“We’ve had a real tough first 50 games when a lot of things haven’t gone right for us. This gives us hope that, moving forward, we can be a good hockey team.”
Those were the words of Blue Jackets associate coach Craig Hartsburg after his team completed a back-to-back, home-and-home sweep of the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night at the Bell Centre. Not only did they finish the sweep, but the Blue Jackets did so with identical 5-2 finals, and many of the same players did the damage.
One of those constants was rookie goaltender Joonas Korpisalo, who is now unbeaten in regulation over his last five starts (4-0-1) and has allowed two or fewer goals in all five of them.