After getting back to some basics in their last game, and most importantly, finding the win column over the Stars, the Columbus Blue Jackets met up with the Colorado Avalanche Thursday night at the Pepsi Center in Colorado.
This is not the same woeful franchise that won all of 22 games a season ago.
1st Period
The Blue Jackets' first real offensive zone presence got going with the power play starting at 5:35. They did not convert, but sustained pressure and found various looks, culminating in three shots.
Since John Tortorella expressed his desires to see his squad bail out Sergei Bobrovsky after their disappointing loss to the Senators, that trend, starting in Dallas, continued in the first period Thursday.