel fired a tight angle shot and it happened to bounce past Sergei Bobrovsky.