It’s the end of a long road trip to the Pacific Northwest, with the Columbus Blue Jackets visiting some old friends on the Seattle Kraken. (Still miss you forever, BJORKSTRAND)
Prior to the game, Gus Nyquist was placed on IR and Jake Christiansen was called up due to injuries to both Adam Boqvist and Nick Blankenburg. Depth forward Lane Pederson was claimed off waivers from Vancouver, but not cleared to play yet.
First Period
On the first shift, a Vladislav Gavrikov shot hit Johnny Gaudreau in the side, sending him to the bench in pain.