For as skilled as the athletes in the NHL are, hockey remains a game which relies a lot on luck. This is no more evident than the season-to-date of the Columbus Blue Jackets. Entering tonight’s game, they had played seven straight games decided by one goal. They were 4-1-2 in that span, but easily could have been 7-0...or much worse.
Thankfully, though tonight was another one goal game, it featured the Blue Jackets overcoming some bad bounces to rally and earn a win in overtime, 4-3 over the Carolina Hurricanes. I spoil that result now so I can recap this non-linearly to show just how real hockey karma is.