It was a fun Wednesday night in Nationwide Arena with the Columbus Blue Jackets defeating the Montreal Canadiens by a final score of 5-1. There haven’t been too many games this season in which you could confidently say the Jackets were the better team and deserved to win by a large margin. It was a quiet night for highly-touted rookie Kent Johnson, although the skill was evident. However, it was his fellow Michigan rookie, Nick Blankenberg, who had the more impressive debut. Blankenberg blocked five shots, collected his first NHL point, and logged almost 17 minutes of ice time in his professional debut.
Blue Jackets cruise to 5-1 victory over Canadiens
