Every night during the 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs, we’ll give you Three Things To Track for each game that night.
- Defense won Game 1 for the Penguins - wait, what? Pittsburgh allowed 16 shots by the Blue Jackets in the first period, and 32 overall, but most of them were forced from the perimeter and of low quality. Columbus didn't even get off a shot in the last two minutes of the game, playing from behind and with an extra attacker.