The Columbus Blue Jackets, fresh off of blowing their weekend clear to hell with home demolitions at the hands of the Edmonton Oilers and Winnipeg Jets, traveled to Newark to take on the AHL lineup of the New Jersey Devils.
If ever there was a night for Columbus to impose its will on the game and take two points with authority, this was the game. And, for one solid minute of the game, Columbus did that, as Cam Atkinson scored his career best 36th goal of the season in the opening moments of the game.