The offensively inept Blue Jackets were shutout for the second time in a week tonight, dropping a hard fought game to the Washington Capital by a final score of 1-0.
Brad Larsen chose an interesting strategy for his line usage tonight. I’m assuming he was trying to send a message rather than win a game considering he iced his fourth line more frequently than any other tonight, including late in the third period. The Jackets trailed most of the game, and generated a lot of shots — albeit not high quality — but were unable to find the back of the net, spoiling the best start of the year by Elvis Merzlikins.