The Blue Jackets won their second game in a row last night, beating the Stars 5-1 in Dallas. It was easily their most impressive performance of the season, and a lot of the credit goes to their special teams.
How many times have we been able to say that in this team's entire history?
Despite entering last night's game with a 2-3-0 record, the Jackets have been pretty solid at 5 on 5 this season. What has killed them on many nights has been both special teams units.
They started the evening ranked last in both categories, having scored just one power-play goal in 13 attempts (7.