The Jackets are adhering to one word right now: Urgency.
Did they display that tonight? In short bursts, yes. But that ended up not being good enough against the defending Stanley Cup champions.
The urgency was somewhat evident; the game was fast-paced — there were some serious lapses in our defense, but starting goalie Elvis Merzlikens was able to clean up the worst of it. Jackets were at nine shots to the Blues’ seven when Robert Thomas put away the first goal for St. Louis, assisted by Tyler Bozak.