The Columbus Blue Jackets are a strange team. They play a system created by a smart coach that makes the most out of what they have and tries to mitigate their weaknesses to create a low-event team that can still win games. Buffalo tried this and failed this season, while the Islanders have been hovering around mediocre using this technique since they hired Barry Trotz. Columbus, however, played just well enough to make the qualifying round. If the season had carried on, they would have fought hard for a wild card spot, and could have made it.
Last time we learned that the Blue Jackets are bad at Corsi, good at Expected Goals Against, and make their offence worse than even its low volume leads you to expect by just shooting so badly.