The biggest game in Nationwide Arena in years loomed large last night. The Columbus Blue Jackets entered last night’s game two points behind the Montreal Canadiens in the standings. A win would mean, on the regulation and overtime wins tiebreaker, the boys in union blue would leapfrog the Canadiens with just five games to play in the season. To say the game was huge was an understatement.
After an injury scare late in Tuesday’s win over the New York Islanders, Zach Werenski skated and was cleared to play.
Torts made no other lineup changes, with Sergei Bobrovsky getting the start in net opposite Carey Price for the Canadiens.