In a quirk of NHL scheduling, 3 of the 4 games Columbus plays against Carolina come within an 11 day period in January. Tonight is the second of those three games. The first of those games, in Carolina, saw Columbus have an uncharacteristically poor second 30 minutes. The Canes played a physical style of hockey that threw the Jackets off their game. Making things worse were the last minute scratches of Sergei Bobrovsky and Matt Calvert to injury.
The good news is that after missing 3 games with the flu, Bob practiced yesterday and is likely to start tonight.