Well, it’s been a while but the Columbus Blue Jackets will be back to playing meaningful hockey tonight as they travel to take on the Boston Bruins. Yesterday, we previewed the forwards, and the goaltenders, of the Blue Jackets and Bruins. Today we take a look at the defensive parings for these two clubs.
There are many advanced stats that can tell you how well, or not, a player is performing. Consider the following: The Blue Jackets shut down the Lightning’s prolific offensive in the Quarterfinals, out scoring the Bolts 19-8, while limiting such scoring threats including regular-season leading scorer, the Art Ross winner, Nikita Kucherov (two assists), 45-goal scorer Steven Stamkos (one goal, one assist), and 41 goal scorer, Brayden Point (one goal).