New Jersey was the better team for 40 minutes. Columbus was only able to muster one good period.
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To the contrary, Tortorella said after the game that he took blame for how slow the Blue Jackets looked in the first two periods, saying he may have practiced them too hard on Monday.
SUNRISE, Fla. – Vincent Trocheck had two goals and an assist to help Roberto Luongo win his 404th game and lift the Florida Panthers to a 4-1 victory over the Colorado Avalanche.
As per Devils Coach John Hynes a few of the absentees for the Blue Jackets clash will be: left wing Patrik Elias who is still out due to a right knee injury, right wing Tuomo Ruutu will be out for 4 -6 weeks because of a right foot fracture even though he is making a few progress.
The Devils came out strong, and thoroughly dominated Columbus early, as they outshot them 8-2 in the first period. I thought we played a pretty solid game up until then.
Devils center Adam Henrique said, “I think there’s still probably times when we could have gotten more shots, more pucks to the net, find a way to get a dirty one”.
New Jersey’s four-game winning streak came to an end with the loss. Bobrovsky had a shutout until the Devils scored a power play goal with 2:28 remaining with their goaltender pulled for a 6-on-4 advantage.
Jenner snapped a scoreless tie at 9:03 of the final period after a puck hit off former Devil David Clarkson in front. Stationed in the low slot, Jenner corralled a loose puck and whipped a shot past Schneider.
Incredibly, the Jackets scored just 35 seconds later on a fast-moving play from the left side, as Brandon Dubinsky and Scott Hartnell set up Cam Atkinson to make it 2-0.
“They were working, they were working in the third, ” Schneider said. “It’s two points on the scoresheet, and after the start we’ve had, I’m not going to question that”.
New Jersey went 1-for-4 on the power play, while Columbus went 0-for-3. Currently, New Jersey is holding the fifth position overall in the standings with a total of nine points and eight games played, while Columbus is at the rock-bottom with only 2 points and nine games played into the season. He encouraged them to stay with it, and they found a way. “Tough to let them hang around”.
The Columbus Blue Jackets need a big road road after a brutal 1-8 start to the season.
Coach John Hynes wouldn’t call the Gelinas near miss the difference.
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That, aside from any personal concerns for Johansen himself, could be a problem for the floundering Blue Jackets. The Devils claimed Farnham off of waivers from the Pittsburgh Penguins Monday….
