Tonight’s home opener began with a tribute to the first responders who responded to the Christmas Day bombing on Second Avenue, as well as the Nashville residents who were affected by it.
In spite of the very limited viewer attendance—not open to general fans at all, though about 200 healthcare workers, player families, and so on were present—not one but two catfish hit the ice before the game started. The second catfish was wearing a mask, a change from previous, more festive catfish apparel for the fashionistas among our piscine friends.
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By four minutes in, while both teams had had some time in each others’ defensive zones, Juuse Saros was the only goalie to have had to make any saves; Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Joonas Korpisalo had gotten some help from a post and some misses.