Depending on what point you watched this game, it was one of the best of the season or the worst, without much in between.
Let’s get right to it, because this game started with a bang:
Z takes flight#CBJ pic.twitter.com/8HRZOG5KXX
— Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) December 15, 2017
Zach Werenski opened the scoring, but it wasn’t long before Markus Nuttivaara wanted a piece of that action:
Nuti hammers it home.
→ https://t.co/EGtmCSGMtc#CBJ pic.twitter.com/ZNMuukpBpq
— Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) December 15, 2017
Oh, and not to be outdone, Pierre-Luc Dubois would score another against the team he started his NHL legend against, and even better, he did it on the power play!
He used to bullseye womp rats in his T-16 back home. pic.twitter.com/ttFEG1j7wX
— Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) December 15, 2017
Things were looking pretty damned good after the first period, especially after the embarrassment of Tuesday’s loss to Edmonton, but…uh.
Well.
Maybe I should let the CBJ twitter feed explain:
nyi net one
3-1, us
— Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) December 15, 2017
that little puck is causing us some trouble so far this period
3-2, us
— Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) December 15, 2017
these aren’t the goals we’re looking for
— Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) December 15, 2017
Thanks in no small part to Josh Bailey, who would pick up his first career hat trick tonight, the Islanders had tied things up, and plenty of fans were expecting a dramatic collapse for the second night in a row.
Seth Jones? He had other plans.
when we were jonesin for a goal, jonesy was there pic.twitter.com/llhoS3UWlG
— Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) December 15, 2017
Oh, and this happened:
.@NickFoligno‘s 1️⃣ 0️⃣0️⃣th #CBJ goal: pic.twitter.com/SRtKhR4ZMv
— Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) December 15, 2017
Bailey would get a goal on the power play to cut the lead to 5-4 in the third period, but Bobrovsky and the team in front of him dug deep, and when they needed to nail the lid on this game?
ANDY SEALS IT!!!!!!
6-4, #CBJ pic.twitter.com/66AHEq5nvz
— Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) December 15, 2017
The empty netter wrapped things up with one second to go in regulation, and the Blue Jackets picked up some vital points in the Metro.
That’ll do.