Tonight our Boys in Blue will host someone else’s Boys in Blue for the second game in an all Canuck (the derogatory term for a Canadian, not the team) home stand. The last one went disastrously from a goal’s for/against perspective with Columbus falling 7-3 against the Senators. Despite that rotten score-line The Blue Jackets actually played reasonable well, out-shooting the Sens 41-27. As I wrote about yesterday if they can keep controlling possession and generating scoring chances, the results will turn around.
Fortunately tonight presents an excellent opportunity for that to start happening. The other Boys in Blue mentioned above are none other than the Toronto Maple Leafs, a team whose record currently stands at 0-3-1, and unlike the Blue Jackets there’s nothing to suggest that record is undeserved.