The Columbus Blue Jackets faced their former goaltender, Spencer Martin, and the Carolina Hurricanes after a tough loss in Madison Square Garden. Texier returned to the lineup after the unfortunate news of Johnson’s injury. Here’s what happened.
1st Period
The best Blue Jacket scoring attempt of the early going came from the Sillinger line, picking up where they had left off one night previous in New York.
Both goalies were forced to make point-blank saves. At one point, Tarasov got caught out of position and made a sliding save to keep the puck out of the net.