Elvis bails out anemic offense as Jackets beat Capitals 2-1

As head coach Brad Larsen noted in the postgame press conference, it’s been a hard camp for the Columbus Blue Jackets and they didn’t quite have their legs under them tonight. As someone who was in the stands tonight, all I can say is BOY HOWDY. Feels good to get a win, but the Jackets had more stars playing and should have been able to win by more. They should have managed more than 20 shots on goal, and allowed fewer than 58 shots attempts against.

Let’s take a look at who stood out...in a good or bad way

Mathieu Olivier/Sean Kuraly/Carson Meyer

The most used line at 5v5 was...the fourth line? What? They weren’t the worst line by possession (45.00 CF%), to be fair, it’s an odd choice. I…