After an early season run featuring fewer shots but more goals, tonight’s game followed this week’s new script: Columbus outshoots the opponent, but comes out emptyhanded in the goal department. The Blue Jackets consistently got chances, but Roberto Luongo had a great night for Florida.
Florida struck first in the opening period, with ageless wonder Jaromir Jagr scoring off a pass from Aleksander Barkov. To give a perspective on how nuts it is that Jagr is still playing, and doing so at a high level: 12 of the Jackets who played tonight were born after Jagr made his NHL debut in 1990.