On February 19th 2009, the Columbus Blue Jackets were heading into Toronto hot as they had won five of their last six games. 2008 had been an up and down year with lots of winning and losing streaks for the Jackets.
Heading into Toronto, the Jackets had just taken down the St. Louis Blues 4-3 in a tough fought game and were getting prepared for a dogfight against the Maple Leafs.
The game started out slow with the 1st period only seeing goals from Nik Antropov, on the power play, and Rick Nash with his 25th of the season.