The Blue Jackets dipped their toes in the Sharks' home waters and found them just fine, thanks.
It was a game for the Ohio night owls to take in, checking election results in between periods. Here are our tallies of the action in San Jose.
FIRST PERIOD
- John Tortorella trotted out some new lines, with Dubinsky centering Jenner & Saad, Johansen between Calvert & Atkinson, Karlsson centering Foligno and Hartnell, and Campbell between Boll & Clarkson. (Wennberg out with lower body injury). Tyutin returned while Prout sat.
- The Blue Jackets came out like banshees, skating fast and hard, but controlled, unlike the first period of the home opener vs.