A trip to the playoffs for the third-straight year was on the minds of the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday night as they took their show on the road, making their final trip to Madison Square Garden to face the New York Rangers. With a chance to clinch the final wild card in the East, and with a chance, still, to claim the first wild card, albeit with some help, it couldn’t have been any simpler for the Blue Jackets.
Win and you’re in.
Sergei Bobrovsky made 25 saves and Artemi Panarin scored the go-ahead goal in the third period, and game-winning goal in the shootout, as the Blue Jackets defeated the Rangers 3-2 on Friday night to advance to the playoffs.