Saturday night featured two of the top teams in the NHL squaring off in Columbus between the Jackets and Los Angeles Kings. With it, two of the best goalies, so naturally, this game would be all offense from the outset, right?
For the strategy of the Blue Jackets, the message was simple, Shoot the puck! Columbus had the opportunity early to try to do just that, and they heeded the mindset of coach John Tortorella.
Earning the first powerplay of the night, the 0-for-18 drought with the man-advantage was finally ended when Nick Foligno, who was fed the slide pass from Artemi Panarin, got in on Jonathan Quick's doorstep and fired the puck past him for the first goal.