The Columbus Blue Jackets were the first team in the NHL to reach 41 games tonight, meaning they’re the first team to their halfway point. It was also 90’s throwback night at Nationwide Arena, which gave Jeff Svoboda the opportunity to share this sobering stat:
Only 12 of the 20 #CBJ players dressed tonight are old enough to be born in the 1990s: Bemstrom, Danforth, Gaudreau, Olivier, Roslovic, Texier, Bean, Gudbranson, Provorov, Severson, Tarasov, Martin.
Here’s how the front nine’s finale went down.
First Period
The Wild would come out flying tonight, as the visitors would have a 9-2 shots advantage around the seven minute mark.