The Columbus Blue Jackets have been swept in Alberta and have been seeking to Shake It Off in British Columbia on Friday evening. How did it finish? It was not the love story the Blue Jackets have been hoping for regardless of Taylor Swift enjoying that evening at BC Place.
Pius Suter scored two objectives together with the sport winner within the third interval to assist carry the Vancouver Canucks to a 5-2 win over the Blue Jackets. This loss shall be a bitter capsule to swallow for the Blue Jackets given the best way they began the sport.
Sport Recap
The primary interval was all Blue Jackets. It carefully resembled how the primary interval went in Seattle. Mathieu Olivier opened the scoring off an incredible go from Cole Sillinger. Then Damon Severson scored his second aim in two days to make 2-0.
The Canucks simply bought dwelling from an extended highway journey and it confirmed. Pictures within the first interval have been 17-2 for the Blue Jackets. Everybody knew the Canucks have been going to push from the second interval on. Ultimately their push was too sturdy to be stopped.
Brock Boeser made it 2-1 just below 4 minutes into the second interval. Earlier than this aim, Blue Jackets defenseman Ivan Provorov was taken down by Elias Pettersson. Provorov needed to depart the sport as a consequence of an upper-body harm. Replay confirmed his thumb was not in a superb place. With him out, the Blue Jackets needed to play the remainder of the sport with solely 5 defensemen.
Whereas the Blue Jackets hung in for essentially the most half within the second after Boeser’s aim, the sport appeared to show late within the second interval. With Zach Werenski seemingly in place to play a puck, goalie Elvis Merzlikins left his crease to play the puck. Ultimately Kiefer Sherwood was capable of rating on this damaged play. Though the Blue Jackets owned the shot clock, it was 2-2 after 40 minutes.
It solely took the Canucks 2:17 to get the lead for good. Suter scored one which simply bought previous Merzlikins and the aim line. Jake DeBrusk added a power-play aim halfway by way of the third earlier than Suter hit the empty web for his second of the sport.
Kevin Lankinen made 15 saves within the first interval to restrict the injury. It may have been 4-0 simply if not for his play. He stopped 30/32 on the evening. Merzlikins solely noticed 16 pictures however made simply 12 saves.
The Blue Jackets at the moment are 1-3-0 on this lengthy Western journey with one final sport Sunday in Winnipeg to try to salvage a win. The Canucks will now get able to host the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday afternoon.
