In a game that was, by all accounts, rather mundane for most of regulation time, but with the score deadlocked at 2-2 after 40 minutes, it was up for grabs in the third period – and the visitors took hold of it early on with the 19-year-old Bennett leading the way (two goals).
Johnny Gaudreau broke the tie with a wicked shot under the crossbar on Joonas Korpisalo, who came on in relief of an injured Sergei Bobrovsky, 1:28 into the third period. That was all the Flames needed to pick up a road victory at Nationwide Arena on Thursday night, but there’s more concern for the Blue Jackets with their starting goaltender.