The Blue Jackets and Predators didn’t quite have their full NHL squads on display for their penultimate preseason game, but after yesterday’s cuts it wasn’t far off, either.
With Sergei Bobrovsky and Pekka Rinne in net, and guys like P.K. Subban, Ryan Johansen, Zach Werenski, Cam Atkinson, and Nick Foligno on the ice, it felt a good preview of what these teams are going to look like when the league kicks off the 2017-18 season for real.
The Jackets didn’t waste any time on opening the scoring, with Pierre-Luc Dubois setting up Oliver Bjorkstrand for his second goal of the season, but unfortunately the Predators had an equally quick answer when Scott Hartnell took the puck off the boards and put the puck past a screened Bob from a bit of a goofy angle.