The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Boston Bruins 4-1 in their exhibition game against each other on Thursday night. This was a perfect excuse to see two of Toronto’s most relevant rivals against each other. It was a good opportunity to see where the Leafs fit in in all of this. I did my best at seeing and exploiting any flaws in both teams’ games, I hope you enjoy it. Omar and I were really hoping for a four-goal comeback in the third period, sadly it didn’t come.
The Lines
Columbus Blue Jackets
Alexandre Texier (42) - Pierre-Luc Dubois (18) - Oliver Bjorkstrand (28)
Nick Foligno (71) - Alexander Wennberg (10) - Cam Atkinson (13)
Gustav Nyquist (14) - Boone Jenner (38) - Liam Foudy (19)
Cam Robinson (50) - Riley Nash (20) - Emil Bemstrom (52)
Nathan Gerbe (24)
Zach Werenski (8) - Seth Jones (3)
Vladislav Gavrikov (44) - David Savard (58)
Ryan Murray (27) - Dean Kukan (46)
Markus Nutivaara (65)
Joonas Korpisalo (70)
Elvis Merzlikins (90)
Boston Bruins
Brad Marchand - Patrice Bergeron - David Pastrnak
Jake DeBrusk - David Krejci - Jack Studnicka
Sean Kuraly - Charlie Coyle - Anders Bjork
Joakim Nordstrom - Par Lindholm - Chris Wagner
Tucker Kuhlman
Zdeno Chara - Charlie McAvoy
Torey Krug - Brandon Carlo
Matt Grzelcyk - Jeremy Lauzon
John Moore
Tuukka Rask
Jaroslav Halak
First Period
1-0
Boone Jenner opened the scoring in the first period off a rush from rookie Liam Foudy.