Talk about stepping right in the mash.
On Saturday afternoon, the Columbus Blue Jackets hosted the Edmonton Oilers and promptly gaffed a 4-0 loss to the visitors.
“We’re moving right by it,” Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella said. “I’m not going to pick it apart, talk about what’s good, bad. We’re moving right by it. We’re playing tomorrow.”
Zack Kassian opened the scoring for the Oilers in Columbus – file photo by Lewis Bleiman
Connor McDavid picked up three assists in the game.
Leon Draisaitl had a goal and assist.
Edmonton improved to 28-30-7.
Mikko Koskinen made 30 saves to get the shutout.
“The good thing is we’re still fighting,” Koskinen said. “We still think we have a chance, and everything is possible.
“I’m so happy how the team played in front of me,” he said. “I didn’t have to do much. The ‘D’ was awesome. We played a team effort tonight.”
Zack Kassian opened the scoring for the Oilers early in the first period for the 1-0 lead.
“We started well, dictated the pace right out of the gate. We stuck to it,” Oilers forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins said. ‘We got a couple and we didn’t lay off them.”
Josh Currie and Alex Chiasson, also scored for Edmonton in their three-goal second period.
“That’s not our game and we got it taken to us,” Blue Jackets forward Boone Jenner said. “It was a combination of things as far as structure goes, just the energy and compete level was not to our standards.
“We’ve got to look in the mirror, obviously, and find our game again. It hurts. We know we’re a better group in here.”
The Blue Jackets dropped to 36-25-3.
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Sergei Bobrovsky got the start but never made it to the third period. He made 15 saves and yielded four goals which earned him the hook in the second intermission.
“We gave them speed. The way we played, the way we turned it over in the neutral zone, their guys had it easy. We didn’t have any sustained forechecked,” Seth Jones said after the loss.
Joonas Korpisalo iced in the third period in net for the Jackets nd stopped all five shots he faced.
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