Three goals from Oliver Bjorkstrand–all in the third period–were the lone bright spots in an otherwise lackluster preseason showing from the Columbus Blue Jackets against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday afternoon in a 7-3 loss.
Columbus spent most of Saturday chasing the Penguins around. Joonas Korpisalo didn’t have much of an NHL defensive corps in front of him, but otherwise didn’t look too impressive in allowing four goals on 30 shots for two periods of work. The NHLers looked fine, overall, but there weren’t that many in the lineup.
Just like the Chicago game, the Jackets gave up the first goal quickly after the opening draw—2:04, to be exact.