It was a special night at Nationwide Arena, as both the Columbus Blue Jackets and New York Rangers honored the career of the recently retired Rick Nash. Nash played 9 years with the Jackets and almost 6 years with the Rangers. He scored 437 goals in his career, and the teams responded by scoring 12 tonight in a 7-5 Blue Jackets victory.
Side note on the pregame celebration: I got more emotional than I expected watching the highlight video the CBJ staff put together. Nash is two weeks younger than me and it really hit me to see how much he had changed since he was drafted, and to see him with his family.