In Columbus, the Boston Bruins’ Linus Ullmark made 30 saves in a 4-0 shutout of the Blue Jackets on Friday night.
“Everyone’s feeling fairly good about their games and unbelievable goaltending,” DeBrusk said. “You saw it tonight. Linus was amazing and honestly kept us in the game and let us get that lead and kind of control the game from there.”
Columbus has lost three straight home matches.
“We’ve got to get more competitive in our 1-on-1s in some different areas,” Blue Jackets coach Brad Larsen said. “We can’t fool ourselves here and say it’s just bad breaks. There is no excuse. The competitive level, especially in the second period for me, that and parts in the first, it was too easy to get through guys. Too easy for me.”
David Pastrnak scored in his fourth straight game for the Bruins.
The Bruins took a 1-0 lead in the first period off a strike from Matt Grzelcyk .
Boston piled in the middle frame with three goals including a shorthanded marker from Charlie Coyle for a 2-0 lead.
“It’s a great start,” Coyle said. “I don’t know if a lot of people expected us to have the record that we have now, but it doesn’t matter. We know what’s in here and the guys we have and the guys that can fill in and take on responsibility. It’s a great sign for a team with a few key guys out.”
Jake DeBrusk made 3-0 on a breakaway before Pastrnak made it 4-0 later in the period.
“We’re giving up odd-man rushes,” Bruins coach Jim Montgomery said. “There are guys open on the back door, [but] you’re not even worried because you just expect our goalies to make saves. It’s a very comforting feeling as a coach.”
Elvis Merzlikins made 25 saves through two periods of play. He got the hook in the second intermission.
Daniil Tarasov made six saves in the final period.
“We have to figure out how to play better to a man, every single guy, and we will. It’s disappointing,” forward Sean Kuraly said. “We think we’ve got better, we know we’ve got better. We’re going to get there, but that’s not how we wanted to play most of the game.”
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